Billboard Chart App Launches on Apple iTunes App Store

By Shamila Janakiraman

TMCnet Contributor

 

The Billboard Chart App is available on the iTunes App store featuring 15 charts, from the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 to genre rankings and ringtones. Billboard's legendary charts will be available to music lovers, artists and others on their iPhones.

Official sources added that users will be able to view 60 years of chart history, search by artist, album or song, view ranking details, listen to 30 seconds of music, and make purchases directly through iTunes.

Editorial Director Bill Werde said in a release, "Our charts are already a huge draw on Billboard.com, whether for music discovery or as a measure of popularity, so it makes sense to apply them to the easy navigation of the iPhone (News - Alert), where users can access them on-the-go."

The Billboard Chart App is updated weekly with Billboard's traditional chart release schedule. It will feature each ranking's previous week's position, number of weeks on the chart, and peak chart position. Users will be able to search for specific artists, albums or songs, and search by date.

Ten of the charts are being offered for free besides offering access to the top 10 positions of those charts, going back three months. The charts that will be available include Hot 100, Billboard 200, Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Dance/Club Play Songs, Latin Albums, Christian Songs, Tastemaker Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Ringtones.

Company sources added that for a monthly subscription of $1.99, users can "unlock" the Billboard Chart App for extended chart information including an additional five chart genres comprising of R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Pop Songs, Country Songs, Rock Songs and Rap Songs and sixty years of Billboard chart archives.

"Anyone who wants to follow the music of the moment, or tap into a decade or genre or artist, can easily search, listen and buy. This app is the entire history of Billboard charting at your fingertips," said Werde.

Billboard is a premier music brand consisting of Billboard magazine, Billboard Events, Billboard Bulletin, Billboard.biz and Billboard.com. Billboard also reports on the latest news, issues and trends across all genres of music. Recently, Billboard launched the new Uncharted ranking of undiscovered artists, tracking their rising popularity across the Internet.  

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