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Billboard

Billboard is an American music magazine that gets distributed weekly and based in New York City. The founders are William H. Donaldson and James Hennegan. The first issue was November 1, 1894. The magazine originally focused on bill posting and outdoor amusements before specialising in the music industry in the 1960’s. Billboard maintains multiple internationally recognised record charts which track the most popular songs and albums in the pop genre. Song rankings are based on digital download sales, radio airplay and internet streaming whilst albums are based solely on sales.

Billboard also have Billboard music awards which entail awards such as Artist Awards, Album Awards and Song Awards. All the latest and famous people attend such as Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and other non-artists such as Kylie and Kendall Jenner. They also Billboard charts to make more profit. Billboard sponsor The Charts in America which could also act as an advertisement for their magazine.

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