Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart

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music industry chart record chart

The Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart is a weekly ranking published by Billboard magazine that tracks the most popular adult alternative (AAA) songs in the United States based on radio airplay.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart canonical	3
Adult Alternative Songs	2
Adult Album Alternative	1
Adult Alternative Airplay	1
Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay	1
Billboard Adult Alternative Songs	1
US Adult Alternative Songs chart	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5780200 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart
Context triple: [Tessie, revivalVersionChartedOn, Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart]

A. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
The Billboard Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly ranking published by Billboard magazine that tracks the most popular adult contemporary songs in the United States based on radio airplay and other metrics.
B. Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart
The Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart is a U.S. music industry ranking that tracks the most popular adult-oriented R&B songs based on radio airplay and other metrics.
C. US Adult Top 40
US Adult Top 40 is a Billboard radio airplay chart that ranks the most popular adult-oriented pop and rock songs in the United States.
D. US Alternative Songs chart
The US Alternative Songs chart is a Billboard music ranking that tracks the most-played songs on American alternative rock radio stations.
E. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks was a U.S. music chart published by Billboard magazine that ranked the most popular modern rock and alternative rock songs based on radio airplay.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart
Target entity description: The Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart is a weekly ranking published by Billboard magazine that tracks the most popular adult alternative (AAA) songs in the United States based on radio airplay.

A. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
The Billboard Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly ranking published by Billboard magazine that tracks the most popular adult contemporary songs in the United States based on radio airplay and other metrics.
B. Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart
The Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart is a U.S. music industry ranking that tracks the most popular adult-oriented R&B songs based on radio airplay and other metrics.
C. US Adult Top 40
US Adult Top 40 is a Billboard radio airplay chart that ranks the most popular adult-oriented pop and rock songs in the United States.
D. US Alternative Songs chart
The US Alternative Songs chart is a Billboard music ranking that tracks the most-played songs on American alternative rock radio stations.
E. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks was a U.S. music chart published by Billboard magazine that ranked the most popular modern rock and alternative rock songs based on radio airplay.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music industry chart ⓘ record chart ⓘ
abbreviation	AAA chart ⓘ Adult Alternative Songs ⓘ linked to: Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart
alsoKnownAs	Adult Alternative Airplay ⓘ linked to: Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart Adult Alternative Songs ⓘ linked to: Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart
basedOn	audience impressions ⓘ radio airplay ⓘ
chartUnit	song ⓘ
countryOfFocus	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataSource	Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ⓘ linked to: Nielsen Company
field	music industry ⓘ
frequency	weekly ⓘ
genre	adult alternative ⓘ alternative rock ⓘ
geographicScope	United States radio stations ⓘ
hasFormat	online chart ⓘ print chart ⓘ
industryUse	artist marketing ⓘ radio programming decisions ⓘ record label promotion ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locationOfPublisher	New York City ⓘ
maintainedBy	Billboard charts department ⓘ linked to: Billboard
measures	audience reach ⓘ popularity of songs ⓘ radio airplay spins ⓘ
medium	magazine ⓘ website ⓘ
originalName	Adult Alternative ⓘ
partOf	Billboard airplay charts ⓘ Billboard genre charts ⓘ linked to: Billboard airplay charts
publisher	Billboard ⓘ Billboard magazine ⓘ linked to: Billboard
rankingMethod	number of spins per week ⓘ weighted audience impressions ⓘ
rankingType	airplay chart ⓘ
relatedTo	Billboard Adult Pop Airplay chart ⓘ linked to: US Adult Top 40 Billboard Alternative Airplay chart ⓘ linked to: Billboard airplay charts Billboard Mainstream Rock chart ⓘ linked to: Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1
scope	singles ⓘ songs ⓘ
startDate	1996 ⓘ
subject	Adult Album Alternative ⓘ linked to: Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart adult alternative music ⓘ
targetRadioFormat	Adult Album Alternative radio ⓘ
timeUnit	week ⓘ
website	https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-alternative-songs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tessie → revivalVersionChartedOn → Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart ⓘ

subject linked to: song "Tessie"

Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way → chartedOn → Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart ⓘ

Come On to Me → hasChartPerformance → Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart ⓘ

Alternative Airplay → isDistinctFrom → Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay ⓘ