US Alternative Songs chart

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Billboard chart music industry record chart record chart

The US Alternative Songs chart is a Billboard music ranking that tracks the most-played songs on American alternative rock radio stations.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Billboard Alternative Songs	5
Alternative Songs	2
US Alternative Songs chart canonical	2
Billboard Alternative Songs chart	1
Billboard alternative songs charts	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T524114 — 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: US Alternative Songs chart
Context triple: [Testify, chartPosition, US Alternative Songs chart]

A. U.S. Billboard Hot 100
The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 is the premier American music industry chart that ranks the most popular songs each week based on a combination of sales, radio airplay, and streaming data.
B. Billboard 200
Billboard 200 is a weekly U.S. music industry chart that ranks the most popular albums across all genres based on sales, streaming, and other consumption metrics.
C. Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is a music sales tracking system that monitors and reports physical and digital music purchases in the United States and Canada for industry charts and analysis.
D. Billboard
Billboard is an American entertainment media brand best known for its music charts, industry news, and analysis of trends in the recording industry.
E. Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes
Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes was a historical U.S. music industry chart that ranked the songs most frequently played on jukeboxes nationwide.
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: US Alternative Songs chart
Target entity description: The US Alternative Songs chart is a Billboard music ranking that tracks the most-played songs on American alternative rock radio stations.

A. U.S. Billboard Hot 100
The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 is the premier American music industry chart that ranks the most popular songs each week based on a combination of sales, radio airplay, and streaming data.
B. Billboard 200
Billboard 200 is a weekly U.S. music industry chart that ranks the most popular albums across all genres based on sales, streaming, and other consumption metrics.
C. Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is a music sales tracking system that monitors and reports physical and digital music purchases in the United States and Canada for industry charts and analysis.
D. Billboard
Billboard is an American entertainment media brand best known for its music charts, industry news, and analysis of trends in the recording industry.
E. Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes
Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes was a historical U.S. music industry chart that ranked the songs most frequently played on jukeboxes nationwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Billboard chart ⓘ music industry record chart ⓘ record chart ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Alternative Airplay chart ⓘ linked to: Alternative Airplay Billboard Alternative Songs ⓘ linked to: US Alternative Songs chart
chartType	airplay chart ⓘ
compiledBy	Billboard ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryScope	national ⓘ
currentName	Alternative Airplay ⓘ
dataSource	American alternative rock radio stations ⓘ
excludes	non-alternative radio formats ⓘ
firstIssueDate	1988-09-10 ⓘ
focusesOn	alternative radio programmers and labels ⓘ
formerName	Alternative Songs ⓘ linked to: US Alternative Songs chart Modern Rock Tracks ⓘ
frequencyOfPublication	weekly ⓘ
genreTracked	alternative rock ⓘ modern rock ⓘ
hasDigitalVersion	Billboard.com ⓘ linked to: Billboard
hasGeographicFocus	United States alternative rock radio market ⓘ
hasSection	weekly top 40 songs ⓘ
inception	1988 ⓘ
industryRole	indicator of success on US alternative rock radio ⓘ
isPublishedIn	Billboard magazine ⓘ linked to: Billboard
language	English ⓘ
measures	most-played songs on US alternative rock radio ⓘ
medium	radio ⓘ
operator	Billboard ⓘ
organizationHeadquarters	New York City ⓘ
partOf	Billboard airplay charts ⓘ linked to: Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Billboard genre charts ⓘ linked to: Billboard
primaryMetric	audience impressions ⓘ number of plays ⓘ
publisher	Billboard ⓘ
rankingCriterion	number of spins on reporting stations ⓘ radio airplay ⓘ
rankingUnit	songs ⓘ
startYear	1988 ⓘ
subjectArea	alternative rock music in the United States ⓘ
targetFormat	alternative rock radio format ⓘ
tracks	radio singles ⓘ
usedBy	music journalists ⓘ radio programmers ⓘ record labels ⓘ
usesMonitoringService	Luminate Data ⓘ linked to: Luminate Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ⓘ linked to: Nielsen Company

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