Billboard Mainstream Top 40

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music chart radio airplay chart

Billboard Mainstream Top 40 is a U.S. radio airplay chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the most popular contemporary hit songs played on mainstream Top 40 stations.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Billboard Mainstream Top 40 canonical	4
Billboard pop charts	2
Billboard Mainstream Top 40 top 20	1
Mainstream Top 40	1
Top 40	1
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40	1
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 top 10	1
US Billboard Pop Songs	1
US Mainstream Top 40	1
US Pop 100	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10432128 — 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 Mainstream Top 40
Context triple: [Love Lies, chartedOn, Billboard Mainstream Top 40]

A. American Top 40
American Top 40 is a long-running syndicated radio countdown show that ranks and showcases the most popular songs in the United States each week.
B. 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.
C. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1 is the top position on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart, indicating the most popular rock song on U.S. mainstream rock radio for a given period.
D. 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.
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 Mainstream Top 40
Target entity description: Billboard Mainstream Top 40 is a U.S. radio airplay chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the most popular contemporary hit songs played on mainstream Top 40 stations.

A. American Top 40
American Top 40 is a long-running syndicated radio countdown show that ranks and showcases the most popular songs in the United States each week.
B. 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.
C. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1 is the top position on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart, indicating the most popular rock song on U.S. mainstream rock radio for a given period.
D. 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.
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 (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music chart ⓘ radio airplay chart ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mainstream Top 40 ⓘ linked to: Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Pop Songs chart ⓘ linked to: US Adult Top 40
chartType	airplay chart ⓘ pop songs chart ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataSource	Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ⓘ linked to: Nielsen Company mainstream Top 40 radio stations ⓘ
excludes	non-mainstream radio formats ⓘ
focus	contemporary hit radio ⓘ mainstream Top 40 radio stations ⓘ
format	ranked list of songs ⓘ
genreScope	contemporary hit music ⓘ pop ⓘ rhythmic pop ⓘ
governingBody	Billboard charts department ⓘ linked to: Billboard
industryRole	indicator of U.S. pop radio success ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
listFormat	weekly chart ⓘ
measures	popularity of songs on mainstream Top 40 radio ⓘ
medium	Billboard magazine ⓘ linked to: Billboard
partOf	Billboard airplay charts ⓘ Billboard charts portfolio ⓘ linked to: Billboard
publisher	Billboard ⓘ
publisherType	music industry magazine ⓘ
rankingCriterion	number of plays on reporting stations ⓘ radio airplay spins ⓘ
regionCovered	United States radio market ⓘ
subjectOf	Billboard chart histories ⓘ linked to: Billboard
targetAudience	general music listeners ⓘ music industry professionals ⓘ radio programmers ⓘ
topPosition	number-one single ⓘ
tracks	individual songs ⓘ
updateFrequency	weekly ⓘ
usesMetric	audience impressions ⓘ number of monitored radio spins ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Love Lies → chartedOn → Billboard Mainstream Top 40 ⓘ

Meant to Be → chartedOn → Billboard Mainstream Top 40 ⓘ

Scars → chartPerformance → US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 top 10 ⓘ