Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis. Among the two most important charts, the Billboard Hot 100 ranks the top 100 songs regardless of genre and is frequently used as the standard measure for ranking songs in the United States, while the Billboard 200 survey is the corresponding chart for album sales.
Billboard magazine is published weekly and cost varies from $6.99-$12.99, as it is an American magazine. In every article there is a main article on a popular singer/band, it also includes rising stars, what’s ‘hot on the charts’ and interviews with artists.
Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at children and young teenagers, and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP and it ran from 1978 to 2006. The name survives as a brand for a related spin-off digital television channel, digital radio station, and website which have survived the demise of the printed magazine. The backbone of the magazine in its early years, and one of its major early selling points, was the publication of Top 20 song lyrics.
Smash hits published a one off tribute magazine this year, after Michael Jackson passed away, at the cost of £2.99. The magazine closed in 2006, after almost 30 tears, as it was victim of the rise of digital media.
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