Question About Billboard Country Music Chart (single, American, magazine, shows)

yungpunk · 08-31-2008, 11:58 AM

I'm a bit confused by the billboard country music chart.

If you go to the Billboard site and look at the hot country songs it shows the chart issue date as "2008-09-06", which is next Saturday...

Sites like CMT.com release news about the country music chart that matches the chart on the billboard site, for example "Keith Urban's "Shirt" Is Top Song".

However, other sites like American Country Countdown appear to use the billboard chart from the previous week as their current chart.

Which one is the current chart and why does the Billboard chart appear to be releasing next weeks chart a week early?

08-31-2008, 11:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
yungpunk Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 16	Question About Billboard Country Music Chart I'm a bit confused by the billboard country music chart. If you go to the Billboard site and look at the hot country songs it shows the chart issue date as "2008-09-06", which is next Saturday... Sites like CMT.com release news about the country music chart that matches the chart on the billboard site, for example "Keith Urban's "Shirt" Is Top Song". However, other sites like American Country Countdown appear to use the billboard chart from the previous week as their current chart. Which one is the current chart and why does the Billboard chart appear to be releasing next weeks chart a week early?