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This 60-position chart lists the most popular Country Music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales. Currently, the chart does not count Digital Download s towards chart tabulation (although singles that are only available as downloads do chart if they receive enough airplay). HISTORY ''Billboard'' began compiling the popularity of country songs with its January 8 , 1944 issue. However, only the genre's most popular Jukebox selections were tabulated, with the chart titled "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records." The chart length was not standardized; a given week had anywhere from two to eight positions. For approximately ten years, from 1948-1958, ''Billboard'' used several charts to measure the popularity of a given song. These included:
The names of each chart changed slightly during each chart's life. The "jukebox" chart – which by 1956 was known as "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes" – ended on June 17 , 1957 . The "best sellers" and "jockeys" charts continued until October 13 , 1958 . Starting with the , a system which electronically monitors radio airplay of songs. Four weeks later, on February 17, the chart was retitled "Hot Country Singles & Tracks." Beginning with the January 13, 2001 issue, the chart was cut from 75 to 60 positions to reduce the number of album cuts that were reaching the charts; and effective April 30 , 2005 the chart was renamed "Hot Country Songs". Currently, '' American Country Countdown '' with Kix Brooks is the only syndicated countdown show to use this chart; the show plays back the top 40 singles/tracks on it for each week. CHART POLICIES As with the Billboard Hot 100 and most other ''Billboard'' charts, the Hot Country Songs chart features a rule for when a song enters Recurrent Rotation . Starting with the chart week of December 2 , 2006 , a song is declared recurrent on the country charts if it meets the following criteria:
Exceptions are sometimes made in special cases, such as a marginal decrease in audience. If a special holiday single is released, it may only enter the chart once. FURTHER READING
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