Billboard announces new recurrent rule on Hot 100

[Teletubby 155,115]

Plus, holiday classics will qualify to return above No. 50 regardless of total chart weeks, and then be subject to the rules noted above upon their descents; the same for newly-surging non-holiday catalog songs, with those without significant chart history eligible to debut at any rank, as considered individually.
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Edited October 20, 2025 by Teletubby

[The Breast 2,370]

of course when DWAS seems to survive the showgirl bomb 

[HeavyCapiLover 4,191]

Good, those recent record breaking after record breaking longevity hits didnt make any sense and it blocks way too many songs from growing 

[darkgaga 6,225]

Wtf are those rules. Top 10 after a year, top 5 after 1,5 years. Such bulls****

[Lucas 28,736]

10 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

 

 

I literally never heard about this artist or song 

[weed 75,814]

However many extra weeks Wildflower got when it should've been recurrent, add that to DWAS's total and I'm fine 

[andy232000 12,643]

Obviously DWAS survives the Taylor album bomb only to go recurrent due to a new rule that was pulled out of Billboards ass

[weed 75,814]

They should release another chart with none of the stupid rules and less counting radio that's purely just streams, purchases, videos

[RAMROD 112,170]

Counter intuitive and counter productive imho, weird update and they need to explain why more. 

[Bronco 15,849]

10 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

Counter intuitive and counter productive imho, weird update and they need to explain why more. 

Hopefully its designed to counteract the impact of streaming on the longevity of some chart songs and give newer songs a chance to breathe

[Jack3257 800]

15 minutes ago, andy232000 said:

Obviously DWAS survives the Taylor album bomb only to go recurrent due to a new rule that was pulled out of Billboards ass

Honestly what bothers me is in a few weeks DWAS would probably be out charting every Showgirl song except Fate of Ophelia (saying this as someone who loves Gaga and Taylor but disliked Showgirl)

[Yaaaas Gaga 1,183]

These rules they come up with just seem so random at times. I appreciate they need to keep the charts moving but things were just so much simpler pre-streaming era. The charts just feel unreliable and manufactured nowadays.

[HIM820 1,874]

20 minutes ago, weed said:

They should release another chart with none of the stupid rules and less counting radio that's purely just streams, purchases, videos

I don’t think this would give the outcome we want…

[mamo 19,715]

I genuinely can’t stand billboard…I swear they have a vendetta against Gaga and they’re not even hiding it tbh. 

[Teletubby 155,115]

9 minutes ago, Yaaaas Gaga said:

These rules they come up with just seem so random at times.

it's not random. Billboard closes its “chart year” in mid-October. this chart is the first of Billboard's 2026 chart year.