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| | Billboard magazine - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | Its most famous chart, 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. |
 | | Billboard also has charts for the following music styles: rock, country, dance, bluegrass, jazz, classical, RandB, rap, electronic, pop, latin, christian music, comedy albums, and even for ringtones for cell phones. |
 | | At the end of each year, Billboard tallies the results of all of its charts, and the top single/album/artist(s) in each of those charts is awarded in the form of the annual Billboard Music Awards, held in December. |
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