The Rolling Stone charts tabulated the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States. Chart data was powered by analytics firm Alpha Data (formerly BuzzAngle Music) and results were published on the website of pop culture magazine Rolling Stone, both of which are properties of the United States–based Penske Media Corporation (PMC).
The Rolling Stone charts competed with the Billboard charts, which are powered by Nielsen SoundScan and published by Billboard magazine. The Rolling Stone charts were differentiated by their emphasis in streaming media and daily updates while still publishing a weekly final version on the Monday following the Friday-to-Thursday tracking week. They were announced on May 7, 2019, and were expected to launch on May 13, but were ultimately launched on July 2.[1][2] The charts were discontinued at the end of October 2021 after the October 21 issue, with Billboard having become a sister PMC publication to Rolling Stone in the last part of 2020, thus making the Rolling Stone charts internally duplicative and superfluous.[3]
- ^ Christman, Ed (May 7, 2019). "Rolling Stone Magazine to Launch Music Charts". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ Eggertsen, Chris (July 2, 2019). "After Nearly Two-Month Delay, Rolling Stone Launches Music Charts". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ Perlberg, Steven (October 22, 2021). "Rolling Stone's new editor-in-chief wants to restore the 54-year-old publication to its glory days. But first he'll have to reckon with simmering internal tensions over diversity". Business Insider. Retrieved November 1, 2021.