Dance/Mix Show Airplay (formerly Hot Dance Airplay ) is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is published weekly by Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it. The current number-one song on the chart is "Hot Honey" by Tiësto and Alana Springsteen.
46-541: Debuting as Hot Dance Radio Airplay in the issue dated October 25, 2003, it initially ranked the 25 most-played songs over eight radio stations playing mainly dance music and monitored by Nielsen BDS . When published for the first time, " Just the Way You Are " by Milky was ranked as the number-one song, but that was following after a ten-week unpublished chart history. " Crazy in Love " by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z spent
92-502: A Dance Floor topped the chart (although she is now tied with Katy Perry , as her four singles from Teenage Dream have reached the top spot). In addition, Madonna was also named the number-one Dance Airplay artist for the decade (2003–2009) in Billboard' s decade-end recap in 2009. The Chainsmokers have the most number ones among duo or groups with 9, followed by Cascada and AnnaGrace , who are tied with 3. However, AnnaGrace are
138-606: A bicycle from their bodies. "Pon De Replay" was the opening song on the set list of Rihanna's 2007–09 Good Girl Gone Bad Tour , her first world tour. The singer's performance in Manchester was released in the United Kingdom through iTunes, and is featured on the Good Girl Gone Bad Live DVD. Rihanna performed "Pon de Replay" complete with flags of Barbados and colorful carnival attire at
184-433: A calculation of the total number of spins per week with its "audience impression", which is based upon exact times of airplay and each station's Nielsen Audio listener data. The chart also includes 84 selected mainstream, adult, and rhythmic top 40 reporters that feature mix shows as part of their programming. Songs receiving the greatest growth will receive a "bullet", although there are tracks that will also get bullets if
230-468: A nightclub where the atmosphere appears lackluster; due to the low volume of the music (referencing the song's lyrics), the people in the club seem bored and not dancing. Subsequently, Rihanna vows to make the DJ turn up the music, thus stepping up onto a platform, wearing a gold midriff top with baggy jeans, beginning to perform to the song, causing the DJ, played by Cipha Sounds , to turn the music up. With this,
276-474: A partnership with Nielsen BDS to provide radio airplay charts and related data for over 20 formats. BDS was founded as Broadcast Recognition Systems by Robert Uhlmann and Hal Oppenheimer, in 1982. Uhlmann developed the idea for automating airplay recognition after his experience working in the music industry in Florida. After returning to Kansas City, Uhlmann partnered with financier Hal Oppenheimer to start
322-684: A total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one. "Pon de Replay" spent a total of 12 weeks inside the top 10 of the Hot 100 and 23 weeks on the chart in total. The song also peaked at number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs and Digital Songs charts, number two on the US Mainstream Top 40 chart, and 24 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was also certified two times platinum by
368-474: Is arguably more marginal, which is reflected in the chart's content. After the alterations made in 2011, the chart somewhat moved away from its initial purpose of charting conventional dance songs, instead including more remixed pop and urban songs in place of traditional forms of dance music and/or music by dance artists. By 2012, however, the influx of EDM songs in mix shows and the addition of two additional dance outlets amongst those monitored once again increased
414-592: The Recording Industry Association of America on December 19, 2012, denoting shipments of over 2,000,000 copies. In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 37 on the New Zealand Singles Chart on August 15, 2005, and peaked at number one in its ninth week on the chart, after having been locked at number two for four weeks previous. The song spent a total of seven weeks inside the top five chart positions and 16 weeks on
460-598: The lead single from the album. Prior to signing a six-album record deal with Def Jam Recordings , "Pon de Replay" was one of three songs which was recorded for her demo tape to be sent to record labels. It is a pop , dancehall and R&B song that features elements of reggae , and reggaeton . The lyrics revolve around Rihanna asking a DJ to turn the volume of her favorite songs up louder. The title means "play it again" in Bajan Creole . "Pon de Replay" received positive reviews from music critics , who praised
506-556: The Chainsmokers, all of whom crossed over to pop from dance and continue to be core dance artists, the artists in the following lists are pop and/or rhythmic acts; the songs that landed them on the dance chart were generally remixes of the original recordings. Rihanna and Katy Perry, however, have been more successful on both the Dance Club Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts, where Madonna leads with 50 number ones at
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#1732782582889552-413: The DJ to put my song on the replay." Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic wrote about the song's composition and musical influences, "[Pon de Replay] is driven by booming dancehall-lite beats and a reggae vocal cadence (and title spelling), it's a simple dance-pop song at its core, with standard English-language singing as well as a can't-miss singalong hook." Barry Walters of Rolling Stone also commented on
598-685: The Top 40 panel: Broadcast Data Systems Broadcast Data Systems (also known as Nielsen BDS , BDS or Luminate BDS ) was a service that tracks radio, television and internet airplay of songs. The service, which is a unit of MRC Data , is a contributing factor to North American charts published by co-owned magazine Billboard , including the Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Hot 100 , when combined with sales and streaming data from Soundscan. BDS monitors airplay on more than 2,000 radio stations, satellite radio, and cable music channels across
644-576: The United Kingdom, "Pon de Replay" debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart on September 3, 2005. The song stayed at the number two position for a further week, and stayed inside the top 10 for four weeks. The music video for "Pon de Replay" was directed by Little X . The video was filmed in Toronto, Canada at now-defunct Republik Nightclub and is set in a nightclub and begins with Rihanna and two of her friends arriving at
690-472: The United States (including Puerto Rico), Canada, and Mexico. Luminate distributes BDS airplay data in their suite of music data products, including Music Connect, BDSRadio, BDS RealTime, ENcore and Musictracking. From August 2006 to its final June 2009 publication, BDS also provided chart data for R&R after Nielsen acquired the trade. On September 10, 2009, the website Radio-Info.com struck
736-416: The audition and meeting Jay-Z, Rihanna explained during an interview how she felt before walking into the room, saying: "That's when I really got nervous ... I was like: 'Oh God, he's right there, I can't look, I can't look, I can't look!' I remember being extremely quiet. I was very shy. I was cold the entire time. I had butterflies. I'm sitting across from Jay-Z. Like, Jay-Zee. I was star-struck." During
782-511: The audition, Rihanna performed Whitney Houston ' s cover of " For the Love of You ", "Pon de Replay" and "The Last Time", the latter two of which would go on to be included on her debut album, Music of the Sun . Initially, Jay-Z was skeptical about signing Rihanna, because he felt "Pon de Replay" was too big for her, saying "when a song is that big, it's hard [for a new artist] to come back from. I don't sign songs, I sign artists". "Pon de Replay"
828-597: The chart in total. In Australia, "Pon de Replay" debuted at number 13 on the Australian Singles Chart on September 25, 2005, and peaked at number six in its ninth week on the chart. The song spent a total of 10 weeks in the top 10 chart positions and 22 weeks on the chart in total and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association , denoting shipments of over 70,000 copies. Elsewhere,
874-477: The company and develop the technology for tracking airplay data, which was originally developed to detect submarines by military contractors in Washington D.C. In 1986, BDS debuted their revolutionary audio recognition technology in front of the Recording Industry Association of America as a new method of monitoring radio airplay of songs and commercial advertising. Prior to the debut of their tracking system
920-452: The dance content found on the chart, thereby decreasing to some extent the number of remixed pop and R&B tracks included. There are 40 positions on this chart and it is solely based on radio airplay. Eight stations (five terrestrial, one cable, one satellite and one online internet service), serve as exclusive reporters and are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems . Songs are ranked by
966-446: The first seven weeks of the chart at number one, which Billboard recognizes retroactively. With the issue dated November 19, 2011, Billboard changed the name of the chart to Dance/Mix Show Airplay to reflect a change in its methodology. Instead of just ranking the number of airplay songs received at six dance-formatted reporters (four terrestrial radio stations, plus SiriusXM's BPM channel and Music Choice's Dance/Electronica channel),
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#17327825828891012-455: The first time since its spin-off to E5 Global Media from Nielsen Business Media. The purchase included Soundscan, BDS, and Music360. In October 2020, MRC and Penske Media combined their data businesses to form a joint venture, named P-MRC Data. The joint venture would combine MRC Data, Alpha Data, and Variety Business Intelligence. P-MRC Data rebranded as Luminate in March 2022. The service
1058-590: The former, seven of those on this chart, followed by Rihanna with 33 (9 on this chart) and Perry with 19 (including 4 on this chart) while achieving success at pop and rhythmic. Guetta is the only male artist to see 8 of his 14 Dance Club Songs number ones also reach number one on Dance/Mix Show Airplay. As of 2024, eleven artists can claim to have placed a single on Dance/Mix Show Airplay in the chart's three decades (2000s, 2010s, and 2020s) since its inception: As of 2024, Calvin Harris and David Guetta have accumulated
1104-405: The loss in detections does not exceed the percentage of downtime from a monitored station. "Airpower" awards are issued to songs that appear on the top 20 of both the airplay and audience chart for the first time, while the "greatest gainer" award is given to song with the largest increase in detections. A song with six or more spins in its first week is awarded an "airplay add". If a song is tied for
1150-450: The lyrics of the song. Rihanna can be seen belly-dancing on the stage, with neon green laserlights transmit above her. After Rihanna gets the crowd moving, she runs off of the platform onto a dance floor, where the crowd later join her. The video's last scenes show the people in the club all gathered on the middle of the dance floor, choreographing different dance moves. These include a line of people featuring Rihanna, and male dancers who make
1196-457: The most chart toppers, with sixteen number ones.Rihanna was the youngest artist on this chart to reach number one with " Pon de Replay " in 2005, when she was 16, while Harris leads among male artists. Madonna is the only artist on this chart to see seven singles all reach number one consecutively, making her the only artist on this chart to accomplish this feat, and also has the most number ones from one album, all four singles from Confessions on
1242-618: The most charted songs overall at Dance/Mix Show Airplay, with 59 titles. " Closer " by the Chainsmokers featuring Halsey holds the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one, at 20, dethroning the 15-week run of " Poker Face " by Lady Gaga . Before them, singer Deborah Cox held the record for her single " Something Happened on the Way to Heaven " with 10 consecutive weeks between November 2003 and February 2004. There are 80 reporters who make up this panel (as of March 22, 2021), according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, all of them part of
1288-442: The most spins in the same week, the one with the biggest increase that previous week will rank higher, but if both songs show the same number of spins regardless of detection the song that is being played at more stations is ranked higher. Songs that fall below the top 15 and have been on the chart after 26 weeks are removed and go to the 20-song recurrent status. With the exception of Madonna, David Guetta, Kaskade, Calvin Harris, and
1334-507: The music industry relied on self-reported playlists from radio stations. BDS airplay data was first used on a Billboard chart on January 20, 1990, when Billboard magazine published their newly revised Hot Country Singles chart. On November 30, 1991, Billboard published the first Billboard Hot 100 chart using airplay data from BDS. Since its debut, BDS has become the standard for the radio and music industry because of its accuracy of detecting, tracking and monitoring songs, thus eliminating
1380-456: The music up?" and that it follows in the footsteps of recent songs which also incorporated "Hey Mr. DJ", including Madonna ' s " Music " and Jennifer Lopez ' s " Play ". In an interview with Kidzworld, Rihanna explained the lyrical content of the song, saying: "It's just language that we speak in Barbados. It's broken English. Pon is on, de means the, so it's just basically telling
1426-511: The necessary arrangements for her to fly to New York. There, she recorded a collection of demos for a demo tape to be sent to record labels. One of the demos recorded was that of "Pon de Replay", which was written and produced by Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and Vada Nobles in 2004. The first to respond to the demo tape was Jay-Z , who had recently been appointed as president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings , where Rihanna auditioned for him and music executive L.A. Reid , in his office. Looking back on
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1472-512: The only duo or group to score their first consecutive number ones on this chart, while the Chainsmokers claim the most weeks at number one by a duo, with 58. Calvin Harris has spent the most-weeks at number one with a total of 101 weeks. Harris and Rihanna shared 14 weeks with " We Found Love " and twelve with " This Is What You Came For ," but Harris has logged the most weeks atop the chart as his nine other singles have spent 10 or more weeks at number one. This list features artists who have reached
1518-530: The panel of monitored stations was expanded to include mixshow plays on mainstream top 40 and rhythmic radio during hours in which these stations featured mixshow programming. On November 26, 2014, the 25-song chart expanded to 40 positions (effective with the December 6, 2014 issue), allowing more dance tracks to chart while simultaneously making the chart less pop-oriented. In comparison to other dance charts, American commercial radio's definition of dance music
1564-459: The people still bored now begin dancing to Rihanna's track, including Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall , who also makes a cameo appearance. Scenes of people dancing in the club are shown, with intercut shots being juxtaposed of Rihanna leaning against a wall with the word "Bar" in LED lights (which is actually part of a Parking sign outside of the window). She dons a pastel blue short dress, singing to
1610-584: The song "sexy and savvy". In the United States, "Pon de Replay" debuted at number 97 on June 11, 2005, and ascended into the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at number nine in the issue dated July 16, 2005, and became the "Greatest Airplay Gainer" that week. In the issue dated July 30, 2005, the song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 , being held off of the top spot by Mariah Carey 's " We Belong Together ", which spent
1656-618: The song achieved moderate commercial success in Europe, peaking inside the top 10 of eight charts. In Switzerland, the song debuted at number eight on the Swiss Music Charts on September 11, 2005, and peaked at number three for three consecutive weeks. The song spent a total of 41 weeks on the chart. The song also debuted at number four on the Norwegian Singles Chart and peaked at number three in its fifth week;
1702-528: The song spans from the low note of F♯ 3 to the high note of C♯ 5 . The title of the song is in Bajan Creole , a primarily spoken language used in Barbados, and means "play it again" in English. Lyrically, the song is about asking the DJ to play the protagonist's favorite song, as well as the fulfillment of dancing in a club. Doug Rule of Metro Weekly commented on the lyric "Hey Mr. DJ, won't you turn
1748-684: The song spent a total of 15 weeks on the chart. "Pon de Replay" also peaked inside the top five in Denmark, Austria and Sweden, peaking at numbers four, five and five, respectively. "Pon de Replay" also peaked inside the top 10 in Italy and Finland, peaking at numbers six and eight, respectively. However, the song was less successful in other territories, peaking at number 15 in The Netherlands and number 18 in France and Spain, respectively. In
1794-491: The song's composition and concurred with Birchmeier's opinions of the song, writing that the song is "a poppy piece of dancehall reggae with slapping, syncopated beats recalling big-band jazz". The song received generally positive reviews from music critics. Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised the song, and compared it to Beyoncé 's 2003 chart topper " Baby Boy ", because of how both songs feature "a dancehall-pop mixture". Barry Walter of Rolling Stone called
1840-553: The song's composition and its choice as the singer's debut single. The song was a commercial success, peaking at number one in New Zealand and on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. It also reached number two on both the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart , whilst achieving top-five positions in eight other countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Switzerland. It
1886-538: The top ten, even if they didn't reach number one, since the launch of the chart in 2003. As of 2024, David Guetta leads with 40 top ten singles. Guetta, in part due to being a producer and DJ/remixer, has the most charted singles that feature guest vocalists that perform on his songs. Additionally, Rihanna, who now ranks second and leads among females, also share a top ten song together here, " Who's That Chick? " (number 7 in January 2011). Guetta also leads among artists with
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1932-428: The use of reporting and call-outs to trades and record labels when it comes to adding and testing tracks. The method has also helped tracks that only received airplay (songs that are not released as singles) become major hits, especially in Billboard' s Hot 100 chart, where several radio-only tracks have reached the top spot. In 1994, SESAC became the first Performance Rights Organization to use data from BDS. BDS
1978-558: Was acquired by Billboard parent company BPI Communications. In 1994, BPI Communications along with BDS were sold to Dutch media conglomerate Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen (VNU). After VNU was reorganized and renamed the Nielsen Company in 2007, BDS became known as Nielsen BDS. In December 2019, Valence Media , the parent company of Billboard , acquired Nielsen's music data business to establish its data division, MRC Data. The acquisition reunited BDS with Billboard for
2024-464: Was certified three times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America , denoting shipments of over 3,000,000 copies. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Little X , and features Rihanna in a club with her friends, who ask the DJ to play their favorite song repeatedly. Prior to signing a record deal with Def Jam Recordings, Rihanna was discovered in her home country of Barbados by American record producer Evan Rogers, who made
2070-416: Was released via iTunes on July 26, 2005, through Def Jam Recordings. "Pon de Replay" is a pop , dancehall and R&B song that infuses a reggae style. According to the digital music sheet published at musicnotes.com, the song is written in the key of F-sharp minor and is set in common time with a moderated dance groove , with a metronome of 100 beats per minute . Rihanna's vocal range in
2116-485: Was retired in September 2022. As a replacement, Luminate partnered with Mediabase for tracking radio airplay data. Pon de Replay " Pon de Replay " is the debut single by Barbadian singer Rihanna , from her debut studio album, Music of the Sun (2005). It was written and produced by Vada Nobles , Alisha "M'Jestie" Brooks, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers . The song was released on May 24, 2005, as
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