''Billboard Brasil'' was a monthly

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ian magazine launched on October 10, 2009, with a print-run of over 40,000 copies. It is distributed nationwide by Brazil's biggest distributor Dinap. The ''Billboard''

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printed in the magazine and on its website are accepted as Brazil's official charts. The last print issue was the 49th, in July 2014, with the following one only getting a digital version for tablets. The magazine eventually stopped being published, only updating its website until closing its operations in 2019.

Content

About 60% of the editorial pages are produced in Brazil, with the remainder being translated from the international edition. ''Billboard Brasil'' follows the basic format of the American ''Billboard'', featuring both ''Brasil Hot 100'' and ''Billboard'' 200

, articles on regional and international music, as well as regional and international charts. The charts are done based on the

Crowley Broadcast Analysis Crowley Broadcast Analysis is an official institution of research, which monitors the radios in Brazil since 1997. Currently the company provides data to the Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição (ECAD) and the Brazilian Associati ...

report, which monitors 265 radio stations around the country, and which already provided this service for the music industry prior to ''Billboard''s launch. Brazil was the third country to launch a print affiliate of the American magazine, following

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and

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Charts

''Billboard'' charts are accepted as Brazil's official charts, covering airplay data collected by Crowley/Music Media from 14 different cities. The overall chart is the

Brasil Hot 100 Airplay Top 100 Brasil, previously Brasil Hot 100 Airplay, is the music singles charts in Brazil, compiled by Crowley Broadcast Analysis. In the beginning, the chart was published monthly by ''Billboard Brasil'' since the release of the magazine, in Octo ...

, which is also split between regional music -

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, Axé, sertanejo,

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- on Brasil Hot Popular Songs, and

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- both Brazilian and foreign - on Brasil Hot Pop Songs. Regional charts for each of the 14 cities are also given. The charts include: *

* Brasil Hot Pop Songs * Brasil Hot Popular Songs * Brasil Hot Regional (by city) ** Belo Horizonte Hot Songs **

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Hot Songs ** Fortaleza Hot Songs **

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Hot Songs ** Salvador Hot Songs **

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History

''Billboard Brasil'' was launched by Bill Werde,

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of the American ''

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'', in Brazil in September 2009. Werde expressed his appreciation of

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, and stated that ''Billboard'' would monitor the local market. The magazine is published on a monthly basis. The first number-one song on the main chart was "

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" by Beyoncé. Its first cover was

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, Brazil's best-selling music artist. In May 2010, "Tapa na Cara" (English: "Slap in the Face") by Brazilian duo

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became the first ever national song to reach number-one song on the main chart, following six consecutive months of Mariah Carey's

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of "

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" holding this position.

The first number-one songs

References

External links

Official page
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