The Heatseekers charts were "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The Heatseekers Albums and the Heatseekers Songs charts were introduced by ''Billboard'' in 1991 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical recording artists. Albums and songs appearing on Top Heatseekers would also concurrently appear on the ''Billboard'' 200 or ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Although the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers charts were discontinued in December 2014, some regional editions (such as ''

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'') still host their own Heatseekers Songs charts.

Albums chart

The Heatseekers Albums chart contains 25 positions that are ranked by

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sales data, and charts album titles from "new or developing acts" as determined by the acts' historical chart performance (the chart occasionally expanded to 50 positions throughout the years as well). Once an artist/act has had an album place in the top 100 of the ''Billboard'' Top 200, or in the top 10 of any of the

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, Country Albums,

Latin Albums Top Latin Albums (formerly Latin 50) is a record chart published by ''Billboard'' magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all ''Billboard'' album charts ...

Christian Albums Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the ''Billboard'' 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly ...

, or Gospel Albums charts, the album and later works no longer qualify for tracking on Heatseeker Albums. The chart was discontinued on January 14, 2025 and all previous charting history was scrubbed from the site; the last appearance was on the date January 11, 2025, with the number-one

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''.

Songs chart

The Heatseekers Songs chart contains 25 positions, rated by a combination of

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airplay measurements, Nielsen SoundScan sales data, and streaming activity figures from online music sources. Like Heatseekers Albums, this chart tracks titles from "new or developing acts", similarly determined by the acts' historical chart performance. An artist's song is no longer eligible for Heatseekers Songs when the artist has had a song place in the top 50 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (or has had a radio song before December 5, 1998). The Heatseekers Songs chart was quietly discontinued on December 6, 2014; the final chart was released on November 29, 2014, and the final number-one song on the chart was "

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Heatseekers Albums

Heatseekers Songs
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Albums chart

Songs chart

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