well to help clear things up for people i was researching about number one with a bullet and this is what i found.
: : Just a guess.
: : At one time ( and maybe still to this day ) there would be a listing in Billboard Magazine of the top 500 singles of music.
: : If a particular song was quickly becoming a hit and was selling a good quantity of product the editors of Billboard would put a bullet icon in front of the listing to indicate a soon-to-be hit.
: : Once a song hit #1 then it lost it's bullet having achieved the top position.
: : A number one with a bullet really did not exist but it seems to mean the super best of the best.
: The bullet . mark before the listing indicated that the record had moved up significantly from the previous week. From #47 to #3, for example. (I don't recall how many places you had to rise to earn the bullet.) So it was (is?) possible to be both the best selling record (#1) and have risen dramatically (with a bullet) since the last publication.
Below is a link to the current Top 50 hits of today with bullets.
well to help clear things up for people i was researching about number one with a bullet and this is what i found. : : Just a guess.
: : At one time ( and maybe still to this day ) there would be a listing in Billboard Magazine of the top 500 singles of music.
: : If a particular song was quickly becoming a hit and was selling a good quantity of product the editors of Billboard would put a bullet icon in front of the listing to indicate a soon-to-be hit.
: : Once a song hit #1 then it lost it's bullet having achieved the top position.
: : A number one with a bullet really did not exist but it seems to mean the super best of the best.
: The bullet . mark before the listing indicated that the record had moved up significantly from the previous week. From #47 to #3, for example. (I don't recall how many places you had to rise to earn the bullet.) So it was (is?) possible to be both the best selling record (#1) and have risen dramatically (with a bullet) since the last publication.
Below is a link to the current Top 50 hits of today with bullets.