Top Heatseekers facts for kids
Top Heatseekers is a special music chart created by Billboard magazine. It started in 1993. This chart helps show which albums are selling well from new and rising music artists.
Think of it like a leaderboard for new bands and singers. Albums on the Top Heatseekers chart can also appear on the main Billboard 200 chart at the same time.
What is Top Heatseekers?
The Top Heatseekers chart lists fifty different album positions. It's like a countdown of the top 50 albums by artists who are just starting out. The rules for this chart have changed a little over the years.
How Albums Get on the Chart
For an album to be on Top Heatseekers, it needs to be one of the best-selling albums by a new band or artist. The main rule is that the artist must never have had an album reach the top 100 on the bigger Billboard 200 chart.
What Happens Next?
If an album on Top Heatseekers becomes very popular and enters the top 100 of the Billboard 200 chart, that artist "graduates" from Heatseekers. This means that album, and any future albums from that artist, can no longer appear on the Top Heatseekers chart.
Many artists skip the Top Heatseekers chart completely. This happens if their very first album sells so well that it goes straight into the top 100 of the Billboard 200 chart right away.
