Bubbling Under Hot 100: Difference between revisions

The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart was first introduced in the June 1, 1959 issue of ''Billboard'', under the name "Bubbling Under the Hot 100".<ref name="Bubbling06011959">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CiAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43 |title=Bubbling Under the Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 1, 1959 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |page=43}}</ref> Containing a listing of 15 singles, the chart was described as "the new listing that predicts which new records will become chart climbers." Its first number-one single was "A Prayer and a Juke Box" by [[Little Anthony and the Imperials]]<ref name="Bubbling06011959"/> (The song would later peak at #81). It would continue to be published in issues of ''Billboard'' until August 24, 1985, after which it was discontinued.<ref name="BubblingFinalIssue">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2iQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT89 |title=Bubbling Under the Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=97 |issue=34 |date=August 24, 1985 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |page=66}}</ref> Prior to its discontinuation, the chart had not been issued in four issues; three from 1974 and one in 1978.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |title=Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100: 1959–2004 |year=2005 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=978-0-89820-162-8}}</ref> However, it returned as a feature in the December 5, 1992, issue of ''Billboard'' and continues to the present day.<ref name="Whitburn"/> From the end of 1970 to 1985, there was a [[Bubbling Under the Top LPs]] album chart paired with the Bubbling Under the Hot 100.