Billboard publishes a Comprehensive Albums chart, a chart that ranks the sales of albums, no matter how hold they are. For example, this week “Thriller” by Michael Jackson is in the top 10 of that chart, but the album’s re-release is not allowed to chart on the Billboard 200 due to the age of its content. Why doesn’t Billboard create a chart that would do the same for the Billboard Hot 100? This week, a 10 year old song debuts at #1 on the Digital Songs chart. Where would this song rank on the Hot 100 if it were eligible? No article about the song even tries to guess. I’d also be curious as to how songs like “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey would rank (the song is currently in the top 100 on Itune’s sales chart). How about it Billboard?
