Collecting data for my @top40yearsago@musician.social Mastodon account.

So far, I’ve found the Billboard Hot 100 in a big CSV file. The Canadian charts are available on a government web site, but they’re all PDF scans. The British charts are available from the Official Charts Company.

Here are some ideas for topics:

• Top of the chart this week.
• Top of the Canadian or British charts this week.
• Chart debut. (Only for songs that made it to the top? Top 10? Top 40?)
• Enters top 40 or top 10.
• Chart exit.
• Drops out of top 10 or top 40.
• Parody of this week’s top song.
• Reenters chart. (With explanation?)

Try to include a youtube or spotify link in each post. Try to spread out mentions of the same song.

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