radio singles
Songs getting airplay
Radio singles are songs released specifically for airplay on radio stations, typically the most commercially appealing tracks from an album.
The format historically drove music industry marketing—labels chose singles they believed would attract listeners and boost album sales.
Their first radio single went to number one.
The term persists even as streaming has largely displaced radio as the primary way people discover music.
- hitsBlows or successes
- chartsVisual data displays
- airplayRadio or TV broadcast
- tracksMarks showing passage
- BillboardLarge outdoor advertising display
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Obscure songs by artists
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Unused recorded material
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