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This is a list of calendars.Included are historical calendars as well as proposed ones. Historical calendars are often grouped into larger categories by cultural sphere or historical period; thus O'Neil (1976) distinguishes the groupings Egyptian calendars (Ancient Egypt), Babylonian calendars (Ancient Mesopotamia), Indian calendars (Hindu and Buddhist traditions of the Indian subcontinent ...
This is a list of the magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 2008. [ 1] The #1 song on the list was "Low" by Flo Rida and T-Pain, after having released the song in 2007 and spent 10 weeks at number-one. The song that came in at number two was "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis and at #3 was Alicia Keys ' song "No One", after spending 5 weeks at #1 in ...
Flo Rida's first U.S. number-one single "Low" was the longest-running number-one of 2008, topping the chart for 10 consecutive weeks. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, and airplay. In 2008 ...
The Federal Open Market Committee action known as Operation Twist (named for the twist dance craze of the time [ 1]) began in 1961. The intent was to flatten the yield curve in order to promote capital inflows and strengthen the dollar. The Fed utilized open market operations to shorten the maturity of public debt in the open market.
In 2008, 26 different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. [ 1 ] At the start of the year the number one was " Our Song " by Taylor Swift , which had risen to the top in the issue dated December 22, 2007. [ 2 ]
Three soundtrack albums topped the chart in 2008: Juno, Mamma Mia! and Twilight . Hip hop artist Lil Wayne 's Tha Carter III is the highest-selling album of 2008 in the US, selling 2.874 million copies since its release. [ 5][ 6] The album attained the most sales in a week, netting over one million units after a week of release, a feat ...
Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2008. The Mainstream Top 40 chart ranks the top-performing singles on contemporary hit radio, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly airplay, and published in Billboard magazine. The following are the songs which reached number one on the chart during the year 2008 in ...
Prior to incorporating chart data from Nielsen SoundScan (from 1991), year-end charts were calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on a title's performance (for example a single appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 would be given one point for a week spent at position 100, two points for a week spent at position ninety-nine, and so forth, up to 100 points for each week spent at number ...