Billboard’s first cover, ever, in honor of our 117th birthday today!
We’ve come a long, long way since 1984, when a yearly subscription to Billboard cost 99 cents. We used to cover advertising, then the “amusement business” (carnivals and circuses), then motion pictures, and finally, with the advent of the jukebox, the music industry. It wasn’t until 1940 that we launched our first chart, the 10-position “National List of Best Selling Retail Records.” Think we found our niche.
Huzzah!
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Correction: 1894!
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Cool! Had no idea they didn’t start
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If you’ve ever wondered why...magazine would be named “Billboard”…
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