Kid Albums
Kid Albums(formerly known asTop Kid Audio) is a music chart published weekly byBillboardmagazinewhich ranks the top sellingchildren's musicalbums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated September 9, 1995.[1]It originally began as a 15-position chart, but has now been expanded to 25.[1]Rankings are compiled by point-of-purchase sales obtained byNielsen Soundscandata and from legaldigital downloadsfrom an all music digital retailers.[1]
The Kid Albums chart features full-length albums that are geared towards children or preteen audiences. Some genres can extend to music for younger children around 1 to 5 years in age, likelullabies,to soundtracks for films that are targeted to children of the age 5-9 topop,teen popand other subdivisions of it.Studio albums,EPs,compilation albumsandsoundtracksare also eligible for the chart.
The first number-one title on the Top Kid Audio chart was a compilation album fromWalt Disney RecordstitledClassic Disney, Vol. 1.[1]As of the week of September 1, 2024, the number-one album on the chart is the 2009 soundtrack album ofHannah Montana: The Movie.
References
[edit]- ^abcd"Billboard Kid Albums".Billboard.com. September 9, 1995. p. 1.RetrievedJuly 31,2009.