Chart Rewind: Harry Belafonte Was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 When It Launched in 1956
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On March 24, 1956, the legendary Harry Belafonte crowned Billboard‘s first weekly albums chart — then billed Best Selling Pop Albums in Billboard magazine’s pages — with his smash set Belafonte. Decades later, the ranking now known as the Billboard 200 remains the chart of record for America’s most popular albums each week, fueled by […]