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Presents updates on the rap and hip-hop music market in the U.S. as of December 2002. Market share of Universal Music and Video Distribution; Increase in the rap album share of Sony Music Distribution; Drop in the rap album share of EMI Music Distribution.

Provides information on the Bobby Valentino's single "Slow Down," which advances to the top position of "Billboard" magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Provides information on Houston, Texas-based rapper Mike Jones. Facts about his lead single "Still Tippin'."

Presents updates on the performance of music releases in the Billboard chart as of April 23, 2005. "Anything but Mine," by Kenny Chesney; "Incomplete," by the Backstreet Boys; "Beverly Hills," by Weezer.

Presents information on the songs and music recordings that made it to the "Billboard" charts for the week ended April 16, 2005. Introduction of Hot Gospel Tracks on the Web sites billboard.com and billboard.biz; Ranking of the release "Switch," by Will Smith on the Hot Digital Songs list; Selection of songs that made it to the Hot Rhythm & Blues/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

Presents information on the ratings of several music releases in the U.S. as of April 9, 2005. Performance of the music release "You'll Be There," by George Strait; Sales of the music release "The Hand That Feeds," by Nine Inch Nails; Latin music release included in The Billboard Hot 100 and Hot 100 Airplay music charts.

Reports on the music releases of Interscope that were included in the top ten songs of the Modern Rock chart of Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems as of April 2005. "Be Yourself," by Audioslave; "Little Sister," by Queens of the Stone Age; "Don't Drink the Water," by the Dave Matthews Band.

Presents updates on several performers and music releases at the U.S. Billboard Music as of March 2005. Domination of female singer Kelly Clarkson on the Pop 100 Billboard music chart for her music release "Since U Been Gone"; Return of musician Stevie Wonder to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, after an absence in the music industry, for his music release "So What the Fuss"; Status of Craig Morgan's music release "That's What I Love About Sunday" at the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Presents news briefs concerning the U.S. music recording industry as of March 19, 2005. Ranking of several country music releases in the U.S.; Total listener impressions for the music release "Candy Shop" performed by 50 Cent featuring Olivia in the Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay list; Performance of Jack Johnson's music release "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" in the Billboard's chart.

Focuses on the billboard music charts in the U.S. for the week ended March 5, 2005. Rise of Craig Morgan's music release "That's What I Love About Sunday" in the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart; Increase of audience impressions for the music release "Candy Shop," by 50 Cent; List of the top digital music releases in the U.S. for the week ended March 5, 2005.

Presents update on the U.S. music recording industry and the "Billboard" music charts as of February 26, 2005. Competition between the songs "Let Me Love You," by Mario and "Lovers and Friends," by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris, for the top spot in the "Billboard" charts; Abundance of songs with themes on human emotions and sober observations, on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart of "Billboard"; Rank of the single "We Will Become Silhouettes," by The Postal Service, on the "Billboard" Hot 100.

Presents an update on music ranking on the Billboard charts in the U.S. as of February 19, 2005. Ranking achieved by "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent on the Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts; Number of download sales achieved by Lifehouse's "You and Me"; Rating attained by Sugarland's "Baby Girl" on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks.

Reports on the revamp of the Billboard Hot 100, one of the franchise charts of the "Billboard" magazine, to include digital sales. Reason for the revamp; Move of the magazine to introduce the Pop 100, a chart long clamored for by music industry; Importance of the move of the magazine.

Presents updates on the music industry in the U.S. as of February 5, 2005. Increase in the number of music album sold by West Virginian Brad Paisley for the release of "Mud on Tires"; Improvement in the chart rating of the music release "Collide," by Howie Day; Error that lead to the exclusion of the music release "Breathe," by Erasure from debuting on the Hot Dance Singles Sales or Hot 100 Singles Sales charts.

Presents news on the music industry in the U.S. as of January 29, 2005. Rank of solo female performers Reba McEntire and LeAnn Rimes in the Hot Country Singles & Tracks of "Billboard"; Dominance of Green Day in the Billboard 200 and Hot Digital Songs with "American Idiot; Performance of "I Have a Dream," by BeBe Winans in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

Reports on the anomalies associated with several music charts released in the U.S. as of January 2005. Example of questionable music releases that were included in the audience chart; Update on the weekly listener impressions for several music releases included in the Billboard Hot 100 chart; Music releases that were included in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart as of January 15, 2005.

Presents updates on several issues concerning the top music releases in the U.S. according to "Billboard" magazine, as of December 2004. Information on several country music releases that topped the charts, including "Redneck Woman" performed by Gretchen Wilson; Information on an increase in the number of music releases downloaded from the Internet; Percentage of popular and rock music releases that appeared on radio airplay charts.

Presents updates on the top music releases based on audience impressions and radio airplay in the U.S. as of December 16, 2004. Ranks of the country music singles "Back When," by Tim McGraw and "The Woman With You," by Kenny Chesney based on the number of listeners; Radio airplay of the music release "A Holly Jolly Christmas," by Burl Ives; Increase in the number of audience impressions at rhythm and blues and hip-hop stations for the music release "Lovers and Friends," by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz.

Presents updates on music charts in the U.S. as of December 11, 2004. Dominance of the music single "Believe," by Josh Groban in the Adult Contemporary music chart; Rank of the single "Disco Inferno," by 50 Cent in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart; Status of the song "Numb/Encore," by Linkin Park and Jay-Z in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

Focuses on the music singles featured in the charts of the December 4, 2004 issue of "Billboard" magazine. Country singers who released traditional-style country songs featured in the chart; Significance of the chart performance of the song "Pain," by Jimmy Eat World to its record label Interscope; Information on the "Billboard" Music Awards held in Las Vegas, Nevada to honor the performers featured in the chart.

Presents news on the Billboard charts in the U.S. as of November 27, 2004. Performance of the "Encore" album of Eminem and the tracks contained in the album in terms of airplay; Listener impressions for the "Drop It Like It's Hot" album of Snoop Dogg; Songs that top the digital charts.

Presents an update on the audience-based ranking of several music releases in the U.S., as of November 20, 2004. "Mr. Mom," by Lonestar; "Over and Over," by Nelly and Tim McGraw; "Lose My Breath," by Destiny's Child.

Reports on the performance of several music releases in the U.S. Billboards singles charts as of November 13, 2004. "Drop It Like It's Hot," by Snoop Dogg and Pharrell; "My Boo," by Usher and Alicia Keys; "Heaven," by Salvador.

Presents an update on the music industry in the U.S. as of November 6, 2004. Information on the records set by the music single of Nelly and Tim McGraw entitled "Over and Over" on the Mainstream Top 40 chart of Billboard; Double-dip Greatest Gainer/Airplay & Sales award earned by Snoop Dogg on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks with the music single "Crop It Like It's Hot"; Performance of Kanye West's music single "The New Workout Plan" in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

Reports on the growing trend toward rhythm & blues (R&B) music in the U.S. in October 2004. Overall audience impressions gathered by the song "U Haul" by Angie Stone; New R&B sound recordings that made it to the U.S. music chart; Information on Christina Milan's "Dip It Low."

Presents information on the performance of several music recordings in the Billboard charts in the U.S. as of October 23, 2004. "My Boo," by Usher and Alicia Keys; "50 Number Ones," by George Strait; "Just Lose It," by Eminem.

Presents news briefs related to the U.S. music industry, as of October 2004. Success of the music release "Vertigo," by U2; Entry of the song "Just Lose It," by Eminem into the Hot Digital Tracks; Female singers toping the list in the country charts.

Presents updates on the rankings of several music releases in the Billboard chart in the U.S. as of October 9, 2004. Performance of the music release "Just Lose It," by rap musician Eminem; Ranking of the music release "Vertigo," by music group U2; Top audience stations during the tracking period.

Focuses on issues surrounding the "Billboard" magazine's country music charts as of September 24, 2004. Issue of manipulation of the audience chart; Information on the selection process; Changes being considered by the magazine.

Presents updates on the music industry as of September 25, 2004. Status of the Beyoncé Knowles music releases in the Billboard chart, including "Dangerously in Love"; Ranking of "Goodies," performed by Ciara at the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart; Information on the music release "1985," performed by Bowling for Soup.

Reports on the sound recordings that made it to The Billboard 200 since its launch in July 2003. Number of songs of the late Ray Charles that debut on Hot Digital Tracks; Information on Keith Urban's "Days Go By"; Songs of Cam'rom that debut on the R&B/hip-hop chart.

Reports on the performance of several hip-hop and rhythm & blues music artists in the Billboard music chart of the U.S. as of September 11, 2004. "Goodies," by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo; "Get Low," by Lil Jon featuring the Ying Yang Twins; "Girls Lie Too," by Terri Clark.

Presents an update on top singles and music releases in the Billboard charts as of September 4, 2004. Status of "Goodies," by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo in the Rhythmic Top 40 chart; Outcome of the debut of "My Boo," by Usher and Alicia Keys in the Hot Rhythm and Blues/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart; Percentage of increase in sales of digital tracks.

Reports on the popularity of Linkin Park's music release "Breaking the Habit" and other music releases as of August 28, 2004. Rank of "Breaking the Habit" on the Modern Rock chart; Performance of the top five modern chart-toppers from the album "Meteora"; Rank of the music release "Habit" on the Mainstream chart.

Reports on the performance of the music release of bands and musicians in the Billboard charts. Performance of the "Lean Back" release of Terror Squad in the Billboard Hot 100; Competition of Gretchen Wilson and Big & Rich in the Hot Country Singles & Tracks; Performance of the musicians JoJo, Ashlee Simpson and Christina Milian in the Mainstream Top 40.

Presents updates on several music recording artists in the U.S., as of August 2004. Information on the music release "Stays in Mexico," performed by Toby Keith; Audience impressions on the song "Who Is She 2 You," by Brandy featuring Usher; Career status of singers who won at the reality television program "American Idol."

Presents a chart depicting the best selling rap music labels from Dec. 6, 2003 through July 10, 2004. Island Def Jam Music Group; Atlantic; Zomba; Interscope; Capitol.

Presents a chart depicting the best selling rap music songs from Dec. 6, 2003 through July 10, 2004. Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx; J-Kwan; Jay-Z; Petey Pablo; Ludacris; Outkast; Ying Yang Twins featuring Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz; Chingy featuring J. Weav; Twista; Cassidy featuring R. Kelly.

Presents a chart depicting the best selling rap music imprints from Dec. 6, 2003 through July 10, 2004. Disturbing Tha Peace; Atlantic; Def Jam; Roc-A-Fella; So So Def.

Presents a chart depicting the best selling rhythm and blues and hip-hop singles & track labels from Dec. 6, 2003 through July 10, 2004. Island Def Jam Music Group; RCA Music Group; Zomba; Sony Urban Music; Universal Motown Records.

Presents a chart depicting the best selling rhythm and blues and hip-hop singles & track imprints from Dec. 6, 2003 through July 10, 2004. J; Columbia; Jive; Arista; Laface.

Presents a chart depicting the best selling rhythm and blues and hip-hop album labels from Dec. 6, 2003 through July 10, 2004. Island Def Jam Music Group; Universal Motown Records Group; Zomba; Interscope; RCA Music Group.

Presents a chart depicting the best selling rhythm and blues and hip-hop album imprints from Dec. 6, 2003 through July 10, 2004. J; Def Jam; Arista; Columbia; Jive.

Presents a chart depicting the best selling rhythm and blues and hip-hop artists from Dec. 6, 2003 through July 10, 2004. Usher; Alicia Keys; Jay-Z; Kanye West; Outkast.

Enumerates the top 25 rap singles in the U.S., according to the Billboard charts for the week ending August 7, 2004, including "Lean Back," by Terror Squad.

Explains the selection process for the Billboard/American Urban Radio Networks' top rhythm and blues/hip-hop artists and singles for the week ending August 7, 2004.

Enumerates the top ten rhythm and blues and hip-hop music releases in the U.S., according to the Billboard charts for the week ending August 7, 2004, including "Confessions," by Usher.

Enumerates the top ten rhythm and blues and hip-hop singles music releases in the U.S., according to the Billboard charts, for the week ending August 7, 2004, including "You Don't Know My Name," by Alicia Keys.

Enumerates the top five rhythm and blues and hip-hop singles and tracts artists in the U.S., according to the Billboard charts for the week ending August 7, 2004, including Usher.

Lists the top five rap artists in the U.S., according to the Billboard charts for the week ending August 7, 2004, including Twista.