The Hits of the World is a collection of weekly record charts published by Billboard magazine. It ranks the top 25 songs in more than 40 countries around the globe based on streaming and digital sales. These charts in 40+ countries joined existing chart listings for Billboard-branded licensees in Argentina, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam, along with Billboard's longstanding third-party partner charts like Official Charts Company in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Announced on February 14, 2022, and launched the following day, the tracking period for each chart runs from Friday to Thursday of every week with new charts released every Tuesday.^[2]

Methodology

The chart tracks songs' performance from Friday to Thursday and is made available on Tuesday morning. Each chart includes 25 songs, ranked based on streaming data and digital sales provided by MRC Data, in a unique blend for each territory.^[1]

Charts

Pre-existing charts

• Billboard Argentina Hot 100
• Billboard Canadian Albums
• Billboard Canadian Hot 100
• Billboard Italia Hot 100^[3]
• Billboard Japan Hot 100
• Billboard K-pop 100 (discontinued and replaced by South Korea Songs chart as of the issue dated May 7, 2022^[4])
• Billboard Vietnam Hot 100 (discontinued, last charts available dated on December 30, 2023)
• The Official U.K. Albums Chart
• The Official U.K. Songs Chart
• Australia Albums
• Germany Albums
• Greece Albums
• China TME UNI Chart (launched by TME in 2018, incorporated to Hits of the World since 2023)^[5]

Africa

• South Africa Songs

Asia Pacific

• Australia Songs
• Hong Kong Songs
• India Songs
• Indonesia Songs
• Malaysia Songs
• New Zealand Songs
• Philippines Songs
• Singapore Songs
• South Korea Songs (added on issue dated May 7, 2022^[6] as a replacement of the K-pop Hot 100)
• Taiwan Songs
• Thailand Songs (removed as of the issue dated February 26, 2022)^[7]
• Turkey Songs
• Billboard Top Thai Songs (launched on March 17, 2023)^{[note 1]}
• Billboard Top Thai Country Songs (launched on March 17, 2023)^{[note 1]}

Europe

• Austria Songs
• Belgium Songs
• Croatia Songs
• Czech Republic Songs
• Denmark Songs
• Finland Songs
• France Songs
• Germany Songs
• Greece Songs
• Hungary Songs
• Iceland Songs
• Ireland Songs
• Luxembourg Songs
• Netherlands Songs
• Norway Songs
• Poland Songs
• Portugal Songs
• Romania Songs
• Russia Songs (removed as of the issue dated April 9, 2022)^[9]
• Slovakia Songs
• Spain Songs
• Sweden Songs
• Switzerland Songs
• U.K. Songs

Latin America

• Bolivia Songs
• Brazil Songs
• Chile Songs
• Colombia Songs
• Ecuador Songs
• Mexico Songs
• Peru Songs
• Billboard Brasil Hot 100 (Added to Hits of the World when Billboard Brasil was relaunched in August 2023)