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Top Heatseekers is a weekly albums chart introduced by Billboard in 1993 whose purpose is to highlight sales by new and developing musical recording artists. Albums appearing on Top Heatseekers may also concurrently appear on the Billboard 200.

Top Heatseekers contains fifty chart positions. The chart's policies have changed slightly over the years, its current rules for an album's eligibility to enter Top Heatseekers are as follows (per Billboard):

The best-selling albums by new and developing acts, defined as those who have never appeared in the top 100 of The Billboard 200. If a Heatseekers title reaches that level, it and the act's subsequent albums are immediately ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart.^[1]

Note that there are many artists who bypassed Top Heatseekers altogether by having their initial chart entry debut on the Billboard 200 at position 100 or above.

[edit] References

^ Caulfield, Keith (February 26, 2008). "Ask Billboard". Billboard.com, answer to question 1. Retrieved on November 11, 2008.

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Albums	Billboard 200 (Pop Catalog) • Billboard Comprehensive Albums • R&B/Hip-Hop Albums • Country Albums (Country Catalog) • Dance/Electronic Albums • Top Heatseekers • European Albums • Latin Albums • Kid Albums

Singles and tracks	Hot 100 • Radio Songs • Hot 100 Singles Sales • Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles • Digital Songs • Hot Digital Tracks • Pop 100 (defunct) • Pop 100 Airplay (defunct) • R&B/Hip-Hop Songs • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales • Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles • Rap Songs • Top 40 Tracks (defunct) • Country Songs • Pop Songs • Rhythmic Top 40 • Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks • Adult Contemporary • Latin Rhythm Airplay Chart • Alternative Songs • Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks • Rock Songs • Dance/Club Play Songs • Hot Dance Airplay • Hot Dance Singles Sales • Latin Songs • Christian Songs • Ringtones • Hot RingMasters • Canadian Hot 100 • European Hot 100 • Japan Hot 100

Lists of number-ones	Billboard 200 • Top Country Albums • U.S. number-one singles (Motown; by artist nationality: Australian, British, Canadian, European) • Hot 100 Airplay • Top 40 Mainstream • Hot Dance Club Songs • Hot Dance Airplay • Hot Alternative Tracks • Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks • Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs • Rhythmic Airplay • Year-end Top 100 Singles

Lists of artists who reached number one	U.S. (by total number; simultaneous U.S. and UK number-one hits) • Hot Dance Club Songs • Hot Dance Airplay • Hot Alternative Tracks • Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks • Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks • Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs • Rhythmic Airplay • Country

See also	Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts: (All-Time Hot 100 Top Songs, All-Time Top Artists) • Billboard Radio Monitor (defunct) • List of top 10 singles '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, • Billboard Year-End • List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones (most hit singles from an album) • Hot Country Songs achievements • R&R (defunct) • Billboard Brasil

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