Billboard Global 200

The chart ranks the top songs globally and is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide.

[3] The motivation for the chart's conception was "to expose people to music from multiple territories and in time", to provide "overdue exposure and recognition for acts from international markets".

[2] Establishing a global chart was dependent on the availability of the data, as well as having the various streaming and digital retail services "willing to participate and provide data"; Billboard considered this "not an easy task" and the reason why it took so long to launch a global chart.

Positions are measured on a weighted formula which incorporates official streams from both subscription and ad-supported levels of top digital platforms, including both audio and video music services, and download sales from top music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded.

[4] Unlike the US-based Billboard Hot 100, the Global 200 does not have a "recurrent" rule, therefore allowing songs from any period in music history to chart.

[2] Billboard stated their reasoning for having two charts: "One of the goals for this project was to expose people to music from multiple territories.

South Korean boy band BTS has achieved seven number-one songs on the Global 200—the most for any act.
American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the longest-reigning act of the Global 200, spending 21 weeks atop the chart.