[1][2] It was compiled weekly by broadcast monitoring service Media Forest, and measured the airplay of songs on radio stations and television channels throughout the country.
[3] Since its launch on 26 February 2012, the Airplay 100 had been broadcast on-air each Sunday as a radio show on Kiss FM hosted by Cristi Nitzu.
[7][8] During the 2010s and early 2020s, 118 singles have reached the number-one position, the first being "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" in 2012 by Brazilian singer Michel Teló.
Multiple artists reached number one with several singles in a calendar year, most notably Moldovan musical project Carla's Dreams with four in 2016—"Te rog", "Sub pielea mea", "Acele" and "Imperfect".
Cat Music have had a large impact on Romanian broadcasting starting with the chart's establishment year, having signed artists such as Smiley, 3 Sud Est, Elena Gheorghe and Voltaj.
Moldovan group
Carla's Dreams
(
member pictured in 2018
) was the most-successful act on the Airplay 100 in the 2010s with nine number-one singles.
Andreea Bănică
(
pictured
) and Laurențiu Duță reached the top of the charts with "Shining Heart" for 7 weeks, the record of 2012.
"
I Follow Rivers
" by
Lykke Li
(
pictured in 2008
) was the best-performing song of 2012 on the Airplay 100, despite not reaching number one.
"Inevitabil va fi bine" by
Andra
(
pictured in 2015
) was 2013's most-played song in Romania.
