It was compiled by broadcast monitoring services Body M Production A-V (1990s and 2000s) and by Media Forest (2010s), and measured the airplay of songs on radio stations throughout the country.
[5] The Romanian Top 100 was also featured in Billboard's Music & Media magazine until 2003,[6][7] and was—apart from a weekly Kiss FM podcast in the 2010s—announced on its own website.
Multiple artists reached number one with several singles in a calendar year, including the Black Eyed Peas with "Where Is the Love?"
Cleopatra Stratan was four years old when she topped the chart in October 2006 with "Ghiță", making her the youngest artist ever to attain a number one in any country according to Guinness World Records.
At that time, Nielsen Music Control and Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (UPFR) began publishing charts which reflected the most-broadcast songs on radio stations and television channels throughout Romania (see list of number ones below); they also gained coverage in local media.