The first number-one song on this particular chart was "I Can't Stand It", which was a single released by the musician Eric Clapton that earned that slot on March 21, 1981.
The "Rock Albums & Top Tracks" charts were introduced in the issue of Billboard that the parent company published on March 21, 1981.
[2] The first number-one song on the Top Tracks chart was "I Can't Stand It", which was a single released by the musician Eric Clapton.
Billboard later commemorated that moment with an anniversary statement on March 21, 2014, which the social media platform then known as 'Twitter' (later known as 'X') published.
[1] As a result, this data showed that many songs could spend months to over a year on the Album Rock Tracks chart.
[1][7] The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart did not appear in the print edition of Billboard from its issue dated August 2, 2003,[8] being accessible only through the magazine's subscription-based website, Billboard.biz.