Hot Singles Sales

The Hot Singles Sales chart, also known as the POS (point-of-sale) chart, was a weekly Billboard publication listing the best-selling physical singles in the United States, including CDs, vinyl, and cassettes. It was introduced on October 20, 1984, with Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You" topping the first issue. This chart, along with others like Hot 100 Airplay, Hot Digital Songs, and Streaming Songs, contributed to the main Billboard Hot 100 chart.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the chart was highly significant. In the late 1990s, airplay-only singles were allowed on the Hot 100, and by the mid-2000s, digital downloads surpassed physical sales as the primary metric. If a physical single had an equivalent digital release with matching track listings, it counted toward the chart.

The chart最后一次在杂志上亮相是在2008年7月5日，由“Candle in the Wind 1997”/“Something About the Way You Look Tonight”占据榜首。尽管如此，该图表仍偶尔在Record Store Day等场合出现在印刷版中，并继续在Billboard的在线平台Billboard.biz上更新，直至2017年11月25日停更。

值得注意的里程碑包括Elton John的“Candle in the Wind 1997”，成为有史以来最快售出350万张的单曲；以及演员Christopher Lee在2013年凭借重金属版本的“Jingle Hell”获得第22名的成绩。