# Billboard API

> Billboard returns chart rankings and artist song and album histories, available as a workflow and API.

Get chart returns ranked entries for a chart and week; provide a chart name, with date and result count optional. Get artist chart history returns an artist’s Hot 100 song or Billboard 200 album history; provide an artist and chart.

- Page: https://fous.com/tools/billboard
- Handle: `@billboard`
- Category: [Entertainment](https://fous.com/tools/category/entertainment)
- Source website: https://billboard.com/charts
- Last verified: Sep 30, 2026

## Methods

### Get artist chart history

Operation `get_artist_chart_history`, version 1. 1 credit per completed call. Failed calls without a completed billing receipt are free; completed work can remain charged if delivery is interrupted.

Get an artist’s Billboard Hot 100 song history or Billboard 200 album history, including chart totals and each title’s debut, peak and weeks on chart. Results are ordered by most recent debut.

**Input**

| Field | Type | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `chart` | string | no | `"billboard_200"` | Select the Billboard chart, for example hot_100. |
| `artist` | string | yes | `"Adele"` | Artist name, for example Taylor Swift. |
| `max_results` | integer | no | `3` | Maximum titles returned, for example 100. |

**Input schema**

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "artist"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "chart": {
      "enum": [
        "hot_100",
        "billboard_200"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "hot_100",
      "description": "Select the Billboard chart, for example hot_100.",
      "examples": [
        "billboard_200",
        "hot_100"
      ]
    },
    "artist": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Artist name, for example Taylor Swift.",
      "examples": [
        "Adele",
        "Taylor Swift",
        "Johann Sebastian Bach"
      ]
    },
    "max_results": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 100,
      "maximum": 500,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum titles returned, for example 100.",
      "x-fous-developer": true,
      "examples": [
        3,
        5
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "chart": "billboard_200",
      "artist": "Adele",
      "max_results": 3
    },
    {
      "chart": "hot_100",
      "artist": "Taylor Swift",
      "max_results": 5
    },
    {
      "chart": "hot_100",
      "artist": "Johann Sebastian Bach"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Output**

| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `artist` | string | `"Adele"` |  |
| `entries` | array |  |  |
| `entries[].title` | string | `"30"` |  |
| `entries[].page_link` | string | `"https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2021-12-04/"` |  |
| `entries[].peak_date` | string | `"2021-12-04"` |  |
| `entries[].debut_date` | string | `"2021-12-04"` |  |
| `entries[].peak_position` | integer | `1` |  |
| `entries[].weeks_on_chart` | integer | `69` |  |
| `artist_link` | string | `"https://www.billboard.com/artist/adele/"` |  |
| `top_10_hits` | integer | `4` |  |
| `number_one_hits` | integer | `3` |  |
| `total_chart_entries` | integer | `6` |  |

**Example input**

```json
{
  "chart": "billboard_200",
  "artist": "Adele",
  "max_results": 3
}
```

**Example output**

```json
{
  "artist": "Adele",
  "entries": [
    {
      "title": "30",
      "page_link": "https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2021-12-04/",
      "peak_date": "2021-12-04",
      "debut_date": "2021-12-04",
      "peak_position": 1,
      "weeks_on_chart": 69
    },
    {
      "title": "25",
      "page_link": "https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2015-12-12/",
      "peak_date": "2015-12-12",
      "debut_date": "2015-12-12",
      "peak_position": 1,
      "weeks_on_chart": 223
    },
    {
      "title": "iTunes Festival: London 2011 (EP)",
      "page_link": "https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2011-07-30/",
      "peak_date": "2011-08-06",
      "debut_date": "2011-07-30",
      "peak_position": 50,
      "weeks_on_chart": 2
    }
  ],
  "artist_link": "https://www.billboard.com/artist/adele/",
  "top_10_hits": 4,
  "number_one_hits": 3,
  "total_chart_entries": 6
}
```

### Get chart

Operation `get_chart`, version 1. 1 credit per completed call. Failed calls without a completed billing receipt are free; completed work can remain charged if delivery is interrupted.

Get the ranked entries and chart history for a Billboard chart in its latest or a past chart week. Dates between published weeks select the next published week; weeks not yet published are unavailable.

**Input**

| Field | Type | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `date` | string | no | `"2024-04-03"` | Day in the chart week, for example 2024-04-03. Omit for the latest published week. |
| `chart` | string | yes | `"Hot 100"` | Chart name as people say it, for example Hot 100, Billboard 200, Global 200, Artist 100, or Hot Country Songs. |
| `max_results` | integer | no | `10` | Maximum number of ranked entries, for example 10. Default 0 returns the full chart. |

**Input schema**

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "chart"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "examples": [
        "2024-04-03"
      ],
      "description": "Day in the chart week, for example 2024-04-03. Omit for the latest published week."
    },
    "chart": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Hot 100"
      ],
      "description": "Chart name as people say it, for example Hot 100, Billboard 200, Global 200, Artist 100, or Hot Country Songs."
    },
    "max_results": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "examples": [
        10
      ],
      "description": "Maximum number of ranked entries, for example 10. Default 0 returns the full chart.",
      "x-fous-developer": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "chart": "Hot 100"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024-04-03",
      "chart": "Artist 100",
      "max_results": 5
    },
    {
      "date": "2024-04-03",
      "chart": "Hot Country Songs",
      "max_results": 10
    }
  ]
}
```

**Output**

| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `entries` | array |  |  |
| `entries[].rank` | integer | `1` |  |
| `entries[].title` | string or null | `"Choosin' Texas"` |  |
| `entries[].artist` | string | `"Ella Langley"` |  |
| `entries[].status` | string or null | `"new"` |  |
| `entries[].page_url` | string | `"https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2026-09-26/"` |  |
| `entries[].peak_position` | integer | `1` |  |
| `entries[].last_week_rank` | integer or null | `1` |  |
| `entries[].weeks_on_chart` | integer | `48` |  |
| `chart_name` | string | `"Billboard Hot 100"` |  |
| `chart_week_date` | string | `"2026-09-26"` |  |

**Example input**

```json
{
  "chart": "Hot 100"
}
```

**Example output**

```json
{
  "entries": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "title": "Choosin' Texas",
      "artist": "Ella Langley",
      "status": null,
      "page_url": "https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2026-09-26/",
      "peak_position": 1,
      "last_week_rank": 1,
      "weeks_on_chart": 48
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "title": "Boston",
      "artist": "Stella Lefty",
      "status": null,
      "page_url": "https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2026-09-26/",
      "peak_position": 2,
      "last_week_rank": 2,
      "weeks_on_chart": 24
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "title": "Been By Now",
      "artist": "Morgan Wallen",
      "status": null,
      "page_url": "https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2026-09-26/",
      "peak_position": 2,
      "last_week_rank": 4,
      "weeks_on_chart": 8
    }
  ],
  "chart_name": "Billboard Hot 100",
  "chart_week_date": "2026-09-26"
}
```

## Quick start

Replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with a Fous API key. To create one, open Developers at the bottom of Fous Studio, turn on Developer mode, then go to API keys (https://app.fous.com/keys). Change the values in `input` to run the same tool on new data.

```bash
curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 180 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@billboard",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_artist_chart_history",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "chart": "billboard_200",
    "artist": "Adele",
    "max_results": 3
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'
```

```python
# Save as fous.py and run with python3 fous.py. No packages needed.
import json
import urllib.error
import urllib.request

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

body = json.loads("{\n  \"api\": \"@billboard\",\n  \"visibility\": \"public\",\n  \"operation\": \"get_artist_chart_history\",\n  \"version\": 1,\n  \"input\": {\n    \"chart\": \"billboard_200\",\n    \"artist\": \"Adele\",\n    \"max_results\": 3\n  },\n  \"response\": {\n    \"format\": \"json\"\n  }\n}")
request = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://api.fous.com/v1/query",
    data=json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8"),
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    method="POST",
)
try:
    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=180) as response:
        result = json.load(response)
except urllib.error.HTTPError as error:
    raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {error.code}: {error.read().decode('utf-8', errors='replace')}") from error
if result.get("success") is False:
    raise RuntimeError(result.get("error", {}).get("message", "Request failed"))
print(json.dumps(result["data"]["output"], indent=2))
```

```typescript
// Save as fous.mts and run with npx tsx fous.mts.
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const response = await fetch("https://api.fous.com/v1/query", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  signal: AbortSignal.timeout(180_000),
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "api": "@billboard",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_artist_chart_history",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "chart": "billboard_200",
    "artist": "Adele",
    "max_results": 3
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}),
});
type ApiResult = { success: boolean; data?: { output: unknown }; error?: { message: string } };
const result: ApiResult = await response.json();
if (!response.ok || result.success === false) {
  throw new Error(result.error?.message ?? `HTTP ${response.status}`);
}
if (!result.data) throw new Error("Missing API response data");
console.log(result.data.output);
```

## Use from an AI assistant

Connect this tool to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and any MCP client as its own MCP server. Each method is a typed tool whose arguments are the method’s input.

- Server URL: `https://api.fous.com/mcp/tools/billboard`
- Authorization: `Authorization: Bearer <Fous API key>`

**Tools**

- `get_artist_chart_history`: Get artist chart history. 1 credit per completed call. Failed calls without a completed billing receipt are free; completed work can remain charged if delivery is interrupted.
- `get_chart`: Get chart. 1 credit per completed call. Failed calls without a completed billing receipt are free; completed work can remain charged if delivery is interrupted.
- `fous_get_run`: the result of a run that was still going, by its `request_id`. Free.

Claude Code:

```bash
claude mcp add --scope user --transport http fous-billboard https://api.fous.com/mcp/tools/billboard --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"
```

To give the assistant every tool, connect `https://api.fous.com/mcp`: it finds one with `fous_search_tools` and runs it with `fous_run_tool`. Setup for other clients: https://fous.com/llms-full.txt.

## Use cases

- Track chart positions across published weeks
- Compare an artist’s chart entries and peaks
- Review how long songs or albums charted
- Identify an artist’s number-one and top-ten hits

## FAQ

### Can I run it with my own inputs?

Yes. Change the inputs in Studio and press Run, or send new inputs from your code, or ask a connected AI assistant.

### Can I call this Billboard tool as an API?

Yes. Send a POST request to /v1/query with your Fous API key and the inputs, and get JSON back.

### How much does it cost?

Each completed run costs 1 credit. Failed runs without a completed receipt are free; completed work can remain charged if delivery is interrupted. With pay as you go, a credit costs 1¢. Monthly plans cost less per credit.

### Do I need a Billboard account?

No. You only need a Fous account.

### How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from billboard.com when you run it. Some results are reused for up to 24 hours, and results that use your account or key are never reused. It was last verified on Sep 30, 2026.

### What is ranked on a Billboard chart?

Get chart returns ranked entries, including titles, artists, positions, chart status, and weeks on chart.

### How has an artist performed on the Hot 100?

Get artist chart history returns an artist’s Hot 100 song history, including debuts, peaks, weeks on chart, and chart totals.

### Which albums has an artist charted on the Billboard 200?

Get artist chart history returns an artist’s Billboard 200 album history, including debuts, peaks, and weeks on chart.

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