A long-standing policy which made titles that are sold exclusively by specific retail outlets (such as Walmart and Starbucks) ineligible for charting, was reversed on November 7, 2007, and took effect in the issue dated November 17.
Albums that are not licensed for retail sale in the United States (yet purchased in the U.S. Digital downloads of albums are also included in Billboard 200 tabulation. New product is released to the American market on Fridays. The chart's streaming schedule is also tracked from Friday to Thursday. A new chart is published the following Tuesday with an issue post-dated to the Saturday of that week, four days later. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide with the Global Release Date of the music industry) and ends on Thursday. The chart is based mostly on sales (both at retail and digital) of albums in the United States. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its " number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists.
It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.
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