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Sony Music Publishing Sets Hot 100 Market-Share Record in Q3
Sony Music Publishing set a new record in the third quarter, taking 42.86% of the Hot 100 publisher market share.
The rankings measure publishers’ involvement in songs on the US Hot 100 and Top Radio Airplay charts.
Sony also ranked first on Top Radio Airplay, with a 36.02% share, extending its lead on both charts to six quarters.
Its songs included Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” which placed first on the Hot 100 and second on Radio Airplay.
Sony’s Hot 100 share was 25 percentage points ahead of Warner Chappell Music, which ranked second at 17.86%.
Warner Chappell also placed second on Radio Airplay and led the Country Radio Airplay publisher rankings for a 12th straight quarter.
Sony remains the publisher to watch in the next quarterly rankings, though no future results are stated.
Sony Music Publishing recorded a 42.86% share of Hot 100 song placements in the third quarter, a record in Billboard’s 20-year history of publisher rankings.
It was the first publisher to exceed a 40% share on the chart.
Sony ranked first on both the Hot 100 and Top Radio Airplay charts for the sixth consecutive quarter.
Warner Chappell Music ranked second on both charts, with a 17.86% Hot 100 share.
Sony had 76 songs on the Hot 100 and 74 on the Radio Airplay Songs list.
- Who
- Sony Music Publishing.
- What
- It set a record with a 42.86% share of the Hot 100 in the third quarter.
- When
- The just-completed third quarter; the report was published Nov. 9, 2026.
- Where
- The Billboard Hot 100 publisher rankings.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Sony recorded a then-record 37.32% Hot 100 market share.
Sony reached a record 42.86% share and became the first publisher to exceed 40%.
Billboard published its report on publishers’ third-quarter rankings.
- Sony Hot 100 share
- 42.86%
- Sony Hot 100 placements
- 76 songs
- Sony Top Radio Airplay share
- 36.02%
- Warner Chappell Hot 100 share
- 17.86%
- Sony’s No. 1 streak
- Six consecutive quarters on both charts