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First issue of Billboard magazine.
Billboard is an international news magazine devoted to music and the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognised music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis. Although it was the first magazine, billboard didnt start doing music charts until the 1930's! -
The first music magazine! Melody Maker
"Melody Maker" was first published in 1926 for musicians.It's 1928 "honours list" is regarded as the U.K 's first music chart. -
First issue of NME
The New Musical Express, popularly known by initialism NME, created by Theodore Smythson, is a music journalism publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. -
First issue of Rolling Stone magazine
Rolling Stone is a magazine published every two weeks that focuses on politics and popular culture. In 1967, Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco, California, by Jann Wenner – who is still the magazine's chief editor – and music critic, Ralph J. Gleason. Rolling stone was less about factual information and more about the culture of music. -
The first glossy music magazine
This magazine is important to the development of music because it covers music in a different way and is designed to be genre-specific. -
First issue of Kerrang!
This magazine was compared to 'smash hits' but it it more of a music orientated music magazine. -
VIBE
VIBE was first launched in 1993 and is still very popular today!
