record chart
noun1
Often A ranking of music (songs, albums, etc.) according to popularity during a given period of time.
- His 1952 Blue Tango, featuring 50 violins, became the first instrumental to top the record charts.1975 June 2, Time, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2011:
- An album of songs culled from the program has made a high-speed chase up the record charts, selling more than 3 million copies in a month.1985 November 11, “Business Notes Entertainment”, in Time, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2008:
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- The record chart and the No. 1 song have lost some of their stature in radio, a development lamented in a column last year by Sean Ross, vice president of music and programming at Edison Media Research.2004 August 26, Bill Virgin, “Radio Beat: Record charts and countdowns are dusty, but not dead yet”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
- Synonyms
- music chart
- Related terms
- chart-topper