chart-topper

noun

: a recording that is bought more than any other recording during a particular time

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Rocky’s third chart-topper and his first in more than a decade — moving 123,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, and also topped Australia’s ARIA Hip-Hop/R&B Albums chart. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 Currently, Wallis can be seen next to Crowe for the third time in Janus Metz Pedersen’s Netflix chart-topper, Unabomber. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026 That is less than half as many as the set that produced many of his signature smashes and turned him into a chart-topper. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The chart-topper sparked many rumors about the identity of the apricot-scarf-wearing womanizer. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chart-topper

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“Chart-topper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chart-topper. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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