chart-topper
noun
: a recording that is bought more than any other recording during a particular time
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Joins Pulp Fiction At the same time that Pulp Fiction becomes a chart-topper again, another Tarantino project can be found on the same ranking.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Australian perennial chart-topper has been performing on her Tension tour to sell-out crowds in the UK, but has been forced to abort four imminent European dates after coming down with laryngitis – inflammation of the vocal chords and voice box.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 14 June 2025
Sly was everything for the next half-decade: chart-topper, prophet, a great talk-show interview, an increasingly mercurial presence (or non-presence) at his own concerts, and generally the coolest man on Earth.
—Ben Greenman, Pitchfork, 10 June 2025
In doing so, fans made Keith one of a select few artists to earn a posthumous chart-topper on that tally.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Australian perennial chart-topper has been performing on her Tension tour to sell-out crowds in the UK, but has been forced to abort four imminent European dates after coming down with laryngitis – inflammation of the vocal chords and voice box.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 14 June 2025
Sly was everything for the next half-decade: chart-topper, prophet, a great talk-show interview, an increasingly mercurial presence (or non-presence) at his own concerts, and generally the coolest man on Earth.
—Ben Greenman, Pitchfork, 10 June 2025
In doing so, fans made Keith one of a select few artists to earn a posthumous chart-topper on that tally.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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“Chart-topper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chart-topper. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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