How to Use chart-topper in a Sentence
chart-topper
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            The swirly, girly pop anthem crept to No. 1 to mark her 10th chart-topper.
                        
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
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            The chart-topper was named the 2024 entertainer of the year at the Country Music Assn.
                        
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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            The Houston chart-topper joins Ice Spice to deliver his verse in the upbeat track.
                        
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 26 July 2024
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            Fans should think of the remix as a thank-you for their support of the song – which was quickly repaid by listeners with a Hot 100 chart-topper.
                        
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2023
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            The song became his fifth chart-topper and added further mystique to the Red Dirt torchbearers.
                        
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
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            Yet this is the version that turns into a number-one hit — the first ten-minute chart-topper ever in Billboard.
                        
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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            The first by Puerto Rican chart-topper Yandel on April 12.
                        
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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            As for Carpenter, this isn't the first time the chart-topper partnered with a company in honor of her hit song.
                        
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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            Three songs including this week’s chart-topper debuted in the top 10 this week.
                        
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2024
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            In the days or weeks ahead, there’s a very good chance Linkin Park will notch another chart-topper — and in doing so, make history.
                        
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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            The former chart-topper has now spent a full half-year on the tally, which is a significant milestone for any pop track.
                        
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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            In the dialogue, Timbaland gives props to Boomin for his work with the Atlanta trio and calls out a specific chart-topper.
                        
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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            As the full-length launches, one of the multi-genre artist’s most recent singles also becomes a chart-topper, and a very special one at that.
                        
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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            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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            It’s been less than a year since Nelson collected his most recent chart-topper.
                        
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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            The realization came to the chart-topper after sharing a poll with fans on Instagram.
                        
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 25 June 2024
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            The tune climbs to No. 1 in its sixth week on the tally, marking Warren’s first chart-topper in the U.K., and perhaps signaling the start of something much bigger for the singer-songwriter.
                        
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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            Mixtape Pluto marks Future’s eleventh chart-topper on the Billboard 200.
                        
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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            Business Is Business was at one point projected to become 2023’s first hip-hop chart-topper.
                        
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
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            Beyoncé stands as one of the hardest-working musicians in the world, however, for her birthday, the chart-topper made sure to take some time off.
                        
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024
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            The album’s lead single being a chart-topper makes a lot of sense, given all the curiosity around what her sophomore album would sound like.
                        
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2023
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            What an indelible impression big brother must have made, maybe even worthy of a chart-topper.
                        
—USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
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            Nettles said in mock horror about the country-leaning collection that secured Bey’s eighth chart-topper on the album chart.
                        
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
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            With the new champ, Offset achieves his first solo chart-topper in a leading role, while Don Toliver visits the summit for the first time in any capacity.
                        
—Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2024
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            The tune is an annual chart-topper during the holiday season.
                        
—Marina Watts, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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            Still, whatever your taste in country music may be, there’s guaranteed to be a chart-topper here that will get your toes tappin’—and have you more than ready for a 90s country themed party.
                        
—Sarah Zlotnick, Country Living, 14 Aug. 2023
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            Not long after Friday Night Lights dropped, the rapper finally moved from mixtapes to proper albums, and he’s been a chart-topper ever since.
                        
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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            Volvo, since 2017, has been a chart-topper due to their exclusive re-design, powertrain efficiency, and great styling that keeps them at the top of the luxury list.
                        
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
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            Since her Rebel Heart disappointment, Madonna has regained her status as a chart-topper.
                        
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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            Grande’s track is inspired by Brandy and Monica’s original duet — which Billboard named the greatest karaoke duet of all time — but the remix does interpolate elements from the hook of the 1998 chart-topper.
                        
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 21 June 2024
 
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