Meanings
plural record charts
- oftenpluralA 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 20112 more examples
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 2008The 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-IntelligencerSynonyms: music chart
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA ranking of music (songs, albums, etc.) according to popularity during a given period of time.
Translations
Danish Hitliste
- HitlisteRanking of music by popularity
Dutch Hitparade
- HitparadeRanking of music by popularity
Finnish lista
- listaRanking of music by popularity
French Hit-parade
- Hit-paradeRanking of music by popularity
German Hitparade
- HitparadeRanking of music by popularity
Hebrew מצעד להיטים
- מצעד להיטים (mitsʿād lehitim)Ranking of music by popularity
Hungarian slágerlista
- slágerlistaRanking of music by popularity
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record chart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/record%20chart
“record chart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/record%20chart. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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