top the charts

verb

To be the most popular recording at a particular time.

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Meanings

verbtop the charts (third-person singular simple present tops the charts, present participle topping the charts, simple past and past participle topped the charts)

present singular third person tops the charts · participle present topping the charts · participle past topped the charts · past topped the charts

  1. alsoidiomaticentertainmentTo be the most popular recording at a particular time.

    At the last count in late July, the accumulated mileage of the Pendolino had notched a mind-boggling 287,859,672 (unit 390132 City of Birmingham topping the charts with 5,482,316 miles having passed under its wheels).

    2022 October 5, Nick Brodrick, “Pendolinos: a huge role to play”, in RAIL, number 967, page 38
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APA

top the charts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20the%20charts

MLA

“top the charts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20the%20charts. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “top the charts,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20the%20charts.

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