chart-topper
noun
: a recording that is bought more than any other recording during a particular time
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Rebirth looks likely to dominate the summer box office and breath new life into the Jurassic Park franchise, that doesn’t mean the summer chart-topper will own the 2025 yearly rankings.
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Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Producer Bob Ezrin — who worked with the group on 1971’s Love it to Death, School’s Out in 1972, and chart-topper Billion Dollar Babies the following year — echoed Cooper’s sentiments and said almost nothing has changed since collaborating with the band in the Seventies.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
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
Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s Who Believes In Angels? has hit No. 1 in the Official Albums Chart, giving the former his 10th chart-topper in the U.K (April 11).
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2025
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Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Producer Bob Ezrin — who worked with the group on 1971’s Love it to Death, School’s Out in 1972, and chart-topper Billion Dollar Babies the following year — echoed Cooper’s sentiments and said almost nothing has changed since collaborating with the band in the Seventies.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
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
Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s Who Believes In Angels? has hit No. 1 in the Official Albums Chart, giving the former his 10th chart-topper in the U.K (April 11).
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Chart-topper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chart-topper. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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