chart-topper
noun
: a recording that is bought more than any other recording during a particular time
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By topping the Billboard charts with the album, PartyNextDoor celebrated his first-ever No. 1 while Drake toasted it as the 14th chart-topper of his career.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
The visual for the revamp of the song that adds some country twang and fiddle to the airy pop original that was Carpenter’s first Hot 100 chart-topper opens with the two women cruising down the road in a truck as Dolly, 79, reads the paper and Sabrina serves as her wheel woman.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
The six-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper also took part in the massive FireAid benefit concert on Jan. 30, held at L.A.’s Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2025
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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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
The visual for the revamp of the song that adds some country twang and fiddle to the airy pop original that was Carpenter’s first Hot 100 chart-topper opens with the two women cruising down the road in a truck as Dolly, 79, reads the paper and Sabrina serves as her wheel woman.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
The six-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper also took part in the massive FireAid benefit concert on Jan. 30, held at L.A.’s Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2025
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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“Chart-topper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chart-topper. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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