chart-topper
noun
: a recording that is bought more than any other recording during a particular time
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The album also soared to the summit of the Official U.K. Albums Chart, marking the pioneering band’s first British chart-topper since Demon Days in 2005.
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Sophie Williams, Billboard, 21 May 2025
It’s been less than a year since Nelson collected his most recent chart-topper.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The chart-topper is one of only four artists to have a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 in the 1980s, ’90s, ’00s and ’10s, alongside Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and U2.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Lake banks his fifth Christian Airplay chart-topper.
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 7 May 2025
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Sophie Williams, Billboard, 21 May 2025
It’s been less than a year since Nelson collected his most recent chart-topper.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The chart-topper is one of only four artists to have a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 in the 1980s, ’90s, ’00s and ’10s, alongside Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and U2.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Lake banks his fifth Christian Airplay chart-topper.
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 7 May 2025
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“Chart-topper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chart-topper. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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