Record chart
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A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of record charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40. Although primarily a marketing or supermarketing tool like any other sales statistic, they have become a form of popular media culture in their own right.
Record charts are compiled using a variety of criteria. These commonly include sales of records, cassettes and compact discs; amount of radio airplay; requests to radio disk jockeys; and, recently, number of downloads.
Some charts are specific to a particular musical genre and most to a particular geographical location (although download charts are not easily pinned down in this way). The most common period of time covered by a chart is one week, with the chart being printed or broadcast at the end of this time. Summary charts for years and decades are then calculated from their component weekly charts. Component charts have become an increasingly important way to measure the commercial success of individual songs.
See also
- Christian 30
- ARIA Charts
- Billboard magazine
- Chart-topper
- Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
- Hawaiian Island Charts
- Irish Singles Chart
- Top 40 Mainstream
- UK Singles Chart
- The Official UK Charts Company
- Dutch Top 40
- Mega Top 50
- List of number-one latin hits
- Charts in Latin America
- CHUM Chart
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