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A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music judging by the popularity during a given period of time. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Examples of record charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. 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; voting for songs by the radio listeners and, recently, number of downloads. A gramophone The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a Magnetic tape sound A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet -facing computer or website to a user's local computer

Some charts are specific to a particular musical genre and most to a particular geographical location. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other 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. A Component chart is a chart which is used to calculate a more primary chart

Reviewers often describe records using round number milestones within a chart. Generally speaking a round number is a Number that ends with one or more zeroes (0 meaning that they are Multiples of 10, 100, For example, a record that peaks at number 7 may be called a "Top 10" hit, even when there is no chart limited to only the top 10 records in that particular location. A hit single is a recorded track or single that has become very popular

List of World-wide Charts
Australia ARIA Charts Austria Ö3 Austria Top 40 Austrian Ranking FM4 Austria Top 40 Österreichische Airplaycharts Argentina Argentina Top 40 Belgium De Afrekening Ultratop Brazil Hot100Brasil Bulgaria Bulgarian National Top 40 Canada Canadian Hit 30 Countdown Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Singles Chart CHUM Chart CT-20 The R3-30 Denmark Tracklisten Europe Eurochart Hot 100 Singles EURO 200 (European Union singles chart)[1] Finland Mitä hittiä Finland Singles Chart YLE Top40 France Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique Germany Deutsche Alternative Charts Media Control Charts Greece Greek IFPI Singles and Albums Charts[2]	Hong Kong 903 Top 20 MetroRadio Local Chart RTHK Chinese Songs Billboard TVB Billboard Hungary Mahasz Charts[3] Indonesia Indonesia LIMA Top 50 Charts Ireland Irish Albums Chart Irish Singles Chart Israel Israeli Singles Chart Italy FIMI Singles Chart[4] Musica & Dischi[5] Japan Original Confidence Music Labo Music Research Planet chart Soundscan Latvia Latvian Airplay Chart Latvian Singles Chart Lithuania Lithuanian Singles Chart Lithuania Airplay Chart Mexico AMPROFON (Album charts) New Zealand Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Netherlands Dutch Top 40 MegaCharts Mega Top 50 Norway Norsktoppen VG-lista	Poland Polish National Top 50 [6] Polish Airplay Chart [7] Polish Dance Top 40 [8] OLiS - Album Top 50 (weekly) [9] ZPAV - Album Top 100 (monthly) [10] Portugal HitList Portugal Top 50 Nacional Português Top Oficial da AFP [11] Romania Romanian Top 100[12] Russia Moscow Airplay Chart Russian Airplay Chart Spain Promusicae (Album, Singles, Download, Airplay and DVD charts) Sweden Svensktoppen Sverigetopplistan Tracks Switzerland Swiss Albums Top 100 Swiss Airplay Top 30 Swiss Compilations Top 25 Swiss Singles Top 100 [13] Ukraine Ukrainian Airplay[14] United Kingdom The Official UK Charts Company UK Albums Chart UK Singles Chart UK Official Download Chart United States American Country Countdown American Top 40 ARC Weekly Top 40 Billboard (magazine) Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Top 200 Cash Box Choice Hits Top 50 Hawaiian Island Charts Weekend 22

References

1. ^ Euro 200
2. ^ IFPI Greece. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Argentina Top 40 is the Ranking of the 40 most played and requested tracks all over the country The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those De Afrekening is a Belgian radio and Record chart broadcasting program featured on Studio Brussel (commonly referred to as "StuBru" Ultratop is the name of the official Belgian Record charts Due to the two different regions ( Flanders and Wallonia) there are two different |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Canadian Hit 30 Countdown, often abbreviated CH30 is a Canadian radio Countdown show The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the US-based music sales tracking company Nielsen SoundScan. The CHUM Chart was a ranking of top 30 (and until August 1968 the top 50 songs on Toronto, Canada, radio station CHUM 1050 AM, from 1957 to The CT-20, which stands for Christian Top Twenty, is a Christian music Countdown. The R3-30 is a weekly Record chart show on CBC Radio 3, which counts down the week's top Indie rock singles as determined by airplay (top The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Tracklisten ( the Tracklist) is a Danish top 40 Record chart that is presented every thursday Midnight at hitlisten European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March 1984 Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Mitä hittiä chart was started in Finland in August 1992 even though there was already an existing Official Finland Singles Chart This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Deutsche Alternative Charts (often referred to as DAC) is the primary Record chart for Germany 's alternative music scene The official Music Charts in Germany are collected and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft (Federal Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders The 903 Top 20 is a music popularity chart issued weekly by CRHK which ranks songs in Hong Kong. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Mahasz is the Hungarian Music industry association founded in 1992. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Israeli Singles Chart is a weekly singles popularity chart, broadcasted every Thursday between 1pm and 4pm by Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. established in 1999 is the Holding company at the head of a Japanese Corporate group that supplies Statistics and information on music and the Music industry Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. The Latvian Airplay Top is a weekly Music chart in Latvia, which first started in 1994 by Latvian rock-news agency (Latvijas rokziņu aģentūra Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas A New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ is a non-profit trade association of Record producers, distributors and recording artists in New The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Dutch Top 40 ( Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly Music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40" because the Pirate radio channel Radio MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album The Mega Top 50 is a Dutch music chart originally started on May 23, 1969 as the Hilversum 3 Top 30. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Norsktoppen is a musical hit list at NRK Radio, with songs with Norwegian artists VG-lista is a Norwegian Record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the NRK program Topp 20. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending This is a list of number-one hits in Russia by year from Tophit Moscow Airplay Chart. This is a list of number-one hits in Russia by year from Tophit Russian Airplay Chart. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Svensktoppen is a Record chart at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003 the Songs had to be in the Swedish language. Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names is since October 2007 the Swedish national Record chart, based Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Official UK Charts Company ( OCC) previously called the Chart Information Network ( CIN) compiles various "official" UK record charts The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The UK Official Download Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the Music industry. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the American Country Countdown -- also known as ACC or American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks -- is an internationally syndicated American Top 40 (commonly abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally- syndicated, independent The ARC Weekly Top 40 is an American mainstream music chart The chart was founded in 1980 and measures popular Songs based on Radio See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard Cash Box (or Cashbox) magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industries which was published from July 1942 to November The Hawaiian Island weekly top 36 charts were compiled from weekly tabulations of listener Ballots sent into the station ( Radio Free Hawaii 102 The Weekend 22 is a Christian music Countdown. The syndicated show is broadcast nationwide in the United States on over 100 Christian radio stations
3. ^ Mahasz.
4. ^ FIMI Singles Chart
5. ^ Musica & Dischi Singles Chart
6. ^ Polish National Top 50
7. ^ Polish Airplay Chart
8. ^ Polish Dance Top 40
9. ^ OLiS
10. ^ ZPAV
11. ^ Top Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa
12. ^ RT100.
13. ^ Swiss Music Charts
14. ^ FDR.

External links

• Charts all over the world
• Alaska Jim's music charts
• Choice Hits Top 50

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