chart-topper
noun
: a recording that is bought more than any other recording during a particular time
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The band recorded albums in 1970 (another chart-topper) and ’71 before an exhausted Clayton-Thomas quit, only to return in 1975 and tour under the BS&T banner over the next three decades while also recording more than a dozen solo LPs.
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The song, off the 1991 album Heart in Motion, gave Grant her first chart-topper as a solo artist.
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
On Thursday evening, at 36 years old, the chart-topper officially became the youngest-ever female inductee to the institution.
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P. Claire Dodson,
Vogue,
12 June 2026
This has chart-topper written all over it.
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David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The song, off the 1991 album Heart in Motion, gave Grant her first chart-topper as a solo artist.
—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
On Thursday evening, at 36 years old, the chart-topper officially became the youngest-ever female inductee to the institution.
—
P. Claire Dodson,
Vogue,
12 June 2026
This has chart-topper written all over it.
—
David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Chart-topper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chart-topper. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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