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What (who) is hit parade - definition

RANKED LIST OF MOST POPULAR RECORDINGS
Hit Parade

hit parade         
¦ noun dated a weekly listing of the current best-selling pop records.
hit parade         
The hit parade is the list of CDs which have sold most copies over the previous week or month. (OLD-FASHIONED)
= charts
N-SING: the N
Hit parade         
A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined either by sales or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936.

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Hit parade

A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined either by sales or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936. It has also been used by broadcast programs which featured hit (sheet music and record) tunes such as Your Hit Parade, which aired on radio and television in the United States from 1935 through the 1950s.

Examples of use of hit parade
1. Utility vans came in second on this sad hit parade, at 21 percent.
2. Arlington County leads the hit parade on the Defense Department‘s base–closing list.
3. Older fans will find a few other things familiar in today‘s hit parade.
4. Some choices may seem a little incongruous – there are at least two pie shops in this healthy hit parade – but the reasoning behind their inclusion is (arguably) sound.
5. After reaching first place in the hit parade of references in the media, he proudly declared: "Usually the prime minister gets '5 percent of the headlines.