top forty
Chart's upper tier
Top forty refers to the forty most popular songs at a given time, ranked by sales or radio play.
The term names a radio format featuring current hits: a top-forty station.
As an adjective, it describes mainstream pop music or the sound associated with it: top-forty garbage, a top-forty hit.
Also spelled top-forty and top 40.
Large outdoor advertising display
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- singlesUnattached individuals
- chartsVisual data displays
- rankingsOrdered list by performance
rotation · airplay · playlist · number one · hits · tracks · records · smash
Billboard
Large outdoor advertising display
rankings · rotation · airplay · playlist · number one · hits · tracks · records · smash · anthems
broadcast
Transmitted media signal
station · DJ · listener · requests · rotation · airplay · frequency · dial · tuner · countdown
mainstream
Dominant cultural current
fame · celebrity · high-profile · notable · superstar · prominent · acclaim · renown · vogue · zeitgeist
- music businessrecord label, record deal, royalty, album, single
- music chartsBillboard Hot 100, number one, pop charts, singles chart, album chart
- chart termsnumber one, debut, peak, drop, climb
- radioFM radio, crystal set, AM radio, radio station, radio broadcast
- Hitshit, hit single, smash, megahit, number-one
top fortyflop
Complete commercial failure
obscure · unknown · forgotten · unsuccessful · unpopular
top fortyunderground
Below ground or countercultural
indie · alternative · avant-garde · experimental · niche
top fortydeep cuts
Obscure songs by artists
album tracks · B-sides · rarities · outtakes · hidden tracks
top, forty, tops, topped, topping, topper, topmost, topless, overtop