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Hit record

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A hit record is an audio recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" (appeared on) one of the popular chart listings. [1]

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Airplay

In radio broadcasting, airplay is how frequently a song is being played on radio stations.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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ARIA Charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season.

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ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits

ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits is a greatest hits collection of songs by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley.

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Hit Music

Hit Music was a weekly British chart newsletter; sister publication to Music Week.

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Hit single

A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular.

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List of artists who reached number one in Ireland

This is an incomplete list of recording artists who have reached number one on the singles chart in Ireland.

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List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart

This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Australia's singles chart from 1956 to the present.

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List of best-selling albums in Brazil

Brazil has one of the largest music markets in the world, and the largest music industry in Latin America.

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List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom

The best-selling album in the United Kingdom is Greatest Hits, a compilation album by British band Queen that was first released in 1981.

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List of best-selling albums in the United States

This is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking.

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List of best-selling music artists

This list includes music artists with claims of 75 million or more record sales.

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List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the best-selling singles on the UK Singles Chart for each year.

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List of best-selling singles in France

Here is the official list for the 100 best selling singles in France's history.

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List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom

For the purposes of calculating sales, a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence.

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List of best-selling singles in the United States

This is a list of best-selling singles in the United States, some of which have been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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List of Billboard number-one dance club songs

This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard magazine's Dance Club Songs chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs.

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List of Billboard number-one singles

This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it.

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List of number-one dance singles (Ireland)

This is a list of the songs which reached number one on the Irish Recorded Music Association's Top 10 Dance Singles chart from 2000 to 2009.

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List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s

The following lists the number one singles on the Australian Singles Chart, along with other substantial hits, during the 1980s.

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List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s

The following lists the number one singles on the Australian Singles Chart, along with other substantial hits, during the 1990s.

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List of one-hit wonders in Ireland

This list covers songs which were one-hit wonders in Ireland by Irish artists only.

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List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart

This is a list of artists who have achieved one number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart and no other entry whatsoever on the chart.

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List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart

This is a list of number-one songs as recorded by IRMA’s Top 50 Singles chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in Ireland.

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Lists of UK Singles Chart number ones

The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom.

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Modern Standard Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA; اللغة العربية الفصحى 'the most eloquent Arabic language'), Standard Arabic, or Literary Arabic is the standardized and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in most formal speech throughout the Arab world to facilitate communication.

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Music Canada

Music Canada (formerly Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)) is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, promote and distribute music in Canada.

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Music industry

The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows, audio and video recordings, compositions and sheet music, and the organizations and associations that aid and represent music creators.

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Music Week

Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language originating from the regions of Galicia and northern Portugal in the 9th century.

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Record Retailer

Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK record industry.

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Recording Industry Association of America certification

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.

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Soundtrack

A soundtrack, also written sound track, can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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UK Singles Chart records and statistics

The UK Singles Chart was first compiled in 1969.

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UKChartsPlus

UKChartsPlus is an independent weekly newsletter about the UK music charts.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_record

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