top the charts

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Verb

top the charts (third-person singular simple present tops the charts, present participle topping the charts, simple past and past participle topped the charts)

  1. (music, also idiomatic) To be the most popular recording at a particular time.
    • 2022 October 5, Nick Brodrick, “Pendolinos: a huge role to play”, in RAIL, number 967, page 38:
      At the last count in late July, the accumulated mileage of the Pendolino had notched a mind-boggling 287,859,672 (unit 390132 City of Birmingham topping the charts with 5,482,316 miles having passed under its wheels).