Bestseller (music)

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A bestseller in music is a song or album listed at or near the top of a hits list or chart such as the Billboard charts produced by Billboard magazine which published its first hit parade in 1940. These lists are usually based on sales. Billboard also publishes various compilations of hits, such as Billboard Book of Number One Singles.^[1]

These charts differs from publications that product rating guides based on editorial review of the artistic merits of the work, such those published by Rolling Stone Magazine and independent editors.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Billboard charts
• Rolling Stone Album Guide
• Top Forty
• Record chart
• Billboard Hot 100

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Bronson, Fred (1992). Number One Hits, (3rd Ed.), New York, N.Y.: Billboard Publications. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9. 
2. ^ Williams, Paul (1993). Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles. New York, N.Y.: Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 0-88184-966-9.