Hit record
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. Despite the current dominance of a few record companies worldwide, for reasons of cultural, political, and linguistic differences, few songs achieve broad international airplay and sales. Most hits are only so in the country of their release, or at most, in countries sharing a language, like English, Portuguese, or Modern Standard Arabic, and to a lesser extent, French and Spanish. The following is a compilation of Wikipedia hit record lists from around the world. Most of the lists ignore or underreport hits from older decades, when sales of all recordings were much lower.
UK
- List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom (as compiled by the Official Charts Company)
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones
- List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
- UK Singles Chart records and statistics
- List of best-selling singles by year in the United Kingdom
- List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart
- List of Christmas number one singles in the UK
- See also
- Hit Music in the UK
- Charts Plus (about the weekly UK newsletter)
- UK Albums Chart
- UK Singles Chart
- Music Week about the UK trade paper
- Record Retailer about the trade paper
Ireland
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
- List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart (still in development in late 2005)
- Top selling singles and albums in Ireland (still in development)
- List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Dance Chart (still in development)
- One-hit wonders in Ireland
Australia
- List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart
- List of Number 1 singles in Australia during the 1980s
- List of Number 1 singles in Australia during the 1990s
- See also
Canada
- See also
- Canadian Recording Industry Association
- RIAA certification of a hit record
United States
- List of number-one hits (United States) Billboard Magazine List
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- Elv1s: 30 top hits by Elvis Presley
- Top 40
- List of best-selling singles in the United States of all time
- List of best-selling albums in the United States
- See also
- RIAA certification of a hit record
- Billboard magazine Complete list of Billboard's lists
France
Brazil
Other
See also
External links
- World Top 20 A&R Chart at HitQuarters