top the charts
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[edit]Verb
[edit]top the charts (third-person singular simple present tops the charts, present participle topping the charts, simple past and past participle topped the charts)
- (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).