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  • adjective music That sells the most copies (of a record) in a particular week

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Examples

  • On Monday, the High Court is scheduled to hear a plea for an injunction from dance music producer Avicii, who alleges that the instrumental from Collide is a copy of that in his own song Fade Into Darkness – an allegation denied by the chart-topping Lewis and her team.

    X Factor winner faces High Court battle to release new single 2011

  • So the 53-year-old Material Girl, who's recording an album for spring release, is just the latest iconic rocker well past her chart-topping days to do the halftime show.

    Madonna Will Star in Super Bowl Halftime Show 2011

  • The exodus of big name artists, including Radiohead and the Rolling Stones, seems to have subsided and the company can point to a string of chart-topping singles from new British talent such as Roll Deep.

    EMI: the £4.2bn deal that turned the best of friends into bitter enemies Zoe Wood 2010

  • A consoling fact for the loser, though potentially ominous for the winner, is that defeated finalists in the past – including JLS and One Direction, both chart-topping acts – have often done better than some who took the Cowell crown; Leon Jackson and Steve Brookstein spring to mind.

    TV review: The X Factor final 2011

  • Michael, whose chart-topping hits as a solo artist include "Faith" and "Careless Whisper", is in the midst of his tour that has gone down well so far.

    George Michael postpones concerts after falling ill with pneumonia 2011

  • It has spawned two global chart-topping singles thus far: Rolling In The Deep, Adele's first US number one single, and Someone Like You, her first UK number one single.

    Adele – Live at the Royal Albert Hall: exclusive stream 2011

  • Her next effort, No Place that Far, had a more popular sound and was certified gold thanks in part to a chart-topping duet with Vince Gill.

    Five People Born on February 5 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Instead of playing Europe in 2013, as originally envisaged, Metallica will take a "European Summer Vacation" next year, including gigs at Germany's Rock Im Park and Rock Am Ring festivals in early June—where the top-grossing thrash band will play its chart-topping 1991 record known as "The Black Album" in its entirety—before heading to Britain and Austria.

    Overweight in Metal, This Band Tries to Play Tunes in Forex Neil Shah 2011

  • He recorded a number of chart-topping albums, including The Mouse and Spy with a Pie.

    Five People Born on January 8 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Following a celebrity-studded launch party at London's Old Billingsgate Market, featuring a PA from chart-topping rapper Example, 574 Game and Gamestation stores across the country opened specially to sell the first copies of Modern Warfare 3 to punters queuing outside.

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gets gamers fired up 2011

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