How to Use chart-topper in a Sentence

chart-topper

noun
  • This has chart-topper written all over it.
    — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • It’s been less than a year since Nelson collected his most recent chart-topper.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • That is less than half as many as the set that produced many of his signature smashes and turned him into a chart-topper.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Three songs including this week’s chart-topper debuted in the top 10 this week.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2024
  • What an indelible impression big brother must have made, maybe even worthy of a chart-topper.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The former chart-topper has now spent a full half-year on the tally, which is a significant milestone for any pop track.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The new chart-topper also delivers a rare songwriting feat for Green.
    — Russ Penuell, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Yet this is the version that turns into a number-one hit — the first ten-minute chart-topper ever in Billboard.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The band’s first-ever chart-topper also gives Nuñez’s his third consecutive on the chart.
    — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In doing so, fans made Keith one of a select few artists to earn a posthumous chart-topper on that tally.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • The tune is an annual chart-topper during the holiday season.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The Houston chart-topper joins Ice Spice to deliver his verse in the upbeat track.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 26 July 2024
  • The song became his fifth chart-topper and added further mystique to the Red Dirt torchbearers.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
  • As the full-length launches, one of the multi-genre artist’s most recent singles also becomes a chart-topper, and a very special one at that.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The realization came to the chart-topper after sharing a poll with fans on Instagram.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 25 June 2024
  • The chart-topper sparked many rumors about the identity of the apricot-scarf-wearing womanizer.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • In the days or weeks ahead, there’s a very good chance Linkin Park will notch another chart-topper — and in doing so, make history.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • The album’s lead single being a chart-topper makes a lot of sense, given all the curiosity around what her sophomore album would sound like.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This achievement also earns Karol G her 20th chart-topper and Feid his 11th.
    — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Nettles said in mock horror about the country-leaning collection that secured Bey’s eighth chart-topper on the album chart.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Beyoncé stands as one of the hardest-working musicians in the world, however, for her birthday, the chart-topper made sure to take some time off.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Fans should think of the remix as a thank-you for their support of the song – which was quickly repaid by listeners with a Hot 100 chart-topper.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The song, off the 1991 album Heart in Motion, gave Grant her first chart-topper as a solo artist.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • With this being her 14th chart-topper, Swift now ties with Jay-Z for most number one debuts among solo artists.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Thanks to its ruling, the French DJ celebrates his fourth consecutive chart-topper.
    — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the dialogue, Timbaland gives props to Boomin for his work with the Atlanta trio and calls out a specific chart-topper.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Business Is Business was at one point projected to become 2023’s first hip-hop chart-topper.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
  • Mixtape Pluto marks Future’s eleventh chart-topper on the Billboard 200.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Each of those releases has produced several hits, including at least one song that became a generation-defining anthem and a chart-topper.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The chart-topper was named the 2024 entertainer of the year at the Country Music Assn.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025

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