Bestseller (music)

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". [cite book
first=Fred
last=Bronson
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coauthors=
year= 1992
title= Number One Hits
edition= (3rd Ed.)
publisher= Billboard Publications
location=New York, N.Y.
pages=
id= ISBN 0-8230-8298-9]

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. [cite book
first= Paul
last= Williams
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year= 1993
title= Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles
edition=
publisher= Carroll & Graf Publishers
location=New York, N.Y.
pages=
id= ISBN 0-88184-966-9]

ee also

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

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