hit parade

noun

1. a listing or category of popular songs ranked according to their popularity with listeners, usually as shown by sales of records.
2. any sequential listing of popular or favorite persons or things.

hit parade

noun

1. old-fashioned.
   a listing or playing of the current most popular songs

Word History and Origins

Origin of hit parade¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Idioms and Phrases

A listing of the most popular or best items or individuals of some kind, as in The library has a veritable hit parade of videos . This expression dates from the 1930s, when it was the name of a weekly radio show featuring the most popular songs as indicated by record sales.

Example Sentences

He was fired in 1965, a year after he introduced the first radio hit parade, “Twelve on a Swing,” in the country.

From Seattle Times

He kept the hit parade going through last weekend’s series against Pittsburgh.

From Seattle Times

Prior to "Pet Sounds," the Beach Boys were essentially a boy band with soaring vocals and an impressive hit parade.

From Salon

But then, the two-out hit parade commenced: A line drive single by Wander Franco.

From Los Angeles Times

Inevitably, the soundtrack derives from a limited hit parade: the songs in heavy rotation in the 1970s and ’80s.

From New York Times