Top 40

or Top For·ty, top for·ty

[ top fawr-tee ]

plural noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) the 40 most popular or best-selling recordings, songs, etc., within a stated time period.

adjective

1. pertaining to, designating, or being the Top 40.

Example Sentences

The remaining song of the year nominee is “Die With a Smile,” the Top 40 radio smash performed by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.

From Los Angeles Times

In the mid-’60s, he produced four million-selling singles and 10 Top 40 hits for Lesley Gore, including “It’s My Party.”

From Los Angeles Times

Following his death, all five One Direction albums have returned to the UK top 40.

From BBC

Lesh remained with the Dead through their unexpected upswing in popularity in the late 1980s and early ’90s, a revival partially fueled by the band’s only Top 40 hit, “Touch of Grey.”

From Los Angeles Times

By December, it entered the top 40 at number 11.

From BBC