Top 40

Top 40 is both a record chart and a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. The term is also used to refer to the actual list of hit songs, and, by extension, to refer to pop music in general. The term has also been modified to describe Top 50; Top 30; Top 20; Top 10; Hot 100 (each with its number of songs) and Hot Hits radio formats, but carrying more or less the same meaning and having the same creative point of origin with Todd Storz as further refined by Gordon McLendon.

See also

For further details of the Top 40, see UK Top 40 and American Top 40.

Related Topics:
UK Top 40 - American Top 40

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• List of radio formats
• List of Number 1 Hits (USA)
• Wonderful Radio London - the pirate radio offshore Top 40 station (1964-1967) broadcasting off the coast of England.
• Casey Kasem
• Rick Dees
• Ryan Seacrest
• Z100 (WHTZ/New York)
• KIIS-FM (KIIS-FM/Los Angeles)