Top 40

or Top For·ty, top for·ty

[top fawr-tee]

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plural noun

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

adjective

pertaining to, designating, or being the Top 40.

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Contemporary Examples of top 40

Top-40 music is blaring and the crowd, most of whom are standing, is young, modish, and easy on the eyes.
Inside Beacher's Madhouse, L.A.'s Craziest Nightclub
Marlow Stern
June 22, 2013
He was instead just a master broadcaster, a sportscaster where Beck had been a Top-40 DJ.
The End of the Wingnuts?
John Avlon
January 22, 2011