Top 40
Americanplural noun
adjective
Example Sentences
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It says something about Diamond’s heat in the wake of “Hot August Night” that he scored a Top 40 hit with a song from a movie about an intrepid seabird.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
They later broke into the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart with Fly Girl, which featured a rare guest appearance from US rapper Missy Elliot.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“He wasn’t listening to the Top 40 at the time,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
It scored just one Top 40 hit, 1987’s “Touch of Grey,” but fostered a legion of devoted fans, known as Dead Heads.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
He'd probably be really good at it, if all the Top 40 music didn't make his ears bleed.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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