Hit parade

{{Short description|Ranked list of most popular recordings}}

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A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined either by sales or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936. It has also been used by broadcast programs which featured hit (sheet music and record) tunes{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2e0RDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Your+Hit+Parade,+popular+music%22&pg=PA738 |last=Dunning| first=John| title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio| date=1998| publisher=Oxford University Press| location=New York, NY| isbn=978-0-19-507678-3| pages=738-740 | edition=Revised| access-date=2019-08-17}} such as Your Hit Parade, which aired on radio and television in the United States from 1935 through the 1950s.