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During the 20th and 21st centuries, a record chart was a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of prominent record charts include the NME Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100, which were compiled and published on a week-by-week basis by popular magazines.


This man has "loads of CDs". Could he have been a chart compiler?

There were lots of different criteria used in different charts used to reflect popularity, commonly: sales of records...