De hitlijst
Example: De hitlijst toont de populairste liedjes van deze week.
Definition
"De hitlijst" refers to a ranked list showing the most popular songs at a given time, typically based on sales, radio play, or streaming figures. It highlights current musical hits and is often updated weekly to reflect changing popularity.
Etymology
The term "de hitlijst" comes from Dutch, where 'hit' refers to a successful or popular song, borrowed from English, and 'lijst' means list. Together, they literally mean 'the hit list,' a concept that emerged with the rise of popular music charts in the 20th century to track song popularity.
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"De hitlijst" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - Music - (A2) - set 1", containing 102 commonly used words.
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