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chartbuster, n. colloq.
Brit. |ˈtʃɑːtˌbʌstə|, U.S. |ˈtʃɑrtˌbəstər|
[‹ chart n.1 + -buster comb. form.]
1. A best-selling record; a hit. Also in extended use. Cf. chart n.1 3c.
1965Times 22 Oct. 3/6 (television listing) The chartbusters. 1972Jazz & Blues Sept. 5/1 It was the updated ‘dozens’..that provided the Diddler with his last national chartbuster in 1959. 1987Automotive Industries (Nexis) Dec. 34 The car just hasn't been the chart-buster the company needed it to be. 1999New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur) 19 Oct. (Life & Times section) 20/1 They deliver a repertoire of evergreen favourites as well as current chartbusters.
2. A best-selling recording artist. Also in extended use.
1969Sunday Times (Salisbury, Maryland) 28 Dec. c4 They're chart busters with singles like ‘You Made Me So Very Happy’. 1987Sports Illustr. 21 Sept. 80 Sports books by literary heavyweights like Norman Mailer, or guaranteed chart busters like James Michener. 2000Vanity Fair Nov. 140/1 Like Elvis Presley, Darin wasn't satisfied being a chartbuster. |