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  • adjective of a hit record that has entered the charts in a high position, or has climbed rapidly in the charts, or is thought to have the potential for further rapid advancement

Etymologies

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From the magazine Billboard's practice, in the 1960s and 1970s, of putting a bullet sign in front of chart entries for songs that had sold one million singles.

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