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Hitlisten, also known as Tracklisten, is a Danish top 40 record chart that is updated every Wednesday at midnight on the website hitlisten.nu. The weekly Danish singles chart combines the 40 best-selling tracks from streaming and legal music downloads. The Danish albums chart combines downloads, streaming and also sales of CDs. There is a separate vinyl chart. The data is collected by Nielsen Music Control, who also compile the chart on behalf of IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry).

This chart began in April 1965 as a monthly Top 20 chart compiled by the Danish branch of the (IFPI). It was published in several major Danish newspapers. Prior to that several Danish charts were compiled by competing newspapers.

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

From April 1969 it went weekly after stopped publishing their weekly Top 20 chart. However, the chart was based on sales from wholesalers to retailers and not on sales by retailers.[1]

Danmarks Radio

From May 1973 to December 1978 singles and albums were presented on the same chart due to a request from Danmarks Radio for variety in their chart show.[3] During this period only a few singles reached the top and Danmarks Radio stopped broadcasting the IFPI chart in early 1977 because the chart was based on sales to distributors and not over-the-counter sales.[4] The album and singles charts were finally split again in January 1979.

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5 January 1979 – first official singles chart in Denmark. are behind it and it is based on shipments from distributors to retailers. Tabloid newspaper B.T. publish the chart every Friday. Although a Top 30 is compiled by IFPI, B.T. only publish the Top 10.[5][6]

IFPI Danmark

Album Top 40 - the best selling CDs, downloads and most streamed albums. Streams are converted to album units and added together with sales of CDs and downloads.

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Track Top 40 - the most streamed and downloaded tracks. Streams are converted to track units and added together with download sales.

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Compilation Top 10 - the best selling compilation albums on CDs, downloads and streams.

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Airplay Top 20 - the most played songs on Danish radio stations.

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Vinyl Top 40 - the best selling albums.[18]

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Annual lists - year-end lists with the same rules as the weekly charts listed above but covering the period from January 1 to December 31.

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The current Hitlisten charts are:

List of number-one hits (Denmark)

– The official Danish music charts (archive of Tracklisten goes back to week 1, 2007)

Hitlisten website

– The official Danish music charts – Archive goes back to week 5, 2001 (however, before November 2, 2007, only Singles Top-20 appear)

Danish Charts website

(from May 1973 to March 1977) (in Danish)

Danskehitlister Official Danish Charts

(1966 to 1976) (in Danish)

Danskehitlister Official Danish Year End Charts