charts
n. countablen. lists that show the most popular songs or albums during a specific week. You check them to see which artists are currently the most successful.
n. official weekly rankings of the best-selling or most-streamed musical recordings in a specific territory. Plural in this musical sense; often used with the definite article.
Their new single went straight to the top of the charts.
After months of heavy radio play, the indie band finally broke into the national charts.
While digital streaming has fundamentally altered how popularity is measured, reaching the summit of the global charts remains the definitive benchmark for commercial success in the music industry.
In the context of music rankings, the word is almost exclusively used in the plural form.