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.
| 1965 Times 22 Oct. 3/6 (television listing) The chartbusters. 1972 Jazz & Blues Sept. 5/1 It was the updated ‘dozens’..that provided the Diddler with his last national chartbuster in 1959. 1987 Automotive Industries (Nexis) Dec. 34 The car just hasn't been the chart-buster the company needed it to be. 1999 New 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.
| 1969 Sunday Times (Salisbury, Maryland) 28 Dec. c4 They're chart busters with singles like ‘You Made Me So Very Happy’. 1987 Sports Illustr. 21 Sept. 80 Sports books by literary heavyweights like Norman Mailer, or guaranteed chart busters like James Michener. 2000 Vanity Fair Nov. 140/1 Like Elvis Presley, Darin wasn't satisfied being a chartbuster. |