Sverigetopplistan
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Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish
national record chart
, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association
(in Swedish
Grammofonleverantörernas förening).
. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts entrusted in the beginning of 2007 to Swedish Recording Industry Association
. However Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. That new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan
.
Since late 2006 the chart has included legal downloads. On October 29, 2010 the chart became the first in the world to include music streaming
.
Presently the following charts are included:
1976–2006 the sales chart was broadcast on Sveriges Radio
P3. From 2007, P3 only presents sales data for digital downloads (DigiListan
), tracked by Nielsen SoundScan
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
national record chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association
Swedish Recording Industry Association
Grammofonleverantörernas förening , or the Swedish Recording Industry Association in English, is an organization representing the music recording industry of Sweden...
(in Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
Grammofonleverantörernas förening).
History
For the period, 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish Music Charts was published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges RadioSveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts entrusted in the beginning of 2007 to Swedish Recording Industry Association
Swedish Recording Industry Association
Grammofonleverantörernas förening , or the Swedish Recording Industry Association in English, is an organization representing the music recording industry of Sweden...
. However Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. That new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan
DigiListan
DigiListan is a Swedish radio programme in SR P3 airing the top singles sold electronically to computers, mobile phones and other kinds of media players in Sweden . The statistics are created using Nielsen SoundScan....
.
Since late 2006 the chart has included legal downloads. On October 29, 2010 the chart became the first in the world to include music streaming
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
.
Charts published
Until 28 October 2004, charts were published weekly on Fridays. At that date the publication day was moved to Thursday until end of 2008. Starting January 2 2009, the chart was reverted back to Fridays. Starting 10 January 2011, charts are being published Mondays.Presently the following charts are included:
- Singles Top 60
- Albums Top 60
- DVDs Top 20
- Ringtones Top 20
1976–2006 the sales chart was broadcast on Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
P3. From 2007, P3 only presents sales data for digital downloads (DigiListan
DigiListan
DigiListan is a Swedish radio programme in SR P3 airing the top singles sold electronically to computers, mobile phones and other kinds of media players in Sweden . The statistics are created using Nielsen SoundScan....
), tracked by Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
.
List of number one hits
- List of Swedish number-one hits