Swiss Hitparade
Swiss music charts
The Swiss Hitparade (German: Schweizer Hitparade) is Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.
The Swiss charts include:
Singles Top 75 (released since 1968)
Singles Top 100
Albums Top 100 (released since late 1983)
Compilations Top 20
Airplay Top 30
Streaming Top 100
Swiss Artist Singles Top 10
Swiss Artist Albums Top 10
Vinyl Albums Top 10
Rock Albums Top 5
Pop Albums Top 5
Hip Hop Albums Top 5
Since 2010, Hitparade's compiler Media Control has also set up Les Charts, a record chart of the highest-selling singles and albums in Romandie, the Francophone region of Switzerland:
Romandie Singles Top 20 (discontinued)
Romandie Albums Top 50
The charts are updated weekly on Sundays, and are posted publicly on the preceding Wednesday mornings.
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