The HR Top 40 are the main Croatian domestic singles airplay chart, issued weekly by the Croatian Music Institute (Institut Hrvatske Glazbe) and the Croatian Phonographic Association (Hrvatska Diskografska Udruga) through Top lista. The charts are a record of the most played domestic songs in various genres in Croatia. HR Top 40 became the official Croatian airplay chart in December 2012.

HR Top 40
IndustryMusic
FoundedJanuary 2013 (2013-01)
FounderCroatian Music Institute
HeadquartersCroatia
Websitewww.top-lista.hr/www/

History

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The chart launched on 24 January 2013 with the data collected from the 14th of January to the 20th of January being published in the first issue of the chart.[1] Originally, the data from 80 radio stations was collected to form a list of the 40 most played domestic songs in Croatia.[2] The airplay chart contained data generated by the Playkontrol system according to any song played during the period starting the previous Monday at time 00:00:00 and ending Sunday night at 23:59:59.[3] Once a week, every Monday, the chart was published via the Croatian Music Institute's (IHG) official web page.[3] The first number song was "Neopisivo" by Nina Badrić.[4] Since July 2015 the chart is being is being published once a week, every Monday, through its official website.[5] Two days prior, every Saturday, the chart is also being aired on its own show on the television channel RTL 2.[6] Since 2015 the data from more than 140 radio stations across the country is being collected to form the chart.[7] In July 2015 6 regional charts started being published on a weekly basis with the main chart.[8]

Compilation

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There are five criteria points which are taken into consideration when forming the chart:[6]

  • Only broadcasts from 6:00 in the morning to 01:00 after midnight are considered
  • When forming the chart, only broadcasts of entire recordings lasting longer than 2 and a half minutes are taken into account
  • All broadcasts from Monday to Sunday of each week are included
  • Only current singles are allowed to chart and a song can stay a maximum of 52 weeks (one year) on the chart
  • When generating the chart, the number of broadcasts (spins) are taken into account

Records

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Current recorders of the chart are Vatra with song "Tango", which spent 25 consecutive weeks at number one,[9] while Massimo Savić's song "Mali krug velikih ljudi" holds the record for most non-consecutive weeks at number one with a total of 30 weeks.[10] Psihomodo Pop's "Donna" was the first song to which spend the maximum of 52 consecutive weeks on the chart.[11] Savić's "Mali krug velikih ljudi" was the first song to spend a total of 30 weeks atop the chart and holds the record for most weeks at number one.[12] Kornelija Petak was the youngest person to ever chart on the HR Top 40 chart, at the time when "Ja sam takva kava sam" debuted she was only 16 years old.[13] Igor Delač holds the record for most consecutive number one singles; from Budan in 2018 to his latest single "Ne zaboravi" in 2022, a total of eight singles reached the top spot.[14]

Song of the Year

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Since 2014 at the end of the calendar year an award to the artist(s) of the most played song is being given out .[15]

Year Title Artist(s) Ref.
2014 "Tango" Vatra [16]
2015 "Jedan dan ljubavi" Massimo Savić [17]
2016 "Zaljubila sam se" Detour [18]
2017 "Sve u meni se budi" Damir Kedžo & Zsa Zsa [19]
2018 "Ako te pitaju" Petar Grašo [20]
2019 "Rekao si" Nina Badrić [21]
2020 "Mali krug velikih ljudi" Massimo Savić [22]
2021 "Kiša (Z'naab)" Gibonni [23]
2022 "Trebaš li me" Eni Jurišić & Matija Cvek [24]

References

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  1. ^ "Predstavljena glazbena lista HR Top 40" (in Croatian). buro247.hr. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ Kožul, Toćni (8 February 2013). "HR Top 40, tjedan 28. siječnja – 3. veljače 2013" (in Croatian). tportal. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Predstavljanje liste HR TOP 40" (in Croatian). ihg.hr. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "HR Top 40 Tjedan 3 2013" (PDF) (in Croatian). ihg.hr. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  5. ^ "O top listi" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "HR Top 40" (in Croatian). HDU. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  7. ^ Milla, Samir (13 July 2019). "Što slušaju Hrvati? Radijskim eterom vladaju poznata imena, YouTube pokorila kontroverzna skupina" (in Croatian). Večernji list. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Najveće regionalne top liste od sada na jednom mjestu" (in Croatian). top-lista. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  9. ^ "IHG • Nina Badrić s 'Vjetrenjačama' prva na HR TOP 40 - Novosti". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Massimo srušio rekord svih vremena, Saša Lozar osvaja radijski eter" (in Croatian). top-lista. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. ^ "IHG • HRTop40". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Godišnja HR Top 40 lista 2020". top-lista. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Ona je Kornelija - najmlađa izvođačica na službenoj HR Top 40 listi". Croatia Records. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  14. ^ ""Ne zaboravi" - Igor Delač zabilježio najviši ulaz na top listu HR TOP 40". sib.net. 12 April 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  15. ^ Kocijan, Ivana (23 February 2021). "Massimo srušio rekord svih vremena" (in Croatian). Novi list. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  16. ^ Božić, Ivan (3 January 2015). "Ovo je najslušanija pjesma u Hrvatskoj u 2014. godini" (in Croatian). srednja.hr. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  17. ^ "HRtop40 GODIŠNJA 2015. (01.01.2015. – 23.12.2015.)" (in Croatian). top-lista. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  18. ^ "HRtop40 GODIŠNJA 2016. (27.11.2015. - 30.11.2016.)" (in Croatian). top-lista. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  19. ^ "HRtop40 GODIŠNJA 2017. (01.12.2016. – 30.11.2017.)" (in Croatian). top-lista. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  20. ^ "HRtop40 GODIŠNJA 2018" (in Croatian). top-lista. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  21. ^ "HRtop40 GODIŠNJA 2019" (in Croatian). top-lista. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  22. ^ "Godišnja HR Top 40 lista" (in Croatian). top-lista. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  23. ^ "Što se i koga slušalo u 2021. godini? Pogledajte tko je sve došao na Top.HR Music Awards" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Luka Nižetić, Mia Dimšić, Severina, Matija Cvek, Eni Jurišić i drugi dobitnici su glazbene nagrade Top.HR" (in Croatian). Glazba.hr. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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