Turkish music charts track the popularity of music within
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
, primarily focusing on album and song performance. Historically, various organizations have compiled these charts, including
Nielsen Music Control,
Radiomonitor, and
Billboard Türkiye. In the pre-internet era, unlike many countries, Turkey's music industry was
album-oriented, and no national
singles chart was issued based on sales alone.
There were three single charts derived from the main chart and issued by ''
Billboard Türkiye'' magazine that are considered official:
*Türkçe Top 20 - lists only
Turkish language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languag ...
songs (published by Nielsen Music Control)
*Türkiye Top 20 - lists only foreign songs (published by ''
Billboard Türkiye''), although it was shut down in 2010.
*Turkish Rock Top 20 Chart, lists Turkish language rock songs and is published by ''
Billboard Türkiye''.
The current single chart is published by
Radiomonitor Türkiye. ''Billboard'' has also continued to publish Turkey Songs chart, which exclusively list trending Turkish-language songs weekly.
See also
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Billboard Türkiye
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Radiomonitor Türkiye
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Music of Turkey
The roots of traditional music in Turkey span across centuries to a time when the Seljuk Turks migrated to Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and contains elements of both Turkic and pre-Turkic influences. Much of its modern popular music ...
References
External links
Mu-yap website(''IFPI Local record industry association'')
Nielsen Music Control
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