Sverigetopplistan Explained

Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish ˈsvæ̂rjɛˌtɔpːlɪstan/, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening). Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen,^[1] whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list.

History

For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan.

Since late 2006, the chart has included legal downloads.^[2] The charts became the first in the world to include music streaming with singles (29 October 2010)^[3] and then with albums (2013).^[4]

From 14 November 1975 to 8 September 1993 the chart was only published every 2 weeks.

The chart is published every Friday, covering sales of the previous week from Friday to Thursday.^[5]

Charts

Album charts

Chart	No. of positions	Description
Albums	60	First published week 46, 1975 with 50 positions^[6] Published starting week 46, 1995 with 60 positions^[7]
Compilation albums (Swedish: Samlingar)	20	First published week 20, 1993 with 5 positions^[8] Published starting week 40, 1995 with 10 positions^[9] Published starting week 46, 2003 with 20 positions^[10] Defunct; last published week 16, 2020^[11]
Physical albums	20	First published week 41, 2016^[12]
Vinyl albums	10	First published week 2, 2015^[13]
DVD albums	20	First published week 46, 2001^[14] Defunct; last published week 16, 2020^[15]
Classical albums	10	First published week 3, 2000^[16]
Dansband/Schlager albums	20	First published week 32, 2001^[17]
Hip hop albums	20	First published week 32, 2001^[18]
Hard rock albums	20	First published week 32, 2001^[19]
Jazz albums	20	First published week 32, 2001^[20]

Song charts

Chart	No. of positions	Description
Singles	100	First published week 46, 1975 with 20 positions^[21] Published starting week 17, 1991 with 40 positions^[22] Published starting week 46, 1995 with 60 positions^[23] Published starting week 2, 2015 with 100 positions^[24]
Heatseeker	20	An extension of the singles chart showing which songs are outside the top 100 and have not yet entered it. First published week 2, 2015^[25]
Swedish Top 20 (Swedish: Svenskt Topp-20)	20	First published week 2, 2015^[26]
Dance songs	20	First published week 32, 2001^[27]
Ringtones (Swedish: [[Realtone]]s)	20	First published week 26, 2006 with 10 positions^[28] Published starting week 15, 2007 with 20 positions^[29] Defunct; last published week 3, 2012^[30]

List of number one hits

• List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden

See also

• Tio i Topp - contemporary record chart between 1961 and 1974
• DigiListan - The Official Swedish Download Chart

External links

• Sverigetopplistan
• Swedish Charts website (contains archives)

Notes and References

1. Intl Jukebox Survey. Billboard. 19 December 1970. 48. 13 February 2013.
2. Web site: Grattis SverigeTopplistan, 40!. sv. 14 November 2015. Nylin. Lars. 19 April 2019. Musikindustrin.
3. Web site: Försäljning av strömmad musik inkluderas i listan. sv. 29 October 2010. Nylin. Lars. 19 April 2019. Musikindustrin.
4. Web site: 4 SNABBA Ludvig Werner/Ifpi om nya Sverigetopplistan. 9 January 2015. Lars. Nylin. sv. Musikindustrin. 19 April 2021.
5. Web site: Sverigetopplistan . Grammotex . sv.
6. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 46, 1975. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
7. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 46, 1995. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
8. Web site: Veckolista Samlingar, vecka 20, 1993. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
9. Web site: Veckolista Samlingar, vecka 40, 1995. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
10. Web site: Veckolista Samlingar, vecka 46, 2003. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
11. Web site: Veckolista Samlingar, vecka 16, 2020. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
12. Web site: Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 41, 2016. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
13. Web site: Veckolista Vinyl, vecka 2, 2015. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
14. Web site: Veckolista DVD Album, vecka 46, 2001. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
15. Web site: Veckolista DVD Album, vecka 16, 2020. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
16. Web site: Veckolista Album Klassiskt, vecka 3, 2000. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
17. Web site: Veckolista Dansband/Schlager, vecka 32, 2001. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
18. Web site: Veckolista Hiphop, vecka 32, 2001. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
19. Web site: Veckolista Hårdrock, vecka 32, 2001. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
20. Web site: Veckolista Jazz, vecka 32, 2001. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
21. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 46, 1975. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
22. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 17, 1991. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
23. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 46, 1995. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
24. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 2, 2015. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
25. Web site: Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 2, 2015. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
26. Web site: Veckolista Svenska Singlar, vecka 2, 2015. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
27. Web site: Veckolista Dance, vecka 32, 2001. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
28. Web site: Veckolista Realtones, vecka 26, 2006. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
29. Web site: Veckolista Samlingar, vecka 15, 2007. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.
30. Web site: Veckolista Realtones, vecka 3, 2012. sv. Sverigetopplistan. 19 April 2021.