Hitlisten

Hitlisten (), formerly known as Tracklisten, is a Danish top 40 record chart that is updated every Wednesday at 00:01 on the website hitlisten.nu. The weekly Danish singles chart combines the 40 best-selling tracks from streaming and legal music downloads. The Danish albums chart combines downloads, streaming and also sales of CDs. There is a separate vinyl chart. The data are collected by M&I Service, who also compile the chart on behalf of IFPI Danmark, the local branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

==Timeline history== ===1965–1979=== This chart began in April 1965 as a monthly Top 20 chart compiled by the Danish branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). It was published in several major Danish newspapers. Prior to that several Danish charts were compiled by competing newspapers. From April 1969 it went weekly after Danmarks Radio stopped publishing their weekly Top 20 chart. However, the chart was based on sales from wholesalers to retailers and not on sales by retailers. From May 1973 to December 1978 singles and albums were presented on the same chart due to a request from Danmarks Radio for variety in their chart show. During this period only a few singles reached the top and Danmarks Radio stopped broadcasting the IFPI chart in early 1977 because the chart was based on sales to distributors and not over-the-counter sales. The album and singles charts were finally split again in January 1979. 5 January 1979 – first official singles chart in Denmark. IFPI Danmark are behind it and it is based on shipments from distributors to retailers. Tabloid newspaper B.T. publish the chart every Friday. Although a Top 30 is compiled by IFPI, B.T. only publish the Top 10.