What is Hit record?
A '''hit record''' is a [[recording]] (either a [[single (music)|single]] or an [[album (music)|album]]) that becomes very popular, through large sales of copies, repeated airplay on the [[radio]]. or presence in the [[media]]. One aspect usually [[promotion|promote]]s one or more of the others. [[The Beatles]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Eagles (band)|The Eagles]] and [[Michael Jackson]] all had many hit records. They are among the biggest-selling musical acts of all time. Not every recording artist has a hit record. Many artists and groups lose their [[recording contract]]s, if their records do not become hits. Not all hit records feature music. Some [[spoken word]] records also become hits, including [[comedy]] recordings. [[Bill Cosby]], [[George Carlin]], and [[Cheech & Chong]] are [[comedian]]s who have all had hit records. A recording of [[speech]]es by the late [[United States|American]] [[President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] became one of the biggest-selling albums of the [[1960s]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Music industry]]