Hit Parader

Hit Parader
CategoriesMusic magazine
First issue1942
Final issueDecember 2008
CompanyCharlton Publications (1942–91)
CountryUnited States
Based inDerby, Connecticut
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0162-0266

Hit Parader was an American music magazine that operated between 1942 and 2008. A monthly publication, it focused on rock and pop music in general until the 1970s, when its focus began turning to hard rock and heavy metal. By the early 1980s, Hit Parader focused exclusively on heavy metal[1] and briefly produced a spinoff television program entitled Hit Parader's Heavy Metal Heroes. The magazine reached its circulation peak in the mid-to-late 1980s selling a half-million copies every month as heavy metal music achieved high levels of popularity and commercial success.

  1. ^ "Hit Parader articles, interviews and reviews". Rock's Backpages. Retrieved June 2, 2015.