Hit Parader

Hit Parader

Categories	Music magazine
First issue	1942
Final issue	December 2008
Company	Charlton Publications (1942–91)
Country	United States
Based in	Derby, Connecticut
Language	English
ISSN	0162-0266

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.