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We offer a Music Chart solution designed for radio stations to run Top 40 polls effortlessly.

Learn how Top40Poll makes music submission, listener voting, Spotify integration, artist promotion, and chart publishing easy and clear.

Top40Poll process overview

Music Submission Management

  • Artists can quickly upload new tracks
  • Radio staff can easily review them and give feedback to the artist
  • Approved tracks are automatically delivered to the station's playout system rotation backlog for selection
  • Presenters can access a Track and Artist Directory to get the latest from their favourite artists
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Listener Voting System

Keep your audience engaged with a simple and fair voting system that lets you easily run a poll.

  • Radio station selects tracks to appear in the poll
  • Tracks can be in rolling weekly polls, or one-off ad-hoc polls for a special event
  • Vote via QR code, a direct link, or an embeddable widget on your own station website
  • Artists receive automated support via email throughout the poll process

🎧 Spotify Playlist Integration

Every poll can automatically create and sync its own Spotify playlist.

  • Kept up to date automatically as the poll's track lineup changes
  • Gives listeners an easy way to follow along and discover the full lineup
  • Real streaming exposure for every artist in the poll, not just the winners
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🎨 Built-In Artist Promo Tools

Every artist gets a professional promo kit, generated automatically.

  • Branded social media graphics, Instagram Story templates, and Facebook video assets
  • A personal QR code and shareable vote link, ready to post anywhere
  • A personal artist dashboard with chart history and a downloadable promo pack
  • Thank-you videos and chart cards artists can share the moment their track is picked

📬 Automated Artist Email Journey

Artists are kept in the loop automatically, from submission to results.

  • Confirmation the moment a track is submitted, approved, or declined
  • A heads-up when their poll launches, opens for voting, and reaches the midpoint
  • Built-in reminders encourage artists to promote their own track — driving more engaged votes
  • No manual chasing required from station staff
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📊 Vote Analytics & Insights

Real-time visibility into how a poll is performing, for station eyes only.

  • Live voting progress as the poll runs
  • A geographic map of where votes are coming from, without exposing raw vote counts
  • Verified, duplicate-protected results, ready to feed straight into chart publishing

Results and Chart Publishing

After the poll has finished, the station gets to see the results and all the info to prepare the chart countdown show.

  • The station is provided with a full set of verified votes and a more detailed breakdown by track
  • The station can publish/share the results after the broadcast of the show
  • Artist dashboards provide the full history of a track to the artist, including weeks in chart and highest position reached
Results and chart publishing

🤝 Agency & Label Submissions

A dedicated route for agencies and labels to submit on behalf of their roster.

  • Agencies get their own portal to manage and push tracks to partner stations
  • Streamlines larger-scale or professional submission pipelines alongside direct artist uploads
  • Stations keep full control over what gets accepted into their own polls
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Use Case — Future Hits

During 2025, Top40Poll worked with FutureHits on track submissions and monthly poll voting. This covered nearly 4,300 submissions, 30 polls (including imported past data), and thousands of votes.

Use Case — 2026 International Summer Poll

The poll received submissions from artists of various genres worldwide, with fan votes from many regions.

World voting map