It is updated every Thursday by the Natio40 Foundation (Dutch: Stichting Natio40).
[1] It is based on radio airplay, music store sales, and reports from the Association of DJ's in Suriname.
The Top 40 was covered in a weekly column from October 2013[2] to May 2016 on the online news portal Starnieuws.
The single "Perfume" by Prince Koloni, later winning a "Song of the Year" award, was the #1 song for five weeks in 2015.
[4] "Beleki Beketje" by the Ghetto Crew, which gained popularity as an online dance challenge, hit #1 in 2019.