Nouns ending in -ade are usually feminine, but l'hit-parade is masculine.
Hit-parade is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
Is hit-parade masculine or feminine?
l'hit-paradeexception
The rule behind it
92.3% of -ade nouns are feminine
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