As of the issue dated/week ending July 26, 2008, the Eurochart Hot 100 has had 344 number one hits. The current number-one song is "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock.
History
The first Eurochart began as the "Europarade", which was started in early 1976 by TROS Radio in the Netherlands. The chart consisted of only six countries (the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain). The compilers collected the top 15 records from each country and then awarded corresponding points, depending which positions between 1 and 15 each record stood at. Italy and Denmark were added in 1979 and during 1980, Austria and Switzerland were included. Ireland was added as the 11th country in October 1983.In March 1984, Music & Media in Amsterdam started their own Eurochart, "The Eurochart Hot 100", which they published as a Euro Tip sheet for the first two years. This chart was accumulated by taking the chart positions in each country combined with the national sales percentage of records in that particular country. In 1986-87, the official Eurochart also became a music TV show on Music Box with Dutch presenter. Erik de Zwart.
The Eurochart quickly gained momentum, as it started to include more countries and Music & Media became a Billboard publication in January 1986. From 1982 to 1986 the "Europarade", as published in Music Week and the Dutch magazine Hitkrant, was used.
Since November 1986, the Music & Media's Eurochart Top 100 was used as source, as Billboard started publishing European Hot 100 Singles chart until today.
Chart achievements and trivia
Artist with the most number-one singles
- Madonna (15)
- Elvis Presley (15)
- ABBA (14)
- Michael Jackson (9)
- The Beatles (8)
- Eminem (7)
- Cliff Richard (7)
- Boney M (6)
- Justin Timberlake (6)
- Elton John (5)
- Whitney Houston (5)
- Britney Spears (5)
Songs with the most weeks at number-one
- 18 weeks
- "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams (1991)
- 17 weeks
- "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley (1960)
- "My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion (1998)
- "The Ketchup Song" by Las Ketchup (2002)
- 16 weeks
- "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (2006)
- "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue (2001)
- 15 weeks
- "(You're The) Devil in Disguise" by Elvis Presley (1963)
- "Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap! (1992)
- "Without Me" by Eminem (2002)
- "Apologize" by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic (2007)
- 14 weeks
- "Let's Twist Again" by Chubby Checker (1962)
- "Good Luck Charm" by Elvis Presley (1962)
- "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder (1984)
- "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V. (1995)
- 13 weeks
- "Marina" by Rocco Granata (1960)
- "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" by Boney M (1978)
- "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1993)
- "Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet (1994)
- "Children" by Robert Miles (1996)
- "Whenever, Wherever" by Shakira (2002)
- "Shut Up" by Black Eyed Peas (2003)
- 12 weeks
- "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles (1964)
- "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club (1983)
- "Like a Prayer" by Madonna (1989)
- "Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone (2004)
- "Hung Up" by Madonna (2005)
See also
- List of number-one hits in Europe
- List of songs by African, Asian, Caribbean and Latin American artists which reached number-one on the Eurochart Hot 100
- List of songs by American artists which reached number-one on the Eurochart Hot 100
- List of songs by Australian artists which reached number-one on the Eurochart Hot 100
- List of songs by British artists which reached number-one on the Eurochart Hot 100
- List of songs by Canadian artists which reached number-one on the Eurochart Hot 100
- List of songs by European artists which reached number-one on the Eurochart Hot 100
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