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This is a list of number-one hits by non-British European artists in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It excludes number-one hits by British artists that can be found in the list of songs by British artists which reached number-one in the United States . The only non-British, European artist to have a pre-Hot 100 number-one was Anton Karas , with "The Third Man Theme " holding the top spot for 11 weeks, starting from April 29, 1950.
Date
Nationality
Song title
Artist
Wks at #1
August 18, 1958
Italy
"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) "
Domenico Modugno
5
January 9, 1961
West Germany
"Wonderland by Night "
Bert Kaempfert
3
December 7, 1963
Belgium
"Dominique "
The Singing Nun
4
February 10, 1968
France
"Love Is Blue "
Paul Mauriat
5
February 7, 1970
Netherlands
"Venus "
Shocking Blue
1
July 29, 1972
Ireland
"Alone Again (Naturally) "
Gilbert O'Sullivan
6 (2 runs)
April 6, 1974
Sweden
"Hooked on a Feeling "
Blue Swede
1
November 29, 1975
West Germany
"Fly, Robin, Fly "
Silver Convention
3
April 9, 1977
Sweden
"Dancing Queen "
ABBA
1
June 20, 1981
Netherlands
"Stars on 45 Medley "
Stars on 45
1
May 8, 1982
Greece
"Chariots of Fire "
Vangelis
1
October 19, 1985
Norway
"Take On Me "
a-ha
1
November 9, 1985
Czechoslovakia
"Miami Vice Theme "
Jan Hammer
1
March 29, 1986
Austria
"Rock Me Amadeus "
Falco
3
May 16, 1987
Ireland
"With or Without You "
U2
3
August 8, 1987
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For "
2
April 8, 1989
Sweden
"The Look "
Roxette
1
July 1, 1989
West Germany
"Baby Don't Forget My Number "
Milli Vanilli
1[1]
September 23, 1989
"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You "
2
November 4, 1989
Sweden
"Listen to Your Heart "
Roxette
1
November 25, 1989
West Germany
"Blame It on the Rain "
Milli Vanilli
2
April 21, 1990
Ireland
"Nothing Compares 2 U "
Sinéad O'Connor
4
June 16, 1990
Sweden
"It Must Have Been Love "
Roxette
2
May 11, 1991
"Joyride "
1
March 12, 1994
"The Sign "
Ace of Base
6
August 3, 1996
Spain
"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) "
Los del Rio
14
September 4, 1999
"Bailamos "
Enrique Iglesias
2
June 24, 2000
"Be with You "
3
May 5, 2007
Canada/France
"Girlfriend "
Avril Lavigne
1[2]
July 9, 2011
Netherlands
"Give Me Everything " (Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo , Afrojack & Nayer )
Afrojack
1[3]
April 28, 2012
Belgium / Australia
"Somebody That I Used to Know " (Gotye feat. Kimbra )
Gotye
8[4]
October 12, 2013
Croatia / New Zealand
"Royals "
Lorde
9
January 7, 2017
France
"Starboy " (The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk )
Daft Punk
1[5]
October 29, 2022
Germany
"Unholy " (Sam Smith and Kim Petras )
Kim Petras
1[6]
April 27, 2024
Ireland
"Too Sweet "
Hozier
1
The non-British, European country with the highest number of US number-ones is Sweden with 7, followed by France & Germany /West Germany with 6 each.
The non-British, European country whose artists have appeared in the top spot on the Hot 100 for the most weeks is Spain (19 weeks), followed by Ireland (16).
Apart from the UK, the European countries with the largest number of acts to reach number-one in the US are France, Germany (all except Kim Petras as West Germany), Ireland and Sweden with 4 each. The Netherlands has 3, and Belgium and Spain have 2 each. Austria had one act reach number one in the pre-Hot 100 era and one in the Hot 100 era.
The only non-UK European acts with multiple US number one hits are:
Roxette (4)
Milli Vanilli (3)
Enrique Iglesias (2)
U2 (2)
Most number ones by country [ edit ]
Country
Number one hits
Sweden
7
Germany / West Germany
6
Ireland
5
France
3
Netherlands
3
Spain
3
Belgium
2
Austria
1
Croatia
1
Czechoslovakia
1
Greece
1
Italy
1
Norway
1
Most number ones by artist [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
^ Fab Morvan is French, Rob Pilatus was West German (later German). But generally it was a project originated in Munich, West Germany
^ Avril Lavigne is a Canadian born to a French father, making her a Canadian-French dual citizen.
^ Afrojack is Dutch and a featured artist, Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Nayer are American.
^ Gotye is a Belgian-Australian dual citizen, Kimbra is a New Zealander.
^ Daft Punk were French and a featured artist, The Weeknd is Canadian.
^ Kim Petras is German, Sam Smith is British.