List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by European artists

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.

DateNationalitySong titleArtistWeeks at No. 1
August 18, 1958 Italy"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)"Domenico Modugno5
January 9, 1961 West Germany"Wonderland by Night"Bert Kaempfert3
December 7, 1963 Belgium"Dominique"The Singing Nun4
February 10, 1968 France"Love Is Blue"Paul Mauriat5
February 7, 1970 Netherlands"Venus"Shocking Blue1
July 29, 1972 Ireland"Alone Again (Naturally)"Gilbert O'Sullivan6
April 6, 1974 Sweden"Hooked on a Feeling"Blue Swede1
November 29, 1975 West Germany"Fly, Robin, Fly"Silver Convention3
April 9, 1977 Sweden"Dancing Queen"ABBA1
June 20, 1981 Netherlands"Stars on 45 Medley"Stars on 451
May 8, 1982 Greece"Chariots of Fire"Vangelis1
October 19, 1985 Norway"Take On Me"a-ha1
November 9, 1985 Czechoslovakia"Miami Vice Theme"Jan Hammer1
March 29, 1986 Austria"Rock Me Amadeus"Falco3
May 16, 1987 Ireland"With or Without You"U23
August 8, 1987 Ireland"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"U22
April 8, 1989 Sweden"The Look"Roxette1
July 1, 1989 West Germany"Baby Don't Forget My Number"Milli Vanilli1
September 23, 1989 West Germany"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"Milli Vanilli2
November 4, 1989 Sweden"Listen to Your Heart"Roxette1
November 25, 1989 West Germany"Blame It on the Rain"Milli Vanilli2
April 21, 1990 Ireland"Nothing Compares 2 U"Sinéad O'Connor4
June 16, 1990 Sweden"It Must Have Been Love"Roxette2
May 11, 1991 Sweden"Joyride"Roxette1
March 12, 1994 Sweden"The Sign"Ace of Base6
August 3, 1996 Spain"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"Los del Rio14
September 4, 1999 Spain"Bailamos"Enrique Iglesias2
June 24, 2000 Spain"Be with You"Enrique Iglesias3
July 9, 2011 Netherlands"Give Me Everything" (feat. Afrojack & Nayer)Pitbull (Afrojack)1
April 28, 2012 Belgium /  Australia"Somebody That I Used to Know" (feat. Kimbra)Gotye8
October 12, 2013 Croatia /  New Zealand"Royals"Lorde9
January 7, 2017 France /  Canada"Starboy" (feat. Daft Punk)The Weeknd (Daft Punk)1

Trivia
  • The European nation with the highest number of US number ones is the United Kingdom with 167. Sweden follows with 7.
  • The European nation whose artists have appeared in the top spot on the Hot 100 for the most weeks is again the UK, followed by Spain (19 weeks) and Ireland (15).
  • Apart from the UK, the European nation with the largest number of acts to reach number one in the US is Sweden with 4. Germany (all as West Germany), Ireland and the Netherlands have three each, and Belgium and Spain have two. 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
Country Number one hits
 United Kingdom167
 Sweden7
 Germany5
 Ireland4
 Netherlands3
 Spain3
 France2
 Belgium2
 Austria1
 Croatia1
 Czechoslovakia1
 Greece1
 Italy1
 Norway1

Most number ones by artist
Artist Country Number one hits
The Beatles United Kingdom20
George Michael United Kingdom10
Bee Gees United Kingdom  Australia9
Elton John United Kingdom9
Paul McCartney United Kingdom9
Roxette Sweden4
Milli VanilliWest Germany3
Enrique Iglesias Spain2
U2 Ireland2

See also

Notes
  • ¹-Pre-Hot 100 hit included on this list for completeness
  • Pitbull is Cuban and Ne-Yo is American
  • Singer/songwriter Gotye is a Belgian-Australian artist. He was born in Bruges but he moved to Australia when he was 2 years old.
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