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.

DateNationalitySong titleArtistWks at #1
August 18, 1958Italy"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)"Domenico Modugno5
January 9, 1961West Germany"Wonderland by Night"Bert Kaempfert3
December 7, 1963Belgium"Dominique"The Singing Nun4
February 10, 1968France"Love Is Blue"Paul Mauriat5
February 7, 1970Netherlands"Venus"Shocking Blue1
July 29, 1972Ireland"Alone Again (Naturally)"Gilbert O'Sullivan6 (2 runs)
April 6, 1974Sweden"Hooked on a Feeling"Blue Swede1
November 29, 1975West Germany"Fly, Robin, Fly"Silver Convention3
April 9, 1977Sweden"Dancing Queen"ABBA1
June 20, 1981Netherlands"Stars on 45 Medley"Stars on 451
May 8, 1982Greece"Chariots of Fire"Vangelis1
October 19, 1985Norway"Take On Me"a-ha1
November 9, 1985Czechoslovakia"Miami Vice Theme"Jan Hammer1
March 29, 1986Austria"Rock Me Amadeus"Falco3
May 16, 1987Ireland"With or Without You"U23
August 8, 1987"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"2
April 8, 1989Sweden"The Look"Roxette1
July 1, 1989West Germany/France"Baby Don't Forget My Number"Milli Vanilli1
September 23, 1989"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"2
November 4, 1989Sweden"Listen to Your Heart"Roxette1
November 25, 1989West Germany/France"Blame It on the Rain"Milli Vanilli2
April 21, 1990Ireland"Nothing Compares 2 U"Sinéad O'Connor4
June 16, 1990Sweden"It Must Have Been Love"Roxette2
May 11, 1991"Joyride"1
March 12, 1994"The Sign"Ace of Base6
August 3, 1996Spain"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"Los del Rio14
September 4, 1999"Bailamos"Enrique Iglesias2
June 24, 2000"Be with You"3
May 5, 2007Canada/France"Girlfriend"Avril Lavigne1
July 9, 2011Netherlands"Give Me Everything" (Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer)Afrojack1
April 28, 2012Belgium / Australia"Somebody That I Used to Know" (Gotye feat. Kimbra)Gotye8
October 12, 2013Croatia / New Zealand"Royals"Lorde9
January 7, 2017France"Starboy" (The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk)Daft Punk1
October 29, 2022Germany"Unholy" (Sam Smith and Kim Petras)Kim Petras1

Trivia

  • 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 (15).
  • 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) and Sweden with 4 each. Ireland and the Netherlands have 3 each, 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

Country Number one hits
Sweden7
France6
Germany / West Germany6
Ireland4
Netherlands3
Spain3
Belgium2
Austria1
Croatia1
Czechoslovakia1
Greece1
Italy1
Norway1

Most number ones by artist

Artist Country Number one hits
RoxetteSweden4
Milli VanilliWest Germany/France3
Enrique IglesiasSpain2
U2Ireland2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Fab Morvan is French, Rob Pilatus was West German (later German).
  2. ^ Avril Lavigne is a Canadian born to a French father, making her a Canadian-French dual citizen.
  3. ^ Afrojack is Dutch and a featured artist, Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Nayer are American.
  4. ^ Gotye is a Belgian-Australian dual citizen, Kimbra is a New Zealander.
  5. ^ Daft Punk were French and a featured artist, The Weeknd is Canadian.
  6. ^ Kim Petras is German, Sam Smith is British.
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