The European Hot 100 Singles was compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine from March 1984 until December 2010. The chart was based on national singles sales charts in 17 European countries: Austria, Belgium (two charts separately for Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
, the European Hot 100 had accumulated 400 number one hits. The final chart was published on December 11, 2010, following the news of Billboard closing their London office and letting their UK-based staff go.[1] The final number one single on the chart was "Only Girl (in the World)" by Rihanna.
The first attempt at a Europe-wide chart was the Europarade, which was started in early 1976 by the Dutch TROS radio network. The chart initially consisted of only six countries: the Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Belgium and Spain.[2] [3] In 1979 Italy and Denmark were added and during 1980, Austria and Switzerland were included. Ireland was added as the eleventh country in October 1983.[4] 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. The "Europarade" was published in Music Week from the early 1980s, and in the Dutch magazine Hitkrant. 1984 was the year in which the length of the chart was increased from a top 30 to a top 40.[5]
In March 1984, Music & Media magazine in Amsterdam started their own singles chart, "European Top 100 Singles", which they published in the Eurotip Sheet for the first two years until issue April 19, 1986,[6] [7] after which its name was changed to Music & Media from issue April 26, 1986.[8] The chart was based on national singles sales charts in sixteen European countries: Austria, Belgium (separately for Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, West Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.[9] 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, the official Eurochart also became a music TV show on Music Box with Dutch presenter Erik de Zwart.[10] It was known as the 'Coca-Cola Eurochart Hot 100 Singles' from May 1988 to the end of 1992.[11] As a syndicated show, it was also introduced on UK commercial radio and was definitely being broadcast in summer-autumn 1989 and January to April 1991; however, its precise start and end dates are not known. By September, 1989, the 'Coca-Cola Eurochart Hot 100' chart was being broadcast on 65 European radio stations.[12]
Hosted by Pat Sharp,[13] it was broadcast on a number of stations including Radio Trent, BRMB, Viking FM and GWR FM. A TV version was broadcast on Super Channel during 1989 and 1990,[14] [15] and it was hosted by Dutch presenter Caroline Tensen. The Eurochart quickly gained momentum, as it started to include more countries.[9]
Billboard became Music & Media's financial partner in 1985 and later owned the magazine.[16] When Music & Media closed in August 2003, Billboard continued to compile the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles.[17] The last European Hot 100 Singles chart to appear in Billboard magazine was in the issue dated December 11, 2010, but Billboard only ever published the top 20 of the chart.[18] However, Billboard continued to publish a Euro Digital Songs chart which was a top 10 and which was discontinued after February 12, 2022.
"Bad" replaced "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (October 1987)
"Say You'll Be There" replaced "Wannabe" (November 1996)
"Meet Me Halfway" replaced "I Gotta Feeling" (December 2009)
"Only Girl (In the World)" replaced "Love the Way You Lie" (November 2010)
Madonna is the artist which has scored the most simultaneous number-ones with seven singles and six albums, followed by Michael Jackson with five singles and three albums and Lady Gaga with three singles and one album.
"Papa Don't Preach" and True Blue (August 1986)
"True Blue" and True Blue (October 1986)
"Like a Prayer" and Like a Prayer (April 1989)
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and Evita OST (February 1997)
"Music" and Music (October 2000)
"Hung Up" and Confessions on a Dance Floor (November 2005)
"4 Minutes" and Hard Candy (May 2008)
"Bad" and Bad (October 1987)
"Dirty Diana" and Bad (July 1988)
"Black or White" and Dangerous (December 1991)
"Scream" and (June 1995)
"You Are Not Alone" and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (September 1995)
"Poker Face" and The Fame (May 2009)
"Bad Romance" and The Fame (January 2010)
"Telephone" and The Fame (April 2010)
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and Whitney (August 1987)
"I Will Always Love You" and The Bodyguard OST (January 1993)
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and Waking Up the Neighbours (November 1991)
"All for Love" and So Far So Good (January 1994)
"Always" and Cross Road (November 1994)
"It's My Life" and Crush (June 2000)
"Oops!... I Did It Again" and Oops!... I Did It Again (June 2000)
"Womanizer" and Circus (December 2008)
"Somethin' Stupid" and Swing When You're Winning (January 2002)
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" and Greatest Hits (November 2004)
"All Good Things (Come to an End)" and Loose (January 2007)
"Give It to Me" and Loose (April 2007)
"With or Without You" and The Joshua Tree (May 1987)
"Faith" and Faith (December 1987)
"Another Day in Paradise" and ...But Seriously (January 1990)
"No Limit" and No Limits (May 1993)
"What's Up?" and Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (October 1993)
"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" and (November 1993)
"Love is All Around" and (September 1994)
"Back for Good" and Nobody Else (May 1995)
"Killing Me Softly" and The Score (July 1996)
"Candle in the Wind 1997" and The Big Picture (October 1997)
"Believe" and Believe (February 1999)
"I Want It That Way" and Millennium (June 1999)
"Maria Maria" and Supernatural (May 2000)
"Stan" and No Angel (February 2001)
"Angel" and Hot Shot (August 2001)
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" and Fever (October 2001)
"Whenever, Wherever" and Laundry Service (March 2002)
"Without Me" and The Eminem Show (June 2002)
"Crazy in Love" and Dangerously in Love (July 2003)
"Bring Me to Life" and Fallen (August 2003)
"Get Right" and Rebirth (March 2005)
"SexyBack" and FutureSex/LoveSounds (September 2006)
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" and Ta-Dah (October 2006)
"1973" and All the Lost Souls (October 2007)
"Mercy" and Rockferry (April 2008)
"Sexy Bitch" and One Love (September 2009)
"Only Girl (In the World)" and Loud (December 2010)
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams (1991)
"My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion (1998)
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue (2001)
"Poker Face" by Lady Gaga (2009), non-consecutive
"The Ketchup Song (Asereje)" by Las Ketchup (2002-2003), non-consecutive
"Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap! (1992), non-consecutive
"Without Me" by Eminem (2002)
"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) (2006), non-consecutive
"Apologize" by Timbaland (featuring OneRepublic) (2007), non-consecutive
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder (1984)
"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio (featuring L.V.) (1995), non-consecutive
"Believe" by Cher (1999)
"Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" by Boney M. (1978)
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1993)
"No Limit" by 2 Unlimited (1993)
"Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet (1994)
"Children" by Robert Miles (1996)
"Whenever, Wherever" by Shakira (2002)
"Shut Up" by The Black Eyed Peas (2003)
These songs are partly in English, but also partly another language.