List of Romanian Top 100 number ones explained

Founded in 1995, the Romanian Top 100 was the national music chart of Romania. It was compiled by broadcast monitoring services Body M Production A-V (1990s and 2000s) and by Media Forest (2010s), and measured the airplay of songs on radio stations throughout the country.[1] In 2005, the number of radio stations involved was 120.[2] Starting in 2004, the chart was announced during a two-hour radio show which initially emerged from a partnership with teen magazine Bravo.[3] The Romanian Top 100 was also featured in Billboard Music & Media magazine until 2003,[4] [5] and was—apart from a weekly Kiss FM podcast in the 2010s—announced on its own website. As of, the Romanian Top 100 lacks usable archives, especially for the late 1990s and 2000s.

Over its 17 years of existence, around 150 documented singles reached the number-one position, the first being "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson in 1995. "I Follow Rivers" (2011) by Lykke Li spent 12 weeks at the summit, longer than any other song. The most successful artists were Madonna and Kylie Minogue with six documented number ones each. Multiple artists reached number one with several singles in a calendar year, including the Black Eyed Peas with "Where Is the Love?" and "Shut Up" in 2004. Cleopatra Stratan was four years old when she topped the chart in October 2006 with "Ghiță", making her the youngest artist ever to attain a number one in any country according to Guinness World Records.[6] The Romanian Top 100 ceased publication after its last broadcast on 19 February 2012, and was replaced with the Airplay 100.[7] [8]

Number ones

Key
<-- Do not remove the dagger; this is a requirement per Wikipedia's guidelines on colour. -->Indicates number-one song of the year[9]

1990s

List of number-one songs on the Romanian Top 100 in the 1990s!Artist(s)!!Title!!Issue date!!
Michael Jackson"You Are Not Alone"
Apollo 440"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub"
Backstreet Boys"As Long as You Love Me"
Backstreet Boys"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
Toni Braxton"Un-Break My Heart"
C-Block"Time Is Tickin' Away"
Gina G"Ti Amo"
Robert Miles"One and One"
Nana"He's Comin'"
Nana"Lonely"
No Doubt"Don't Speak"
Puff Daddy"I'll Be Missing You"
Sash! featuring Adrian Rodriguez"Ecuador"
Spice Girls"Spice Up Your Life"
Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion"Tell Him"

2000s

Artist(s)!scope=col class="sortable"
Titlescope=col class="sortable"Issue datescope=col class="sortable"scope=col class="unsortable"
3rei Sud Est"Amintirile"20001
3rei Sud Est"Te aștept să vii"20003
All Saints"Pure Shores"20002
ATB"The Summer"20002
A Touch of Class"Around the World (La La La La La)"20001
Backstreet Boys"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"20001
Bon Jovi"It's My Life"20003
"Freestyler"20003
Holograf"Să nu-mi iei niciodată dragostea"20001
"I Learned from the Best"20002
"Rhythm Divine"20001
Madonna"American Pie"20001
Madonna"Music"20006
Bob Marley and the Wailers"Turn Your Lights Down Low"20002
Modern Talking"No Face, No Name, No Number"20001
Modjo"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)"20002
Sash!"Adelante"20002
Savage Garden"I Knew I Loved You"20001
Sonique"It Feels So Good"20004
Sonique"Sky"20002
"Oops!... I Did It Again"20002
Vengaboys"Shalala Lala"20001
3rei Sud Est"Te voi pierde"20016
Animal X"Fără tine"20014
Animal X"Pentru ea"20015
Backstreet Boys""20011
Crazy Town"Butterfly"20012
"L'amour toujours (I'll Fly with You)"20011
Eminem"Stan"20012
"Turn Off the Light"20011
"Dream to Me"20011
"You Rock My World"20011
"Love Don't Cost a Thing"20011
and Christina Aguilera"Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"20013
"Can't Get You Out of My Head"20014
N&D"Nu e vina mea"20012
"Can't Fight the Moonlight"20011
"Another Chance"20011
Sonique"I Put a Spell on You"20011
"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"20012
Voltaj"3D"20013
Voltaj"20"20011
Kosheen"Hide U"20013
"Hero"4
Animal X"Să pot ierta"3
Pink"Get the Party Started"6
"In Your Eyes"3
Hi-Q"Tu ești dragostea mea"5
Voltaj"Tu"6
Simplu"Oare știi?"2
t.A.T.u."Nas Ne Dogonyat"7
"I'm Alive"3
Las Ketchup""9
Madonna"Die Another Day"2
Shakira"Objection (Tango)"2
"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"1
"Feel"2
O-Zone"Despre tine"3
"Feel"3
"Maybe"2
Las Ketchup"Kusha Las Payas"2
"Beautiful"1
Los Caños"Nina Piensa de ti"2
Class"Luna mi-a zâmbit"6
Hi-Q"Dor de tine, dor de noi"4
"Jaleo"1
Craig David featuring Sting"Rise & Fall "1
"Jaleo"1
featuring Sting"Rise & Fall"3
O-Zone"Dragostea Din Tei"3
featuring Mariah Carey"I Know What You Want"4
Nicola"Dincolo de noapte e zi"1
featuring Mariah Carey"I Know What You Want"1
Outlandish"Aicha"3
Dina Vass""3
"Where Is the Love?"1
"Slow"3
featuring Sean Paul"Breathe"1
3rei Sud Est"Clipe"1
"Shut Up"10
Class"Pentru dragoste"2
"Red Blooded Woman"2
Schiller and Heppner"Leben… I Feel You"1
"Red Blooded Woman"1
Schiller and Heppner"Leben... I Feel You"2
"Senza Giaca e Cravata"4
Activ"Doar cu tine"9
Kelis"Trick Me"6
Voltaj"Și ce?"8
Activ"Visez"8
"I Believe in You"5
Uniting Nations"Out of Touch"3
Voltaj"Povestea oricui"
Morandi"Beijo Uh La La"
DJ Project"Privirea ta"
Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz"La Tortura"
Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz"La Tortura"
Fly Project"Raisa"
"Don't Cha"
Fly Project"Raisa"
"Don't Cha"
"Don't Cha"
Madonna"Hung Up"
Akcent"Jokero"
Madonna"Sorry"
Madonna"Sorry"1
Morandi"Falling Asleep"
Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean"Hips Don't Lie"
Morandi"Falling Asleep"
Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean"Hips Don't Lie"
Simplu"Oficial îmi merge bine"1
"World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)"
DJ Project"Încă o noapte"
"World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)"
DJ Project"Încă o noapte"
Morandi"A la lujeba"
"Ghiță"
"Ghiță"
Reamonn"Tonight"
Shakira featuring Carlos Santana"Illegal"
Akon featuring Eminem"Smack That"
Shakira featuring Carlos Santana"Illegal"
Akon featuring Eminem"Smack That"
Shakira featuring Carlos Santana"Illegal"
featuring Timbaland"Wait a Minute"
"Say It Right"
"What Goes Around...Comes Around"
"Say It Right"
Akon"Don't Matter"
"Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)"
Fergie"Big Girls Don't Cry"
Mika"Relax, Take It Easy"
Fergie"Big Girls Don't Cry"
"Rise Up"
Mika"Relax, Take It Easy"
"Rise Up"
"Tired of Being Sorry"
"Rise Up"
Crazy Loop"Mm-ma-ma"
Crazy Loop"Mm-ma-ma"
Morandi"Angels (Love Is the Answer)"
Crazy Loop"Mm-ma-ma"
Morandi"Angels (Love Is the Answer)"
3rei Sud Est"Vorbe care dor"
Celia"Șoapte"
"In My Arms"
featuring Anca Parghel and Fly Project"Brasil"
Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland"4 Minutes"
"In My Arms"
Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland"4 Minutes"
featuring Dony"So Bizzare"
featuring Kelly Rowland"When Love Takes Over"

2010s

Artist(s)!scope=col class="sortable"
Titlescope=col class="sortable"Issue datescope=col class="sortable"scope=col class="unsortable"
Yolanda Be Cool"We No Speak Americano"
Lady Gaga"Alejandro"
DJ Sava featuring Raluka"I Like (the Trumpet)"
"Disco Romancing"
Smiley featuring Pacha Man"Love Is for Free"
"Mr. Saxobeat"
featuring Pitbull"On the Floor"
Play & Win"Ya BB"
DJ Project featuring Giulia"Mi-e dor de noi"
Jeremih featuring 50 Cent"Down on Me"
Guess Who featuring deMoga"Tot mai sus"
Smiley"Dream Girl"
DJ Antoine vs Timati featuring Kalenna"Welcome to St. Tropez"
Pitbull featuring Marc Anthony"Rain Over Me"
"I Follow Rivers"
"Ai Se Eu Te Pego"

Related number ones

The Romanian Top 100 significantly lacks chart archives for the late 2000s. At that time, Nielsen Music Control and Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (UPFR) began publishing charts which reflected the most-broadcast songs on radio stations and television channels throughout Romania (see list of number ones below); they also gained coverage in local media. However, it is unknown whether the two were affiliated with the Romanian Top 100, and whether their rankings can be used to substitute the lacking Romanian Top 100 archives. The same applies to Media Forest, who began publishing similar radio and television airplay charts starting with July 2009.[10] Media Forest would eventually handle compilation for the Romanian Top 100 beginning with 2011 at the latest.[11]

Artist(s)!scope=col class="sortable"
Titlescope=col class="sortable"Issue datescope=col class="sortable"scope=col class="unsortable"
Morandi featuring Helene"Save Me"
Akcent"Stay with Me"
Inna"Hot"
"Hot n Cold"
"I Hate This Part"
"Hot n Cold"
"I Hate This Part"
Lady Gaga"Poker Face"
""
Oceana"Cry Cry"
Puya featuring George Hora"Undeva-n Balkani"
Oceana"Cry Cry"
featuring Dony"So Bizzare"
Puya featuring George Hora"Undeva-n Balkani"
Neylini"Muleina (DJ Andi Remix)"
featuring Dony"So Bizzare"
Neylini"Muleina (DJ Andi Remix)"
Neylini"Muleina (DJ Andi Remix)"
Pitbull"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"
Pitbull"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"
Inna"Amazing"
"I Gotta Feeling"
Lady Gaga"Bad Romance"
Deepcentral"In Love"
"Meet Me Halfway"
Deepcentral"In Love"
"Parachute"
"Parachute"
Smiley featuring Pacha Man"Love is for Free"
Smiley featuring Pacha Man"Love is for Free"
Smiley featuring Pacha Man"Love is for Free"
"A Night like This"
Shakira featuring Dizzee Rascal"Loca"
"A Night like This"
Shakira featuring Dizzee Rascal"Loca"
"A Night like This"
featuring Pitbull"On the Floor"

Notes and References

  1. News: Romanian Top 100 Singles Chart Homepage. ro. Romanian Top 100. 9 July 2017. 19 April 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010419064057/http://www.rt100.ro/.
  2. News: Romanian Top 100. 9 July 2017. ro. Romanian Top 100. 11 December 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20041211012409/http://www.rt100.ro/.
  3. News: Romanian Top 100 – arhivă. 9 July 2017. ro. Romanian Top 100. 4 December 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20041204082824/http://www.rt100.ro/radio-show.php. dead.
  4. News: Romanian Top 100 – Istoric. 10 July 2017. ro. Romanian Top 100. 7 February 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050207015456/http://www.rt100.ro/istoric.php. dead.
  5. News: Billboard sister magazine Music & Media is to close on Thursday after the publication of its August 2 issue. https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132416/https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-106647810/billboard-sister-magazine-music-media-close-thursday. dead. 4 January 2018. 2 August 2003. 5 March 2018.
  6. News: Cleopatra Stratan în Guinness Book. Cleopatra Stratan in the Guinness Book. ro. Europa FM. 27 July 2008. 22 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20150112182506/http://www.europafm.ro/showbiz/vedete/cleopatra-stratan-in-guinness-book~n19093/. 12 January 2015.
  7. News: Kiss FM Romanian Top 100. ro. Kiss FM. 10 July 2017. 15 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130615081443/http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/30/Romanian-Top-100.html.
  8. News: Airplay 100 – Cristi Nitzu. ro. Kiss FM. 10 July 2017. 9 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170709224649/http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/54/airplay100.
  9. Citations regarding the Romanian Top 100 year-end charts:
    • For 1997: News: Romanian Top 100 – Topul anului 1997. 9 July 2017. ro. Romanian Top 100. 22 January 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050122082314/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-1997.html. dead.
    • For 2000: News: Topul anului 2000. Romanian Top 100. ro. 1 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20050122081829/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2000.html. 22 January 2005. dead.
    • For 2001: News: Top of the Year 2001. Romanian Top 100. ro. 11 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20021209050311/http://www.rt100.ro/2001.html. 9 December 2002.
    • For 2003: News: Topul anului 2003. Romanian Top 100. ro. 18 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20050319004259/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html. 19 March 2005. live.
    • For 2004: News: Topul anului 2004. Romanian Top 100 via Imgur. 18 May 2020. 8 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220308235718/https://imgur.com/a/hdJnVN8. live.
    • For 2005: News: Topul anului 2005. Romanian Top 100. ro. 18 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20060410152756/http://www.rt100.ro/romanian-top-100-2005.html. 10 April 2006.
    • For 2006: News: Topul anului 2006. Romanian Top 100. ro. 18 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20070212090641/http://www.rt100.ro/romanian-top-100-2006.html. 12 February 2007.
    • For 2007: News: Topul anului 2007. Romanian Top 100. ro. 18 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20080222004052/http://www.rt100.ro/romanian-top-100-2007.html. 22 February 2008.
    • For 2008: News: Topul anului 2008. Cotidianul. ro. 18 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20090213152557/http://cotidianul.ro/cele_mai_difuzate_melodii_n_2008-69458.html. 13 February 2009.
    • For 2009: News: Topul anului 2009. Telegraf. ro. 18 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20100211201846/http://www.telegrafonline.ro/1262901600/articol/search/108139/rockul_cenzurat_de_posturile_romanesti_de_radio.html. 11 February 2010.
    • For 2010: News: Top cele mai difuzate piese in Romania in 2010. ro. Most aired songs in Romania in 2010. 3 January 2011. Beatfactor. https://web.archive.org/web/20110106042017/http://www.beatfactor.ro/STIRI/Top_cele_mai_difuzate_piese_in_Romania_in_2010-aid-93269-l-1. 6 January 2011.
    • For 2011: News: Romanian Top 100 – Clasamentul anului 2011. Andreea.fm. 5 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20120123162920/http://andreea.fm/2012/01/01/romanian-top-100-clasamentul-anului-2011/. 23 January 2012. ro. 1 January 2012. live.
  10. News: Media Forest – Weekly Charts – 2009. Media Forest. 14 June 2018. 15 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032141/http://mediaforest.ro/weeklycharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx?year=2009&week=28. live. Note: Navigate through the chart archives by selecting items from the far right drop down menu.
  11. News: Kiss FM Romanian Top 100. ro. Kiss FM. 10 July 2017. 3 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110103012025/http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/30/Romanian-Top-100.html.