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TheEuropean Hot 100 Singleswas compiled byBillboardandMusic & Mediamagazine from March 1984 until December 2010. The chart was based on national singles sales charts in 17 European countries:Austria,Belgium(two charts separately forFlandersandWallonia),Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,and theUnited Kingdom.

By the issue dated/week ending November 13, 2010,the European Hot 100 had accumulated 400 number one hits. The final chart was published on December 11, 2010, following the news ofBillboardclosing 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)"byRihanna.

History

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Europarade Top 30

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The first attempt at a Europe-wide chart was theEuroparade,which was started in early 1976 by the DutchTROSradio 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 inMusic Weekfrom the early 1980s, and in the Dutch magazineHitkrant.1984 was the year in which the length of the chart was increased from a top 30 to a top 40.[5]

Euro Hot 100

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In March 1984,Music & Mediamagazine inAmsterdamstarted their own singles chart, "European Top 100 Singles", which they published in theEurotip Sheetfor the first two years until issue April 19, 1986,[6][7]after which its name was changed toMusic & Mediafrom 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 onMusic Boxwith Dutch presenterErik 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 byPat Sharp,[13]it was broadcast on a number of stations includingRadio Trent,BRMB,Viking FMandGWR FM.A TV version was broadcast onSuper Channelduring 1989 and 1990,[14][15]and it was hosted by Dutch presenterCaroline Tensen.The Eurochart quickly gained momentum, as it started to include more countries.[9]

BillboardbecameMusic & Media'sfinancial partner in 1985 and later owned the magazine.[16]WhenMusic & Mediaclosed in August 2003,Billboardcontinued to compile the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles.[17]The last European Hot 100 Singles chart to appear inBillboardmagazine was in the issue dated December 11, 2010, butBillboardonly ever published the top 20 of the chart.[18]However,Billboardcontinued to publish a Euro Digital Songs chart which was a top 10 and which wasdiscontinued after February 12, 2022.

Chart achievements

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Artists achievements

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Most number-one singles

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Self-replacement at number-one

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"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)

Simultaneously occupying the top of the singles and albums charts

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Madonnais the artist which has scored the most simultaneous number-ones with seven singles and six albums, followed byMichael Jacksonwith five singles and three albums andLady Gagawith three singles and one album.

Songs achievements

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Entered at number-one

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Most weeks at number-one

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Non-English language number-ones

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These songs are partly in English, but also partly another language.

References

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  1. ^"Billboard closing London office".CMU.Retrieved15 February2011.
  2. ^Van Gelder, Henk (July 10, 1976)."Dutch Debut 'Europarade'"(PDF).Billboard.p. 51.RetrievedMarch 11,2023.
  3. ^"Dutch Europarade for six countries' hits"(PDF).Music Week.June 19, 1976. p. 8.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
  4. ^"Europarade"(PDF).Music Week.October 8, 1983. p. 6.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
  5. ^"Europarade"(PDF).Music Week.April 14, 1984. p. 6.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
  6. ^"European Top 100 Singles"(PDF).Eurotip Sheet.March 19, 1984. pp. 10–11.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
  7. ^"European Hot 100 Singles"(PDF).Eurotip Sheet.April 19, 1986. pp. 12–13.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
  8. ^"European Hot 100 Singles"(PDF).Music & Media.April 26, 1986. pp. 14–15.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
  9. ^abSperwer, Mark (July 23, 1994)."The History Of The Charts"(PDF).Music & Media.p. 4.RetrievedMarch 13,2023.
  10. ^"Music Box Links Up With Dutch Co"(PDF).Music & Media.August 30, 1986. p. 5.RetrievedMarch 13,2023.
  11. ^Maes, Marc (April 10, 1993)."Coca-Cola Sponsors Radio Concert Series"(PDF).Music & Media.p. 3.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
  12. ^"Eurochart Now Heard On 65 Stations"(PDF).Music & Media.September 30, 1989. p. 2.RetrievedMarch 12,2023.
  13. ^Inglis, Cathy (March 19, 1988)."Willem Van Kooten - A Firm Believer In Commercialism"(PDF).Music & Media.pp. 33–34.RetrievedMarch 13,2023.
  14. ^"Eurochart On Super"(PDF).Music & Media.April 29, 1989. p. 3.RetrievedMarch 13,2023.
  15. ^"Coca-Cola Renews Euro Hot 100 Deal"(PDF).Music & Media.June 9, 1990. p. 3.RetrievedMarch 13,2023.
  16. ^Legrand, Emmanuel (August 9, 2003)."Upfront"(PDF).Music & Media.p. 2.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
  17. ^"London-based Music & Media"(PDF).Billboard.August 9, 2003. p. 71.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
  18. ^"Hits of the World"(PDF).Billboard.December 11, 2010. p. 91.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
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