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.
Date Nationality Song title Artist Wks at #1 August 18, 1958 Italy "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) " Domenico Modugno 5 January 9, 1961 West Germany "Wonderland by Night " Bert Kaempfert 3 December 7, 1963 Belgium "Dominique " The Singing Nun 4 February 10, 1968 France "Love Is Blue " Paul Mauriat 5 February 7, 1970 Netherlands "Venus " Shocking Blue 1 July 29, 1972 Ireland "Alone Again (Naturally) " Gilbert O'Sullivan 6 (2 runs) April 6, 1974 Sweden "Hooked on a Feeling " Blue Swede 1 November 29, 1975 West Germany "Fly, Robin, Fly " Silver Convention 3 April 9, 1977 Sweden "Dancing Queen " ABBA 1 June 20, 1981 Netherlands "Stars on 45 Medley " Stars on 45 1 May 8, 1982 Greece "Chariots of Fire " Vangelis 1 October 19, 1985 Norway "Take On Me " a-ha 1 November 9, 1985 Czechoslovakia "Miami Vice Theme " Jan Hammer 1 March 29, 1986 Austria "Rock Me Amadeus " Falco 3 May 16, 1987 Ireland "With or Without You " U2 3 August 8, 1987 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For " 2 April 8, 1989 Sweden "The Look " Roxette 1 July 1, 1989 West Germany "Baby Don't Forget My Number " Milli Vanilli 1[1] September 23, 1989 "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You " 2 November 4, 1989 Sweden "Listen to Your Heart " Roxette 1 November 25, 1989 West Germany "Blame It on the Rain " Milli Vanilli 2 April 21, 1990 Ireland "Nothing Compares 2 U " Sinéad O'Connor 4 June 16, 1990 Sweden "It Must Have Been Love " Roxette 2 May 11, 1991 "Joyride " 1 March 12, 1994 "The Sign " Ace of Base 6 August 3, 1996 Spain "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) " Los del Rio 14 September 4, 1999 "Bailamos " Enrique Iglesias 2 June 24, 2000 "Be with You " 3 May 5, 2007 Canada/France "Girlfriend " Avril Lavigne 1[2] July 9, 2011 Netherlands "Give Me Everything " (Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo , Afrojack & Nayer ) Afrojack 1[3] April 28, 2012 Belgium / Australia "Somebody That I Used to Know " (Gotye feat. Kimbra ) Gotye 8[4] October 12, 2013 Croatia / New Zealand "Royals " Lorde 9 January 7, 2017 France "Starboy " (The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk ) Daft Punk 1[5] October 29, 2022 Germany "Unholy " (Sam Smith and Kim Petras ) Kim Petras 1[6] April 27, 2024 Ireland "Too Sweet " Hozier 1
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 (16). 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), Ireland and Sweden with 4 each. The Netherlands has 3, 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 [ edit ] Country Number one hits Sweden 7 Germany / West Germany 6 Ireland 5 France 3 Netherlands 3 Spain 3 Belgium 2 Austria 1 Croatia 1 Czechoslovakia 1 Greece 1 Italy 1 Norway 1
Most number ones by artist [ edit ] See also [ edit ] ^ Fab Morvan is French, Rob Pilatus was West German (later German). But generally it was a project originated in Munich, West Germany ^ Avril Lavigne is a Canadian born to a French father, making her a Canadian-French dual citizen. ^ Afrojack is Dutch and a featured artist, Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Nayer are American. ^ Gotye is a Belgian-Australian dual citizen, Kimbra is a New Zealander. ^ Daft Punk were French and a featured artist, The Weeknd is Canadian. ^ Kim Petras is German, Sam Smith is British.