List of songs by European artists which reached number one on the Hot 100 (US)
This is a list of number-one hits by 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.
Date |
Artist |
Song title |
Weeks at #1 |
September 1, 1958 |
Domenico Modugno |
"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" |
5 |
January 9, 1961 |
Bert Kaempfert |
"Wonderland by Night" |
3 |
December 7, 1963 |
The Singing Nun |
"Dominique" |
4 |
February 10, 1968 |
Paul Mauriat |
"Love Is Blue" |
5 |
February 7, 1970 |
The Shocking Blue |
"Venus" |
1 |
July 29, 1972 |
Gilbert O'Sullivan |
"Alone Again (Naturally)" |
6 |
April 6, 1974 |
Blue Swede |
"Hooked on a Feeling" |
1 |
November 29, 1975 |
Silver Convention |
"Fly, Robin, Fly" |
3 |
April 9, 1977 |
ABBA |
"Dancing Queen" |
1 |
June 20, 1981 |
Stars on 45 |
"Medley: Intro Venus / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / |
1 |
May 8, 1982 |
Vangelis |
"Chariots of Fire" |
1 |
October 19, 1985 |
a-ha |
"Take on Me" |
1 |
November 9, 1985 |
Jan Hammer |
"Miami Vice Theme" |
1 |
March 29, 1986 |
Falco |
"Rock Me Amadeus" |
3 |
May 16, 1987 |
U2 |
"With or Without You" |
3 |
August 8, 1987 |
U2 |
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" |
2 |
April 8, 1989 |
Roxette |
"The Look" |
1 |
July 1, 1989 |
Milli Vanilli |
"Baby Don't Forget My Number" |
1 |
September 23, 1989 |
Milli Vanilli |
"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" |
2 |
November 4, 1989 |
Roxette |
"Listen to Your Heart" |
1 |
November 25, 1989 |
Milli Vanilli |
"Blame It on the Rain" |
2 |
April 21, 1990 |
Sinéad O'Connor |
"Nothing Compares 2 U" |
4 |
June 16, 1990 |
Roxette |
"It Must Have Been Love" |
2 |
May 11, 1991 |
Roxette |
"Joyride" |
1 |
March 12, 1994 |
Ace of Base |
"The Sign" |
6 |
August 3, 1996 |
Los Del Rio |
"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" |
14 |
September 4, 1999 |
Enrique Iglesias |
"Bailamos" |
2 |
June 24, 2000 |
Enrique Iglesias |
"Be with You" |
3 |
The European nation with the highest number of US number ones is the United Kingdom. Sweden follows with 7.