List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by European artists

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 Nationality Song title Artist Weeks at No. 1
September 1, 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
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  Ireland "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 2
April 8, 1989  Sweden "The Look" Roxette 1
July 1, 1989  West Germany "Baby Don't Forget My Number" Milli Vanilli 1
September 23, 1989  West Germany "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" Milli Vanilli 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  Sweden "Joyride" Roxette 1
March 12, 1994  Sweden "The Sign" Ace of Base 6
August 3, 1996  Spain "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" Los del Rio 14
September 4, 1999  Spain "Bailamos" Enrique Iglesias 2
June 24, 2000  Spain "Be with You" Enrique Iglesias 3
July 9, 2011  Netherlands "Give Me Everything" (feat. Afrojack & Nayer) Pitbull (Afrojack) 1
April 28, 2012  Belgium /  Australia "Somebody That I Used to Know" (feat. Kimbra) Gotye 8

Trivia

Most number ones by country

Country Number one hits
 Sweden 7
 Germany 5
 Ireland 4
 Netherlands 3
 Spain 3
 Belgium 2
 Austria 1
 Czechoslovakia 1
 France 1
 Greece 1
 Italy 1
 Norway 1

Most number ones by artist

Artist Country Number one hits
Roxette  Sweden 4
Milli Vanilli  Germany 3
Enrique Iglesias  Spain 2
U2  Ireland 2

Notes

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