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

• The European nation with the highest number of US number ones is the United Kingdom with 167. Sweden follows with 7.
• The European nation whose artists have appeared in the top spot on the Hot 100 for the most weeks is again the UK, followed by Spain (19 weeks) and Ireland (15).
• Apart from the UK, the European nation with the largest number of acts to reach number one in the US is Sweden with 4. Germany (all as West Germany), Ireland and the Netherlands have three each, and Belgium and Spain have two. 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

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

• ¹-Pre-Hot 100 hit included on this list for completeness
• Pitbull is Cuban and Ne-Yo is American
• Singer/songwriter Gotye is a Belgian-Australian artist. He was born in Bruges but he moved to Australia when he was 2 years old.