List of number one hits in Norway

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The number one hits of the music industry in Norway are published weekly as VG-lista by the domestic daily newspaper Verdens Gang . The sales figures for singles and albums are used as a benchmark.

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Artists from the DA-CH region with number one hits

German artist with number one hits

Singles (17) Albums (5)

Austrian artist with number one hits

Singles (2) Albums (1)

Swiss artist with number one hits

So far (as of 2/2015) no Swiss artist with a single or album has entered the Norwegian charts at number 1. The most successful Swiss single in the Norwegian charts was Swiss Lady by the Pepe Lienhard Band , from 1977, which rose to number 2 and lasted a total of 22 weeks. The most successful Swiss album in the Norwegian charts was Pocket Universe by Yello , from 1997, which reached its highest position at number 9 and stayed in the Norwegian charts for a total of 8 weeks.

German-language number one hits

Singles (5) Albums (0)

So far (as of 2/2015), no exclusively German-language album has entered the Norwegian album charts at number 1.

Artists who replaced themselves at number one

"Long-running"

The following statistics list artists and titles who have been at the top of the Norway charts for a very long time or who have reached first place in the Norway charts for at least ten weeks.

23 weeks

  • Baccarat - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (36–49 / 1977 and 51 / 1977–6 / 1978)

18 weeks

17 weeks

15 weeks

14 weeks

1 - 3 weeks

12 weeks

11 weeks

10 weeks

Artists who simultaneously occupied number one on the singles and album charts

year Artist single album Time of simultaneous occupancy
1971 George Harrison My sweet lord All Things Must Pass 7 weeks (8/1971 - 14/1971)

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  1. ↑ Comparison of a list of the most successful Swiss artists of all time with the database of the official Norwegian charts:
    media reports on the Swiss music market , swiss-music-news.ch, accessed on February 26, 2015
    Search , norwegiancharts.com, accessed on February 26 2015 (english)

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