List of number one hits in Norway
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.
Artists from the DA-CH region with number one hits
German artist with number one hits
Singles (17) | Albums (5) |
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Austrian artist with number one hits
Singles (2) | Albums (1) |
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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) |
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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
- 1962: Elvis Presley - "King Of The Whole Wide World" → "Return To Sender"
- 1964: The Beatles - " She Loves You " → " I Want to Hold Your Hand "
- 1964: The Beatles - "If I Fell" → " I Feel Fine "
- 1965: The Beatles - " Yesterday " → " Day Tripper "
- 1966: The Beach Boys - " Barbara Ann " → " Sloop John B "
- 1972: Middle Of The Road - "Soley Soley" → "Sacramento"
- 1972: Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Matrimony" → "Clair"
- 1974: Terry Jacks - " Seasons In The Sun " → " If You Go Away "
- 1977: Baccarat - " Yes Sir, I Can Boogie " → "Sorry, I'm A Lady"
- 1977: Baccarat - "Sorry, I'm A Lady" → "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"
- 1978: Baccarat - "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" → "Darling"
- 1992: Go-Go Gorilla - "Mother Porno" → "Go-Go Gorilla"
- 1994: Rednex - "Cotton Eye Joe" → "Old Pop In An Oak"
- 2004: O-Zone - " Dragostea din tei " → "Despre tine"
- 2009: Alexander Rybak - " Fairytale " → "Funny Little World"
- 2009: Donkeyboy - "Ambitions" → "Sometimes"
- 2009: Donkeyboy - "Ambitions" → "Sometimes"
"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
- Rod Stewart - Sailing (47/1975-11 / 1976)
- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That I Want (33-50 / 1978)
17 weeks
- Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (28-44 / 1991)
15 weeks
- Rocco Granata - Marina (11-25 / 1960)
- Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe (41 / 1994-2 / 1995)
- Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) (40 / 2002–1 / 2003)
14 weeks
- Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (3-9 / 1959 and 13-19 / 1959)
- Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou (28-41 / 1961)
- Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (14-28 / 1971)
- Wencke Myhre - Jeg og du og vi to (3-16 / 1973)
- Hans Petter Hansen - Jeg kommer snart igjen (41 / 1974-2 / 1975)
- Nazareth - Love Hurts (25-38 / 1975)
- Jannicke - Svake mennesker (15–28 / 1981)
- FR David - Words (48 / 1982–8 / 1983)
- Coolio feat. LV - Gangsta's Paradise (42 / 1995-2 / 1996)
1 - 3 weeks
- Jim Reeves - I Love You Because (19-31 / 1964)
- Bonnie Tyler - It's a Heartache (9-21 / 1978)
- Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (8–15/2009 and 21–22/2009)
- Donkeyboy - Ambitions (27–38 / 2009 and 43/2009)
12 weeks
- Anna-Lena Löfgren - Lyckliga gatan (4-15 / 1968)
- Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun (23-34 / 1974)
- ABBA - Dancing Queen (36-47 / 1976)
- Smokie - Living Next Door to Alice (13-24 / 1977)
- Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love (48 / 1980-6 / 1981)
- Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (28-39 / 1990)
- Madcon - Beggin ' (45–51 / 2007 and 53 / 2007–5 / 2008)
11 weeks
- Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm (21-31 / 1962)
- Elvis Presley - Return to Sender (49 / 1962-8 / 1963)
- Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (29-39 / 1971)
- Lillebjørn Nilsen - Barn av regnbuen (43 / 1973-3 / 1974)
- Harpo - Moviestar (15/1976 and 26–35 / 1976)
- Milk & Honey - Halleluya (18-28 / 1979)
- Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown (36-46 / 1979)
- Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore (47 / 1979-4 / 1980)
- 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? (32-42 / 1993)
- Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (30-40 / 1994)
- Shakira - Whenever, Wherever (6-15 / 2002 and 19/2002)
- Elvis Presley versus JXL - A Little Less Conversation (25-35 / 2002)
- Avicii - Wake Me Up (27-37 / 2013)
10 weeks
- Chris Barber's Jazz Band - Petite fleur (20–29 / 1959)
- Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) (34-43 / 1967)
- The Archies - Sugar Sugar (48 / 1969-5 / 1970)
- Billy Swan - I Can Help (7-16 / 1975)
- Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses for Me (16-25 / 1976)
- Boney M. - Daddy Cool (3-12 / 1977)
- Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 (7-16 / 1980)
- Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You (37-45 / 1984 and 47/1984)
- USA for Africa - We Are the World (13-22 / 1985)
- Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (7-16 / 1990)
- Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven (47 / 1990-3 / 1991)
- Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112 - I'll Be Missing You (29-38 / 1997)
- Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (11-20 / 1998)
- Madcon - Glow (23-32 / 2010)
Artists who simultaneously occupied number one on the singles and album charts
year | Artist | single | album | Time of simultaneous occupancy |
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1971 | George Harrison | My sweet lord | All Things Must Pass | 7 weeks (8/1971 - 14/1971) |
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↑ 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)