There have been 25 UK "Nordic" chart toppers (as far as I can count) though there may be some acts that pre-date Abba as I didn't look back beyond them.

Carly Rae Jepsen is probably the most recent Canadian to top the chart.

There have been 25 UK "Nordic" chart toppers (as far as I can count) though there may be some acts that pre-date Abba as I didn't look back beyond them.

 

Excusing my ignorance, but does Nordic mean Swedish or Scandanavian in general?

Excusing my ignorance, but does Nordic mean Swedish or Scandanavian in general?

Nordic is, I believe, the term used to described the wider area than just "Scandinavia"

 

Scandinavia= Denmark, Norway, Sweden

Nordic= Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland

:D

Knew I spelt that wrong! Thanks Gezza :)

The majority of the 'Nordic #1's' come from Sweden, I can only otherwise think of A-Ha from Norway, Aqua and Whigfield from Denmark, none from Iceland or Finland which seems a shame. And since the turn of the century alone we've had Call On Me, With Every Heartbeat, I Love It, Don't You Worry Child, Now You're Gone, I Could Be The One, Axel F and if you count it Lola's Theme, all from Sweden. And Swedish close calls (i.e. top 3) from Euphoria, Release Me, All I Ever Wanted, Pjanoo, Proper Education and I've probably forgotten a few. Not to mention the fact that Dr Luke, Max Martin and the guys that wrote most of the original X Factor/Pop Idol artist/Westlife hits are all Swedish and account for literally 10s more #1's and tons of top 3s!

The majority of the 'Nordic #1's' come from Sweden, I can only otherwise think of A-Ha from Norway, Aqua and Whigfield from Denmark, none from Iceland or Finland which seems a shame. And since the turn of the century alone we've had Call On Me, With Every Heartbeat, I Love It, Don't You Worry Child, Now You're Gone, I Could Be The One, Axel F and if you count it Lola's Theme, all from Sweden. And Swedish close calls (i.e. top 3) from Euphoria, Release Me, All I Ever Wanted, Pjanoo, Proper Education and I've probably forgotten a few. Not to mention the fact that Dr Luke, Max Martin and the guys that wrote most of the original X Factor/Pop Idol artist/Westlife hits are all Swedish and account for literally 10s more #1's and tons of top 3s!

Yes by a process of elimination I make it 20 Swedish, 4 Danish and 1 Norwegian chart toppers :o (Since Abba)

Regarding producers, RedOne is also living in Sweden (born in Morocco though) but Dr. Luke is American.

Edited July 2, 201313 yr by SKOB

Nationality breakdown of 2010s #1s (looking at lead artist only):

 

65 UK

32 USA

5 Barbados

3 France

3 Sweden

1 Australia

1 Belgium

1 Canada

1 Ireland

1 Netherlands

1 South Korea

1 Spain

 

(Possibly 'controversial': UK includes Helping Haiti (American, Irish and Canadian members but mostly UK), Rita Ora x2 (born in Kosovo) and Iyaz (from overseas territory Virgin Islands). Gotye is counted as Belgian rather than Australian).

 

Rihanna alone guarantees Barbados the 3rd slot in the decade to date. Sweden has the most different *artists* besides the UK and the USA, as Barbados and France each only have 2 (Rihanna/Cover Drive and David Guetta/Daft Punk) while Sweden have Swedish House Mafia, Avicii and Icona Pop.

Edited July 2, 201313 yr by LoveBréAgain

Rihanna alone giuarantees Barbados the 3rd slot in the decade to date.

She giuarantees it, does she?

Ireland doing shit this decade, then. No loss, really.

Ireland doing shit this decade, then. No loss, really.

 

Except for the Script with "Hall Of Fame".

I don't understand another fake I Love It showing up the same week as the real version is released, are Icona Pop that anonymous that people can't tell the difference? :lol: Hallelujah for another Swedish act at #1 though! Once again punching above their weight as a country, when was the last time an act from any other Scandinavian country got a #1, it's been so long I really can't remember!

The last Scandinavian act (also Swedish) to get to #1 was With Every Heartbeat by Robyn in 2007

The last Scandinavian act (also Swedish) to get to #1 was With Every Heartbeat by Robyn in 2007

 

Actually it was I Could Be The One by Avicii earlier this year. My question was the last non-Swedish Scandinavian act at #1 in the UK and having looked back a bit, the answer is Danish act Aqua's Turn Back Time way back in 1998 :o The other Nordic nations need to get their act together! Finland came close with The Rasmus, Darude and Bomfunk MC's in the 00s, Denmark with Infernal and Junior Senior and Norway with Lene Marlin and Madcon but none made the top.

And poor Iceland can barely get anywhere near despite being the best of the Nordic nations musically.

Inspired by our discussion in here, I've done a blog post on why Sweden are such big hitters in music internationally;

 

http://poplovedance.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07...hing-above.html

Late:

 

Singles:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart singles for artist(s) in order listed):

#1 Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX - I Love It [1; 1]

#4 The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna [10]

#15 Chase & Status feat. Louis M^ttrs - Lost & Not Found [11; 1]

#37 Leeroy feat. Nagla - Can't Get Enough [1; 1]

#49 Biffy Clyro - Opposite [20]

#56 Jake Bugg - Broken [6]

#61 New Music Masters - I Don't Care I Love It [1] ^[A]

#84 Spark Productions - Wake Me Up [1] ^[B]

#93 Michael Bublé - Close Your Eyes [15^[C]]

#94 Chris Brown feat. Aaliyah - Don't Think They Know [35; 19]

#98 Andrea Begley - Ho Hey [2]

 

Re-entries:

#89 David Bowie - Life On Mars? [7" re-release]

#90 Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt [Glastonbury effect]

#92 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life [boosted by the performance of 'My Immortal' on The Voice UK]

#96 Ironik feat. Chipmunk and Elton John - Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) [reduced to 59p on iTunes]

#99 Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine? [Glastonbury effect / hype around new single 'Do I Wanna Know?']

#100 Robbie Williams - Candy

 

New peaks:

#3 will.i.am - Bang Bang [from #42; first full week of effect from performance on The Voice UK]

#30 Andrea Begley - My Immortal [from #75; first full week of sales]

#39 Kanye West - Black Skinhead [from #48]

#43 Leah McFall - I Will Always Love You [from #85; first full week of sales]

#57 Frank Turner - The Way I Tend To Be [from #79]

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#40 Pras feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)

#47 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime

#49 Remix Junkies - I Don't Care I Love It *

#60 Mike Ward - When I Was Your Man *

#61 Remix Chix - I Love It *

#72 Mike Ward - Picking Up The Pieces *

#81 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

#87 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

#88 Afrojack feat. Chris Brown - As Your Friend *

#89 Wretch 32 feat. Shakka - Blackout *

#92 Cleo Higgins - Don't Let Go *

#94 The Script - Millionaires *

#95 Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull - Live It Up *

#96 Hans Zimmer - What Are You Going To Do When You Are Not Saving The World? *

#97 Kanye West - New Slaves *

#98 Caro Emerald - Liquid Lunch *

#100 J. Cole feat. Miguel - Power Trip

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Andrea Begley

Charli XCX

Icona Pop

Leeroy

Louis M^ttrs

Nagla

New Music Masters

Spark Productions

 

Albums:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart albums for artist(s) in order listed):

#1 Tom Odell - Long Way Down [1]

#24 Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune [2]

#59 Fat Freddy's Drop - Blackbird [1]

#67 Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods [2]

#74 Lloyd Cole - Standards [6^[D]]

 

Re-entries:

#32 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not [Glastonbury effect]

#61 Foals - Holy Fire [Glastonbury effect]

#62 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare [Glastonbury effect]

#68 Daughter - If You Leave [Glastonbury effect]

#84 Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See [Glastonbury effect]

#88 Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon [Glastonbury effect]

#93 The Rolling Stones - Jump Back - The Best Of - '71-'93 [Glastonbury effect]

#94 Michael Bublé - Crazy Love [performance on The Voice UK]

#95 Rodriguez - Searching For Sugar Man - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

#96 The xx - Coexist [Glastonbury effect]

#98 fun. - Some Nights

#100 Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits

 

New peaks:

#3 Passenger - All The Little Lights [from #4]

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#56 Mac Miller - Watching Movies With The Sound Off *

#59 The View - Seven Year Setlist *

#75 Falling In Reverse - Fashionably Late *

#77 David Bowie - The Next Day *

#78 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson

#80 Kelly Rowland - Talk A Good Game *

#83 Blackmore's Night - Dancer And The Moon *

#84 Black Sabbath - Greatest Hits

#86 Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

#87 Paloma Faith - Fall To Grace

#89 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

#92 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.

#93 Caro Emerald - Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

#96 Daft Punk - Discovery

#98 Robbie Williams - In And Out Of Consciousness - Greatest Hits 1990-2010

#99 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town

#100 The Who - Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 *

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Amon Amarth

Fat Freddy's Drop

Passenger

Tom Odell

 

Longest running entries (with an unbroken top 100 run since entering for the first time):

 

Singles:

=1 43wks PSY - Gangnam Style

=1 43wks The Script feat. will.i.am - Hall Of Fame

3 39wks Rihanna - Diamonds

=4 38wks Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Latch

=4 38wks Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child

6 37wks The Lumineers - Ho Hey

7 33wks Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven

8 32wks Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida - Troublemaker

9 31wks Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

=10 29wks Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko - Stay

=10 29wks will.i.am feat. Britney Spears - Scream & Shout

 

Albums:

1 127wks Adele - 21

2 94wks Ed Sheeran - +

3 91wks Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

4 84wks One Direction - Up All Night

5 74wks Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

6 72wks Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events

7 57wks Δ - An Awesome Wave

8 44wks Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is An Animal

9 42wks The Script - #3

10 41wks P!nk - The Truth About Love

 

Notes:

^[A] Cover version of the Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX song; still charting for some reason after the original's release

^[B] Opportunistic cover version of upcoming release by Avicii

^[C] +1 as a member of Helping Haiti

^[D] +4 as a member of Lloyd Cole And The Commotions