Posted January 30, 20169 yr With reference to Lukas Graham entering the chart this week, I have produced a list of Danish (and part-Danish) acts to have made the UK charts. My data currently consists of Top 100 since April 2009 and Top 75 before that (so it is a little bit of a compromise but I don't think that makes a whole lot of important differnence here) Key - $ = US Number One (1959-date), ✮ UK Million Seller, ➜ Still in Top 100 at this time. A line in red indicates a Number 1, a line in blue indicate a Top 10 hit.<br><br> ALPHABEAT Danish male/female vocal/instrumental group (Anders B, Stine Bramsen, Troels Hansen, Rasmus Nagel, Anders Reinholdt & Anders SG) 01 Mar 08 Fascination 6 30 wks 31 May 08 Ten Thousand Nights 16 16 wks 16 Aug 08 Boyfriend 15 9 wks 31 Oct 09 The Spell 20 4 wks 06 Mar 10 Hole In My Heart 29 3 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 62 AQUA Danish/Norwegian female/male vocal/instrumental group (René Dif, Claus Norreen, Lene Nystrøm & Søren Rasted) 25 Oct 97 Barbie Girl ✮ 1 26 wks (Also charted in 1998) 07 Feb 98 Doctor Jones 1 14 wks 16 May 98 Turn Back Time 1 10 wks 01 Aug 98 My Oh My 6 11 wks 26 Dec 98 Good Morning Sunshine 18 7 wks 26 Feb 00 Cartoon Heroes 7 11 wks 10 Jun 00 Around The World 26 6 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 85 ARTIFICIAL FUNK FEATURING NELLIE ETTISON Danish male production duo (Rune Reilly Kølsch & his half brother Johannes Torpe) with Danish female vocalist 22 Mar 03 Together 40 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR Danish male/female vocal/production duo - Lars Iversen & Mette Lindberg 07 May 11 The Golden Age 70 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BASIM Danish male singer, born Anis Basim Moujahid, 4/7/92. He came 9th in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest 24 May 14 Cliché Love Song 46 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEATCHUGGERS Danish male producer (Michael Linde) 18 Nov 00 Forever Man (How Many Times) (Beatchuggers featuring Eric Clapton) 26 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 KRISTINE BLOND Danish female singer (born 16/4/??) 11 Apr 98 Love Shy 22 3 wks 11 Nov 00 Love Shy (Remix) 28 2 wks 04 May 02 You Make Me Go Ooh 35 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 BROTHER BROWN FEATURING FRANK'EE Danish male production duo (Atle Rønne Thorberg and Henrik Olsen) with Danish female vocalist Marie Frank 02 Oct 99 Under The Water 18 4 wks 24 Nov 01 Star Catching Girl 51 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 CARTOONS Danish male/female vocal/instrumental group - Boop (Karina Jensen), Buzz (British born Dave Stevens), Puddy (Natasja Skov), Shooter (Erling Jensen), Sponge (Jesper Dukholt) & Toonie (Martin Østengaard) 03 Apr 99 Witch Doctor 2 13 wks 19 Jun 99 Doodah! 7 12 wks 04 Sep 99 Aisy Waisy 16 5 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 30 DON CHARLES PRESENTS THE SINGING DOGS Danish male producer with four canine "vocalists" (Caesar, Dolly, King & Pearl) 26 Nov 55 The Don Charles presents The Singing Dogs (Medley) 13 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 IDA CORR Danish female singer/songwriter, born 14/3/77 29 Sep 07 Let Me Think About It (Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand) 2 20 wks (Also charted in 2008) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 20 CUT 'N' MOVE Danish male/female vocal/instrumental/production group - Thera Hoeymans, Per Holm, Jørn K, Zindy Laursen & MC Zipp 02 Oct 93 Give It Up 61 2 wks 09 Sep 95 I'm Alive 49 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 EMMELIE DE FOREST Danish female singer/songwriter, born 28/2/93. She won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark. 25 May 13 Only Teardrops 15 3 wks 24 May 14 Rainmaker 73 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 DJ ALIGATOR PROJECT Danish (Iranian born) male DJ/producer (born Aliasghar Movasat, 10/3/75) 07 Oct 00 The Whistle Song 57 1 wk 19 Jan 02 The Whistle Song (Blow My Whistle Bitch) 5 10 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 11 DJ DUKE Danish male producer, Ken Larson 08 Jan 94 Blow Your Whistle 15 5 wks 16 Jul 94 Turn It Up (Say Yeah) 31 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 7 DJ VISAGE FEATURING CLARISSA Danish male DJ/producer (Martin Sig) with German female vocalist 10 Jun 00 The Return (Time To Say Goodbye) 58 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ETA Danish male production duo - Per Lind ("Pierre de Ville") & Thomas Yde. The original release of "Casual Sub" was designed so that it could be played at 33rpm or 45rpm 28 Jun 97 Casual Sub (Burning Spear) 28 3 wks 31 Jan 98 Casual Sub (Burning Spear) (Remix) 28 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 FUNKSTAR DE LUXE Danish male producer, born Martin Ottesen, 1973 25 Sep 99 Sun Is Shining (Bob Marley vs Funkstar De Luxe) 3 10 wks 22 Jan 00 Rainbow Country (Bob Marley vs Funkstar De Luxe) 11 6 wks 13 May 00 Walkin In The Name (Funkstar De Luxe vs Terry Maxx) 42 1 wk 25 Nov 00 Pull Up To The Bumper (Grace Jones vs Funkstar De Luxe) 60 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 18 GITTA Italian/Danish male/female vocal/production group - Christian De Walden, Vanni Giorgilli, Brigitte Nielsen & Steve Singer 19 Aug 00 No More Turning Back 54 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 HAMPENBERG Danish male producer, born Morten Hampenberg 21 Sep 02 Duck Toy 30 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 INFERNAL Danish male/female vocal/instrumental duo - Paw Lagermann & Lina Rafn 22 Apr 06 From Paris To Berlin 2 23 wks 11 Nov 06 Self Control 18 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 28 JAN & KJELD Danish brotherly banjo duo - Jan (born 27/7/46) and Swedish-born Kjeld (born 3/2/44) Wennick 23 Jul 60 Banjo Boy 36 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 CAMILLE JONES Danish female singer, born 28/11/73 10 Mar 07 The Creeps (Camille Jones/Fedde Le Grand) 7 12 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 12 JUICE Danish female vocal group (Maria Hamer, Anne Rani & Lena Tehara) 18 Apr 98 Best Days 28 2 wks 22 Aug 98 I'll Come Runnin' 48 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 JUNIOR SENIOR Danish male vocal/instrumental duo - Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (born 7/2/79) and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen (born 25/12/77) 08 Mar 03 Move Your Feet 3 17 wks 09 Aug 03 Rhythm Bandits 22 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 20 LAID BACK Danish male vocal/instrumental duo - John Guldberg & Tim Stahl 05 May 90 Bakerman 44 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 LAZY B Danish musical "project" of Søren Nystrøm Rasted, formerly of Aqua 26 Aug 06 Underwear Goes Inside The Pants 30 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 LITTLE TREES Danish female vocal group - Sofie Walburn Kring, Marie Broebeck Mortensen & Stephanie Nguyen 01 Sep 01 Help I'm A Fish 11 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 LOS UMBRELLOS Danish male/female vocal group (Al Agami, Grith Höifeldt & Mai Britt Vingsøe) 03 Oct 98 No Tengo Dinero 33 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 LUCAS Danish male producer/DJ/vocalist, born Lucas Secon 06 Aug 94 Lucas With The Lid Off 37 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 LUKAS GRAHAM Danish male vocal/instrumental group - Kasper Daugaard, Mark "Lovestick" Falgren, Lukas Graham Forchhammer & Magnus “Magnum 04 Feb 16 7 Years ➜ 24 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEN MACKLIN FEATURING TIGER LILY British male DJ with Danish female vocalist (born Nabiha Bensouda) 20 Jan 07 Feel Together 71 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 MANIJAMA FEATURING MUKUPA & LIL'T Danish male production duo - Thomas Madvig and Iranian-born Nima Gorji with female vocalists (Karen Makupa and Natasja Saad (1974-24/6/07)) 08 Feb 03 No No No 66 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 MARLY Danish female singer, born Ditte-Marie Lyfeldt in 1984 28 Aug 04 You Never Know 23 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 MEDINA Danish female singer, born Andrea Fuentealba Valbak, 30/11/82 10 Oct 09 You And I 39 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 METALLICA Mainly American male vocal/instrumental group. The $5.98 EP was by a line-up of Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield & (Danish) Lars Ulrich and released to mark Burton's death in a road accident. He was replaced by Jason Newsted until 2001, and Robert Truillo from that date onwards. 22 Aug 87 The $5.98 EP – Garage Days Revisited 27 4 wks (Tracks: Helpless/Crash Course In Brain Surgery/The Small Hours/Last Caress/Green Hell) 03 Sep 88 Harvester Of Sorrow 20 3 wks 22 Apr 89 One 13 7 wks 10 Aug 91 Enter Sandman 5 9 wks (Also charted in 2008 & 2014) 09 Nov 91 The Unforgiven 15 4 wks 02 May 92 Nothing Else Matters 6 9 wks (Also charted in 2008) 31 Oct 92 Wherever I May Roam 25 4 wks 20 Feb 93 Sad But True 20 3 wks 01 Jun 96 Until It Sleeps 5 4 wks 28 Sep 96 Hero Of The Day 17 4 wks 07 Dec 96 Mama Said 19 2 wks 22 Nov 97 The Memory Remains 13 3 wks 07 Mar 98 The Unforgiven II 15 4 wks 04 Jul 98 Fuel 31 2 wks 27 Feb 99 Whiskey In The Jar 29 2 wks 12 Aug 00 I Disappear 35 3 wks 05 Jul 03 St. Anger 9 8 wks 04 Oct 03 Frantic 16 3 wks 24 Jan 04 The Unnamed Feeling EP 42 2 wks (Tracks: The Unnamed Feeling/The Four Horsemen/Damage, Inc./Leper Messiah/Motorbreath/Ride The Lightning/Hit The Lights.) 30 Aug 08 The Day That Never Comes 19 5 wks 06 Sep 08 My Apocalypse 51 2 wks 13 Sep 08 Cyanide 48 1 wk Total Hits : 22 Total Weeks : 88 MEW Danish male vocal/instrumental group (Jonas Bjerre, Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen, Bo Madsen & Johan Wohlert) 05 Apr 03 Comforting Sounds 48 1 wk 28 Jun 03 Am I Wry No 47 1 wk 27 Dec 03 She Came Home For Christmas 55 1 wk 30 Jul 05 Apocalypso 75 1 wk 01 Oct 05 Special 46 1 wk 18 Feb 06 Why Are You Looking Grave? 53 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 6 MØ Danish female singer/songwriter, born Karen Marie Ørsted, 13/8/88 14 Mar 15 Lean On ➜ (Major Lazer featuring MØ & DJ Snake) 2 48 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 48 MORJAC FEATURING RAZ CONWAY Danish male production duo - Jacob Johansen & Morten Lambertsen with male vocalist 11 Oct 03 Stars 38 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 NINA & FREDERIK Danish married couple vocal duo - Frederik (4/5/34-15/5/94) and Nina (born Nina Møller, 15/7/32) van Pallandt 19 Dec 59 Mary's Boy Child 26 1 wk 12 Mar 60 Listen To The Ocean 46 2 wks 19 Nov 60 Little Donkey 3 10 wks 30 Sep 61 Longtime Boy 43 3 wks 07 Oct 61 Sucu Sucu 23 13 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 29 RAVEONETTES Danish male/female vocal/instrumental duo - Sharin Foo (born 22/11/73) & Sune Rose Wagner (born 7/10/73) 21 Dec 02 Attack Of The Ghostwriters 73 1 wk 30 Aug 03 That Great Love Sound 34 3 wks (Also charted in 2004) 20 Dec 03 Heartbreak Stroll 49 1 wk 23 Jul 05 Love In A Trashcan 26 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 7 SOAP Danish female vocal duo - sisters Heidi & Saseline Sørensen 25 Jul 98 This Is How We Party 36 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 SAFRI DUO Danish male instrumental/production duo (Morten Friis (born 21/8/68) & Uffe Savery (born 5/4/66)) 03 Feb 01 Played Alive (The Bongo Song) 6 9 wks 05 Oct 02 Sweet Freedom (Safri Duo featuring Michael McDonald) 54 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10 SUBCIRCUS Anglo-Danish male vocal/instrumental group - Brits Peter Bradley & George Brown with Danes Tommas Arnby & Nikolaj Bloch 26 Apr 97 You Love You 61 1 wk 12 Jul 97 86D 56 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 NATASHA THOMAS Danish female singer, born 28/9/86 22 Apr 06 Skin Deep 54 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 TOY-BOX Danish male/female vocal duo - Amir El-Falaki (born 12/8/73) & Anila Mirza (born 8/10/74) 18 Sep 99 Best Friends 41 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 TUKAN Danish male production duo - Lars Frederiksen & Søren Weile 15 Dec 01 Light A Rainbow 38 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 VAGABOND Male vocal group - Brits Stephen Carter, Luke Fitton, Sam Odiwe & Karl Penney and the Danish Alex Vargas 15 Aug 09 Don't Wanna Run No More 41 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 WHIGFIELD Danish female singer, born Sannie Carlson, 11/4/70 17 Sep 94 Saturday Night ✮ 1 18 wks 10 Dec 94 Another Day 7 10 wks 10 Jun 95 Think Of You 7 11 wks 09 Sep 95 Close To You 13 7 wks 16 Dec 95 Last Christmas/Big Time 21 5 wks 10 Oct 98 Sexy Eyes – Remixes 68 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 52 Edited February 16, 20169 yr by fchd Title corrected
January 30, 20169 yr Thanks for compiling, I didn't realise there were so many! A few of these I've heard without realising they were by Danish artists (I even have that Marly song on CD single somewhere!)
January 30, 20169 yr wow impressive work!!! that's quite the list, although mostly are minor hits... had forgotten some of them like Saffri Duo or Alphabeat from the list, probably the most popular in Denmark is Medina, which I never realised had a top 40 hit, Mø is of course very popular too, some girls even wear the Mø haircut :)
January 30, 20169 yr METALLICA I thought Lars was Swedish for all this time :heehee: And :w00t: @ my MO prediction being correct lol
January 30, 20169 yr had no idea Gitta had charted in the UK! But then it seemed back in 2000 any european hit could chart in the UK
January 30, 20169 yr Good job! I loved the Toy-Box one. The single was actually called Best Friend, but was listed incorrectly as Best Friends on the chart. I remember being gutted it only made #41
January 30, 20169 yr Did Aqua not release 'Lollipop' in the UK? :blink: It was a massive hit in Australia and one of their absolute best. Also shocked to see Cut 'N' Move's 'Give It Up' was not massive in the UK too as well as S.O.A.P. I just assumed these were as big in the UK as Australia.
January 30, 20169 yr Did Aqua not release 'Lollipop' in the UK? :blink: It was a massive hit in Australia and one of their absolute best. Also shocked to see Cut 'N' Move's 'Give It Up' was not massive in the UK too as well as S.O.A.P. I just assumed these were as big in the UK as Australia. Nope we didn't get Lollipop. They should've made it a double-A-side for Christmas '98 with Good Morning Sunshine I reckon.
January 30, 20169 yr Good Morning Sunshine is amazing. Been relistening to that and Turn Back Time a lot recently. Why isn't it still 1998?
January 30, 20169 yr My brother used to play 'Lollipop (Candyman)' a lot. I thought it was one of their worst ever songs.
January 30, 20169 yr I never heard that Natasha Thomas song on the list. But I still listen a lot to this: EogR9FAgNpI
January 30, 20169 yr Some great underrated acts and songs, in particular Lucas and "Lucas with the lid off", quirky rap, DJ Duke "Blow your whistle" a toon, Medina "You and I" should have been major hit, Emmelie De Forest with two fab songs and Raveonettes "That great love sound", a hidden gem.
January 30, 20169 yr A couple more acts to add. Outlandish, multinational hip hop trio who formed in Denmark 31/05/2003 Guantanamo 31 2 wks A Friend in London, a 4 piece rock band from Denmark. Tim Schou, Esben Svane, Sebastian Vinther Olsen, Aske Damm Bramming. 5th in 2011 Eurovision 28/05/2011 A new tomorrow 78 1 wk Edited January 30, 20169 yr by Borza
January 31, 20169 yr A couple more acts to add. Outlandish, multinational hip hop trio who formed in Denmark 31/05/2003 Guantanamo 31 2 wks I will never understand why they never pushed Aisha here, it was massive in Europe in 2003 and would have done well here too i'm sure. One of those weird cases that a huge hit in Europe never crosses over here.
February 1, 20169 yr I will never understand why they never pushed Aisha here, it was massive in Europe in 2003 and would have done well here too i'm sure. One of those weird cases that a huge hit in Europe never crosses over here. THIS! Aisha was amazing :wub:
February 1, 20169 yr S.O.A.P "This Is How We Party" was an unexpected flop, considering how well it did everywhere else. I absolutely loved them, especially the songs "Not Like Other Girls" and "Soap Is In The Air". I also loved Toy Box's "Best Friend", shame it made the ungrateful position of #41. Surprised they didnt release "Tarzan & Jane", that was a bigger hit in Europe. No hits for Daze? "Superhero" and "Together Forever" got regular play on MTV Europe. Edited February 1, 20169 yr by Euphorique
February 1, 20169 yr Author No hits for Daze? "Superhero" and "Together Forever" got regular play on MTV Europe. Just looked up Daze - both the above had one week in the 76-100 range back in 1998 (@ 76 & 95 respectively). Therefore they will appear in my data when I backtrack that far with the "added" portion of the charts.
February 1, 20169 yr I also loved Toy Box's "Best Friend", shame it made the ungrateful position of #41. Surprised they didnt release "Tarzan & Jane", that was a bigger hit in Europe. Smash Hits campaigned for Tarzan & Jane to get a UK release but the UK label decided to hold it back until the Disney Tarzan film would come out later in the year... but then Best Friend flopped and they didn't bother. :cry:
February 1, 20169 yr Just looked up Daze - both the above had one week in the 76-100 range back in 1998 (@ 76 & 95 respectively). Therefore they will appear in my data when I backtrack that far with the "added" portion of the charts. #76, another ungrateful position. "Superhero" was awesome. Smash Hits campaigned for Tarzan & Jane to get a UK release but the UK label decided to hold it back until the Disney Tarzan film would come out later in the year... but then Best Friend flopped and they didn't bother. :cry: Yeah I remember hearing about that story. It's not like Best Friend had any big chance of becoming a huge hit, I dont recall it having any big promo or radio support.
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