Here are the 101 different countries to have been represented in the UK Top 20 Singles chart ranked by:

 

Order; Country; Artist; Year; Overall Order of all Artists.

 

1. USA Al Martino 1952 1.

2. England Vera Lynn 1952 8.

3. Austria Ray Martin 1952 10.

4. Trinidad Winifred Atwell 1952 16.

5. Italy Mantovani 1952 17.

6. India Tony Brent 1952 19.

 

7. Australia - 1 member Marie Benson of the Stargazers 1953 25.

8. Scotland - 1 member Ronald Milne of the Stargazers 1953 25.

9. Wales Dorothy Squires 1953 40.

10. Canada Gisele MacKenzie 1953 42.

 

11. Germany Obernkirchen Children's Choir 1954 55.

12. Puerto Rico José Ferrer 1954 58. [b Side of a Rosemary Clooney Single]

13. Northern Ireland Ruby Murray 1954 80.

 

14. Cuba de Castro Singers 1955 90.

15. Denmark Singing Dogs 1955 120.

 

16. Hungary Eve Boswell 1956 128.

17. Ireland Eamonn Andrews 1956 131.

 

18. Belgium - 1 member Jean van den Bosch of the Vipers Skiffle Band, 1957, 166.

19. Jamaica The Southlanders 1957 198.

 

20. South Africa Elias and his Zig Zag Flutes 1958 210.

 

21. St. Lucia Emile Ford 1959 269.

22. Channel Islands Raymond Adams of The Avons 1959 274.

 

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23. Sweden Spotnicks 1963 397.

24. Japan Kyu Sakamoto 1963 412.

25. Brazil Los Indios Tabajaras 1963 427.

 

26. France Richard Anthony 1964 449.

 

27. Spain 4 members of Los Bravos 1966 549.

 

28. Israel Topol 1967 584.

29. Dominica - 1 member of the Foundations 1967 604.

30. Ceylon / Sri Lanka - 1 member of the Foundations 1967 604.

 

31. New Zealand 1 member of The Lemon Pipers 1968 617.

32. Guyana - 1 member of The Equals 1968 631.

 

33. St. Kitts - 2 members of the Bedrocks 1969 668.

34. Montserrat - 1 member of the Bedrocks 1969 668.

35. Gibraltar Albert Hammond as a member of Family Dogg 1969 692.

36. Kenya Roger Whittaker 1969 719.

 

37. Netherlands Shocking Blue 1970 727.

38. Grenada - 1 member of Hot Chocolate 1970 763.

39. Bahamas - 1 member of Hot Chocolate 1970 763.

 

40. Argentina Waldo de los Rios 1971 802.

41. Latvia - 1 member of the New Seekers 1971 821.

42. Norway 3 members of Titanic 1971 834.

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43. Greece Vicky Leandros 1972 863.

 

44. Zanzibar 1 member - Freddie Mercury - of Queen 1974 959.

 

45. Ghana - 3 members

46. Nigeria - 1 member

47. Antigua - 1 member - all three nationalities from Osibisa 1976 1,090.

48. Mauritius - 1 member Jackie Carter of Silver Convention

49. Romania Gheorghe Zamfir 1976 1,133.

 

50. Aruba - 1 member from Boney M 1977 1,176.

51. Switzerland - 1 member Mario Mantese from Heatwave 1977 1,157.

52. Czechoslovakia 1 member Ernest Berger from Heatwave 1977 1,157.

53. Cape Verde - 1 member from Belle Epoque 1977 1,204.

54. Mexico Santana 1977 1,212.

55. Ghana - 1 member from Darts 1977 1,213.

 

56. U.S. Virgin Islands - 3 members of Odyssey 1978 1,222.

57. Curacao - 1 member of Eruption 1978 1,232.

 

58. Benin - 1 member of Benin 1979 1,323.

59. Martinique Gibson Brothers 1979 1,351.

60. Singapore - 1 member of the Tourists 1979 1,378.

 

61. Anguilla - 1 member of Black Slate 1980 1,442.

 

62. Cyprus - 1 member of Japan 1981 1,514.

 

63. Zimbabwe Alton Edwards 1982 1,528.

64. Burma - 1 member of Bow Wow Wow 1982 1,535.

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65. East Germany - 1 member of the Goombay Dance Band 1982 1,537.

66. Barbados Grandmaster Flash 1982 1,575.

 

67. Chile - 3 members of Incantation 1983 1,599.

68. Iceland Mezzoforte 1983 1,619.

69. Tunisia FR David 1983 1,626.

70. Malta - 1 member of Jimmy the Hoover 1983 1,645.

71. Zambia - 1 member of Jimmy the Hoover 1983 1,645.

 

72. Poland - 1 member of Matt Bianco 1984 1,690.

 

73. St. Vincent Judy Boucher 1987 1,919.

 

74. Guadeloupe - 1 member of Black Box 1989 2,108.

75. Congo / Zaire - 1 member of Technotronic 1989 2,115.

 

76. Portugal - 1 member of Extreme 1991 2,272.

 

77. Senegal Youssou N'Dour 1994 2,526.

 

78. Haiti - 1 member of the Fugees 1996 2,689.

 

79. Turkey DJ Quicksilver 1997 2,760.

 

80. Cameroon Wes 1998 2,853.

 

81. Hong Kong - 1 member of Phats and Small 1999 3,000.

 

82. Finland Darude 2000 3,154.

 

83. Lebanon - 2 members

84. Armenia - 1 member of System of a Down 2001 3,301.

85. Pakistan - 1 member of iio 2001 3,302

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86. Russia PPK 2001 3,309

 

87. Iran DJ Aligator Project 2002 3,316.

88. Columbia Shakira 2002 3,336.

 

89. South Korea - 1 member of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2003 3,465.

90. Philippines - 1 member of the Black Eyed Peas 2003 3,511.

91. Georgia Katie Melua 2003 3,530.

 

92. Moldova O-Zone 2004 3,588.

 

92. Panama El Chombo 2006 3,801.

 

94. Belarus Alexander Rybak 2009 3,937.

95. Indonesia - I member of Temper Trap 2009 3,956.

96. Uruguay - 1 member of Cobra Starship 2009 3,961.

97. Surinam Chuckie 2009 3,969 (in partnership with LMFAO).

 

98. British Virgin Islands Iyaz 2010 3,972.

99. Serbia Gramophonedzie 2010 3,986.

100. Somalia K'naan 2010 4,001.

 

101. Yugoslavia Rita Ora 2012 4,101.

 

102. Lithuania Ten Walls 2014 4,248.

 

103. Morocco French Montana 2017 4,378.

 

104. Kosovo Regard 2019 4,498.

 

105. Thailand - 1 member of Blackpink 2020 4,543

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Ukraine? Kalush Orchestra & Ruslana?

Not Top 20 unfortunately.

 

Interesting that a couple of months after Darude became the first Finnish act, they were followed by Bomfunk MCs

Any chart acts born in the former East Germany out of interest?

Blackpink reached #17 and #20 in 2020 with a member from Thailand! #102?

Isn’t Iyaz from the US Virgin Islands?

 

Also would argue Yugoslavia doesn’t really count

So, is Dougy Mandagi of Temper Trap counted as an Australian and not an Indonesian?

Nope, definitely the British Virgin Islands.

 

This list is being very generous with the definition of 'nationality' really (not least by splitting the UK into its 4 constituent countries) but still an interesting read! Combining them back into the UK and removing overseas territories/other entities that aren't independent countries (Puerto Rico, Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Aruba, Montserrat, US Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Martinique, Anguilla, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands, controversially Kosovo) but then adding Thailand slims it down to, if I counted correctly, 86 (or 87 depending on Kosovo) actual countries, although 2 of those are ones that no longer actually exist so not sure what the exact number would be when reallocating Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

 

edit: or 87/88 actually since Hong Kong was on the list but China isn't

Never had a top 20 hit from a Chinese national? That's strange.

Yeah Rita Ora was born in Kosovo- it just happened to be part of Yugoslavia at the time of her birth - so she got there before Regard

I guess the Isle of Man should be represented by the Bee Gees if British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Terrorises are being counted separately

Any chart acts born in the former East Germany out of interest?

 

Checking...

Blackpink reached #17 and #20 in 2020 with a member from Thailand! #102?

 

You are right - 102 it is - thank you!

 

Isn’t Iyaz from the US Virgin Islands?

 

Also would argue Yugoslavia doesn’t really count

 

Anyone born between 1918 and 1941 and between 1945 and 1992 in the seven states that made up Yugoslavia was definitely a citizen of that country at that time. Rita Ora may say, correctly, that she was born in Kosovo in 1990 but the United Nations said she was born in Yugoslavia.

 

Iyaz aka Keidran Jones was born in Tortola, the British Virgin Islands.

So, is Dougy Mandagi of Temper Trap counted as an Australian and not an Indonesian?

 

Yes! Indonesia it is: I am grateful for the corrections and additions.

 

I guess the Isle of Man should be represented by the Bee Gees if British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Terrorises are being counted separately

 

You are correct to an extent in terms of their birth place. However, when both parents are born elsewhere, in this case Manchester, England, I have taken a subjective view. This happened a lot with U.S. servicemen in Germany and Brits born in India - Cliff Richard and Engelbert Humperdinck were clearly English...