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Analysing and dissecting every act which has reached the Top 20 to the point of, for example, giving the Monkees 75% for the USA and 25% for England, here are the Top 20 countries for both disciplines:

 

Albums:

 

1 England 1,254 different acts 46% of the total of 2,739 acts to have reached the Top 20.

2 United States of America 888 32%

3 Scotland 122 4%

4 Ireland 65 2%

5 Wales 56 2%

6 Canada 54 2%

7 Australia 45 2%

8 Germany 25 1%

9 Sweden 25 1%

10 Northern Ireland 23 1%

11 France 20 1%

12 Italy 14 0%

13 Netherlands 11 0%

14 New Zealand 9 0%

15 Norway 9 0%

16 Jamaica 9 0%

17 South Africa 7 0%

18 Denmark 7 0%

19 Spain 7 0%

20 Japan 6 0%

 

Singles:

 

1 England 1,921 different acts 40% of the total of 4,750 acts to have reached the Top 20.

2 United States of America 1,631 34%

3 Scotland 155 3%

4 Canada 97 2%

5 Australia 82 2%

6 Germany 81 2%

7 Ireland 73 2%

8 Netherlands 72 2%

9 Italy 72 2%

10 Jamaica 69 1%

11 Wales 63 1%

12 Sweden 61 1%

13 France 52 1%

14 Northern Ireland 27 1%

15 Belgium 21 0%

16 Denmark 17 0%

17 Norway 15 0%

18 Spain 13 0%

19 South Korea 11 0%

20 South Africa 11 0%

 

 

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Do you know the last Swiss Top 20 entry (apart from Tina Turner). Not sure Nemo will get there this week, but it would be interesting to know.
Do you know the last Swiss Top 20 entry (apart from Tina Turner). Not sure Nemo will get there this week, but it would be interesting to know.

As noted by Rich in the streaming thread there were 2 in 2007: Yves Larock - Rise Up and Samim - Heater. Not sure if there are any since then aside from Tina.

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Do you know the last Swiss Top 20 entry (apart from Tina Turner). Not sure Nemo will get there this week, but it would be interesting to know.

 

Oliver $ and Jimi Jules had a No 15 hit in September 2014 with Pushing On: Jimi Jules is a Swiss DJ. Oliver Dollar is German.

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All artists from Switzerland to have reached the Top 20 Singles:

 

Heatwave (partially)

Patrick Juvet

Double

Yello

Oui 3 (partially)

H2O

PF Project; Tzant (partially)

Shakedown

Yves Larock

Samim

Oliver $ and Jimi Jules (partially)

^Do you know anything about Robert Miles? cos I remember discussing it a few yers ago with my friend who is Swiss

and for what they explained everybody thinks Robert Miles is Italian but his family had actually emigrated and he was born in Switzerland

I remember we tried to search online and there was no proper info on what passport he held

I think must sites assume he's Italian cos he had Italian name and surname but not sure what his passport was officially

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^Do you know anything about Robert Miles? cos I remember discussing it a few yers ago with my friend who is Swiss

and for what they explained everybody thinks Robert Miles is Italian but his family had actually emigrated and he was born in Switzerland

I remember we tried to search online and there was no proper info on what passport he held

I think must sites assume he's Italian cos he had Italian name and surname but not sure what his passport was officially

 

Yes, an interesting one, I remember, when I was doing the research, thinking: born in Switzerland but the kicker for me is that both his parents were Italian citizens plus they all moved back to Italy when piccolo Roberto was still a small child and he practiced as a DJ in Italy for most of his too short life. "Children".

How are you deciding where at act is from? I know that Tina Turner was a Swiss citizen in her later years but for the majority of her career she was an American citizen and I would always count her as an American artist. Are you counting her as Swiss or American?
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How are you deciding where at act is from? I know that Tina Turner was a Swiss citizen in her later years but for the majority of her career she was an American citizen and I would always count her as an American artist. Are you counting her as Swiss or American?

Quite definitely from the USA, born and bred to two USA parents. She adopted Swiss nationality for tax reasons only, which did not change her quintessential American blood.

Would you be able to find out the first #1 from each nationality from your database please? x
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Would you be able to find out the first #1 from each nationality from your database please? x

 

Yes! Ready?

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Here in my heart § Al Martino § USA § 1953

Broken wings § Stargazers § UK § 1953

Song from Moulin Rouge § Mantovani § Italy § 1953

Let's have another party § Winifred Atwell § Trinidad § 1955

Softly softly § Ruby Murray § Northern Ireland § 1955

Cherry pink and apple blossom white § Perez 'Prez' Prado and his Orchestra § Cuba § 1955

Cumberland gap § Lonnie Donegan § Scotland § 1957

Diana § Paul Anka § Canada § 1957

As I love you § Shirley Bassey § Wales § 1959

What do you want to make those eyes at me for? § Emile Ford and the Checkmates § St Lucia § 1960

Moon river § Danny Williams § South Africa § 1962

I remember you § Frank Ifield § Australia § 1962

Diane § Bachelors § Ireland § 1964

Cinderella Rockefella § Esther and Abi Ofarim § Israel § 1968

Baby come back § Equals § Jamaica / Guyana § 1968

Je t'aime…moi non plus § Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg § France § 1969

I'd like to teach the world to sing (in perfect harmony) § New Seekers § Germany § 1972

Waterloo § Abba § Sweden § 1974

Bohemian rhapsody § Queen § Zanzibar § 1976

Roussos phenomenon EP § Demis Roussos § Greece § 1976

Mississippi § Pussycat § Netherlands § 1976

Yes sir, I can boogie § Baccara § Spain § 1977

Rivers of Babylon / Brown girl in the ring § Boney M § Aruba / Montserrat § 1978

Use it up and wear it out § Odyssey § Philippines § 1980

Sun always shines on TV § A-ha § Norway § 1986

Rock me Amadeus § Falco § Austria § 1986

Theme from S-Express § S-Express § Belgium § 1988

Ride on time § Black Box § Guadeloupe § 1989

Do they know it's Christmas? § Band Aid II § Congo § 1990

Sadness Part 1 § Enigma § Romania § 1991

Saturday night § Whigfield § Denmark § 1994

Killing me softly § Fugees § Haitii § 1996

Your woman § White Town § India § 1997

Perfect day § **Various Artists** - BBC Children in Need § St Kitts § 1997

Livin' la vida loca § Ricky Martin § Puerto Rico § 1999

Touch me § Rui da Silva § Portugal § 2001

Gotta get thru this § Daniel Bedingfield § New Zealand § 2001

All the things she said § t.A.T.u. § Russia § 2003

Hips don't lie § Shakira § Columbia § 2006

Grace Kelly § Mika § Lebanon § 2007

Umbrella § Rihanna § Barbados § 2007

What a wonderful world § Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua § Georgia § 2007

Number 1 § Tinchy Stryder § Ghana § 2009

Replay § Iyaz § British Virgin Islands § 2010

Heroes § X Factor Finalists 2010 § Brazil § 2010

R.I.P. § Rita Ora § Yugoslavia § 2012

Gangnam style § PSY § South Korea § 2012

Wake me up § Gareth Malone's All Star Choir § Kenya / Zimbabwe § 2014

Do they know it's Christmas? § Band Aid 30 § Benin § 2014

Bridge over troubled water § Artists for Grenfell § Nigeria § 2017

 

 

53 different nations.

 

[Cross-checked against two different data bases, so should be correct...]

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Ooh interesting, I want to ask

-What are the list of Northern Irish #1's, the OCC made a list for Ireland, Scotland and Wales but not NI yet

-For the countries with few acts like 15 or less, can you list them out? Interesting to know who are the acts from unrepresented countries

-Which definition is used for country, given that the UK is split into the constituents

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