December 28, 20241 yr Hi Jamse, I no longer have access to the server to which I published my archive. Also I spent less time on the charts, but still I have my archive. I need to find some fitting webspace, to where I can move my site and then I can publish them again. Nice that other people think of me :) Best regards, Markus Hi Markus You should publish the charts again. Your site was great and very useful. I sent you my notes a few years ago via mail. Years 1991-1995 on pendrive. Greetings from Poland Michal Edited December 28, 20241 yr by MiChrzan48
December 31, 20241 yr Good morning. I am writing to you from Poland. I don't know if you already have this. Probably this was MTV's choice. MTV's Braun European Top 20 Video Countdown. "Pick of 1992 - Our Top of 1992". Date: 26 December 1992. 01. U2 - One 02. Prince & The New Power Generation - Sexy M.F. 03. Nirvana - Come As You Are 04. Shakespear's Sister - Stay 05. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love 06. Guns N' Roses - Yesterdays 07. Arrested Development - Tennessee 08. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge 09. Pearl Jam - Alive 10. Crowded House - Weather With You 11. The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode 12. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Iron Lion Zion 13. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina 14. Sisters Of Mercy & Ofra Haza - Temple Of Love 1992 15. Simply Red - For Your Babies 16. ZZ Top - Viva Las Vegas 17. Soul II Soul - Joy 18. KLF - America: What Time Is Love? 19. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 20. Electronic - Disappointed
December 31, 20241 yr anyone have the MTV Europe playlist archive? You will find MTV Europe's playlist here: World Music History - Music & Media - Section: Station Reports https:// www. worldradiohistory. com/ Music-and-Media.htm
January 5, 20251 yr MiChrzan48, thank you very much for posting the special edition of MTV European Top 20 for the whole year 1992! As far as I understand, it's not based on how well the songs did in the chart during the year but on the personal preferences of the chart-makers? In addition, I'd like to ask you whether you have any data from previous years - before 1991?
January 5, 20251 yr Good morning. I am writing to you from Poland. I don't know if you already have this. Probably this was MTV's choice. MTV's Braun European Top 20 Video Countdown. "Pick of 1992 - Our Top of 1992". Date: 26 December 1992. 01. U2 - One 02. Prince & The New Power Generation - Sexy M.F. 03. Nirvana - Come As You Are 04. Shakespear's Sister - Stay 05. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love 06. Guns N' Roses - Yesterdays 07. Arrested Development - Tennessee 08. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge 09. Pearl Jam - Alive 10. Crowded House - Weather With You 11. The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode 12. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Iron Lion Zion 13. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina 14. Sisters Of Mercy & Ofra Haza - Temple Of Love 1992 15. Simply Red - For Your Babies 16. ZZ Top - Viva Las Vegas 17. Soul II Soul - Joy 18. KLF - America: What Time Is Love? 19. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 20. Electronic - Disappointed Are we sure that this is an actual edition of European Top 20 Best of 1992 Chart? I don't dispute the order of the entries here as they were often presented with a somewhat illogical order (chart performance wise) but all the same always contained songs that actually charted in that year. Four of the twenty songs in this list didn't actually chart. There are two types of "Best Of" charts for ET20. The first one is an edition of the chart that plays all the number 1 songs of that year in order like in 1988 and 1993. The second one is an actual Top 20 countdown filled with charting songs that have performed well that year with the idea that the longest number one should be at the top. Not only did 4 of the songs not chart during that year but none of the songs in the above list topped the chart so it certainly makes me wonder... Edited January 6, 20251 yr by Jamse
January 12, 20251 yr MiChrzan48, thank you very much for posting the special edition of MTV European Top 20 for the whole year 1992! As far as I understand, it's not based on how well the songs did in the chart during the year but on the personal preferences of the chart-makers? In addition, I'd like to ask you whether you have any data from previous years - before 1991? Yes, I think it is based on preferences of chart makers or MTV's VJs. The oldest chart I have is from 28th of September 1991, but I'm still looking for the charts from 1988 and 1989. I ask many people.
January 16, 20251 yr Are we sure that this is an actual edition of European Top 20 Best of 1992 Chart? I don't dispute the order of the entries here as they were often presented with a somewhat illogical order (chart performance wise) but all the same always contained songs that actually charted in that year. Four of the twenty songs in this list didn't actually chart. There are two types of "Best Of" charts for ET20. The first one is an edition of the chart that plays all the number 1 songs of that year in order like in 1988 and 1993. The second one is an actual Top 20 countdown filled with charting songs that have performed well that year with the idea that the longest number one should be at the top. Not only did 4 of the songs not chart during that year but none of the songs in the above list topped the chart so it certainly makes me wonder... I would say... the chart was personal "MTV's Selection" not Summary of 1992 Year.
January 18, 20251 yr I would say... the chart was personal "MTV's Selection" not Summary of 1992 Year. Where did you get this chart from? Is it from you or someone who used to watch the chart during this time and made notes of it or is it from a youtube video clip where the ET idents and logos are clearly visible or some other source? You've labeled the chart "MTV's Braun European Top 20" and date stamped it with the date 921226 which happens to be the only chart missing in Markus Tolksdorf's archive. However, the chart clearly looks very different from the catalogue of ET charts archived. The missing chart dated 921226 is believed to be a Best of 1992 chart but it is just as likely that no chart was shown that week.
January 25, 20251 yr Where did you get this chart from? Is it from you or someone who used to watch the chart during this time and made notes of it or is it from a youtube video clip where the ET idents and logos are clearly visible or some other source? You've labeled the chart "MTV's Braun European Top 20" and date stamped it with the date 921226 which happens to be the only chart missing in Markus Tolksdorf's archive. However, the chart clearly looks very different from the catalogue of ET charts archived. The missing chart dated 921226 is believed to be a Best of 1992 chart but it is just as likely that no chart was shown that week. This is from me. I was watching MTV's Braun European Top 20 from September 1991 to April 1995. I still have my personal notes. If you give me your e-mail I will send you a scan, immediately.
January 27, 20251 yr This is from me. I was watching MTV's Braun European Top 20 from September 1991 to April 1995. I still have my personal notes. If you give me your e-mail I will send you a scan, immediately. Markus Tolksdorf has credited you on his page for sharing charts from 1991 to 1995 (his page has been down for a few years now). I'm guessing he had the same concerns about that chart that I did and excluded it from his page but I'll except it as is. Mystery solved. Thanks for sharing.
January 28, 20251 yr Markus Tolksdorf has credited you on his page for sharing charts from 1991 to 1995 (his page has been down for a few years now). I'm guessing he had the same concerns about that chart that I did and excluded it from his page but I'll except it as is. Mystery solved. Thanks for sharing. Yes, a few years ago I sent Markus Tolksdorf all my notes (1991-1995). Great times.
March 25, 20251 yr Thanks to Svilen Borisov (who recorded it on a VHS cassette) we have the opportunity to see the 1988 MTV Euro Top 20 for the first time...These are the full chart positions introduced at the end from Ray Cokes. No. 26 in Germany was C.C. Catch with "House Of Mystic Lights and judging by Official German Singles Chart, this edition was between 20-26 June 1988. Number One for third consecutive week was Fairground Attraction's "Perfect" 1. Fairground Attraction - Perfect2. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Valley Road3. Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand4. Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain5. Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go6. George Michael - One More Try7. Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That8. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana9. France Gall - Ella, Elle l'a10. Rod Stewart - Lost In You (Fade)11. Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)12. Pet Shop Boys - Heart13. Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna14. Mica Paris - My One Temptation15. Prince - Alphabet St.16. a-ha - Stay On These Roads17. Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer18. Steve Winwood - Roll With It19. Mory Kanté - Yé Ké Yé Ké20. Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac
March 30, 20251 yr Wow, it's great to see an edition of the chart from 1988!Jamse, you mentioned the "Best Of" edition of the chart in 1993. I see now that I haven't included it in my archives so could you, please, share it here?
July 19Jul 19 On 30/03/2025 at 19:03, bobiloko said:Wow, it's great to see an edition of the chart from 1988!Jamse, you mentioned the "Best Of" edition of the chart in 1993. I see now that I haven't included it in my archives so could you, please, share it here?I appear to have missed the last few posts and can't for the life of me recall if I answered this but just in case i'll put that chart here:MTV's European Top 20 - The Chart of 1993 - 940101 TW #Weeks Title Artist 1. 11 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston 2. 9 Heal The World Michael Jackson 3. 8 Hope Of Deliverance Paul McCartney 4. 10 No Limit 2 Unlimited 5. 11 I Feel You Depeche Mode 6. 11 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Sting 7. 10 Give In To Me Michael Jackson 8. 11 Informer Snow 9. 17 Oh Carolina Shaggy 10. 15 Tribal Dance 2 Unlimited 11. 19 What Is Love Haddaway 12. 16 I Can't Help Falling In LoveWith You UB 40 13. 15 What's Up Four Non Blondes 14. 15 Life Haddaway 15. 16 Living On My Own Freddie Mercury 16. 12 Go West Pet SHop Boys 17. 11 I'd Do Anything For Love Meat Loaf 18. 7 Please Forgive Me Bryan AdamsJust to reiterate, this type of "chart of the year" was simply all the number 1 songs of that year played in chronological order and for 1993 that meant a total of 18 songs.
July 19Jul 19 On 25/03/2025 at 15:41, sdizda said:Thanks to Svilen Borisov (who recorded it on a VHS cassette) we have the opportunity to see the 1988 MTV Euro Top 20 for the first time...These are the full chart positions introduced at the end from Ray Cokes. No. 26 in Germany was C.C. Catch with "House Of Mystic Lights and judging by Official German Singles Chart,this edition was between 20-26 June 1988. Number One for third consecutive week was Fairground Attraction's "Perfect" 1. Fairground Attraction - Perfect2. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Valley Road3. Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand4. Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain5. Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go6. George Michael - One More Try7. Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That8. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana9. France Gall - Ella, Elle l'a10. Rod Stewart - Lost In You (Fade)11. Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)12. Pet Shop Boys - Heart13. Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna14. Mica Paris - My One Temptation15. Prince - Alphabet St.16. a-ha - Stay On These Roads17. Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer18. Steve Winwood - Roll With It19. Mory Kanté - Yé Ké Yé Ké20. Natalie Cole - Pink CadillacThank you Sdizda for posting that 1988 chart. That's valuable information indeed.Ray Cokes was the host for a handful of 1988 ET charts including this one so its safe to say he was probably a regular host of the show during this time (as I mentioned sometime back). In that same comment, I made a small list of number 1 info for 1988 that we have gathered so far and with this, we have the following: Nr 1's of 1988880606 Fairground Attraction - Perfect880613 Fairground Attraction - Perfect880620 Fairground Attraction - Perfect........880829 Kim Wilde - You Came880905 Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion880912 Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion880919 Kylie Minogue - The Loco-MotionIn either BJ or Ukmix, years ago, I recall a comment about someone who had a VHS tape of the ET20 taped during the summer of 1988 in which Michael Jackson "Another Part Of Me" was Nr 1 though wasn't able to confirm this but since this chart also came from a VHS tape, I have to wonder if there is more where that came from...?
August 17Aug 17 The new 1988 information is becoming particularly interesting when we compare the surviving European Top 20 data with the MTV Europe Top 100 Videos of 1988 year-end chart.Thanks to Svilen Borisov’s VHS recording, we now have a complete European Top 20 from June 1988, with Fairground Attraction – “Perfect” at No. 1 for the third consecutive week. We also know that Kim Wilde – “You Came” was No. 1 on 29 August, followed by Kylie Minogue – “The Loco-Motion” at No. 1 on 5, 12 and 19 September.What I find especially interesting is how different this looks when compared with the year-end Top 100 Videos chart. Kim Wilde’s “You Came”, despite reaching No. 1 on the European Top 20, is only No. 45 in the year-end Top 100. Likewise, Eddy Grant’s “Gimme Hope Jo’Anna” was No. 13 in the confirmed June European Top 20, but only No. 48 in the year-end chart. Meanwhile, U2 – “Desire” is No. 1 in the Top 100 Videos of 1988, even though we currently do not have enough surviving weekly European Top 20 charts to see exactly how it performed there. Kylie Minogue’s “I Should Be So Lucky” is No. 8 in the year-end Top 100, while another of her singles, “Got To Be Certain”, was already as high as No. 4 in the surviving June European Top 20.To me, this is a strong indication that the Top 100 Videos of 1988 was not simply a points-based year-end summary of the European Top 20. It seems to have been a separate MTV ranking or selection based on different criteria. That makes the surviving weekly charts even more important, because we cannot reconstruct European Top 20 performance simply from the year-end Top 100.There is still a major gap between late June and late August 1988. The old report that Michael Jackson – “Another Part Of Me” may have reached No. 1 during the summer is therefore particularly intriguing, although it remains unconfirmed. If more VHS recordings, handwritten charts or private notes from 1988 still exist, they could help fill this gap and perhaps eventually allow us to reconstruct the whole year week by week.
November 5Nov 5 Hi everyone,I've been working through the early charts shared in this thread and have partially reconstructed the preceding edition using the “last week” positions in the list headed 890919 on page 4.For my archive, I have provisionally aligned these editions with Saturdays, treating that list as 16 September 1989 and the reconstructed previous edition as 9 September 1989. These dates still need independent confirmation.Moving each song back to its previous position gives us 15 known entries:9 September 1989 — partial reconstruction01 Kaoma - Lambada02 The Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions03 Tina Turner - The Best04 Madonna - Cherish05 Elton John - Healing Hands06 Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love07 Eurythmics - Revival08 Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - Swing the Mood09 Prince - Batdance10 [Unknown]11 Paul McCartney - This One12 Don Johnson - Tell It Like It Is13 Martika - Toy Soldiers14 Cliff Richard - I Just Don't Have the Heart15 [Unknown]16 [Unknown]17 [Unknown]18 François Feldman & Joniece Jamison - Joue pas19 Jason Donovan - Sealed with a Kiss20 [Unknown]The five missing positions are 10, 15, 16, 17 and 20. The following edition cannot identify them, as those songs had dropped out of its Top 20.This is a reconstruction from the posted previous-position data, rather than a newly discovered complete chart. I am also aware of the earlier questions in this thread about the provenance of the 1989/1990 lists, so I would welcome confirmation of both the dates and their identification as MTV European Top 20 editions.Does anyone have the five missing entries, an original recording, contemporary notes, or another source that could help verify this edition?Any information would be much appreciated!
Thursday at 21:175 days MTV's European Top 20 - 06.06.1988 TW LW #Weeks Title Artist 1. Fairground Attraction - Perfect 2. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Valley Road MTV's European Top 20 - 13.06.1988TW LW #Weeks Title Artist 1. Fairground Attraction - Perfect 2. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Valley Road 3. George Michael - One More Try 4. Pet Shop Boys - Heart 5. Hothouse Flowers - Don’t Go 6. Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand 7. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana 8. Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain 9. France Gall - Ella Elle L’a 10. 11. Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry For Loverboy) 12. 13. Rod Stewart - Lost In You14. 15. 16. Elton John - I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That 17. 18. Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo’Anna 19. 20. The charts above are also reconstructed using in-show LW positions and yes, Bruce Hornsby has been at number 2 for at least 3 weeks!I noticed that once again Markus Tolksdorf's archive is back and includes charts up to 2025. Not sure what "ET" charts the archive is using for the recent years though:https://infinity-disco-zone.de/infinity_e.html
Friday at 20:185 days I'm trying to fill the gaps in the MTV European Top 20 archive between 11 August and 20 October 1990.The following editions are still missing:11 August 199018 August 199025 August 19901 September 19908 September 199015 September 19906 October 199020 October 1990We also need complete copies of these two partially documented editions:22 September 1990: positions 16 and 20 are unknown.13 October 1990: positions 14, 17 and 18 are unknown.29 September 1990 is the only edition in this period for which we currently have all 20 positions. Some previous-week positions and historical details still need confirmation.Does anyone have recordings, handwritten charts, magazine listings or other contemporary sources that could help complete these weeks? Even a few confirmed positions would be very helpful.Thanks in advance!
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