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tsetsi81 - thank you very much for the information about the 1999/2000 case! I like MTV Europe and I don't want it to disappear in favour of MTV Bulgaria... but if that does happen, I just want MTV Bulgaria to broadcast European Top 20! Because I think there are some MTV's in European countries which don't broadcast it... Xmas Ben - I did inform Markus soon after you started posting the older editions of the chart. He has received your email, I guess he's just waiting to see your whole archive and then he'll update it on his site.

tsetsi81, I also hope to see another edition like that... and if it takes less than 7 years' wait this time, that will be great! However, I think that this edition might hint at a change in European Top 20, which would make it as interesting as in the 90's on a permanent basis! By the way, I still hope that there will be an edition of the chart someday with six NEW entries... Thank you for the list with the highest new entries during the chart's history! 1995 was definitely the year of high new entries - there was a debut at number 1, two debuts at number 2 and a debut at number 4! Compare that with 2003, when the highest new entry during the whole year was... at number 12!? It's true that two simultaneous new entries straight into the Top 10 is a rare occurence in European Top 20 - I checked and it turns out that this week it happens only for the 14th time since the end of 1991! And two of the cases are somewhat special - the first charts of 2000 and 2004 probably have two new entries because there hadn't been normal editions of the chart for a couple of weeks. That's definitely the case for 2004 - in 2003 there was not one but three different MTV European Top 20 year-end charts! By the way, I didn't find any year-end chart in your archive - do you have them somewhere? In this context, I have a question for you about the end of 1999/the beginning of 2000. According to Markus Tolksdorf's site, the last "normal" edition of 1999 was the chart of December 18 (when "Keep On Movin'" by 5ive climbed to the top). Then on December 25 they seem to have broadcast the year-end chart of European Top 20... However, the first "normal" edition of the new year is the chart of January 8, 2000! So the chart of January 1, 2000 is missing! Do you have any idea what it was - maybe they repeated the year-end chart of 1999 (they did that in 2001 and 2002)? And I agree with you that these year-end charts are strange - especially the one for 1998! How could "The Way" by Fastball be number 19 of the year when it spent a single week at number 15 in European Top 20!?

...My friends, let me introduce to you the CRAZIEST edition of MTV European Top 20... EVER!!!!!! Here is the MAGNIFICENT chart of November 17, 2007: 20 Avril Lavigne - Hot NEW 19 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 11 Down 18 Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day NEW 17 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well 10 Down 16 Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse - Valerie NEW 15 Nelly Furtado - Do It 6 Down 14 Rihanna & Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You 4 Up 13 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 1 Up 12 Kanye West - Stronger 7 Down 11 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music RE-ENTRY 10 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 2 Up 9 Alicia Keys - No One 3 Down 8 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love 3 Up 7 James Blunt - 1973 3 Down 6 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts NEW 5 Timbaland & OneRepublic - Apologize NEW 4 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 2 Down 3 Britney Spears - Gimme More 16 Up 2 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology 1 Down 1 Sugababes - About You Now 2 Up This is unbelievable! There are SIX ENTRIES in the chart! In the history of European Top 20 (at least since the end of 1991) the record for most new entries in one chart has been seven. That has happened twice - once in 1993 and once in 1998. On the other hand, there have been more than 10 occasions (if not more than 20) when there have been five new entries in the chart. However, until now there have NEVER been six NEW entries in one week! And... this doesn't change this week. Yes, there are six ENTRIES - but one of them is a re-entry. Still, this is only the second time ever when there have been six entries in the chart. The previous time was in 1998 - coincidentally, back then there were five new entries and a re-entry as well. As a whole, the "craziest" year in European Top 20's history has definitely been 1998 - there were many occasions of a large number of new entries, many re-entries, shocking (re)climbs and (re)falls... Still, I don't think any edition of the chart, even from 1998, beats this one! There are several different phenomena which make it impressive... And, since I'm not sure whether I'll ever see another edition of the chart like this, I'll mark the occasion by commenting on EVERY single one of the 20 songs in the chart!... Anyone still reading? Thank you! Here we go: 20 Avril Lavigne - Hot NEW The first new entry is the third single from Avril Lavigne's current album. "Girlfriend" reached number 1 and "When You're Gone" - number 2. It's interesting that "When You're Gone" debuted straight at number 5 (another song does the same this week) while "Hot" enters at the very bottom... 19 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 11 Down And what a big fall for "Beautiful Girls"! The song peaked only at number 6 but spent quite some time moving between places 6-8... Now all of a sudden it's almost out of the chart! 18 Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day NEW "Shadow Of The Day" replaces "Bleed It Out", which leaves the chart. This is actually the first time that Linkin Park have entered the chart with 3 singles from one album ("What I've Done" reached the top earlier in the year). 17 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well 10 Down And another big faller... The stay of "Do It Well" in the chart might turn out to be dangerously short! In fact, so far it's Jenny's least successful song in the chart apart from her collaboration with LL Cool J "Control Myself", which peaked at number 19. 16 Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse - Valerie NEW Third hit for Mark Ronson in the chart after "Stop Me" reached number 16 and "Oh My God" with Lily Allen spent a sole week at number 20. Will he finally achieve something more impressive with this single? Oh, and Amy Winehouse makes her debut in European Top 20. 15 Nelly Furtado - Do It 6 Down Not quite as big fall as some others but this makes it almost certain that number 9 will remain the peak position for "Do It", thus making it Nelly's lowest peaking single (next is "On The Radio", which reached number 8). 14 Rihanna & Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You 4 Up Not much to say here. The song climbs in its second week in the chart. The big news is 3 places higher... 13 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 1 Up After falling for a couple of weeks, "Hey There Delilah" makes a small reclimb. Still, it only peaked at number 6 - just like "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston did... And I think both songs were more successful in Europe than their peak position would suggest. 12 Kanye West - Stronger 7 Down This fall ensures that "Stronger" isn't going to reclimb to number 2 again... By the way, if Kanye's next single "Good Life" doesn't re-enter the chart, this will be only the third time a single has outlasted its follow-up. The previous two cases: "Without You" by Mariah Carey outlasted "Anytime You Need A Friend" in 1994; and "Together Again" by Janet Jackson outlasted "I Get Lonely" in 1998. 11 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music RE-ENTRY Apart from the fact that there are six entries, this is the story of the week. I just knew that a mere 3 weeks in the chart and a peak position of number 12 wasn't all that "Don't Stop The Music" was going to achieve in European Top 20! What's amazing is that "Hate That I Love You" is also climbing. There has NEVER been a case before when an artist has had TWO current singles both climbing the chart! But it gets even funnier. "Don't Stop The Music" replaces "Shut Up And Drive", which goes out. And thus for the last 3 weeks there have been two singles by Rihanna in the chart... but each week the two singles have been different! Two weeks ago - "Shut Up And Drive" and "Don't Stop The Music" A week ago - "Shut Up And Drive" and "Hate That I Love You" This week - "Hate That I Love You" and "Don't Stop The Music" I'm not sure there will ever be a situation as unique as this one in European Top 20! 10 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 2 Up "The Way I Are" spends its 18th week in the chart... The follow-up debuts this week... and yet this one goes back into the Top 10! 9 Alicia Keys - No One 3 Down "No One" entered straight at number 10 two weeks ago, then it made a promising climb to number 6 last week... but now it falls back to number 9. However, I think the reason for this are some new entries and a certain big climber higher in the chart... I'm sure this isn't all the song is capable of! 8 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love 3 Up Here logic has prevailed in the end. The real single - "Baby Love" enters the Top 10... while "Whatever U Like", which shockingly re-entered the chart at number 15 last week, has gone out again. 7 James Blunt - 1973 3 Down It looks like number 4 will remain the peak position for this song. "1973" won't be able to become James Blunt's third chart-topper after "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". 6 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts NEW Welcome back, Kylie! She was last seen in the chart in 2005. At the beginning of the year she reached number 1 with "I Believe In You"... However, the follow-up "Giving You Up" spent just one week at number 20. But this impressively high debut shows that Kylie is ready to do great things again. 5 Timbaland & OneRepublic - Apologize NEW So far it has happened only a couple of times that there are two new entries in the Top 6 (interestingly enough, one of them is from earlier this year). Still, this is the only time when there are two new entries next to each other in the Top 6 - and that's especially impressive to watch on TV! Regarding Timbaland, "Give It To Me" reached number 2; "The Way I Are" spent 7 weeks at number 1; what about "Apologize"? 4 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 2 Down It seems that "The Pretender" will remain Foo Fighters' second number 2 after "Best Of You". They'll have to wait for a better chance to climb to the top. Still, Dave Grohl has been there - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana was a number 1 in early 1992. 3 Britney Spears - Gimme More 16 Up BOOM! Here comes one of the biggest climbs in the chart's history. It was obvious that "Gimme More" would come to the higher reaches of European Top 20... So far there have been only 3 bigger climbs in the chart: "Outside" by George Michael went 19-1; "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys - 18-1; and "Look At Me" by Geri Halliwell - 20-3 (the following week, actually - so there was a 17-place climber for two weeks in a row!). What about other songs that have climbed exactly 16 places? There are two: "Without Me" by Eminem went 17-1; the other song also went 17-1... and it was "Me Against The Music"! Yes, it looks like Britney is fond of climbing 16 places in MTV European Top 20... 2 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology 1 Down "Ayo Technology" has left the top spot. So far 50 Cent has had 3 number ones. With its 4 weeks at the top, "Ayo Technology" has spent more time at number 1 than "Candy Shop" (2 weeks) but less than his biggest hit "In Da Club" (7 weeks). 1 Sugababes - About You Now 2 Up And isn't it appropriate that in such an edition there is a new number 1 as well? Sugababes have been very close to the top before - they reached number 2 with three singles in a row ("Push The Button", "Ugly" and "Red Dress"). But now they have at last made the final step to the very top! I have watched European Top 20 for more than seven years... and I have always hoped to see a MAGNIFICENT edition of the chart someday... Well, it was worth the wait!

tsetsi81 - oh, yes, I remember that I heard years ago that Radio Tangra had stopped and there were many unhappy listeners... But I had no idea that they broadcast the chart on the radio! By the way, I forgot to ask you: which newspaper published the chart during the 90's? I seem to remember that in 2000 "24 Chasa" published it for several weeks... They might have published it before that but back then I didn't know about the chart so I haven't noticed... About "Drowned World" - yes, that was actually one of the confusing phenomena I talked about... I found it really strange that it would re-enter the chart in the week when Madonna's next single "The Power Of Goodbye" debuted! But, since you have watched it and confirm that it was so, I'll accept that! It must have been a real surprise to see that! By the way, apart from "Them Girls, Them Girls" by Zig & Zag, there was another re-re-entry (as you call it) in the history of European Top 20! In 1999, "When You Say Nothing At All" had the following chart run: 19-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-19-19-18-OUT-15-11-10-11-10-9-7-5-5-4-5-5-9-13 Now that I look at it, I notice that it reached its peak position in its 14th week in the chart! While a couple of songs have taken longer to reach their peak position, this is still impressive! shindymindy - here are the peak positions of "Do It" in some European singles charts: Switzerland - number 30 Austria - number 45 The Netherlands - number 31 Finland - number 6 Norway - number 18

Here is the chart of November 10, 2007: 20 Enrique Iglesias - Tired Of Being Sorry 3 Down 19 Britney Spears - Gimme More 1 Up 18 Rihanna & Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You NEW 17 Backstreet Boys - Inconsolable 1 Up 16 Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive 9 Down 15 Nicole Scherzinger - Whatever U Like RE-ENTRY 14 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 3 Down 13 Linkin Park - Bleed It Out 9 Down 12 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are Stay => 11 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love 3 Up 10 Gwen Stefani - Now That You Got It 6 Up 9 Nelly Furtado - Do It 4 Up 8 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls Stay => 7 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well 2 Up 6 Alicia Keys - No One 4 Up 5 Kanye West - Stronger 3 Down 4 James Blunt - 1973 2 Up 3 Sugababes - About You Now 2 Up 2 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 1 Up 1 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology Stay => This week the chart is really strange... What I feared has happened - "Don't Stop The Music" by Rihanna has left the chart and is replaced by her duet with Ne-Yo "Hate That I Love You", which debuts at number 18. I guess the problem is that she has released two different singles in different countries... But still, "Don't Stop The Music" spent only 3 weeks in the chart and peaked at number 12 - it definitely deserves more than that! At least it should have remained in the chart this week so that Rihanna would be the first one to have 3 singles in the chart simultaneously! Because "Shut Up And Drive" is still here, even though it falls 9 places to number 16. And this is actually something UNIQUE. Sometimes an artist's older single has still been in the chart when the new single entered. But NEVER has an artist's single still been in the chart when the NEXT TO THE FOLLOWING SINGLE entered!!! The situation with Nicole Scherzinger is just as confusing. "Whatever U Like" spent 3 weeks in the chart and was then replaced by "Baby Love". Now "Baby Love" spends its third week in the chart... and "Whatever U Like" re-enters at number 15!!! This is the first re-entry in the chart since "D.A.N.C.E." by Justice reappeared in European Top 20 two months ago. It's actually the sixth time this year that a song re-enters the chart. That's something which I would never have dreamed of until a year ago - I started watching the chart in 2000... and between 1999 and 2006 there weren't ANY re-entries in the chart - a 7-year gap! In fact, it came to an end just a little over a year ago - when "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire re-entered on November 4, 2006. Just like "Shut Up And Drive", there is another 9-place faller - "Bleed It Out" by Linkin Park. At least it managed to reach number 3 and thus became their second highest-peaking single after the chart-topper "What I've Done". Before that no less than 3 of their singles had stopped at number 4 - "In The End", "Somewhere I Belong" and "Numb/Encore". The most surprising movement of the week is the reclimb of "Do It" by Nelly Furtado. Last week it fell from number 10 to number 13... but now it goes back up to number 9, reaching a new peak position! However, it's still the lowest peaking of Nelly's songs that have been in the chart. "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake stays for a fourth week at number 1. The new contender (or maybe pretender?) for the top turns out to be Foo Fighters. Two years ago they peaked at number 2 with "Best Of You"... and now they repeat that achievement with "The Pretender".

WOW! That's wonderful! I'm really happy that someone loves MTV European Top 20 just as much as I do! And, furthermore - another Bulgarian! I had no idea that a Bulgarian radio station broadcast the chart during the 90's - which was that radio station? I started watching the chart on TV much later than you - in April 2000, but, just like you, I fell in love with it! Still, you're very lucky that you were able to listen to it and after that watch it during the 90's - back then it was absolutely amazing! Thank you very much for your all time charts! I knew them but I'm sure other people will find it interesting to look at them! And yes, it will be very interesting for me to check out your database! Because there are some editions of European Top 20 during the years where I find some positions/phenomena strange and I'd like to see whether you have the same things in your archive!

No problem! Every single bit of information that you have is PRICELESS! And I hope that someday MTV Europe will finally share the whole archive so we'll get the bigger picture with the weeks you've missed!

I can see what you mean already from the following chart... "Don't Stop The Music" falls to number 15! Strange... but I hope it will go back up in the future. Here is the chart of November 3, 2007: 20 Britney Spears - Gimme More NEW 19 Nightwish - Amaranth 1 Up 18 Backstreet Boys - Inconsolable NEW 17 Enrique Iglesias - Tired Of Being Sorry 2 Down 16 Gwen Stefani - Now That You Got It NEW 15 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 3 Down 14 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love 2 Up 13 Nelly Furtado - Do It 3 Down 12 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 4 Down 11 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 5 Down 10 Alicia Keys - No One NEW 9 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well 2 Up 8 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 1 Down 7 Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive 2 Down 6 James Blunt - 1973 3 Up 5 Sugababes - About You Now 9 Up 4 Linkin Park - Bleed It Out 1 Down 3 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 1 Up 2 Kanye West - Stronger Stay => 1 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology Stay => A very pleasing edition of European Top 20 with 4 new entries. The most surprising is the lowest one at number 20 - "Gimme More" by Britney Spears. The surprising is not the fact that it enters, of course, but that it makes it at the bottom of the chart - I expected a Top 5 debut! Britney hasn't appeared in the chart for 2 years - her last hit, "Someday I Will Understand", became also her smallest, only reaching number 12. Another act who last appeared in the chart in 2005 were Backstreet Boys. Their comeback "Incomplete" did very disappointingly for them (and I think that was a mistake in the chart, not a lack of success for the song in the European charts), peaking at number 8. I have to say I was afraid that their new single with the somehow similar title "Inconsolable" wouldn't even make it to the chart - fortunately, it appears at number 18 but I doubt that it will do much better than "Incomplete". The new entry at number 16 is quite questionable as I think it enters only because it's by Gwen Stefani. "Now That You Got It" is not doing well across Europe. Gwen's previous 3 singles from this album peaked at the following positions: "Wind It Up" - at number 4; "The Sweet Escape" - at number 1 (for 5 weeks); "4 In The Morning" - at number 6. Not quite as interesting as the chart history of the songs from her debut album - the first 4 singles ("What You Waiting For?", "Rich Girl", "Hollaback Girl" and "Cool") all reached the top... while the 5th one - "Luxurious" spent a lonely week at number 20! Debuts straight in the Top 10 don't happen too often in European Top 20 (in fact, in 2003 that didn't happen even a single time!). This week the honour goes to "No One" by Alicia Keys, which enters at number 10. She has had 4 previous hits in the chart. Two of them were solo - "Fallin'" peaked at number 3 and "A Woman's Worth" - at number 14. The other two were collaborations - "Gangsta Lovin'" with Eve reached number 3 while "My Boo" with Usher - number 4. Can Alicia finally go higher than number 3 with "No One"? There is a big climber this week - "About You Now" by Sugababes goes 9 places up from number 14 to number 5. It's interesting that they have a similar fate to Britney Spears - "Easy", their last hit in the chart, became their smallest and, just like "Someday I Will Understand", its peak position was number 12! No change at the top - "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake spends its third week at the top. Neither is there a change at the runner-up position where we still find "Stronger" by Kanye West. What's interesting is that his new single "Good Life", which climbed to number 13 last week, is nowhere to be seen in this new chart! So the newer single leaves the chart... while the older one is still a contender for the number 1 spot!

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!! Bence, I don't think I can describe how happy I am. THANK YOU! You're making history right now! I have been looking for these earlier charts for seven years... And Markus Tolksdorf - whose site has the biggest MTV European Top 20 archive on the Internet - has been looking for them for more than ten years! How far back does your archive stretch? The bigger your archive, the better, of course... but even these November 1991 editions which you have posted so far are already something wonderful!

Here is the chart of October 27, 2007: 20 Nightwish - Amaranth NEW 19 Robyn & Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 1 Up 18 Will.I.Am - I Got It From My Mama 1 Up 17 Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call 5 Down 16 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love NEW 15 Enrique Iglesias - Tired Of Being Sorry 2 Down 14 Sugababes - About You Now 4 Up 13 Kanye West - Good Life 3 Up 12 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 2 Up 11 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well 1 Down 10 Nelly Furtado - Do It 1 Up 9 James Blunt - 1973 Stay => 8 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 1 Down 7 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 1 Up 6 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah Stay => 5 Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive 3 Down 4 Foo Fighters - The Pretender Stay => 3 Linkin Park - Bleed It Out 2 Up 2 Kanye West - Stronger 1 Up 1 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology Stay => I can't tell you how excited I am about the new entry at number 20! "Amaranth" by Nightwish appeared in 12 different European countries' singles charts, going Top 10 in most of them and even topping several... It's one of the songs that most deserve to enter the European Top 20... Yet I was afraid it wouldn't chart. Because they don't play it on MTV Europe... and, however strange that may sound, because it's actually a European song! Unbelievable, isn't it? But it's a fact - nowadays the chart is occupied by artists from the USA and, to a lesser extent, from the UK. Songs which are having success around Europe but come from a non-English speaking country usually don't come anywhere near this chart... This has been the case for at least several years. However, 2007 seems to have changed things a little. Songs like "Summer Wine" by Ville Valo and Natalia Avelon or "Fairytale Gone Bad" by Sunrise Avenue did enter the MTV European Top 20, ever though they stayed in the lower reaches of the chart... The best example is probably "Monsoon" by Tokio Hotel, which actually peaked at number 2! That was maybe a little higher than it deserved... but still better than not making the chart at all! Which path will "Amaranth" take? The path of "Summer Wine" or that of "Monsoon"? Can it even top the chart? The last European song from a non-English speaking country to become number 1 in European Top 20 was "Asereje" by Las Ketchup... back in 2002! The other new entry - at number 16 - is also very interesting. "Baby Love" by Nicole Scherzinger replaces her previous "single" "Whatever U Like". Actually, thus a mistake is corrected as "Whatever U Like" wasn't released anywhere in Europe - it's "Baby Love" that is Nicole's current single. However, the situation is really amazing... The thing is, "Whatever U Like" entered the chart just 3 weeks ago and had a chart run of 17-14-15. "Baby Love" debuts just 3 weeks later - such a small gap between the debut of two consecutive singles by an artist is quite remarkable! In fact, it has happened only twice before and both times were in 1993 - 14 years ago! First with OMD - "Dream Of Me" entered the chart exactly 3 weeks after "Stand Above Me". After that the same happened with Robin S., "Luv 4 Luv" also debuting 3 weeks after "Show Me Love". I'm waiting for the day when two singles (not collaborations) by an artist enter MTV European Top 20 simultaneously! Nothing new at the top as "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake spends a second week there... but it's a little more interesting with the runner-up. In spite of his new single "Good Life" climbing in the chart, Kanye West reclimbs to number 2 with "Stronger", which matches its peak position from 4 weeks ago. In fact, its run between these two occasions has been a mirrored one: 2-3-7-3-2 And if it manages to climb to number 1 next week, that would really be impressive!

Thank you very much for this thread, Bence! Yes, the problem is that no Internet archive of the chart begins earlier than December 1991... I already know the 3 editions of European Top 20 which you have posted but I didn't know how many weeks the songs in them were spending in the chart... Where did you get that information from? Your own archive? And do you have in your archive editions of the chart from before December 1991? It would be great because that will probably be the first time they appear on the Internet...

Bence, I'll be very happy if you can check your archive... I just hope that won't cause you too much trouble... Time isn't a problem - I can wait for however long it takes... Mykka, I absolutely agree that "Soulmate" should have entered the chart. "I Wanna Have Your Babies" reached number 10 without really having success around Europe... Here is the chart of October 20, 2007: 20 Robyn & Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 3 Down 19 Will.I.Am - I Got It From My Mama 3 Down 18 Sugababes - About You Now Stay => 17 Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry 2 Down 16 Kanye West - Good Life NEW 15 Nicole Scherzinger - Whatever U Like 1 Down 14 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music NEW 13 Enrique Iglesias - Tired Of Being Sorry Stay => 12 Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call 1 Down 11 Nelly Furtado - Do It 1 Up 10 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well Stay => 9 James Blunt - 1973 Stay => 8 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls Stay => 7 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 2 Down 6 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah Stay => 5 Linkin Park - Bleed It Out 1 Down 4 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 1 Down 3 Kanye West - Stronger 4 Up 2 Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive 1 Down 1 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology 1 Up "Remember when I said last week "Mark my words"?", asked the chart presenter Charlotte before announcing the new number 1. She was absolutely right - "Ayo Technology" climbs to the top. It becomes the third number 1 for 50 Cent after "In Da Club" and "Candy Shop" and the fifth for Justin Timberlake - after his solo singles "SexyBack" and "My Love" and his appearance on "Where Is The Love?" by Black Eyed Peas and "Signs" by Snoop Dogg. The song it replaces is "Shut Up And Drive" by Rihanna... while at the same time her new single "Don't Stop The Music" debuts at number 14. It's interesting that the same happened last time - "Umbrella" fell from the top exactly in the week when "Shut Up And Drive" entered the chart... Speaking of "Umbrella", it left the chart two weeks ago. I'm really sad because had it spent 3 more weeks in European Top 20, Rihanna would have been the first artist ever to have THREE singles simultaneously in the chart! It looks like the Swedish conquest of the chart is not going to happen, after all. "With Every Heartbeat" by Robyn and Kleerup falls to the bottom of the chart after only reaching number 17... And "I Found U" by Axwell, which entered at number 20 last week... has already gone out! And now - to the story of the week (for me). The reason why I love MTV European Top 20 is that sometimes it's an amazing experience to watch it. Imagine watching the countdown, just like I do. "Good Life", the new single by Kanye West debuts at number 16. What about his previous single, "Stronger"? Last week it made a relatively big fall from number 3 to number 7. Where is it this week? It's not at number 7, nor at number 6, nor at number 5... Surely it can't have made a big reclimb in a week when his new single enters the chart! This must mean one thing - "Stronger" has left the chart altogether and has been replaced by "Good Life"! The consequence is that there must be a new entry VERY high in the chart - at number 4... Oh, actually at number 3! What could it be? There is only one possibility - "Gimme More" by Britney Spears. What a comeback! Here, we'll see it now at number 3... WHAT? "Stronger" reclimbs four places to number 3?! Thank you for sharing my experience! I hope you've enjoyed it!

Thank you for your replies! I have sent emails to MTV Europe many times to ask for earlier archives but there hasn't been any result until now... And if someone has this archive, it has to be exactly MTV Europe! I really hope they haven't lost it... Otherwise I don't mind waiting for years until they decide to share it...

flatdeejay, when did you start watching MTV European Top 20? I'm desperately looking for someone who has watched it before December 1991 because there are no archives before that date... Anyway, here is the chart of October 13, 2007: 20 Axwell - I Found U NEW 19 Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights 1 Down 18 Sugababes - About You Now NEW 17 Robyn & Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 3 Up 16 Will.I.Am - I Got It From My Mama 3 Up 15 Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry 6 Down 14 Nicole Scherzinger - Whatever U Like 3 Up 13 Enrique Iglesias - Tired Of Being Sorry 3 Up 12 Nelly Furtado - Do It 2 Up 11 Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call 3 Down 10 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well 1 Up 9 James Blunt - 1973 3 Up 8 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 1 Down 7 Kanye West - Stronger 4 Down 6 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 4 Up 5 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 3 Down 4 Linkin Park - Bleed It Out 1 Up 3 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 3 Up 2 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology 2 Up 1 Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive Stay => There are two new entries this week. At number 20 we find... Axwell with "I Found U". With Robyn and Kleerup debuting last week, it looks like the Swedes are beginning to conquer the chart (eller hur?)! The other new entry, at number 18, is "About You Now" by Sugababes. They have been absent from the chart for quite a long time... or actually not. In fact, their last hit was still in European Top 20 at the beginning of this year. I'm talking about "Easy", which actually became their smallest hit in the chart, peaking at number 12. "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston falls for a second consecutive week after only reaching number 6. I wonder whether that will remain its peak position or we can expect a sudden reclimb? Linkin Park seem to really like the number 4 position. "Bleed It Out" climbs to this position and if it doesn't go any further, it will become their fourth single to peak there after "In The End", "Somewhere I Belong" and "Numb/Encore" with Jay-Z. Otherwise, there is no change at the top, where "Shut Up And Drive" remains for a second week. But "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake seems to be a strong contender for the number 1 spot - as indicated also by the MTV chart presenter, Charlotte.

Hi Skyzzo! I know that there are newer charts available but on MTV Europe they show European Top 20 with more than a week's delay... And I don't want to know the chart before I watch it!

Here is the chart of October 6, 2007: 20 Robyn & Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat NEW 19 Will.I.Am - I Got It From My Mama NEW 18 Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights 2 Down 17 Nicole Scherzinger - Whatever U Like NEW 16 Enrique Iglesias - Tired Of Being Sorry 2 Up 15 Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned 11 Down 14 Nelly Furtado - Do It 6 Up 13 Gym Class Heroes - Clothes Off!! 2 Down 12 James Blunt - 1973 5 Up 11 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well NEW 10 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 5 Up 9 Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry Stay => 8 Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call 1 Down 7 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 1 Down 6 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 4 Up 5 Linkin Park - Bleed It Out Stay => 4 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology 4 Up 3 Kanye West - Stronger 1 Down 2 Timbaland & Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 1 Down 1 Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive 2 Up The most notable thing this week is that "Shut Up And Drive" by Rihanna becomes number 1. This becomes her FIFTH consecutive number 1 after "Pon De Replay", "S.O.S.", "Unfaithful" and "Umbrella". As "If It's Lovin' That You Want" and "We Ride" didn't enter European Top 20 at all, Rihanna has now achieved the best debut in the chart's history - the first five songs of hers which have entered the chart have gone all the way to the top! The previous record was by Gwen Stefani... although she did first appear in the chart as a collaborator on Eve's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". However, as a main artist, her first four singles - "What You Waiting For?", "Rich Girl", "Hollaback Girl" and "Cool" - all became number ones. That's also an impressive achievement because they were all taken from the same album while Rihanna's five chart-toppers come from 3 different albums... The song that "Shut Up And Drive" replaces at the top is "The Way I Are" by Timbaland and Keri Hilson, which, however, has already scored the most weeks at number 1 this year - 7 weeks. The previous record holder for 2007 was... Rihanna's "Umbrella" (6 weeks). There are four new entries this week. The lowest one - at number 20 - is a nice surprise. While "With Every Heartbeat" by Robyn and Kleerup is having success in various European countries, I didn't really expect it to enter this chart. But it does - and thus becomes the first hit for both artists in European Top 20. A place above, at number 19, is the second new entry - "I Got It From My Mama" by Will.I.Am. With Fergie still in the chart with "Big Girls Don't Cry", now only Apl.De.Ap and Taboo need to appear in the chart and all of Black Eyed Peas' members will have simultaneous hits in it! At number 17 is the most questionable new entry - "Whatever U Like" by Nicole Schrezinger. As far as I know, it hasn't been released anywhere in Europe... Anyway, strangely enough, this is her first hit in European Top 20 as a solo artist - her collaboration with P. Diddy "Come To Me" didn't make the chart. The highest new entry - at number 11 - is "Do It Well" by Jennifer Lopez. She was last seen in the chart last year on LL Cool J's "Control Myself". Her previous chart hit as a main artist was "Get Right" in 2005, which peaked at number 5. Otherwise, there are a few bigger movements in the chart, particularly the 11-place fall of "LoveStoned" by Justin Timberlake - from number 4 to number 15. Justin is definitely no stranger to this kind of movement as both "Cry Me A River" in 2003 and "My Love" earlier this year fell 11 places as well, going 6-17 and 5-16, respectively...