Romanian Top 100
The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media.[1]
The artist with the most number ones is Shakira with eight songs that reached number one. The positions before 2002 are still unknown except some songs, as the official site only has charts starting 2002. From 2002 to date it has had 120 number-one singles, the longest being "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado, for twelve weeks.
Starting with October 2009, the chart is premierly presented on Kiss FM, each Sunday afternoon and on the official Romanian Top 100 homepage. The Kiss TV show presentes the chart with a delay of a week. The presenter is VJ Andreea Berghea.[2] The compiler of the chart was Nielsen from 1999 to 2010, but from 2010 - ongoing the chart is presented and compiled by Media Forest Romania, a franchise of an Israeli monitoring agency.
The current number-one single is "I Follow Rivers" by Lykke Li (since eight weeks).
Chart criteria
The Romanian Airplay Chart combines the airplays from the following charts:
The chart is made up by total number of airings by all the mainstream Radio and TV stations in Romania. Stations considered:
- Radio
- TV
Records
Artists with most number ones
| Position |
Artist |
Number of hits |
Songs |
| 1 |
Kylie Minogue |
6 |
"Can't Get You Out of My Head", "In Your Eyes", "Slow", "Red Blooded Woman", "I Believe in You", "In My Arms" |
| 1 |
Madonna |
6 |
"Music", "Die Another Day", "Hung Up", "Sorry", "4 Minutes, "Give It 2 Me" |
| 1 |
Shakira |
6 |
"Objection (Tango)", "La Tortura", "Hips Don't Lie", "Illegal", "Gypsy", "Loca" |
| 2 |
3rei Sud Est |
5 |
"Amintirile", "Te voi pierde", "Clipe", "Iubire", "Vorbe care dor" |
| 2 |
Eminem |
5 |
"Stan", "Without Me", "Lose Yourself", "Smack That", "Love the Way You Lie" |
| 2 |
Enrique Iglesias |
5 |
"Hero", "Maybe", "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)", "Tired of Being Sorry", "Takin' Back My Love" |
| 2 |
Rihanna |
5 |
"Umbrella", "Disturbia", "Rude Boy","Love The Way You Lie", "Only Girl (In the World)" |
| 2 |
Voltaj |
5 |
"3D", "20", "Tu", "Şi ce", "Povestea oricui" |
| 3 |
The Black Eyed Peas |
4 |
"Where is the Love?", "Shut Up", "I Gotta Feeling", "Meet Me Halfway" |
| 3 |
Morandi |
4 |
"Beijo", "Falling Asleep", "A la lujeba", "Angels" |
| 4 |
Animal X |
3 |
"Pentru ea", "Fără ea", "Să pot ierta" |
| 4 |
Lady Gaga |
3 |
"Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" |
| 4 |
Nelly Furtado |
3 |
"Turn Off the Light", "Say it Right", "Morning After Dark" |
| 4 |
Pussycat Dolls |
3 |
"Don't Cha", "Wait a Minute", "I Hate This Part" |
| 4 |
Dj Project |
3 |
"Privirea ta", "Inca o noapte", "Mi-e dor de noi" |
| 4 |
Smiley |
3 |
"Plec pe marte ", "Love is for free", "Dream girl" |
| 4 |
Pitbull |
3 |
"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)", "On the Floor", "Rain Over Me" |
NOTE: The positions for the 90s and half of the year 2000 aren't known, which makes it possible that some artists, like Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, Kylie Minogue or Madonna could have a bigger number of number ones.
Artists with most weeks at number one
- Shakira — 36 weeks
- Voltaj — 21 weeks
- The Black Eyed Peas — 20 weeks
- Morandi — 19 weeks (tie)
- Madonna — 19 weeks (tie)
- Activ — 17 weeks
- Kylie Minogue — 15 weeks
- Akcent — 14 weeks (tie)
- Nelly Furtado — 14 weeks (tie)
- Pitbull - 14 weeks (tie)
- Lady Gaga — 13 weeks (tie)
- Rihanna — 13 weeks (tie)
- Smiley - 12 weeks
- Las Ketchup — 11 weeks
- Eminem - 11 weeks
- Enrique Iglesias — 10 weeks
Artists with most top-tens
| Position |
Artist |
Number of hits |
Songs |
| 1 |
Shakira |
15 |
"Ciega Sordomuda", "Ojos Así", "Inevitable", "Whenever, Wherever", "Underneath Your Clothes", "Objection (Tango)", "La Tortura", "Don't Bother", "Hips Don't Lie", "Illegal", "Las de la Intuición", "Beautiful Liar", "Did it Again", "Gypsy", "Loca", |
| 2 |
Rihanna |
12 |
"Unfaithful", "Umbrella" (feat. Jay-z), "Don't Stop the Music", "Disturbia", "Live Your Life","Russian Roulette", "Rude Boy", "Love the Way You Lie" (feat. Eminem) "Only Girl (In the World)", "S&M","Man Down", "We Found Love"(feat. Calvin Harris) |
| 3 |
Enrique Iglesias |
12 |
"Hero", "Escape", "Love to See You Cry", "Maybe", "To Love a Woman", "Mentiroso", "Not In Love", "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)", "Tired of Being Sorry", "Push", "Takin' Back My Love", "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" |
| 4 |
Akcent |
11 |
"Ti-am promis", "Prima iubire", "In culori", "Buchet de trandafiri", "Suflet pereche", "Dragoste de inchiriat", "Jokero", "French Kiss", "Stay With Me", "That's My Name", "My Passion" |
| 4 |
Eminem |
11 |
"The Real Slim Shady", "Stan", "Without Me", "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "Lose Yourself", "My Band" (with D12), "Just Lose It", "Smack That" (with Akon), "Crack a Bottle" (with Dr.Dre,50 Cent), "We Made You", "Love the Way You Lie" (feat. Rihanna) |
| 4 |
Madonna |
11 |
"American Pie", "Don't Tell Me", "Music", "What It Feels Like for a Girl", "Die Another Day", "American Life", "Hollywood", "Hung Up", "Sorry", "4 Minutes, "Give It 2 Me" |
| 5 |
DJ Project |
10 |
"Printre vise", "Privirea ta", "Soapte", "Inca o noapte", "Esti tot ce am", "Doua anotimpuri", "Lacrimi de inger", "Nu", "Regrete", "Mi-e dor de noi" |
| 5 |
Kylie Minogue |
10 |
"On A Night Like This", "Can't Get You Out of My Head", "Love at First Sight", "In Your Eyes", "Slow", "Red Blooded Woman", "Chocolate", "I Believe in You", "In My Arms", "The One" |
NOTE: The positions for the 90s and half of the year 2000 aren't known, which makes it possible that some artists, like Enrique Iglesias, Kylie Minogue or Madonna could have a bigger number of top 10s. Also, the information regarding the peak position for songs recorded by many Romanian artists are missing.
Most weeks on the chart
- Timbaland feat. SoShy & Nelly Furtado — "Morning After Dark" (80 weeks)
- Guess Who — "Locul potrivit" (65 weeks)
- Elena Gheorghe — "Disco Romancing" (64 weeks)
- Xonia feat. DeepCentral - "My Beautiful One" (64 weeks)
- Alexandra Stan — "Mr. Saxobeat" (62 weeks)
- David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi - "Memories" (60 weeks)
- The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling" (57 weeks)
- Wildboyz feat. Ameerah — "The Sound of Missing You" (55 weeks)
- Crazy Loop — "Chica Bomb" (55 weeks)
- Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette — "Hello" (54 weeks)
- P!nk — "Please Don't Leave Me" (52 weeks)
- AlexUnder Base feat. Lys — "Drums" (52 weeks)
- Gloria Estefan — "Hoy" (50 weeks)
Most number ones in one year
2002
- Eminem ("Without Me", "Lose Yourself")
2003
- O-Zone ("Despre Tine", "Dragostea din Tei")
2004
2006
- Madonna ("Hung Up", "Sorry")
- Morandi ("Falling Asleep", "A La Lujeba")
2007
- Akon (Smack That, "Don't Matter")
- Enrique Iglesias ("Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)", "Tired of Being Sorry")
2008
- Madonna ("4 Minutes", "Give It 2 Me")
2010
- The Black Eyed Peas ("I Gotta Feeling", "Meet Me Halfway")
- Lady Gaga ("Bad Romance", "Alejandro")
- Rihanna ("Rude Boy", "Love the Way You Lie")
- Smiley ("Plec pe Marte", "Love is for Free")
Singles with most weeks at number one
See also
Weekly Charts
Year-end charts
Top 10 Hits
Other Charts
References
External links
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