- trance
- progressive trance
- Netherlands
- formed 1997
- 1 album
- 4 Dutch Top 40 hits
Rank 1 is a group from the Netherlands, formed in 1997. Over the years, Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Airwave, from 1999. On top of that, the group appears on three albums by others: Breathe (Armin van Buuren), Trance Legacy II and Trance Legacy III. Four records reached the Dutch Top 40. The highest was Superstring [Rank 1 Remix]: number 3 in week 37 of 2000.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Sound of Rank 1
Rank 1 sounds much like the shelves on average, at a tempo around 136 bpm.
Across 8 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Rank 1
The members of Rank 1 over the years: two members, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Benno de Goeij
Piet Bervoets200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Albums by Rank 1
Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Also appears on
Rank 1 also turns up beyond the own albums: on three albums by others, from compilations and soundtracks to guest contributions. Each album lists the tracks concerned.
Rank 1 in the Dutch Top 40
Rank 1 had four records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first. The graph with each record shows how it moved through the chart week by week.
week 37, 200032weeks in the chart
with 4 records2000first entry
week 34, 20002007latest entry
week 15, 20074years with an entry
- 3Superstring [Rank 1 Remix]Cygnus X, Rank 1200013 weeks
- 11Such Is LifeRank 1200112 weeks
- 26This World Is Watching MeArmin van Buuren, Rank 1, Kush20074 weeks
- 36AwakeningRank 120023 weeks
All Dutch Top 40 entries of Rank 1
Source: top40.nl
Together with Rank 1
On tracks of albums in the collection, Rank 1 appears with Armin van Buuren, Cygnus X and Dutch Force and three others.
Armin van Buuren1 trackCygnus X1 track
Dutch Force1 track
Ferry Corsten1 trackGiuseppe Ottaviani1 track
Ruben de Ronde1 track
Frequently asked questions
Who played in Rank 1?
Over the years that was Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets. The timeline shows for each member the years they belonged; the names are also in the side column.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Rank 1 have?
Four records made the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record is Superstring [Rank 1 Remix], which reached number 3 in week 37 of 2000. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week.
Which albums by other artists feature Rank 1?
On 3 albums: Breathe (Armin van Buuren), Trance Legacy II (Various), Trance Legacy III (Various). Each album lists the tracks concerned.
How many albums by Rank 1 are in the collection?
There is one: Airwave, from 1999. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify.
Where can you see and hear Rank 1?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.