- Ireland
- born 1961, Barking
The Edge is an artist from Ireland, born on 8 August 1961 in Barking. The Edge is known as a member of U2. With U2, The Edge is on five albums in the collection. On top of that, The Edge appears on one album by others: So Far: The Best of (Sinéad O'Connor). With the group, 43 records reached the Dutch Top 40, four of them the top spot.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Timeline of The Edge
The years of The Edge with U2. 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. The name of the group links to its page.
Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Albums with U2
5 albums The Edge made together with U2, by year of release.
Also appears on
The Edge also turns up beyond the own albums: on one album by others, from compilations and soundtracks to guest contributions. Each album lists the tracks concerned.
Biggest hits of U2
In the years The Edge was part of it, U2 had 43 records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first; the badge shows the peak position, the title opens the full run. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries of the group.
week 43, 2000378weeks in the chart
with 43 records1982first entry
week 37, 19822014latest entry
week 40, 201425years with an entry
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2000Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 43 of 2000, 17 weeks in the chart Beautiful Day
U24:08 -
U23:47
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2007Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 3 of 2007, 11 weeks in the chart Window In The Skies
U23:59 -
2006Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 46 of 2006, 7 weeks in the chart The Saints Are Coming
U2, Green Day3:22 -
2006Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 17 of 2006, 22 weeks in the chart One
Mary J. Blige, U24:20
All Dutch Top 40 entries of U2
Source: top40.nl
Together with The Edge
In U2, The Edge played with Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr., Dik Evans and Ivan McCormick. On tracks of albums in the collection, The Edge appears with Sinéad O'Connor and Steve Lillywhite.
Sinéad O'Connor1 track- Steve Lillywhite1 track
Frequently asked questions
Which group does The Edge belong to?
To U2. The page shows the albums and Dutch Top 40 hits of the group from the years of membership, with those years on the timeline. The group is in the side column, with a link to its page.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did U2 have while The Edge was part of it?
In the Dutch Top 40 there were 43 records, four of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Beautiful Day, which reached number 1 in week 43 of 2000. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.
Which albums by other artists feature The Edge?
On one album: So Far: The Best of (Sinéad O'Connor). Each album lists the tracks concerned.
How many albums by The Edge are in the collection?
The Edge has no album of their own in the collection, but is on five albums by U2.
Where can you see and hear The Edge?
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.
