The best records of all time

What is the biggest hit of all time in the Dutch Top 40?

On points across all weekly charts since 1965 that is Happy by Pharrell Williams, with 1449 points from 49 weeks (peak position 1). The top 5: 1. Happy (Pharrell Williams), 2. Ordinary (Alex Warren), 3. Die With A Smile (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars), 4. Man I Need (Olivia Dean), 5. Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye and Kimbra).

How is the all-time list calculated?

With the same points as the year chart, but across all weeks since 1965. On a tie the peak position counts, then the number of weeks, then the earliest week. A record that stayed in the chart for a long time can therefore end above a record that spent less time at number 1.

Which years do the biggest hits of all time come from?

Most records in the top 100 entered in the 2010s: 44 of the 100. Per decade (by year of entry): 2010s 44, 2020s 39, 1960s 7, 2000s 6, 1970s 2, 1990s 2.

Which artist appears most often in the all-time list?

Ed Sheeran, with six records in the top 100; then Alex Warren (three), Bruno Mars (three). A collaboration counts for every artist named. The artists with the most number ones and entries across all years are on the Records page.