List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2010

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This is a list of the Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2010. The Dutch Top 40 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the Netherlands. It is published by radio station Radio 538.

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In 2010, 12 acts gained their first Dutch number-one single either as lead or featured act: Owl City, Train, B.o.B, Bruno Mars, Stromae, Yolanda Be Cool, DCUP, Travie McCoy, Swedish House Mafia, Pharrell, Cee Lo Green and Mohombi. That means all of the acts who became number one this year got their first Dutch number-one single.

Bruno Mars got his first number-one single as a featured artist in "Nothin' On You" for two weeks, his second again as a featured artist in "Billionaire" for one week, and his third as his first single as a lead artist in "Just the Way You Are" for 11 straight weeks. The last time that an act was number-one for 11 weeks was in 2007, when André Hazes and Gerard Joling became number-one for 11 weeks with "Blijf Bij Mij". The last time an artist had three number-one singles in one year happened in 2006, when Marco Borsato hit the number-one position with Because We Believe featuring Andrea Bocelli, Rood and Everytime I Think of You featuring Lucie Silvas.

It is the first time that the Dutch Top 40 only got 10 number-one singles in one year, and the third time (after 1988 and 1990) that there were no Dutch number one-singles.

This year, there were two singles that held the number-one position for just one week (Billionaire and Bumpy Ride), which has not happened since 2007.

Chart history

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference(s)
January 2"Fireflies" Owl City [1]
January 9 [2]
January 16 [3]
January 23 [4]
January 30 [5]
February 6 [6]
February 13 [7]
February 20 [8]
February 27 [9]
March 6"Hey, Soul Sister" Train [10]
March 13 [11]
March 20 [12]
March 24 [13]
April 3 [14]
April 10 [15]
April 17 [16]
April 24"Nothin' on You" B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars [17]
May 1 [18]
May 8"Alors on danse" Stromae [19]
May 15 [20]
May 22 [21]
May 29 [22]
June 5 [23]
June 12 [24]
June 19 [25]
June 26 [26]
July 3"We No Speak Americano" Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP [27]
July 10 [28]
July 17 [29]
July 24 [30]
July 31 [31]
August 7 [32]
August 14 [33]
August 21 [34]
August 28"Billionaire" Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars [35]
September 4"One" Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell [36]
September 11 [37]
September 18"Fuck You" Cee Lo Green [38]
September 25 [39]
October 2 [40]
October 9"Bumpy Ride" Mohombi [41]
October 16"Just the Way You Are"Bruno Mars [42]
October 23 [43]
October 30 [44]
November 6 [45]
November 13 [46]
November 20 [47]
November 27 [48]
December 4 [49]
December 11 [50]
December 18 [51]
December 25 [52]

Number-one artists

PositionNationalityArtistWeeks #1
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Bruno Mars 14
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Owl City 9
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Stromae 8
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP 8
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Train 7
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cee Lo Green 3
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States B.o.B 2
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Swedish House Mafia 2
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pharrell 2
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Mohombi 1
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States Travie McCoy 1

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