List of European number-one hits of 2008

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This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 2008, as published by Billboard magazine.

Chart history

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-performing single and album of 2008 [1] [2]
Issue dateSongArtistAlbumArtistRef.
2 January"Apologize" Dagger-14-plain.png Timbaland presents OneRepublic Back to Black Dagger-14-plain.png Amy Winehouse [3]
9 January [4]
16 January [5]
23 January [6]
30 January [7]
6 February [8]
13 February Sleep Through the Static Jack Johnson [9]
20 February Thriller 25 Michael Jackson [10]
27 February"Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis Back to BlackDagger-14-plain.pngAmy Winehouse [11]
5 March"Apologize" Dagger-14-plain.pngTimbaland featuring OneRepublic [12]
12 March"Bleeding Love"Leona Lewis [13]
19 March"Mercy" Duffy [14]
26 March"Bleeding Love"Leona Lewis [15]
2 April [16]
9 April Accelerate R.E.M. [17]
16 April"Mercy"Duffy Rockferry Duffy [18]
23 April"4 Minutes" Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake [19]
30 April [20]
7 May Hard Candy Madonna [21]
14 May [22]
21 May [23]
28 May [24]
4 JuneRockferryDuffy [25]
11 June"Mercy"Duffy [26]
18 June [27]
25 June Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay [28]
2 July [29]
9 July"American Boy" Estelle featuring Kanye West [30]
16 July"All Summer Long" Kid Rock [31]
23 July [32]
30 July [33]
6 August [34]
13 August"I Kissed a Girl" Katy Perry [35]
20 August [36]
27 August [37]
3 September All Hope Is Gone Slipknot [38]
10 SeptemberViva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsColdplay [39]
17 September Death Magnetic Metallica [40]
24 September [41]
1 October [42]
8 October [43]
15 October [44]
22 October"So What" Pink [45]
29 October Black Ice AC/DC [46]
5 November"Infinity 2008" Guru Josh Project [47]
13 November [48]
20 November [49]
27 November"If I Were a Boy" Beyoncé Safe Trip Home Dido [50]
3 December Chinese Democracy Guns N' Roses [51]
10 December"Womanizer" Britney Spears Circus Britney Spears [52]
17 DecemberBlack IceAC/DC [53]
24 December"Hot n Cold"Katy Perry [54]
31 December"If I Were a Boy"Beyoncé [55]

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