The Dutch
Top 40 (Dutch: Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart compiled by
Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It started as a radio program titled
"Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It
remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was
forced to stop broadcasting. Joost den Draaijer was the initiator of the top 40
in the Netherlands.
On January 2, 1965, the first Top 40 was compiled, with
its first #1 hit "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles. In 1974, the Stichting
Nederlandse Top 40 bought the Top 40 and named it De Nederlandse Top 40. The
Dutch Top 40 is one of the three official charts in the Netherlands, the other
two being the Single Top 100, which is based entirely on sales and the Mega Top
50 (3FM) which, like the Dutch Top 40, includes sales and airplay data.
Currently, Radio 538 is airing the Dutch Top 40 on radio.
Jeroen Nieuwenhuize presents the program every Friday afternoon from 14.00
until 18.00.
This week in the Dutch Top 40
This week in the Dutch Top 40
Not in the Dutch Top 40 but Tim and I love them.
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