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All Star artists

The 317 artists who had at least one song in the list in all 27 editions of the Top 2000.

317artists in all 27 editions
The Beatlesmost entries (1,185)
306of them with an All Star song

What is an All Star?

On top2000feitjes.nl, All Star means something that was in every single edition of the Top 2000. From 1999 to 2025 that is 27 editions, and an All Star has not missed a single one.

You can recognise them by the star labelled ‘All Star’ in the live player and in the pop-up of the artist or song.

Looking for the songs? See All Star songs.

All All Star artists

Sorted by the number of entries across all editions. ‘Songs’ counts how many different songs by the artist were ever in the list; ‘All Stars’ how many of those were in all editions. Click an artist for the card.

#ArtistChart entriesSongsAll Stars
1The Beatles1.1856018
2The Rolling Stones7834711
3Queen6473910
4ABBA6082913
5U2444293
6Michael Jackson431275
7Bruce Springsteen430285
8Elvis Presley430265
9Fleetwood Mac427247
10Bee Gees410247
11David Bowie402226
12Creedence Clearwater Revival322164
13Boudewijn De Groot321178
14Dire Straits321175
15Bløf316212
16De Dijk295173
17Golden Earring294194
18Marco Borsato282182
19Elton John272164
20Pink Floyd268162
21Eagles265156
22Supertramp255135
23Billy Joel253144
24André Hazes241151
25Simon & Garfunkel238107
26Phil Collins233143
27The Cats233132
28Neil Diamond231164
29Bob Dylan225135
30The Beach Boys217163
31The Doors208112
32George Michael204142
33The Police19985
34The Who195132
35The Kinks193171
36Madonna191173
37Rob De Nijs188124
38Doe Maar187114
39Genesis185103
40Toto18394
41Acda & De Munnik180161
42R.E.M.17091
43Stevie Wonder169113
44Paul Simon166102
45Neil Young161101
46The Moody Blues16192
47Eric Clapton15592
48Bob Marley & The Wailers153102
49Joe Cocker152103
50Electric Light Orchestra149112
51Status Quo14782
52Frank Sinatra14371
53Sting14274
54Herman Van Veen13961
55Prince & The Revolution13971
56Meat Loaf13681
57Earth & Fire13372
58John Denver13353
59Santana13363
60Johnny Cash13291
61Simply Red13291
62Bryan Adams13163
63Kate Bush12872
64Rowwen Hèze12581
6510cc12492
66Frank Boeijen12472
67Rod Stewart124112
68Led Zeppelin12382
69The Jimi Hendrix Experience12153
70Alice Cooper12063
71Aretha Franklin12053
72Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young11652
73Roxy Music11681
74Chicago11582
75Ramses Shaffy11053
76Barbra Streisand10961
77Van Morrison10852
78Crowded House10752
79UB4010752
80Earth Wind & Fire10673
81Paul Mccartney & Wings106102
82Talking Heads10642
83Leonard Cohen10572
84Yes10551
85Roy Orbison10451
86Whitney Houston10471
87The Hollies103112
88Celine Dion10281
89Deep Purple10242
90Joe Jackson10261
91Madness10151
92The Alan Parsons Project10142
93Donna Summer10072
94Het Goede Doel9843
95Procol Harum9651
96AC/DC9481
97Tears For Fears9463
98Foreigner9352
99John Lennon9361
100Charles Aznavour9261
101Dusty Springfield9271
102Tina Turner9252
103Cuby & The Blizzards9151
104Duran Duran9151
105Jacques Brel9152
106Paul De Leeuw8762
107Peter Gabriel8742
108Dolly Parton855–
109Carpenters8451
110Marvin Gaye8341
111Otis Redding8351
112The Doobie Brothers8342
113Talk Talk8242
114Ike & Tina Turner8133
115Cat Stevens8051
116Heart8051
117Cyndi Lauper7932
118Herman Brood & His Wild Romance7942
119Prince79101
120Bette Midler7851
121De Kast7741
122Elvis Costello7741
123Lou Reed7741
124Nina Simone7742
125Chris Rea7641
126The Scorpions764–
127Stef Bos7441
128The Mamas & The Papas7451
129Eurythmics7341
130Jim Croce7351
131Van Halen7371
132Level 427241
133Spandau Ballet7242
134Frankie Goes To Hollywood7131
135The Babys7031
136Herbert Grönemeyer6931
137The Animals6941
138Depeche Mode686–
139Kayak6751
140George Harrison6651
141Wham6661
142A-Ha6531
143Janis Joplin6542
144Clouseau6441
145Steely Dan6431
146Blondie6351
147Don McLean6332
148Normaal6371
149Focus6231
150ZZ Top6241
151America6141
152Little River Band6141
153INXS6041
154Pet Shop Boys6041
155Gilbert O'sullivan5951
156KISS5931
157Roxette5941
158Barry White5741
159Zucchero5741
160Backstreet Boys564–
161Brainbox5631
162Golden Earrings5641
163Lionel Richie5661
164Alphaville5532
165Lynyrd Skynyrd5531
166Eros Ramazzotti5441
167Nits5422
168Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark5431
169Sinead O'Connor5422
170The Scene5422
171Ultravox5422
172James Taylor5321
173Jefferson Airplane5321
174Seal5321
175Sade5251
176Anita Meyer5131
177Boston5131
178Cream5021
179Al Stewart4921
180Chris Isaak4921
181Fischer Z492–
182Emerson, Lake & Palmer482–
183Don Henley4721
184Carly Simon4631
185Enya4621
186George Baker Selection4621
187Reinhard Mey4621
188Stealers Wheel4621
189The Trammps4631
190Guus Meeuwis & Vagant4521
191The Righteous Brothers4521
192Van Dik Hout4541
193Jackson Browne4331
194The Bangles4341
195Tracy Chapman4331
196Carole King4221
197Chi Coltrane4221
198Chuck Berry4241
199Frans Halsema4221
200Jethro Tull4221
201Mike Oldfield4221
202Roberta Flack422–
203Shocking Blue4231
204Vangelis4221
205Ramses Shaffy & Liesbeth List4121
206The Stranglers4121
207Tom Jones413–
208Falco4021
209Gerry & The Pacemakers4031
210Gladys Knight & The Pips4021
211Kansas4021
212Michel Fugain402–
213Thin Lizzy4031
214Kim Wilde3941
215Split Enz3921
216Edith Piaf3821
217Iggy Pop3821
218Karin Bloemen3821
219Mike Oldfield ft. Maggie Reilly3821
220The Amazing Stroopwafels3821
221Chris de Burgh3721
222Sam Cooke372–
223Bonnie Tyler3631
224Hans de Booij3621
225Janis Ian3631
226Melanie3621
227Nena3621
228Bronski Beat3521
229Drs. P3421
230Gilbert Becaud3421
231Kraftwerk3421
232Les Poppys3421
233Marillion3421
234Gerry Rafferty3321
235Klein Orkest3321
236Wim Sonneveld3331
237Armand3221
238Europe3221
239Gloria Gaynor3231
240Louis Armstrong3221
241Mr. Mister3221
242The Temptations3231
243Labi Siffre3121
244Mariah Carey314–
245Grace Jones3021
246Cock Robin2921
247Paolo Conte2921
248Tavares2931
249The Robert Cray Band2921
250Survivor2821
251Tanita Tikaram2821
252Tom Waits2821
253Andrea Bocelli & Giorgia2711
254Art Garfunkel2711
255Band Aid2711
256Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb2711
257Barry Ryan2711
258Ben E. King2711
259Black2711
260Bruce Hornsby & The Range2711
261Clannad2711
262Cockney Rebel2711
263Dave Brubeck Quartet2711
264David Bowie & Queen2711
265David Bowie & Tina Turner2711
266Derek & The Dominos2711
267Dexy's Midnight Runners2711
268Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers2711
269Ennio Morricone2711
270Frans Halsema & Jenny Arean2711
271Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé2711
272Gary Moore2711
273George Michael & Elton John2711
274Henk Westbroek2711
275Iron Butterfly2711
276Jean Michel Jarre2711
277Jeff Wayne2711
278John Denver & Placido Domingo2711
279John Farnham2711
280John Hiatt2711
281John Miles2711
282Lucifer2711
283Marc Cohn2711
284Marianne Rosenberg2711
285Matthias Reim2711
286Mecano2711
287Men At Work2711
288Mike & The Mechanics2711
289Nazareth2711
290PHD2711
291Pat Benatar2711
292Patti Smith Group2711
293Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush2711
294Peter Maffay2711
295Phil Collins & Philip Bailey2711
296REO Speedwagon2711
297Ralph McTell2711
298Ram Jam2711
299Robert Plant2711
300Roger Glover & Guests2711
301Scott McKenzie2711
302Sniff 'n The Tears2711
303Snowy White2711
304Soft Cell2711
305Spider Murphy Gang2711
306Steppenwolf2711
307Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel2711
308Ten Sharp2711
309The Band2711
310The Blues Brothers2711
311The Buoys2711
312The Communards & Sarah Jane Morris2711
313The Mark & Clark Band2711
314The Weather Girls2711
315Toontje Lager2711
316Uriah Heep2711
317Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry2711

Source: own calculation on the Top 2000 database (NPO Radio 2 lists 1999 to 2025, Top 2000 Database by Erwin Groenhof). Artists are listed under the name as it appears in the list: collaborations count separately.

The Top 2000

The Top 2000 is an annual listener chart from NPO Radio 2: the 2000 favourite songs of the listeners, broadcast between Christmas and New Year, from number 2000 to number 1. In 2026 it is the 28th edition.

How is the list put together?

Listeners vote in advance for their favourite songs. NPO Radio 2 counts the votes and turns them into the list. In 1999 you still voted with a coupon from the free newspaper Spits; now you do it via the NPO Radio 2 website.

How did it start?

Radio 2 came up with the list around the turn of the millennium and originally meant it as a one-off. It became so popular that it returned in 2000, and every year after that. More about this on the History page.

The broadcast

Since 2010 the broadcast has come from the Top 2000 Café at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Beeld en Geluid) in Hilversum. In 2025 the broadcast lasted 168 hours, with number 1 just before midnight on 31 December. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was number 1 in 22 editions.

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Listen live

Listen live to NPO Radio 2 here. The sound only starts after a click.

On a computer or iPad you detach the live block with the icon to the left of full screen, or by dragging its top line outward. Grab the window by its title bar to move it, and pull the grip at the bottom right to make it larger or smaller (double-click the grip for the default size). The cross puts it back in the page.

The music keeps playing while you navigate this site; on the other pages the little speaker is at the top right. Reloading a page or leaving the site stops the radio.

The stream runs a few seconds behind the radio itself. Prefer to listen on nporadio2.nl? (opens in a new tab)

About this site

A personal project by Pim Uijttewaal: all Top 2000 lists since 1999 in one database, with facts, records and statistics. It is an extension of Alweer dat nummer? (opens in a new tab), my radio statistics for Dutch radio stations.

Listen live

You can also listen live to NPO Radio 2 here, and the music keeps playing while you navigate the site. For the song that is playing now you can see straight away whether and where it appeared in the Top 2000, with a link through to the artist and the song, plus the NPO Radio 2 programme and the presenter.

On a computer or iPad you will also see a camera icon in the live player, to the left of the gear. It opens the live studio images of NPO Radio 2 (Top 2000 Café) in a window on the page. You choose from three sizes, drag the window wherever you like and close it with the cross, while the radio just keeps playing. If you choose Watch live in the menu, the radio switches off and the window opens straight away with sound.

Tip! Want to enjoy the Top 2000, or just a regular Radio 2 day, even more? Drag the video and the radio next to each other. That way you see the stories about the artist and the record right away, with every song.

Navigating

On a computer or iPad you can place the windows as you like. Grab a window by its title bar and drag it wherever you want; with the arrow keys on the title bar you can nudge it too.

The live studio images come in three sizes: small, medium and full screen. Grab the little grip at the bottom right and you can pull the window larger or smaller; the picture keeps its proportions. Escape takes you back out of full screen. The cross closes the window.

You detach the live block with the radio using the icon to the left of full screen, or by dragging its top line outward. It then becomes a floating window that stays put as you navigate through the site. If you grab the grip at the bottom right, you can make the window larger or smaller; the size is remembered. The full-screen icon fills the whole screen. The cross puts the block back in the page.

When the radio window and the studio images are both open, you can drag them independently of each other. The window you click comes to the front.

From radio to picture

If the radio is playing and you click the camera icon in the live block, the site asks whether to switch the radio off and let the video take over the sound. If you choose Yes, the radio goes off and you hear the sound of the studio images, with a volume slider and a mute button. If you choose No, the radio keeps playing and you watch without sound.

If you choose Watch live in the menu, the site does it all in one go: the radio goes off, the picture opens with sound on the left, and the radio window detaches and sits next to it on the right. Both windows start just below the LP at the top left and together fill the width of the screen. After that you drag and resize them as you like. If you then click a menu item, that page opens as a window above the two windows; use the cross or Esc to close the page and see the windows again. Even if the picture was already open, Watch live puts both windows back in that fixed place. If the radio is not playing, the picture also opens with sound. On a phone there is only the radio and the facts: the studio images and detaching windows are for computer and iPad.

Search

At the top right, next to the “About this site” button, and at the bottom of every page, there is a magnifying glass. Use it to search the whole site: by artist, song, presenter or fact. Typos are fine, and a result immediately opens the matching explanation while the radio keeps playing. With the / key (or Ctrl/⌘ + K) you can also open the search without a mouse.

Under the Top 2000 results is the Basement League: artists and songs that never made the Top 2000, labelled Never charted. An artist from it has their own card with all songs by year of release. If an artist is also in the Top 2000, you see the Basement League songs under their regular card. If you only want the Top 2000, untick Also Basement League above the results.

Listen to a song

Click a song and its song card opens with the stories behind it. At the top of that card are two icons: Apple Music and Spotify. For almost every song the Apple Music icon takes you straight to the song itself; the Spotify icon searches for it. Both open in a new tab, so the radio keeps playing.

What have I done?

  • All editions from 1999 to 2025 combined: 27 lists of 2000 positions each.
  • The top 100 of every edition compared position by position with other sources. No real discrepancies were found, only spelling variants of titles.
  • Facts and records calculated from that data, and news facts looked up, always with a source.

Where does the data come from?

  • The lists themselves come from the Excel database by Erwin Groenhof (top2000database.wordpress.com). The original source is NPO Radio 2.
  • Checked against: top2000nl.com, Wikipedia, Ziggo and news reports.
  • Photos only come from Wikimedia Commons, with the creator's name and licence included.
  • The Basement League (artists and songs that never made the Top 2000) comes from MusicBrainz and Wikidata (both free to use) and Wikipedia. That data is maintained by volunteers and may be incomplete or inaccurate.

A look behind the technology

The lists are stored in a SQLite database; the pages themselves are generated statically with Jekyll. For the near-live section, my own collector checks what NPO Radio 2 is playing every 30 seconds and matches it to the position in the list. It is the same technique as on the radio page.

What has changed? An overview of the biggest changes to the site, with dates.

Want something like this made?

This site is an example of what I build. More in the explanation of the database, or get in touch via The Jumping Fox.

Logo and rights

The Top 2000 logo belongs to NPO Radio 2. This site is not run by or on behalf of NPO.

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The Jumping Fox

The top2000feitjes.nl website was developed by Pim Uijttewaal, owner of The Jumping Fox: smart IT solutions and apps. A robust site with smart features and database integration.

The most notable features:

How all of this works, right down to the database, you can read at About this site. This window stays open.

Also always available for IT-related assignments.

On thejumpingfox.nl you can read more about the company and find the other apps too.

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What has changed?

The biggest changes to the site, with dates. The newest comes first.

Friday 6 November 2026

Thursday 5 November 2026

Wednesday 4 November 2026

Tuesday 3 November 2026

Monday 2 November 2026

Switch the live radio off and take over the sound of the video?

If you choose Yes, the radio switches off and you hear the sound of the studio images. If you choose No, the radio keeps playing and you watch without sound.

SQLITEone file

What is SQLite?

SQLite is a database in one ordinary file. There is no separate database server around it: the program that needs the data opens the file and queries it, in the language SQL. That makes it light, fast and reliable, and easy to move or back up: you simply copy the file.

Why here?

The entire Top 2000 since 1999 fits in a file of about 5 megabytes: 27 editions of 2000 songs each, making 54,000 chart entries for almost 5,000 different songs. A few queries to that database bring out the records and facts on this site, such as the highest new entries, the heavy hitters and the one-hit entries. The results are baked into static pages in advance, so visitors never notice the database and the site stays fast.

A well-known technique

SQLite is free software (public domain) and one of the most widely used databases in the world. Your phone, your browser and many apps quietly use it for their own data. I use the same approach for the radio statistics, and for the Basement League: a SQLite file of about 460 megabytes with over 4 million songs, in which search takes a fraction of a second.

This is just an example

This site shows what I can build. I can make something like it for you, for your business, club or subject:

I build it, maintain it and make it available to you, under your own name or domain.

Need a quality website? Or custom software? I make that through The Jumping Fox. Tell me what you want, and I will help you think it through.

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