Top 2000 ed. 2021
Since 1999, the Top 2000 is an annual marathon radio program, that plays the 2000 most popular songs of all time, from Christmas through New Year's Eve. Hosted by Dutch national radio station NPO Radio 2. Over half of the population of the Netherlands listens to the broadcast each year.
During the 6 to 7 day broadcast, the station broadcasts a set of 2000 songs that have been voted on by the show's audience via Internet voting to be the "most popular songs of all time". Voters can also nominate their own choices.
The song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen has traditionally been voted the most popular song on the countdown (18x).
This is the Top 10 of 2021:
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (2)
- Roller Coaster - Danny Vera (1)
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum (153)
- Hotel California - Eagles (3)
- Piano Man - Billy Joel (4)
- Radar Love - Golden Earring (33)
- Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin (5)
- Nothing Else Matters - Metallica (17)
- Black - Pearl Jam (6)
- Avond - Boudewijn de Groot (7)