Mega Top 30

Mega Top 30 is a Dutch music chart compiled by SoundAware and broadcast every Saturday from 14:00 - 16:00 on NPO 3FM.[1] It originally started on November 30, 1963, as the Tijd voor Teenagers Top 10. Throughout the years, the chart has had several names and lengths:[1]

FromToNameLength
30 November 196329 January 1966Tijd voor Teenagers Top 10Top 10
5 February 196617 May 1969Parool Top 20Top 20
24 May 196926 March 1971Hilversum 3 Top 30Top 30
2 April 197120 June 1974Daverende DertigTop 30
27 June 19743 June 1978Nationale HitparadeTop 30
10 June 197821 February 1987Nationale HitparadeTop 50
28 February 19879 December 1989Nationale HitparadeTop 100
16 December 198930 January 1993Nationale Top 100[2]Top 100[3]
6 February 199321 December 1996Mega Top 50[4]Top 50
28 December 199628 December 2002Mega Top 100[5]Top 100
4 January 200331 August 2019Mega Top 50Top 50
7 September 2019presentMega Top 30Top 30[6]


History

The first broadcast in its current format was on Friday May 23, 1969. The show was presented by Joost den Draayer. Desmond Dekker & The Aces were the chart toppers at that time with "The Israelites". From December 4, 1970, the chart was compiled by the NOS. Den Draayer kept presenting the show until April 2, 1971, when Felix Meurders replaced him. From 1978 until 2005 the year end charts were based on sales.

The radio-broadcast remained on Radio 3 and since 5th. December 1985 the chart has been broadcast by the TROS. Only during the period of 1993–1995, the show was broadcast by other broadcasting organizations, including Veronica.[7] From 2007 until November 2014 the chart was hosted by Bart Arens. His place was taken by Paul Rabbering. Barend van Deelen was the presenter from 2015 until 2017. The current presenter is Olivier Bakker.

On television, the chart was used by TopPop from 1974 until 1978 and from 1982 until 1988. In the period 2000-2006 Top of the Pops NL used the public chart.

In January 2003, Music & Media reported that the although positions one to 50 of the Mega Top 100 would remain based purely on sales, that positions 51 to 100 would reflect a combination of sales and airplay data.[8] However, since May 2004, Music Factory, MTV and NPO 3FM airplay data has been used in the composition of the full Mega Top 50 chart and one year later, digital downloads were also included. The chart that made use of single sales figures only kept on existing though, under the name of B2B Single Top 100. Since 2012 streaming data has been included in the composition of the Mega Top 50 chart.

The chart is compiled by SoundAware. Current composition is based on:[9]

  • streaming data from Spotify
  • download data
  • radio airplay on Dutch radio stations: NPO Radio 1, NPO Radio 2, NPO 3FM, 100%NL, Q-music, Radio 538, Radio 10, Radio Veronica, Sky Radio and Slam FM.

Books
YearTitleAuthor(s)Description of the contentISBN
2004Mega Charts JubileumeditieEd HoogeveenJubilee edition; treats the first ten years of Mega Charts (in Dutch)ISBN 9789021540207
2013Mega Top 50 presenteert: 50 Jaar HitparadeBart Arens, Edgar Kruize, Ed AdamsThe complete history of the Dutch public charts from 1963 until 2014 (in Dutch)ISBN 9789000331000

See also

References
  1. "Over Mega Top 30 (About Mega Top 30)". NPO 3FM (in Dutch). AVROTROS. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  2. Bakker, Machgiel (August 24, 1991). "Specifications Of National Charts" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 3. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  3. "New Foundation To Market Top 100" (PDF). Music & Media. December 23, 1989. p. 13. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  4. Legrand, Emmanuel (December 4, 1993). "TROS, Veronica Sign Chart Deal" (PDF). Music & Media. pp. 1–20. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  5. Tilli, Robbert (November 14, 1998). "Mega chart wins TV deal" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  6. "De Mega Top 50 wordt de Mega Top 30!". NPO 3FM (in Dutch). AVROTROS. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  7. Watson, Miranda (November 10, 1993). "Veronica Wins Dutch Mega Top 50 Battle" (PDF). Music & Media. pp. 1 and 28. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  8. Tobin, Alex (January 18, 2003). "Dutch sales charts revamped" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  9. "Uitleg - Uitleg - MEGA TOP 50". megatop50.3fm.nl. Archived from the original on 2011-01-27.
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