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 (16x).
The top 10 of 2018:
- Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- Eagles - "Hotel California"
- Billy Joel - "Piano Man"
- Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"
- Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
- Deep Purple - "Child in Time"
- Pearl Jam - "Black"
- Toto - "Africa"
- Coldplay - "Fix You"
- Boudewijn de Groot - "Avond"
The complete list:
https://www.nporadio2.nl/data/downlo...-2000-2018.pdf