Elvis Presley international hit singles

This is a list of international hit singles by Elvis Presley. For|a list of Presley's US singles|Elvis Presley hit singles The charts from the UK and other countries are explored in detail. How many hit singles an artist has had is an important measure of the artist's success and popular impact, though it is by no means the only measure. Elvis Presley had a worldwide impact on popular music and culture, as shown through his success on pop music charts throughout the world. His international success is even more remarkable considering that except for three 1957 Canadian concerts, Elvis did not perform outside of the United States.
While most of the international singles are the same as those that were released in the US, there are some singles that were international hits that were not hits in the US, such as “Party” and “Wooden Heart”.

International Singles and Chart Information

Abbreviations for charts:
*UK: "United Kingdom chart" [ [http://www.everyhit.com everyHit.com - UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts ] ]
*CAN: "Canadian chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*AUS: "Australian chart" [ [http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvis_presley_australian_chart_hits_list.shtml - Australian Chart Hits ] ]
*ASTR: "Austrian chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*BEL: "Belgian chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*DEN: "Denmark chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*FRN: "French chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*GER: "German chart" [ [ http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php - Germany Singles Chart ] ]
*HOL: "Holland chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*IRE: "Ireland chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*IT: "Italian chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*NZ: "New Zealand chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*NOR: "Norwegian chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*SA: "South African chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*SPN: "Spain Kingdom chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*SWE: "Sweden chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]
*SWT: "Switzerland chart" [ [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/index.html – Elvis Worldwide Hits ] ]

The numbers below represent the highest position for a song on each respective chart. 45 rpm singles were normally released with one song on each side, The "A-side" was generally considered to be the primary side, while the "B-side" or "flip-side" was considered secondary. Elvis frequently had both sides become hits and appear on the charts. The sides and their chart positions are distinguished by a " / ", A-side / B-side. Extended Plays (EP) usually had two songs per side and would sometimes make the singles chart. The numbers in parentheses are the number of weeks that a song remained at number 1.

1956-1958

Some countries did not develop recognized, national charts until the 1960’s.

1968-1977

Elvis begins his musical comeback in late 1968 with his NBC TV Special. He dies in 1977.

USA Chart List

References

External links

* [http://www.elvis.com/ Elvis Presley Enterprises] - Official site of the Elvis Presley brand.
* [http://jamesleeky.tripod.com/elvispresleytop40hitsworldwide/index.html/ Elvis Presley Top 40 Hits World Wide]
* [http://tsort.info/music/index.htm The World's Music Charts]