List of number-one singles on Tio i Topp
Tio i Topp was a radio show that first broadcast in 1961 and was the first official Swedish music chart. Initially broadcast through Sveriges Radio P2, it switched to Sveriges Radio P3 in December 1966 after the stations received distinctive profiles. Sveriges Radio started the chart in response to criticism from the public, who felt that there was not enough material oriented towards a young audience on their radio stations, but also as a way to combat music charts from pirate radio stations Radio Nord and Radio Syd, who had started compiling charts during the late 1950s. The idea behind the show was coined by Carl-Eiwar Carlsson and Klas Burling, who both had history of working in record shops and as such knew what records most teenagers and young adults were buying and consuming and thus wanted to lead a radio show based on this.
Unlike contemporary record charts, who often compiled lists based on record sales, Tio i Topp based their list on audience reaction; each week a jury consisting of about 200 people were placed in front of a mentometer upon which 15 songs are played through speakers, after which they'd vote on the song they liked most. Ten of these went to the finals while the remaining five had a chance the following show. New songs were introduced to the program each week; several songs that reached number one on Tio i Topp were either not released as singles or were album tracks. An example of this is "Very Last Day" by the Hollies, which had been featured on their eponymous 1965 album and was not released as a single in most of the world; it reached number one in June 1966.
This way of compiling charts also attracted criticism, who thought that records that sold well did not get the chance to chart. This led to Sveriges Radio starting Kvällstoppen, which compiled a weekly chart based on sales rather than an audience response during the summer of 1962. Svensktoppen was launched for Swedish-language songs during that autumn. All three competed with each other throughout the 1960s and early 1970s before Tio i Topp ceased broadcasting during the summer of 1974; the growing progg movement grew disdain for commercialism which Tio i Topp was considered a Swedish milestone in. The first song to reach number one on the chart was "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" by Eddie Hodges on 14 October 1961. The last number one was "Sugar Baby Love" by the Rubettes on 29 June 1974.
Chart history
1962
| Date | Jury cities | Song | Artist | Reference | |
| 6 | 6 January | Stockholm and Malmö | "Midnight in Moscow" | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen | |
| re | 13 January | Stockholm and Gothenburg | "Multiplication" | Bobby Darin | |
| 7 | 20 January | Stockholm and Sundsvall | "Let's Twist Again" | Chubby Checker | |
| 7 | 27 January | Stockholm and Luleå | "Let's Twist Again" | Chubby Checker | |
| 8 | 3 February | Stockholm and Malmö | "Mexico" | Bob Moore | |
| re | 10 February | Stockholm and Gothenburg | "Let's Twist Again" | Chubby Checker | |
| re | 17 February | Stockholm and Sundsvall | "Let's Twist Again" | Chubby Checker | |
| 9 | 24 February | Stockholm and Luleå | "Happy José (Ching Ching)" | Jack Ross | |
| 10 | 3 March | Stockholm and Malmö | "Walk On By" | Leroy Van Dyke | |
| 10 | 10 March | Stockholm and Gothenburg | "Walk On By" | Leroy Van Dyke | |
| 10 | 17 March | Stockholm and Sundsvall | "Walk On By" | Leroy Van Dyke | |
| 10 | 24 March | Stockholm and Luleå | "Walk On By" | Leroy Van Dyke | |
| 11 | 31 March | Stockholm and Malmö | "Good Luck Charm" | Elvis Presley | |
| 11 | 7 April | Stockholm and Gothenburg | "Good Luck Charm" | Elvis Presley | |
| 12 | 14 April | Stockholm and Sundsvall | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Floyd Cramer | |
| 12 | 21 April | Stockholm and Luleå | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Floyd Cramer | |
| 12 | 28 April | Stockholm and Malmö | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Floyd Cramer | |
| 12 | 5 May | Stockholm and Gothenburg | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Floyd Cramer | |
| 12 | 12 May | Stockholm and Sundsvall | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Floyd Cramer | |
| re | 19 May | Stockholm and Luleå | "Good Luck Charm" | Elvis Presley | |
| 13 | 26 May | Stockholm and Malmö | "Lesson One" | Russ Conway | |
| 13 | 2 June | Stockholm and Gothenburg | "Lesson One" | Russ Conway | |
| 13 | 9 June | Stockholm and Sundsvall | "Lesson One" | Russ Conway | |
| 14 | 16 June | Motala | "Caterina | Perry Como | |
| 15 | 23 June | Karlstad | "Luffarevisa" | Sven-Ingvars | |
| 16 | 30 June | Umeå | "Do You Want to Dance | Cliff Richard and the Shadows | |
| 17 | 7 July | Kristianstad | "Ginny Come Lately" | Brian Hyland | |
| 18 | 14 July | Örebro | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles | |
| 18 | 21 July | Hudiksvall | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles | |
| 19 | 28 July | Borås | "Speedy Gonzales" | Pat Boone | |
| 19 | 4 August | Skellefteå | "Speedy Gonzales" | Pat Boone | |
| 19 | 11 August | Visby | "Speedy Gonzales" | Pat Boone | |
| 19 | 18 August | Norrköping | "Speedy Gonzales" | Pat Boone | |
| 19 | 25 August | Östersund | "Speedy Gonzales" | Pat Boone | |
| 19 | 1 September | Stockholm and Malmö | "Speedy Gonzales" | Pat Boone | |
| 20 | 8 September | Stockholm and Umeå | "Dear One" | Larry Finnegan | |
| 20 | 15 September | Stockholm and Gothenburg | "Dear One" | Larry Finnegan | |
| 20 | 22 September | Stockholm and Sundsvall | "Dear One" | Larry Finnegan | |
| 21 | 29 September | Stockholm and Karlstad | "The Loco-Motion" | Little Eva | |
| 21 | 6 October | Stockholm and Luleå | "The Loco-Motion" | Little Eva | |
| 22 | 13 October | Stockholm and Norrköping | "Surfin' Safari" | The Beach Boys | |
| 22 | 20 October | Stockholm and Falun | "Surfin' Safari" | The Beach Boys | |
| 23 | 27 October | Stockholm and Växjö | "Twist à Saint-Tropez" | Les Chats Sauvages | |
| 24 | 3 November | Stockholm and Östersund | "Let's Dance" | Chris Montez | |
| 24 | 10 November | Stockholm and Örebro | "Let's Dance" | Chris Montez | |
| 24 | 17 November | Stockholm and Malmö | "Let's Dance" | Chris Montez | |
| 25 | 24 November | Stockholm and Umeå | "Be-Bop-a-Lula" | Gene Vincent | |
| 26 | 1 December | Stockholm and Gothenburg | "Murder She Says" | Ron Goodwin | |
| 27 | 8 December | Stockholm and Sundsvall | "Bobby's Girl" | Marcie Blane | |
| 27 | 15 December | Stockholm and Karlstad | "Bobby's Girl" | Marcie Blane | |
| 28 | 22 December | Stockholm and Luleå | "Return to Sender" | Elvis Presley | |
| 28 | 29 December | Stockholm and Norrköping | "Return to Sender" | Elvis Presley |
1963
- The voting that was to take place on 23 November 1963 in Stockholm and Falun was cancelled as Sveriges Radio held a memorial for United States president John F. Kennedy, who had been assassinated the day before.
1965
- The voting that was to take place on 20 November 1965 was cancelled as Sveriges Radio held a show known as Europatoppen in its place.
- The voting that was to take place on 25 December 1965 was cancelled as it was Christmas Day, a holiday.
1966
- The chart that was compiled on 8 January 1966 is often considered disqualified from the Tio i Topp canon because of Lenne and the Lee Kings doing a voting coup in order to secure votes for their "Stop The Music".
- "Till the End of the Day" and "A Well Respected Man" by the Kinks were listed as joint number-ones for the week of 29 January 1966.
- On 3 September 1966, following Sommartoppen, the standard two jury cities were expanded to three to combat voting coups.
- The voting that was to take place on 19 November 1966 was cancelled as Sveriges Radio held a show known as Europatoppen in its place.
- The voting that was to take place on 24 December 1966 was cancelled as it was Christmas Day, a holiday.
- 1966 was the last year to feature Sommartoppen, which would not return again.
1967
- Stockholm was disqualified as a permanent jury city following a voting coup by the band Science Poption in order to make their single "Buckingham Palace" a hit.
1968
- From 1 June 1968 onwards, the jury cities and voting system were abolished entirely; instead Sveriges Radio now relied on the government agency Statistiska Centralbyrån to call up people across the country every week.