Jay-Z is Top Veteran in Eight Countries But Only #1 in the U.S. and Canada; "Despacito" Continues to Rule

by VVN Music

The highest charting album and single and the highest charting album by a veteran artist who has been recording for twenty years or more from around the world:

Australia (7/17/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - ÷ - Ed Sheeran
• Top Veteran Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z (#3)

Austria (7/14/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Ein Teil Von Mir - Semino Rossi
• Top Veteran Album - Feed the Machine - Nickelback (#12)

Belgium (7/15/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Liefde Voor Muziek - Various Artists
• Top Veteran Album - Purple Rain - Prince (#10)

Canada (7/29/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z
• Top Veteran Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z (#1)

Denmark (7/14/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - ÷ - Ed Sheeran
• Top Veteran Album - øst For Vesterled  - Kim Larsen and Kjukken (#14)

Finland (7/5/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris
• Top Veteran Album - Miks Ei - Laura Voutilainen (#19)

France (7/15/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - 7 - Keen'v
• Top Veteran Album - Lamomali - -M- Featuring Toumani Diabate and Sidiki Diabate (#24)

Germany

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Sing Meinen Song: Das Tauschkonzert, Vol. 4 - Various Artists
• Top Veteran Album - Live Beyond the Spheres - Blind Guardian (#9)

Ireland (7/13/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - ÷ - Ed Sheeran
• Top Veteran Album - OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 - Radiohead (#6)

Italy (7/11/17)

• #1 Album - Gentleman - Gue Pequeno
• Top Veteran Album - Vascononstop - Vasco Rossi (#3)

Netherlands (7/15/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - 77 Nachtan - SFB
• Top Veteran Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z (#11)

New Zealand (7/17/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - ÷ - Ed Sheeran
• Top Veteran Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z (#10)

Norway (7/11/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Evolve - Imagine Dragons
• Top Veteran Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z (#11)

Poland (7/17/17)

• #1 Album - Bravo Hits Lato 2017 - Various Artists
• Top Veteran Album - Złota Kolekcja - Zacznij Od Bacha - Zbigniew Wodecki (#6)

Portugal (7/3/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Pontos Nos Is - Os Quatro and Meia
• Top Veteran Album - Duetos - Paulo De Carvalho (#4)

Spain (7/9/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Gracias - Gmirs
• Top Veteran Album - Mas - Alejandro Sanz (#4)

Sweden (7/13/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Wind Me Up - Lasse Stefanz
• Top Veteran Album - Wind Me Up - Lasse Stefanz (#1)

Switzerland (7/16/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - Aloha - Calimeros
• Top Veteran Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z (#5)

United Kingdom (7/16/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - ÷ - Ed Sheeran
• Top Veteran Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z (#3)

United States (7/15/17)

• #1 Single - Despacito - Luis Fonsi Featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber
• #1 Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z
• Top Veteran Album - 4:44 - Jay-Z (#1)