# SloTop50

SloTop50 is the official Slovenian singles chart provider established by SAZAS (The association of composers and authors for protection of copyright of Slovenia) in 2013. It presents weekly, monthly and yearly singles charts, following 61 various radio stations across Slovenia. It publishes weekly charts once a week, every Sunday. Chart contain data generated by the SloTop50 system according to any song played during the period starting the previous Monday morning at time 00:00:00 and ending Sunday night at 23:59:59.
The first number one song of the SloTop50 was "Srečno novo leto" by Rok'n'Band, on 6 January 2013. As of the issue for the week ending on 20 June 2021, the SloTop50 has had 90 different number one hits in total of 442 weeks. The current number one is "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd.

## History

From 1997-2012 year-end singles chart existed for Slovenian artists only. Sazas measured songs that were most played on Slovenian radio stations. That was a different kind of measuring, no weekly charts, just the total number of repeats at the end of the year. In 2013 a new technology by international standards was introduced, measuring both Slovenian and international music with weekly singles charts.

## Charts published

Presently three charts are published:
* SloTop50 Singles - weekly
* SloTop50 Singles - monthly
* SloTop50 Singles - yearly

## Song of the year

In three categories: year-end number-one song, year-end best charted domestic song and number-one (pre)xmas week song.
| Year | Number-one | Number-one | Domestic song | Domestic song | Xmas week | Xmas week |
| 2013 | "Wake Me Up" | Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc | "Nasmeh življenja" | Nika Zorjan | "Hey Brother" | Avicii |
| 2014 | "Jubel" | Klingande | "Spet" | Tinkara Kovač | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor |
| 2015 | "Love Me Like You Do" | Ellie Goulding | "Here for You" | Maraaya | "Hello" | Adele |
| 2016 | "Photograph" | Ed Sheeran | "To mi je všeč" | Nina Pušlar | "Driving Home for Christmas" | Chris Rea |
| 2017 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | "Heart of Gold" | BQL | "Last Christmas" | Wham! |
| 2018 | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran | "Srce za srce" | Alya | "In My Mind" | Dynoro ft. Gigi D'Agostino |
| 2019 | "Sweet but Psycho" | Ava Max | Vroče | S.I.T. | "Dance Monkey" | Tones and I |
| 2020 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | "Svet na dlani" | Nina Pušlar | "Last Christmas" | Wham! |

## SloTop50 statistics

After 442 weeks since chart was established (updated: 20 June 2021)

### Most weeks on No.1

| Rank | Song | Artists | Year | Weeks |
| 1 | "Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | 2019 | 17 |
| 2 | "All About That Bass" | Meghan Trainor | 2014 | 16 |
| 3 | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran | 2017/18 | 15 |
| | "Hello" | Adele | 2015 | 15 |
| | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | 2020 | 15 |
| 6 | "People Help The People" | Birdy | 2013 | 14 |
| | "Cheerleader" | OMI | 2015 | 14 |
| | "Save Your Tears" | The Weeknd | 2020 | 14 |
| 9 | "Head & Heart" | Joel Corry & MNEK | 2021 | 13 |
| 10 | "Budapest" | George Ezra | 2014 | 12 |
| | "Wake Me Up" | Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc | 2013 | 12 |

### Artists with most weeks on No.1

| Rank | Artists | Weeks |
| 1 | Ed Sheeran | 41 |
| 2 | Avicii | 17 |
| 3 | Meghan Trainor | 16 |
| | The Weeknd | 16 |
| 4 | Adele | 15 |
| 5 | Birdy | 14 |
| | OMI | 14 |

### Artists with most number 1's

| Rank | Artists | Songs |
| 1 | Ed Sheeran | 5 |
| 2 | Calvin Harris | 4 |
| 3 | Avicii | 3 |
| 4 | Maraaya | 2 |
| | BQL | 2 |
| | Ava Max | 2 |
| | Justin Timberlake | 2 |
| | Pharrell Williams | 2 |
| | Robin Schulz | 2 |
| | Felix Jaehn | 2 |
| | Shawn Mendes | 2 |
| | Justin Bieber | 2 |
| | The Weeknd | 2 |
| | Sia | 2 |
| | Luis Fonsi | 2 |
| | Enrique Iglesias | 2 |

## Bum Award

SAZAS gives "SloTop50 Bum Award" only to domestic artists who hit the peak chart position in first week of airplay:
* "BQL" – "Heart of Gold" (5 March 2017)
* "Maraaya" – "Diamond Duck" (8 October 2017)