# List of European number-one hits of 2008

This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 2008, as published by Billboard magazine.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing single and album of 2008 |
| Issue date | Song | Artist | Album | Artist |
| 2 January | "Apologize" † | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 9 January | "Apologize" † | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 16 January | "Apologize" † | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 23 January | "Apologize" † | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 30 January | "Apologize" † | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 6 February | "Apologize" † | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 13 February | "Apologize" † | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | Sleep Through the Static | Jack Johnson |
| 20 February | "Apologize" † | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | Thriller 25 | Michael Jackson |
| 27 February | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 5 March | "Apologize" † | Timbaland featuring OneRepublic | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 12 March | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 19 March | "Mercy" | Duffy | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 26 March | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 2 April | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | Back to Black † | Amy Winehouse |
| 9 April | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | Accelerate | R.E.M. |
| 16 April | "Mercy" | Duffy | Rockferry | Duffy |
| 23 April | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | Rockferry | Duffy |
| 30 April | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | Rockferry | Duffy |
| 7 May | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | Hard Candy | Madonna |
| 14 May | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | Hard Candy | Madonna |
| 21 May | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | Hard Candy | Madonna |
| 28 May | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | Hard Candy | Madonna |
| 4 June | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | Rockferry | Duffy |
| 11 June | "Mercy" | Duffy | Rockferry | Duffy |
| 18 June | "Mercy" | Duffy | Rockferry | Duffy |
| 25 June | "Mercy" | Duffy | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 2 July | "Mercy" | Duffy | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 9 July | "American Boy" | Estelle featuring Kanye West | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 16 July | "All Summer Long" | Kid Rock | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 23 July | "All Summer Long" | Kid Rock | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 30 July | "All Summer Long" | Kid Rock | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 6 August | "All Summer Long" | Kid Rock | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 13 August | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 20 August | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 27 August | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 3 September | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | All Hope Is Gone | Slipknot |
| 10 September | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
| 17 September | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Death Magnetic | Metallica |
| 24 September | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Death Magnetic | Metallica |
| 1 October | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Death Magnetic | Metallica |
| 8 October | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Death Magnetic | Metallica |
| 15 October | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Death Magnetic | Metallica |
| 22 October | "So What" | Pink | Death Magnetic | Metallica |
| 29 October | "So What" | Pink | Black Ice | AC/DC |
| 5 November | "Infinity 2008" | Guru Josh Project | Black Ice | AC/DC |
| 13 November | "Infinity 2008" | Guru Josh Project | Black Ice | AC/DC |
| 20 November | "Infinity 2008" | Guru Josh Project | Black Ice | AC/DC |
| 27 November | "If I Were a Boy" | Beyoncé | Safe Trip Home | Dido |
| 3 December | "If I Were a Boy" | Beyoncé | Chinese Democracy | Guns N' Roses |
| 10 December | "Womanizer" | Britney Spears | Circus | Britney Spears |
| 17 December | "Womanizer" | Britney Spears | Black Ice | AC/DC |
| 24 December | "Hot n Cold" | Katy Perry | Black Ice | AC/DC |
| 31 December | "If I Were a Boy" | Beyoncé | Black Ice | AC/DC |