Ö3 Austria Top 40

Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it.  The show airs Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart.  It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann.  The show has had other names and other presenters, as detailed below.

The weekly number-ones are released by Musikmarkt and go TV.

 Chart statistics 
The first number-one single was "Das ist die Frage aller Fragen" by Cliff Richard. The most successful single is "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John.  The most successful Austrian single is "Anton aus Tirol" by DJ Ötzi. The artists with the most number-one hits since 1980 are Rainhard Fendrich and Christina Stürmer.

 Presenters 
Between 1968 and 2007, the names of the show were Disc Parade, Die Großen 10 von Ö3, Pop Shop, Hit wähl mit, Die Großen 10, Ö3 Top-30 and Ö3 Austria Top 40.

 Disc Parade 
Ernst Grissemann
Rudi Klausnitzer

 Die Großen 10 von Ö3 
Rudi Klausnitzer
Hans Leitinger

 Pop Shop 
Hans Leitinger

 Hit wähl mit 
Hans Leitinger
Udo Huber

 Die Großen 10 
Udo Huber

 Ö3 Top-30 
Udo Huber

 Ö3 Austria Top 40 
Udo Huber
Martina Kaiser
Matthias Euler-Rolle
Gustav Götz

 Other websites 
Official Austrian singles chart
Ö3 Austria Top 75
Austrian chart archive

Category:Record charts
Category:Austrian music
Category:Radio programs
Category:1968 establishments in Europe
Category:1960s establishments in Austria