  European singles charts are important part of the music industry responsible
for creating popularity of songs. After modeling and exploring dynamics of
global album sales in previous papers, we investigate patterns of hit singles
popularity according to all data (1966-2015) from weekly charts (polls) in 12
Western European countries. The dynamics of building popularity in various
national charts is more than the economy because it depends on spread of
information. In our research we have shown how countries may be affected by
their neighbourhood and influenced by technological era. We have also computed
correlations with geographical and cultural distances between countries in
analog, digital and Internet era. We have shown that time delay between the
single premiere and the peak of popularity has become shorter under the
influence of technology and the popularity of songs depends on geographical
distances in analog (1966-1987) and Internet (2004-2015) era. On the other
hand, cultural distances between nations have influenced the peaks of
popularity, but in the Compact Disc era only (1988-2003). We have also
indicated the European countries in line with global trends e.g. The
Netherlands, the United Kingdom and outsiders like Italy and Spain.
