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Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
When introduced by Billboard in March 1981, the Mainstream Rock chart was entitled Top Tracks and designed to measure the airplay of songs being played on album-oriented rock radio stations. The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and then to Album Rock Tracks in April 1986.
"Biggest Part of Me" Ambrosia: 28 "This Is It" Kenny Loggins: 29 "Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" The Spinners: 30 "Let's Get Serious" Jermaine Jackson: 31 "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes: 32 "Sailing" Christopher Cross: 33 "Longer" Dan Fogelberg: 34 "Coward of the County" Kenny Rogers: 35 "Ladies' Night ...
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
"The Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston May 16 May 23 "Live to Tell" Madonna May 30 June 6 June 13 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald June 20 "No One Is to Blame" Howard Jones: June 27 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean July 4 "Invisible Touch" Genesis: July 11 July 18 "Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel: July 25 "Glory ...
They were first revealed on BBC Radio 1 on 1 January 1990, with the "Top 80 of the 80s" counted down and played between 12:35 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. by DJs Alan Freeman and Mark Goodier. [2] The top eighty best-selling singles of the decade were also printed in the music magazine Record Mirror in the issue dated 6 January 1990. [1]
The Hot 100 Airplay chart ranks the most frequently played songs on United States radio stations, published by Billboard magazine. The chart was introduced in the magazine's issue dated October 20, 1984. During the 1980s, 132 songs topped the chart.
Queen scored two #1 hits with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust" in 1980. Kenny Rogers scored his first #1 hit with "Lady" in 1980. John Lennon (pictured in 1969) became the fourth solo act to have a number-one hit posthumously after he was murdered in December 1980 with "(Just Like) Starting Over", reaching #1 in 1980 and 1981.