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This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1982. [1] [2] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1982, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 1, 1981 through October 31, 1982.
At the time, 1982 had the second lowest number of number-one songs since 1956, with only 15 songs reaching the #1 spot. That year, 10 acts received their first number-one songs: The J. Geils Band , Joan Jett and the Blackhearts , Vangelis , The Human League , Survivor , John Cougar , Men at Work , Joe Cocker , Jennifer Warnes , and Toni Basil .
American Top 40 (abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally syndicated, independent song countdown radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds, and Ron Jacobs. The program is currently hosted by Ryan Seacrest and presented as an adjunct to his weekday radio program, On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
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.
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1982. A total of 81 songs hit the top-ten in 1982, including 15 number-one singles, and 6 number-two hits. Paul McCartney, Hall & Oates, Olivia Newton-John, and Diana Ross each had three top-ten hits in 1982, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the ...
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.
List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1982; List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1982; List of number-one dance singles of 1982 (U.S.) List of Black Singles number ones of 1982
"Pac-Man Fever" is a 1981 novelty song by Buckner & Garcia. Capitalizing on the video game craze of the early 1980s, the song, referencing the arcade game Pac-Man, peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in March 1982.