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Billboard published a weekly chart in 1979 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since 2005. [1] In 1979, it was ...
The Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the best-performing singles in that category in the United States. The first number one song of the year was claimed by Trey Songz with his song "Can't Be Friends"; [1] it spent the first six weeks of 2011 at number one, and also topped the chart the last seven weeks of 2010, therefore spending 13 weeks atop the chart in total. [2]
My Sharona" by The Knack (singer Doug Fieger pictured) was the number-one song of 1979. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1979. [1] [2] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 22, 1979.
(Top) 1 See also. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1979. 1 language.
Aug 1969 – Jul 1973 Best Selling Soul Singles Jul 1973 – Jun 1982 Hot Soul Singles Jun 1982 – Oct 1990 Hot Black Singles Oct 1990 – Jan 1999 Hot R&B Singles Jan 1999 – Dec 1999 Hot R&B Singles & Tracks Dec 1999 – Apr 2005 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks April 2005 – present Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Lists are alphabetical by year.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" was the number 1 song of the year, topping the Hot 100 for 7 consecutive weeks. Four of Katy Perry's singles, "Firework", "E.T.", " Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) " and " Teenage Dream " managed to enter the list, with "Firework" and "E.T." being numbers 3 and ...
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Artist(s) Rap Albums Artist(s) Refs. January 1 Michael: Michael Jackson: Pink Friday: Nicki Minaj [3] January 8 Recovery: Eminem [4] January 15 Recovery: Eminem [5] January 22 Pink Friday: Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Nicki Minaj [6] January 29 [7] February 5 [8] February 12 [9] February 19 [10] February 26 [11] March 5 Recovery ...
Gloria Gaynor scored a #1 hit with "I Will Survive" in 1979. Here are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1979. That year, 10 acts earned their first number one song: Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, The Knack, Robert John, M, Styx, and Rupert Holmes; only Blondie would ever have another number one hit.