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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.
80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The Long Run" Eagles: 82 "Stand by Me" Mickey Gilley: 83 "Heartbreaker" Pat Benatar: 84 "Déjà Vu" Dionne Warwick: 85 "Drivin' My Life Away" Eddie Rabbitt: 86 "Take the Long Way Home" Supertramp: 87 "Sara" Fleetwood Mac: 88 "Wait for Me" Daryl Hall & John Oates: 89 "Jojo" Boz Scaggs: 90 "September Morn ...
Madonna was the best-selling female pop music artist of the decade. Her third studio release, True Blue, became the best-selling female album of the 1980s. Other Madonna albums from the decade include Like a Virgin, one of the best selling albums of all-time, and Like a Prayer ("As close to art as pop music gets," said Rolling Stone). Madonna ...
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.
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.
Punk rock artists such as Patti Smith and Paul Westerberg(The Replacements) were popular as singers and songwriters. In the late 1980s, new history of female U.S. folk artists was beginning with Suzanne Vega whose first album sold unexpectedly well. And Tracy Chapman, Nanci Griffith, k.d. lang and Tori Amos followed Suzanne Vega.
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]
Stacker consulted Billboard, Time Out, and other expert music sources to determine 20 of the most iconic karaoke songs from the 1980s.