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Three songs by John Lennon appear on the Year-End Hot 100, charting posthumously after his murder in late 1980. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1981 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 26, 1981, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 1, 1980 ...
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.
Issue date Song Artist January 3 "(Just Like) Starting Over" John Lennon: January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31 "The Tide Is High" Blondie: February 7 February 14 "Celebration"
Ranks the top songs based on sales and streaming data from more than 200 territories worldwide. Billboard Global Excl. U.S. [36] Ranks the top songs based on sales and streaming data from territories outside the United States. Brasil Hot 100: Ranks the top 100 singles in Brazil based on streaming. China TME UNI Chart
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1981, 48 different singles topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports ...
List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1981; List of Canadian number-one albums of 1981; List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1981; List of European number-one hits of 1981; List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1981; List of number-one dance singles of 1981 (U.S.) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Argentina) List of number-one ...
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.
Rogers was one of only two artists to have more than one AC number one in 1981, and his eight weeks atop the chart was the most by any artist. The only other act with multiple number ones during the year was Neil Diamond, who had the final number one of 1981 with "Yesterday's Songs", which held the top spot for the last two weeks of the year.