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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 ...
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1981. The longest running number-one single of 1981 is "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John which stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks in 1981 and then for four additional weeks in 1982, with a total of 10 weeks at number-one. This also makes "Physical" the longest running number-one single ...
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1981 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten Singles from 1980; November 29 "Love on the Rocks" Neil Diamond: 2 January 10 10 December 13 "Guilty" Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb: 3 January 10 7 December 20 "Every Woman in the World" Air Supply: 5 January 31 8 ...
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 number-one dance singles of 1981 (U.S.) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Argentina) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Flanders) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Germany) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Italy) List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1981; List of number-one singles of 1981 (Ireland) List of Top Country LPs number ones of ...
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"
The longest-running number one of 1981 was "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, which spent seven consecutive weeks in the top spot beginning in August. It was the second of the year's soul number ones to also top Billboard ' s pop singles chart, the Hot 100, [12] following "Celebration" earlier in the year. [13]
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.