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In total, there were 20 non-number one singles in the Top 100 (eight of these in the bottom ten), including the biggest selling number three single "Blue Monday" by New Order. Jennifer Rush at number nine with " The Power of Love " became the first female artist ever to have a million-selling single in the UK.
[2] [3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1980, as well as singles which peaked in 1979 and 1981 but were in the top 10 in 1980. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart ...
16 September – Kate Bush becomes the first British female artist to reach number one in the UK album charts. 20 September – Ozzy Osbourne's debut album Blizzard of Ozz is released in the UK. 25 November – ABBA score the last of their nine number-one singles in the UK singles chart with "Super Trouper".
In April 1984, 40 of the top 100 singles were from British acts while 8 of the top 10 singles in a May 1985 survey were of British origin. [56] In 1984, a majority of acts that signed to independent labels such as The Smiths were mining various rock influences becoming an alternative to the Second Invasion.
[1] [2] The chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets and announced on Tuesday until October 1987, when the Top 40 was revealed each Sunday, due to the new automated process. [3] During the 1980s there were a total of 191 singles which took the UK chart number 1 spot. [4]
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1980. 2 languages. ... This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1980. [1] [2] No. Title Artist(s) 1 "Call Me"
US BB 1 – Apr 1980, Netherlands 1 – Apr 1980, Austria 1 – Jul 1980, Switzerland 1 – May 1980, Norway 1 – Jul 1980, Germany 1 – Jun 1980, UK 2 – May 1980, Sweden (alt) 2 – Jun 1980, US BB 4 of 1980, POP 5 of 1980, Scrobulate 7 of disco, Australia 9 of 1980, US CashBox 10 of 1980, Germany 14 of the 1980s, Italy 30 of 1980, RYM 73 ...
The UK singles chart was first compiled in 1969. However, the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts coexisted side by side.