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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.
The Cover Girls are a New York City based American freestyle music girl group whose original line-up consisted of Louise "Angel" (Sabater) Mercado, Caroline Jackson, and Sunshine Wright. Formed in 1986, The Cover Girls peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their debut single " Show Me ", taken from their debut studio album of the same name.
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.
"80's Ladies" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released on April 24, 1987 as the second single and title track from Oslin's album 80's Ladies. [1] The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It won Song of the Year at the 1988 CMA Awards. [2]
The following year, Exposé signed with Arista Records, which re-released the song as a 12-inch vinyl single, and it became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. [4] The song helped introduce a genre of music that became known as freestyle. Later that year, Exposé recorded and released their second single titled "Exposed to Love ...
Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical" was the Billboard Hot 100's longest running number one of the decade.. Reflecting on changes in the music industry during the 1980s, Robert Christgau later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990):
In 2006, VH1 placed it at No. 76 on their list of "Greatest Songs of the '80s". [6] Then, in 2009, it ranked No. 13 on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s" list. [7] The song was used as the theme song in the pilot episode of The Big Bang Theory before it was replaced with the "Big Bang Theory Theme" by rock band Barenaked Ladies.
Seriously, the ’60s and ’70s were all about soul and funk, while the ’80s ushered in pop and rock. And then the ’90s and early ’00s gave us some of the greatest R&B hits of all time.