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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.
Olivia Newton-John's hit "Physical" would top the Hot 100 for 10 weeks and be the decade's biggest hit in the US; she would have six top ten singles during the 80s. Canadian artists such as Men Without Hats, Bryan Adams, and Corey Hart achieved huge success during the decade.
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band: 68 "How Do I Make You" Linda Ronstadt: 69 "Into the Night" Benny Mardones: 70 "Let Me Love You Tonight" Pure Prairie League: 71 "Misunderstanding" Genesis: 72 "An American Dream" The Dirt Band: 73 "One Fine Day" Carole King: 74 "Dim All the Lights" Donna Summer: 75 "You May Be Right" Billy Joel: 76 "Should ...
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.
Bands such as Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Quiet Riot, Europe, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and Cinderella were among the most popular acts of the decade. The 1980s saw the emergence of wildly popular hard rock band Guns N' Roses and the successful comebacks of Aerosmith and Alice Cooper in the late 1980s.
Stacker consulted Billboard, Time Out, and other expert music sources to determine 20 of the most iconic karaoke songs from the 1980s.
Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #152 [49] Slant's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #91 [62] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [26] 1984 E2-E4: Manuel Göttsching: Electronic; kosmische musik; minimalism; Inteam Significant to the development of house, techno, and ambient techno music of the late 1980s and ...