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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 song that had the longest run atop the chart during the 1980s was "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones at 13 weeks from the beginning of September through the first week of December in 1981. No other song had a run of more than 10 weeks. Tom Petty (with and without the Heartbreakers) was the act with the most number ones during the 1980s with 6.
[84] [85] Artists in the new music genre included Saki Kubota. [86] Rock bands included Rebecca and the Southern All Stars. [87] Artists in the electronic music genre included Yellow Magic Orchestra. The song "Hana" (1980) by Shoukichi Kina was a hit overseas, and sold 30 million copies. [88] Eiichi Ohtaki released A Long Vacation. [89]
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.
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've Never Let You Go" Neil & Dara Sedaka 77 "Pilot of the Airwaves" Charlie Dore: 78 "Hurt So Bad" Linda Ronstadt: 79 "Off the Wall" Michael Jackson: 80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The Long Run" Eagles: 82 ...
This is a list of alternative rock artists. Bands are listed alphabetically by the first letter in their name (not including "The"), and individuals are listed by the first name. Bands are listed alphabetically by the first letter in their name (not including "The"), and individuals are listed by the first name.
They were first revealed on BBC Radio 1 on 1 January 1990, with the "Top 80 of the 80s" counted down and played between 12:35 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. by DJs Alan Freeman and Mark Goodier. [2] The top eighty best-selling singles of the decade were also printed in the music magazine Record Mirror in the issue dated 6 January 1990. [1]
Midler's song came from the film of the same name, in which she played a self-destructive rock star based loosely on Janis Joplin, [7] and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. [8] Later in the year two other female vocalists had five-week runs at number one: Newton-John with "Magic" and Streisand with "Woman in Love".