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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.
Issue date Song Artist January 5 "The Second Time Around" Shalamar: January 12 "Vertigo"/"Relight My Fire"/"Free Ride" Dan Hartman: January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9
80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The Long Run" Eagles: 82 "Stand by Me" Mickey Gilley: 83 "Heartbreaker" Pat Benatar: 84 "Déjà Vu" Dionne Warwick: 85 "Drivin' My Life Away" Eddie Rabbitt: 86 "Take the Long Way Home" Supertramp: 87 "Sara" Fleetwood Mac: 88 "Wait for Me" Daryl Hall & John Oates: 89 "Jojo" Boz Scaggs: 90 "September Morn ...
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine: 2 May 21 "One More Try" George Michael 4 June 18 "Together Forever" Rick Astley 1 June 25 "Foolish Beat" Debbie Gibson: 2 July 9 "The Flame" Cheap Trick: 2 July 23 "Hold On to the Nights" Richard Marx: 1 July 30 "Roll with It" Steve Winwood: 4 August 27 "Monkey" George Michael 2 September 10 "Perfect World"
House music was strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. Club play from pioneering DJs like Ron Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops, and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago and among visiting DJs & producers from Detroit. Trax Records ...
"The Best of Times" Styx: March 13 March 20 March 27 "Kiss on My List" Hall & Oates: April 3 April 10 "While You See a Chance" Steve Winwood: April 17 "Just the Two of Us" Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers: April 24 May 1 "Being with You" Smokey Robinson: May 8 May 15 "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes: May 22 May 29 June 5 June 12 June 19 "All ...
The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward.
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.