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1 Chart history. 2 See also. Toggle the table of contents. List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1980. 1 language. ... 1980 in music; R&B number-one hits of 1980 ...
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.
Billboard published a weekly chart in 1980 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and since 2005, has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1] In 1980, it was ...
A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music judging by the popularity during a given period of time. Although primarily a marketing or supermarketing tool like any other sales statistic, they have become a form of popular media culture in their own right. Record charts are compiled using a variety of criteria.
Various genre album charts were also published: Country LP chart in January 1964, R&B chart in 1965, jazz in 1969, Latin in 1973, Gospel 1974, [6] and Rock in 1981. Other charts include Classical albums, Comedy Albums, Holiday Albums, Soundtracks, Independent Albums, Catalog Album and many others besides.
Call Me" by Blondie was the number one song of 1980. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1980. [1] [2] No. Title Artist(s) 1 ... 1980 in music;
By the mid-1980s, country music audiences were beginning to tire of country-pop. Although some pop-country artists continued to record and release successful songs and albums, the genre, in general, was beginning to suffer. By 1985, a New York Times article declared country music "dead". However, by this time, several newcomers were working ...
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1980, per the Billboard 200. Pink Floyd 's The Wall was the best-selling album of 1980, and spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one. Chart history