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The Oak Ridge Boys (pictured in 2013) had two number one singles in 1980. Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1980, 43 different singles topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on ...
The movie — which showcases Mickey Gilley's nightclub, Gilley's — is a huge success at the box office ($54 million), and its soundtrack includes several major hits and makes stars out of several of the artists (most notably Johnny Lee), and will have a major impact on the direction of country music of the early 1980s.
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 ...
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. ... Out of all the '80s hair bands' hard-rocking hits, this classic still lives rent-free in our brains. ... Madonna is best ...
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.
Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X, archived from the original on 2010-03-16; Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984
Few songs are as intrinsically linked to the 1980s as Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody." The 1987 earworm was Houston's fourth #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, and it's been ...
The title track was a gold record and a #1 Billboard Disco-chart hit in the US. [6] 1982 saw the release of Lime's second album Lime II supported by the single "Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight", which reached #6 on the Billboard Dance Chart. [6] Although known for their work with Unidisc, the band also had ties to the Matra label. [7]