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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 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.
"Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston 2 May 31 "Live to Tell" Madonna: 3 June 21 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald: 2 July 5 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean: 1 July 12 "Invisible Touch" Genesis: 3 August 2 "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera: 2 August 16 "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna 2 August 30 "Higher Love" Steve ...
"I Can't Tell You Why" Eagles: 63 "Don't Let Go" Isaac Hayes: 64 "Don't Do Me Like That" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 65 "She's Out of My Life" Michael Jackson: 66 "Fame" Irene Cara: 67 "Fire Lake" 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 ...
"The Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston: 12 "Secret Lovers" Atlantic Starr: 13 "Friends and Lovers" Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson: 14 "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera: 15 "West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys: 16 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean: 17 "Alive and Kicking" Simple Minds: 18 "Never" Heart: 19 "Kiss" Prince and The ...
"All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" — from the album Passage "When I Fall in Love" — from the album Lovelines "Hurting Each Other" — from the album A Song for You "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (1991 Remix) — from the album A Song for You "A Song for You" (1987 Remix) — from the album A Song for You
"Peek-a-Boo" by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees was the first song to top the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Alternative Airplay is a record chart that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations. Published by the music industry magazine Billboard, it was created in the midst of the growing popularity of alternative music on rock radio in the late 1980s. As less ...
Nuts is the soundtrack album to the 1987 American film of the same name. It was released by Columbia Records on December 21, 1987, and features five instrumental compositions by American singer Barbra Streisand. Nuts is the singer's first release since her live album One Voice, earlier in 1987, and her first soundtrack since Yentl (1983). She ...