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The following year, it ranked at number three on the year-end chart, becoming the first single to finish in the top three on two occasions. [87] "Blinding Lights" spent 57 weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and 43 weeks in the top five, breaking the record for the most time logged in the region over the chart's 62-year history.
George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles in the 1980s. He achieved this with his songs " Faith " and " Careless Whisper ". He is one of two recording acts to achieve more than one year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one single in the history of the chart, with the other being The Beatles ...
July 25 – Over five months after the death of lead singer Bon Scott, AC/DC release Back in Black, their first album with replacement singer Brian Johnson, who would remain with the band until 2016. The album's success would lead it to become the second-highest-selling album of all time and the highest-selling studio album by any band to date.
Released in 1980, Kurtis Blow's iconic "The Breaks" became the first certified gold rap song ever. ... It's hard to believe that the forward-looking date named in this song actually passed 25 ...
The song was released for sale (as a 7-inch, [8] 10-inch [9] and 12-inch [10] vinyl set) which included its B-side, interviews from the band and different versions of the song. [11] To accommodate the vinyl release, a CD video set was also distributed and included the song's music video along with audios of bonus tracks. [12] [13]
The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" was the first-ever single released by Eurythmics in the United States when it was released around the end of April 1983. The single debuted at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May and slowly eased up the chart. [ 21 ]