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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.
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.
Call Me" by Blondie was the number one song of 1980. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of ... 80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The ...
Her crossover appeal on the popular music charts as well as her prominence on MTV influenced generations of African American artists. [20] Paula Abdul hit it big in 1988. With her debut album Forever Your Girl, she was the first female to have four number-one singles from a debut album (only The Jackson 5 had done the same with their debut ...
The Hot 100 Airplay chart ranks the most frequently played songs on United States radio stations, published by Billboard magazine. The chart was introduced in the magazine's issue dated October 20, 1984. During the 1980s, 132 songs topped the chart.
Stacker consulted Billboard, Time Out, and other expert music sources to determine 20 of the most iconic karaoke songs from the 1980s.
Hot Rap Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard which ranks the most popular hip hop songs in the United States. With hip hop having greatly increased in mainstream popularity in the late 1980s, Billboard introduced the chart in their March 11, 1989 issue under the name Hot Rap Singles.