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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.
Song Artist(s) Wks. 1984 October 20 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder: 3 November 10 "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! 4 December 8 "Out of Touch" Daryl Hall and John Oates: 2 December 22 "Like a Virgin" Madonna: 5 1985 January 26 "You're the Inspiration" Chicago: 1 February 2 "I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner: 2 February 16
"Hold On" won the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for 1990. At the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, "Hold On" was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, losing in both categories. [1] In 2017, Billboard ranked the song number 15 in their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time ...
80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The Long Run" Eagles: 82 "Stand by Me" Mickey Gilley: 83 "Heartbreaker" Pat Benatar: 84 "Déjà Vu" Dionne Warwick: 85 "Drivin' My Life Away" Eddie Rabbitt: 86 "Take the Long Way Home" Supertramp: 87 "Sara" Fleetwood Mac: 88 "Wait for Me" Daryl Hall & John Oates: 89 "Jojo" Boz Scaggs: 90 "September Morn ...
The funky beats (thanks to the bass guitar and percussion) combined with Bill Withers’s vocals (including an 18 second hold at the end, which is the second-longest note in UK history) makes for ...
Baby Can I Hold You; Baby Come to Me (Regina Belle song) Baby, Be Mine (Miki Howard song) Baby, Come to Me (Patti Austin and James Ingram song) Bad (U2 song) Ballerina Girl; Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song) The Best of Me (David Foster song) Between the Sheets (song) Beyond the Call (song) Black Velvet (song) Blue Eyes ...
The 1984 song won Springsteen his first Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance. Not bad for a song that the rock legend reportedly wrote in a hotel room in a single night. Paul Natkin ...