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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.
Michael Jackson, also with Prince, was the first African American artist to have his music videos in heavy rotation on MTV, with "Beat It", and "Billie Jean". ( Donna Summer placed the first two videos by an African American female artist, with " She Works Hard for the Money " and " Unconditional Love ", both in 1983.)
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.
House music was strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. Club play from pioneering DJs like Ron Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops, and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago and among visiting DJs & producers from Detroit. Trax Records ...
Can't Put a Price on Love; Can't Stop the Music (song) Careless Memories; Carolina Girls; Cartrouble; An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart; Celebration (Kool & the Gang song) Centerfold (song) Ceremony (New Order song) C'Était Toi (You Were the One) Chameleon (Creedence Clearwater Revival song) Change (Killing Joke song) Charlotte the Harlot ...
Lost 80's Live is a collection of musical artists from the time period of the 1980s that perform a live concert. [1] The concert tour usually consists of 10 to 12 bands that span the music genres of new wave , synthpop , rock , pop and electronic music .