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1 Chart history. 2 See also. Toggle the table of contents. List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1980. 1 language. ... 1980 in music; R&B number-one hits of 1980 ...
During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. 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".
Billboard published a weekly chart in 1980 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and since 2005, has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1] In 1980, it was ...
A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music judging by the popularity during a given period of time. Although primarily a marketing or supermarketing tool like any other sales statistic, they have become a form of popular media culture in their own right. Record charts are compiled using a variety of criteria.
As well as the R&B best sellers (BS) chart, between 1948 and 1957 there was also an R&B juke box (JB) chart, and from 1955 to 1958 there was an R&B airplay (JY - jockeys) chart. These charts were consolidated into one in October 1958. Years at No. 1 on these different charts are listed where appropriate.
Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical" was the Billboard Hot 100's longest running number one of the decade.. Reflecting on changes in the music industry during the 1980s, Robert Christgau later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990):
"The Second Time Around" Shalamar: 45 "We Don't Talk Anymore" Cliff Richard: 46 "Stomp!" The Brothers Johnson: 47 "Heartache Tonight" Eagles: 48 "Tired of Toein' the Line" Rocky Burnette: 49 "Better Love Next Time" Dr. Hook: 50 "Him" Rupert Holmes: 51 "Against the Wind" Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band: 52 "On the Radio" Donna Summer: 53 ...
The Hip hop musical genre had a strong influence on pop music in the late 1980s which still continues to the present day. During the 1980s, the hip hop genre started embracing the creation of rhythm by using the human body, via the vocal percussion technique of beatboxing.