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Three songs by John Lennon appear on the Year-End Hot 100, charting posthumously after his murder in late 1980. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1981 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 26, 1981, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 1, 1980 ...
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1981. The longest running number-one single of 1981 is "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John which stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks in 1981 and then for four additional weeks in 1982, with a total of 10 weeks at number-one. This also makes "Physical" the longest running number-one single ...
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.
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1981 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten Singles from 1980; November 29 "Love on the Rocks" Neil Diamond: 2 January 10 10 December 13 "Guilty" Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb: 3 January 10 7 December 20 "Every Woman in the World" Air Supply: 5 January 31 8 ...
List of number-one dance singles of 1981 (U.S.) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Argentina) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Flanders) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Germany) List of number-one hits of 1981 (Italy) List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1981; List of number-one singles of 1981 (Ireland) List of Top Country LPs number ones of ...
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.
On the Hot 100, Parton's song reached the top in the issue dated February 21, [16] was replaced by Rabbitt's song the following week, [17] but then returned to the top spot in the issue dated March 14. [18] The two songs were among just four country songs which topped the Hot 100 during the 1980s, and the only two to do so consecutively. [19]
In 1981, 20 songs topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations. [1] In the year's first issue of Billboard the number one position was held by British singer Leo Sayer with "More Than I Can Say", which retained the top spot from the last week of 1980. [2] It remained atop the chart for two weeks in 1981 before being replaced ...