Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 ...
Madonna made music videos a marketing tool and was among the first to make them an art form. Her songs topped several charts, such as: "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "La Isla Bonita" and "Like a Prayer". Madonna was named artist of the decade by several magazines and awards. Whitney Houston was the best-selling female R&B artist of the ...
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.
In 1980, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. The chart, which in 1980 was published under the title Adult Contemporary , has undergone various name changes during its history but has again been published as Adult Contemporary since 1996. [ 1 ]
Stacker consulted Billboard, Time Out, and other expert music sources to determine 20 of the most iconic karaoke songs from the 1980s.
Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 [a] – August 26, 2004) was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2.
Cher is the fifth-ranked female artist with the most Billboard US Hot 100 charted singles. [1] She has reached the Top 10 on the Hot 100 at least once during each of four decades—the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s—placing her in a tie for second place in that category as of May 2014, alongside Aerosmith , Barbra Streisand , Madonna and ...