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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
Gloria Gaynor scored a #1 hit with "I Will Survive" in 1979. Here are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1979. That year, 10 acts earned their first number one song: Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, The Knack, Robert John, M, Styx, and Rupert Holmes; only Blondie would ever have another number one hit.
The first number one on the dance sales chart was "New Attitude"/"Axel F", a split single by Patti LaBelle and Harold Faltermeyer. [13] 1986: Janet Jackson achieved her first number ones on the dance charts, with "What Have You Done for Me Lately" on the 12-inch Singles Sales chart, as well as "When I Think of You" and "Control on the Club Play ...
These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1979. Issue date Song Artist January 6 ... List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1979.
The first number-one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958. [5] As of the issue for the week ending on January 25, 2025, the Billboard Hot 100 has had 1,177 different number-one entries. The current number-one song on the chart is "Die with a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. [6]
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
My Sharona" by The Knack (singer Doug Fieger pictured) was the number-one song of 1979. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1979 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 22, 1979.
With the 1977 list having just been promoted, and the 1978 list having multiple supports, I now present the 1979 list. In this particular year, the top of the chart was dominated by a Canadian singer who spent fully a quarter of the year in the top spot.