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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.
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.
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1979 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten Singles from 1978; December 2 "My Life" Billy Joel: 3 January 6 10 "Sharing the Night Together" Dr. Hook: 6 January 6 7 December 16 "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees: 1 January 6 9 December 23 "Y.M.C.A." Village People: 2 ...
American Top 40 (abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally syndicated, independent song countdown radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds, and Ron Jacobs. The program is currently hosted by Ryan Seacrest and presented as an adjunct to his weekday radio program, On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
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.
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
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.
List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1979; List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1979; List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979; List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1979; List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1979; List of number-one dance singles of 1979 (U.S.) List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1979