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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.
July 5 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean: 1 July 12 "Invisible Touch" Genesis: 3 August 2 "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera: 2 August 16 "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna 2 August 30 "Higher Love" Steve Winwood: 2 September 13 "Dancing on the Ceiling" Lionel Richie 1 September 20 "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News: 3 October 11
The song that had the longest run atop the chart during the 1980s was "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones at 13 weeks from the beginning of September through the first week of December in 1981. No other song had a run of more than 10 weeks. Tom Petty (with and without the Heartbreakers) was the act with the most number ones during the 1980s with 6.
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.
"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes: 12 "Cars" Gary Numan: 13 "Cruisin" Smokey Robinson: 14 "Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl" The Spinners: 15 "Lost in Love" Air Supply: 16 "Little Jeannie" Elton John: 17 "Ride Like the Wind" Christopher Cross: 18 "Upside Down" Diana Ross: 19 "Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band: 20 ...
July 4 July 11 July 18 "Magic" Olivia Newton-John: July 25 August 1 "Sailing" Christopher Cross: August 8 August 15 August 22 August 29 "All Out of Love" Air Supply: September 5 September 12 "Upside Down" Diana Ross: September 19 "Late in the Evening" Paul Simon: September 26 October 3 "Real Love" The Doobie Brothers: October 10 October 17 ...
July 19 7 July 5 "Let's Get Serious" Jermaine Jackson: 9 July 12 3 July 12 "Magic" (#3) Olivia Newton-John: 1 August 2 9 "Let Me Love You Tonight" Pure Prairie League: 10 July 12 2 July 19 "Shining Star" The Manhattans: 5 July 19 5 July 26 "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" The S.O.S. Band: 3 August 16 7 "Tired of Toein' the Line" Rocky Burnette: 8 ...
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):