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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.
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.
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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 ...
Call Me" by Blondie was the number one song of 1980. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1980. [1] [2] No. Title Artist(s) 1 ... 1980 in music;
By 1980, the disco genre, largely dependent on orchestras, was replaced by a lighter synthpop production, which subsequently fuelled dance music. In the latter half of the 1980s, teen pop experienced its first wave, with bands and artists including Exposé, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Belinda Carlisle, New Edition, Taylor Dayne, Stacey Q, The ...
Queen scored two #1 hits with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust" in 1980. Kenny Rogers scored his first #1 hit with "Lady" in 1980. John Lennon (pictured in 1969) became the fourth solo act to have a number-one hit posthumously after he was murdered in December 1980 with "(Just Like) Starting Over", reaching #1 in 1980 and 1981.
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1980. The longest running top-ten single of the year was "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen with 15 weeks. Kenny Rogers, Air Supply, and Michael Jackson each had three top-ten hits in 1980, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.