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Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X, archived from the original on 2010-03-16; Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984
This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title Disco Action chart.
Issue date Club Play Song Artist 12-Inch Singles Sales Artist Reference(s) January 6 "Rhythm Nation" Janet Jackson "Pump Up the Jam" Technotronic Featuring Felly [1] [2] ...
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.
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):
Year Artist Origin Song 1990: Snap! Germany "The Power" [4] 1990: C+C Music Factory: United States "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" 1991: 2 Unlimited: The Netherlands "Get Ready for This" [5]
As the decade progressed, a growing trend in the music industry was to promote songs to radio without the release of a commercially available singles in an attempt by record companies to boost albums sales. Because such a release was required to chart on the Hot 100, many popular songs that were hits on top 40 radio never made it onto the chart.
This is a list of artists primarily associated with the disco era of the 1970s and some of their most noteworthy disco hits. Numerous artists, not usually considered disco artists, implemented some of the styles and sounds of disco music, and are also included.
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