List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980
Appearance
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980. The two longest running number-one singles of 1980 are "Call Me" by Blondie and "Lady" by Kenny Rogers with each single obtaining six weeks on top of the chart. Every song that went to number one for 1980 stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 over 20 weeks.[citation needed]
That year, six acts hit number one for the first time, such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Lipps Inc., Billy Joel, Christopher Cross, and Kenny Rogers. John Lennon was the fourth artist to hit number one posthumously, after his death in December 1980.
The British rock band Queen was the only act to achieve multiple number-one songs during the year with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust".
Chart history
[edit]The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1980 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |
No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
480 | January 5 | "Please Don't Go" | KC and the Sunshine Band | [1] |
re | January 12 | "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" | Rupert Holmes | [2] |
481 | January 19 | "Rock with You" | Michael Jackson | [3] |
January 26 | [4] | |||
February 2 | [5] | |||
February 9 | [6] | |||
482 | February 16 | "Do That to Me One More Time" | Captain & Tennille | [7] |
483 | February 23 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Queen | [8] |
March 1 | [9] | |||
March 8 | [10] | |||
March 15 | [11] | |||
484 | March 22 | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" | Pink Floyd | [12] |
March 29 | [13] | |||
April 5 | [14] | |||
April 12 | [15] | |||
485 | April 19 | "Call Me" | Blondie | [16][17] |
April 26 | [18] | |||
May 3 | [19] | |||
May 10 | [20] | |||
May 17 | [21] | |||
May 24 | [22] | |||
486 | May 31 | "Funkytown" | Lipps Inc. | [23] |
June 7 | [24] | |||
June 14 | [25] | |||
June 21 | [26] | |||
487 | June 28 | "Coming Up" | Paul McCartney | [27] |
July 5 | [28] | |||
July 12 | [29] | |||
488 | July 19 | "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" | Billy Joel | [30] |
July 26 | [31] | |||
489 | August 2 | "Magic" | Olivia Newton-John | [32] |
August 9 | [33] | |||
August 16 | [34] | |||
August 23 | [35] | |||
490 | August 30 | "Sailing" | Christopher Cross | [36] |
491 | September 6 | "Upside Down" | Diana Ross | [37] |
September 13 | [38] | |||
September 20 | [39] | |||
September 27 | [40] | |||
492 | October 4 | "Another One Bites the Dust" | Queen | [41] |
October 11 | [42] | |||
October 18 | [43] | |||
493 | October 25 | "Woman in Love" | Barbra Streisand | [44] |
November 1 | [45] | |||
November 8 | [46] | |||
494 | November 15 | "Lady" | Kenny Rogers | [47] |
November 22 | [48] | |||
November 29 | [49] | |||
December 6 | [50] | |||
December 13 | [51] | |||
December 20 | [52] | |||
495 | December 27 | "(Just Like) Starting Over" | John Lennon | [53] |
Number-one artists
[edit]Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
---|---|---|
1 | Queen | 7 |
2 | Blondie | 6 |
Kenny Rogers | ||
4 | Michael Jackson | 4 |
Pink Floyd | ||
Lipps Inc. | ||
Olivia Newton-John | ||
Diana Ross | ||
9 | Paul McCartney | 3 |
Barbra Streisand | ||
11 | Billy Joel | 2 |
12 | KC and the Sunshine Band | 1 |
Rupert Holmes | ||
Captain & Tennille | ||
Christopher Cross | ||
John Lennon |
See also
[edit]- 1980 in music
- Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1980
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s
References
[edit]- ^ "January 5, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 12, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 19, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 26, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 2, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 9, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 16, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 23, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 1, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 8, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 15, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 22, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 29, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "April 5, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "April 12, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "Artist Search for "blondie"". AllMusic.
- ^ "April 19, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "April 26, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 3, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 10, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 17, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 24, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 31, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 7, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 14, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 21, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 28, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 5, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 12, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 19, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 26, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 2, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 9, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 16, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 23, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 30, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 6, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 13, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 20, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 27, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 4, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 11, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 18, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 25, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 1, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 8, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 15, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 22, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 29, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 6, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 13, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 20, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 27, 1980". Billboard Hot 100.
Additional sources
[edit]- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.