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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.
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1979, per the Billboard 200. Though only spending one week at number one that year, Billy Joel's 52nd Street was the best-selling album of 1979. The album had previously spent seven weeks at number one in 1978.
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
List of Canadian number-one albums of 1979; List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1979; List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1979; List of European number-one hits of 1979; List of number-one singles of 1979 (France) List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1979; List of number-one country albums of 1979 (Canada) List of number ...
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 ...
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1979, 33 different singles topped the chart, which was published at the time under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine.
Billboard Top Hits: 1979 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1991, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1979. The track lineup includes six songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1979, "My Sharona" by The Knack. The remaining four songs each reached the top five on the Hot 100.