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  2. List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s

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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.

  3. Running to Stand Still - Wikipedia

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    "Running to Stand Still" is a song by rock band U2, and it is the fifth track from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. A slow ballad based on piano and guitar, it describes a heroin-addicted couple living in Dublin's Ballymun flats; the towers have since become associated with the song.

  4. Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs - Wikipedia

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    "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry's Song)" is a folk song [1] by English duo Brian and Michael. [2] It was released as their first single in late 1977 on Pye Records, [3] and is from their 1978 debut album, The Matchstalk Men. The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for 3 weeks in April 1978. [4]

  5. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1980 - Wikipedia

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    Artist(s) 1 "Call Me" Blondie: 2 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" Pink Floyd: 3 "Magic" Olivia Newton-John: 4 "Rock with You" Michael Jackson: 5 "Do That to Me One More Time" Captain & Tennille: 6 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen: 7 "Coming Up" Paul McCartney: 8 "Funkytown" Lipps Inc. 9 "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" Billy Joel: 10 ...

  6. 1980s in music - Wikipedia

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    [84] [85] Artists in the new music genre included Saki Kubota. [86] Rock bands included Rebecca and the Southern All Stars. [87] Artists in the electronic music genre included Yellow Magic Orchestra. The song "Hana" (1980) by Shoukichi Kina was a hit overseas, and sold 30 million copies. [88] Eiichi Ohtaki released A Long Vacation. [89]

  7. List of best-selling music artists - Wikipedia

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    The certified units for some artists/bands who have multi-disc albums can be higher than their listed claimed figures due to the RIAA counting each unit within a set as one unit toward certification. The certified units also can be inflated by the redundancy of certifications, because each of tracks downloads and streams contributed to the ...

  8. List of 1980s albums considered the best - Wikipedia

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    Influential on the development of the neo-psychedelia and college rock music genres and on a number of bands, especially R.E.M. [24] [25] Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s: #65 [6] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #47 [5] Rolling Stone's "80 Greatest albums of 1980": #63 [4] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ...

  9. List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)

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    Joe Dolce topped New Zealand's music chart with "Shaddap You Face" for eight weeks in 1980 and 1981. Bob Marley and his band, The Wailers, remained seven weeks at the top position with "One Love/People Get Ready". "Stomp!" by the Brothers Johnson peaked atop the New Zealand Singles Chart for six weeks. Key † – Song of New Zealand origin [nb 2]