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The Bee Gees had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, "Night Fever" at 2, "Stayin' Alive" at 4, and "How Deep is Your Love" at 6. Andy Gibb had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Shadow Dancing", the number one hit of the year. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1978. [1]
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1978 which peaked in 1979 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten 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 February 3 12
The Bee Gees and younger sibling Andy Gibb were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one, having three songs and two songs, respectively. Barry Gibb wrote or co-wrote 7 of the number one songs of the year. The Bee Gees scored three #1 singles in 1978 with "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever".
UK 1 – Apr 1978, US BB 1 – Feb 1978, US CashBox 1 of 1978, Canada 1 – Feb 1978, France 1 – Apr 1978, Republic of Ireland 1 – Apr 1978, Norway 2 – May 1978, Germany 2 – May 1978, Netherlands 3 – Apr 1978, Switzerland 3 – May 1978, Austria 4 – Jun 1978, Sweden (alt) 5 – May 1978, US BB 10 of 1978, POP 11 of 1978, South ...
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
Issue date Song Artist January 7 Once Upon a Time... (all cuts) Donna Summer: January 14 January 21 "Supernature"/ "Give Me Love"/ "Love Is Here" Cerrone: January 28
The single peaked at number three on 9 December 1978, spending 6 weeks in the top ten. The group later performed the song at the Music for UNICEF Concert in January 1979, celebrating the International Year of the Child. A total of $7 million in publishing royalties was raised towards the charity from sales of the single.
In 1978, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the easy listening or middle of the road market. The chart, which in 1978 was entitled Easy Listening, has undergone various name changes and has been published under the title Adult Contemporary since 1996. [1]