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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.
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.
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.
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During ...
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1979; 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
1979 "Love Takes Time" US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 11 US Billboard Adult Contemporary [8] 13 Canada RPM Top Singles 23 Australia Kent Music Report: 90 "Don't Throw Our Love Away" US Billboard Hot 100 92 "Forever" US Billboard Adult Contemporary [9] 24
In the United States, "I Want Your Love" reached number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in November 1978 [2] and number five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in April 1979. [3] It also peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1979 and remained on the chart for 19 weeks. [4]