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No. Title 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"
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.
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.
Queen scored two #1 hits with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust" in 1980. Kenny Rogers scored his first #1 hit with "Lady" in 1980. John Lennon (pictured in 1969) became the fourth solo act to have a number-one hit posthumously after he was murdered in December 1980 with "(Just Like) Starting Over", reaching #1 in 1980 and 1981.
During the 1980s, 33 songs topped the chart. According to the Billboard electronic database, the first was " La Guirnalda " by Spanish singer Rocío Dúrcal on September 6, 1986. [ 3 ] However, in the listings included in the first printed publication of the chart on October 4, 1986, the first number-one song was " Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó " by ...
Song Artist 2 January "Video Killed the Radio Star" Buggles: 9 January 16 January "I Have a Dream" ABBA: 23 January 30 January 7 February "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" Pink Floyd: 14 February 21 February 28 February 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 March 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 April "Sun of Jamaica" Goombay Dance Band: 1 May 8 May 15 May
Song Artist(s) Reference January 11 "The Long Run" Eagles: January 18 January 25 "Sara" Fleetwood Mac: February 1 "Longer" Dan Fogelberg: February 8 February 15 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen: February 22 February 29 March 7 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" Pink Floyd: March 14 March 21 March 28 "Call Me" Blondie: April 4 April 11 ...
Year Artist Song Label 1980: Donna Summer "Sunset People" [9] Casablanca: Viola Wills "If You Could Read My Mind" [10] Hansa: 1981: Boys Town Gang "Remember Me / Ain't No Mountain High Enough" [11]