List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979

Gloria Gaynor scored a #1 hit with "I Will Survive" in 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. The Bee Gees and Donna Summer were the only acts to have more than one new song reach number one in 1979.

Chart history

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1979 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
457	January 6	"Too Much Heaven"	Bee Gees	[1]
	January 13			[2]
re	January 20	"Le Freak"	Chic	[3]
	January 27			[4]
	February 3			[5]
458	February 10	"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"	Rod Stewart	[6]
	February 17			[7]
	February 24			[8]
	March 3			[9]
459	March 10	"I Will Survive"	Gloria Gaynor	[10]
	March 17			[11]
460	March 24	"Tragedy"	Bee Gees	[12]
	March 31			[13]
re	April 7	"I Will Survive"	Gloria Gaynor	[14]
461	April 14	"What a Fool Believes"	The Doobie Brothers	[15]
462	April 21	"Knock on Wood"	Amii Stewart	[16]
463	April 28	"Heart of Glass"	Blondie	[17]
464	May 5	"Reunited"	Peaches & Herb	[18]
	May 12			[19]
	May 19			[20]
	May 26			[21]
465	June 2	"Hot Stuff"	Donna Summer	[22]
466	June 9	"Love You Inside Out"	Bee Gees	[23]
re	June 16	"Hot Stuff"	Donna Summer	[24]
	June 23			[25]
467	June 30	"Ring My Bell"	Anita Ward	[26]
	July 7			[27]
468	July 14	"Bad Girls"	Donna Summer	[28]
	July 21			[29]
	July 28			[30]
	August 4			[31]
	August 11			[32]
469	August 18	"Good Times"	Chic	[33]
470	August 25	"My Sharona"	The Knack	[34]
	September 1			[35]
	September 8			[36]
	September 15			[37]
	September 22			[38]
	September 29			[39]
471	October 6	"Sad Eyes"	Robert John	[40]
472	October 13	"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"	Michael Jackson	[41]
473	October 20	"Rise"	Herb Alpert	[42]
	October 27			[43]
474	November 3	"Pop Muzik"	M	[44]
475	November 10	"Heartache Tonight"	Eagles	[45]
476	November 17	"Still"	Commodores	[46]
477	November 24	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"	Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer	[47]
	December 1			[48]
478	December 8	"Babe"	Styx	[49]
	December 15			[50]
479	December 22	"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"	Rupert Holmes	[51]
	December 29*			[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Donna Summer	10
2	The Knack	6
3	Bee Gees	5
4	Rod Stewart	4
	Peaches & Herb
	Chic
7	Gloria Gaynor	3
8	Anita Ward	2
	Herb Alpert
	Barbra Streisand
	Styx
	Rupert Holmes
13	The Doobie Brothers	1
	Amii Stewart
	Blondie
	Robert John
	Michael Jackson
	M
	Eagles
	Commodores

See also

• 1979 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1979
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s

References

1. "January 6, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
2. "January 13, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
3. "January 20, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
4. "January 27, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
5. "February 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
6. "February 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
7. "February 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
8. "February 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
9. "March 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
10. "March 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
11. "March 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
12. "March 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
13. "March 31, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
14. "April 7, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
15. "April 14, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
16. "April 21, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
17. "April 28, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
18. "May 5, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
19. "May 12, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
20. "May 19, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
21. "May 26, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
22. "June 2, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
23. "June 9, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
24. "June 16, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
25. "June 23, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
26. "June 30, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
27. "July 7, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
28. "July 14, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
29. "July 21, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
30. "July 28, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
31. "August 4, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
32. "August 11, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
33. "August 18, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
34. "August 25, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
35. "September 1, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
36. "September 8, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
37. "September 15, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
38. "September 22, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
39. "September 29, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
40. "October 6, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
41. "October 13, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
42. "October 20, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
43. "October 27, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
44. "November 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
45. "November 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
46. "November 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
47. "November 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
48. "December 1, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
49. "December 8, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
50. "December 15, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
51. "December 22, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .
52. "December 29, 1979". Billboard Hot 100 .

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ( ISBN   0-8230-7677-6)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition ( ISBN   0-89820-180-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies ( ISBN   0-89820-076-8)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.