List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980

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Queen scored two #1 hits with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust" in 1980. Queen - montagem - new.png
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. KennyRogers (cropped).jpg
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. John Lennon 1969 (cropped).jpg
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.

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980. The two longest running number-one singles of 1980 are "Call Me" by Blondie and "Lady" by Kenny Rogers with each single obtaining six weeks on top of the chart. Every song that went to number one for 1980 stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 over 20 weeks.[ citation needed ]

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That year, six acts hit number one for the first time, such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Lipps Inc., Billy Joel, Christopher Cross, and Kenny Rogers. John Lennon was the fourth artist to hit number one posthumously, after his death in December 1980.

The British rock band Queen was the only act to achieve multiple number-one songs during the year with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust".

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1980 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No.Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
480January 5"Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band [1]
reJanuary 12"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes [2]
481January 19"Rock with You" Michael Jackson [3]
January 26 [4]
February 2 [5]
February 9 [6]
482February 16"Do That to Me One More Time" Captain & Tennille [7]
483February 23"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen [8]
March 1 [9]
March 8 [10]
March 15 [11]
484March 22"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" Pink Floyd [12]
March 29 [13]
April 5 [14]
April 12 [15]
485April 19"Call Me" Blondie [16] [17]
April 26 [18]
May 3 [19]
May 10 [20]
May 17 [21]
May 24 [22]
486May 31"Funkytown" Lipps Inc. [23]
June 7 [24]
June 14 [25]
June 21 [26]
487June 28"Coming Up" Paul McCartney [27]
July 5 [28]
July 12 [29]
488July 19"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" Billy Joel [30]
July 26 [31]
489August 2"Magic" Olivia Newton-John [32]
August 9 [33]
August 16 [34]
August 23 [35]
490August 30"Sailing" Christopher Cross [36]
491September 6"Upside Down" Diana Ross [37]
September 13 [38]
September 20 [39]
September 27 [40]
492October 4"Another One Bites the Dust"Queen [41]
October 11 [42]
October 18 [43]
493October 25"Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand [44]
November 1 [45]
November 8 [46]
494November 15"Lady" Kenny Rogers [47]
November 22 [48]
November 29 [49]
December 6 [50]
December 13 [51]
December 20 [52]
495December 27"(Just Like) Starting Over" John Lennon [53]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Queen7
2Blondie6
Kenny Rogers
4Michael Jackson4
Pink Floyd
Lipps Inc.
Olivia Newton-John
Diana Ross
9Paul McCartney3
Barbra Streisand
11Billy Joel2
12KC and the Sunshine Band1
Rupert Holmes
Captain & Tennille
Christopher Cross
John Lennon

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References

  1. ↑ "January 5, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  2. ↑ "January 12, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  3. ↑ "January 19, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  4. ↑ "January 26, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  5. ↑ "February 2, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  6. ↑ "February 9, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  7. ↑ "February 16, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  8. ↑ "February 23, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  9. ↑ "March 1, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  10. ↑ "March 8, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  11. ↑ "March 15, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  12. ↑ "March 22, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  13. ↑ "March 29, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  14. ↑ "April 5, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  15. ↑ "April 12, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  16. ↑ "Artist Search for "blondie"". AllMusic.
  17. ↑ "April 19, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  18. ↑ "April 26, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  19. ↑ "May 3, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  20. ↑ "May 10, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  21. ↑ "May 17, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  22. ↑ "May 24, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  23. ↑ "May 31, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  24. ↑ "June 7, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  25. ↑ "June 14, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  26. ↑ "June 21, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  27. ↑ "June 28, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  28. ↑ "July 5, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  29. ↑ "July 12, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  30. ↑ "July 19, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  31. ↑ "July 26, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  32. ↑ "August 2, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  33. ↑ "August 9, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  34. ↑ "August 16, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  35. ↑ "August 23, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  36. ↑ "August 30, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  37. ↑ "September 6, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  38. ↑ "September 13, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  39. ↑ "September 20, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  40. ↑ "September 27, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  41. ↑ "October 4, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  42. ↑ "October 11, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  43. ↑ "October 18, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  44. ↑ "October 25, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  45. ↑ "November 1, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  46. ↑ "November 8, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  47. ↑ "November 15, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  48. ↑ "November 22, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  49. ↑ "November 29, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  50. ↑ "December 6, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  51. ↑ "December 13, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  52. ↑ "December 20, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .
  53. ↑ "December 27, 1980". Billboard Hot 100 .

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