List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980

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.

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 ]}

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 date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
480	January 5	"Please Don't Go"	KC and the Sunshine Band	[1]
re	January 12	"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"	Rupert Holmes	[2]
481	January 19	"Rock with You"	Michael Jackson	[3]
	January 26			[4]
	February 2			[5]
	February 9			[6]
482	February 16	"Do That to Me One More Time"	Captain & Tennille	[7]
483	February 23	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"	Queen	[8]
	March 1			[9]
	March 8			[10]
	March 15			[11]
484	March 22	"Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"	Pink Floyd	[12]
	March 29			[13]
	April 5			[14]
	April 12			[15]
485	April 19	"Call Me"	Blondie	[16] [17]
	April 26			[18]
	May 3			[19]
	May 10			[20]
	May 17			[21]
	May 24			[22]
486	May 31	"Funkytown"	Lipps Inc.	[23]
	June 7			[24]
	June 14			[25]
	June 21			[26]
487	June 28	"Coming Up"	Paul McCartney	[27]
	July 5			[28]
	July 12			[29]
488	July 19	"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"	Billy Joel	[30]
	July 26			[31]
489	August 2	"Magic"	Olivia Newton-John	[32]
	August 9			[33]
	August 16			[34]
	August 23			[35]
490	August 30	"Sailing"	Christopher Cross	[36]
491	September 6	"Upside Down"	Diana Ross	[37]
	September 13			[38]
	September 20			[39]
	September 27			[40]
492	October 4	"Another One Bites the Dust"	Queen	[41]
	October 11			[42]
	October 18			[43]
493	October 25	"Woman in Love"	Barbra Streisand	[44]
	November 1			[45]
	November 8			[46]
494	November 15	"Lady"	Kenny Rogers	[47]
	November 22			[48]
	November 29			[49]
	December 6			[50]
	December 13			[51]
	December 20			[52]
495	December 27	"(Just Like) Starting Over"	John Lennon	[53]

Number-one artists

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

Position	Country	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	UK	Queen	7
2	US	Blondie	6
	US	Kenny Rogers
4	US	Michael Jackson	4
	UK	Pink Floyd
	US	Lipps Inc.
	UK/  AUS	Olivia Newton-John
	US	Diana Ross
9	UK	Paul McCartney	3
	US	Barbra Streisand
11	US	Billy Joel	2
12	US	KC and the Sunshine Band	1
	UK/  US	Rupert Holmes
	US	Captain & Tennille
	US	Christopher Cross
	UK	John Lennon

See also

• 1980 in music
• Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1980
• List of Billboard number-one singles

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 .

Additional 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 Eighties ( ISBN   0-89820-079-2)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.