List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979 explained

thumb|upright|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

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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
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	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="6"	"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

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

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