List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980 explained

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.

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

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1980 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
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	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="6"	"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! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	Queen	7
2	Blondie	6
	Kenny Rogers
4	Michael Jackson	4
	Pink Floyd
	Lipps Inc.
	Olivia Newton-John
	Diana Ross
9	Paul McCartney	3
	Barbra Streisand
11	Billy Joel	2
12	KC and the Sunshine Band	1
	Rupert Holmes
	Captain & Tennille
	Christopher Cross
	John Lennon

See also

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

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