This list includes all of the number one hits in France in 1980. There were 12 number one singles and 11 number one albums that year.
Singles
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France List of number one hits in France
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1981 →
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Period |
Where. total
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Interpreter |
Title Author (s)
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Additional Information
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(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information)
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November 23, 1979 - February 7, 1980 11 weeks
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11
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The Buggles
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Video Killed the Radio Star Bruce Martin Woolley, Trevor Charles Horn , Geoffrey Downes
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-
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February 8, 1980 - March 13, 1980 5 weeks
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5
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Pink Floyd
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Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) Roger Waters
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-
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March 14, 1980 - March 27, 1980 2 weeks (8 in total)
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8th
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Madness
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One Step Beyond Cecil Eustace Bustamente Campbell
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-
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March 28, 1980 - April 3, 1980 1 week
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1
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Jeane Manson
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Vis ta vie music: Pascal Jean Gaston Georges Renard; Text: Jean Gaston Renard
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-
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April 4, 1980 - April 10, 1980 1 week (8 in total)
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8th
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Madness
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One Step Beyond Cecil Eustace Bustamente Campbell
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-
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April 11, 1980 - May 1, 1980 3 weeks
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3
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Le Grand Orchester du Splendid
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Macau Philippe Adler, Xavier Thibault, Jacques Delaporte
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-
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May 2, 1980 - May 15, 1980 2 weeks
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2
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Lio
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Le Banana Split Music: Jay Alanski; Text: Eric Verwilgen
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-
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May 16, 1980 - June 19, 1980 5 weeks (8 in total)
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8th
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Madness
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One Step Beyond Cecil Eustace Campbell
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-
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June 20, 1980 - August 14, 1980 8 weeks (total 3)
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3
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France Gall
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Il jouait du piano debout Michel-Jean Hamburger
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-
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August 15, 1980 - August 28, 1980 2 weeks
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2
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Lipps, Inc.
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Funkytown Steven Phillip Greenberg
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-
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August 29, 1980 - October 9, 1980 6 weeks
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6th
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Corgis
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Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime James Edward Warren
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-
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October 10, 1980 - October 16, 1980 1 week (total 3)
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3
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France Gall
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Il jouait du piano debout Michel-Jean Hamburger
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-
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October 17, 1980 - November 27, 1980 6 weeks
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6th
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Lio
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Amoureux solitaires (Dis-moi que tu m'aimes) Music: Denis Marie Lou Quilliard; Text: Elli Alma Medeiros
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-
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November 28, 1980 - January 15, 1981 7 weeks
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7th
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Barbra Streisand
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Woman in Love Barry Alan Gibb , Robin Gibb
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-
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→ 1981 →
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Albums
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France List of number one hits in France
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1981 →
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Period |
Where. total
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Interpreter |
title
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Additional Information
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(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information)
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December 28, 1979 - January 3, 1980 1 week
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1
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Chic
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Le freak
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-
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January 4, 1980 - February 7, 1980 5 weeks (total 14)
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14th
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Pink Floyd
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The Wall
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-
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February 8, 1980 - March 6, 1980 4 weeks
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4th
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The Police
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Reggatta de Blanc
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-
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March 7, 1980 - April 17, 1980 6 weeks (total 14)
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14th
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Pink Floyd
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The Wall
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-
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April 18, 1980 - May 15, 1980 4 weeks
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4th
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Madness
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One step beyond
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-
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May 16, 1980 - June 5, 1980 3 weeks (total 14)
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14th
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Pink Floyd
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The Wall
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-
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June 6, 1980 - June 12, 1980 1 week (total of 12)
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12
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France Gall
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Paris, France
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-
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June 13, 1980 - June 19, 1980 1 week
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1
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Julio Iglesias
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Sentimental
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-
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June 20, 1980 - September 4, 1980 11 weeks (total of 12)
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12
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France Gall
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Paris, France
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-
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September 5, 1980 - September 25, 1980 3 weeks
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3
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AC / DC
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Back in Black
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-
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September 26, 1980 - November 6, 1980 6 weeks
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6th
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David Bowie
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Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
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-
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November 7, 1980 - December 4, 1980 4 weeks
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4th
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The Police
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Zenyatta Mondatta
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-
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December 5, 1980 - December 25, 1980 3 weeks (9 in total)
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9
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Stevie Wonder
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Hotter Than July
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-
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December 26, 1980 - January 1, 1981 1 week
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1
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Barbra Streisand
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Guilty
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-
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→ 1981 →
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See also: 1980 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , Finland , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .