List of number one hits in the US (1980)

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This is a list of the number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States in 1980. That year there were sixteen number one singles and twelve number one albums.

Singles

1979
United StatesUnited States List of number one hits in the US 1981
Period Where.
total
Interpreter Title
Author (s)
Additional Information
(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information)
December 29, 1979 - January 4, 1980
1 week (total 2)
2 Rupert Holmes Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
-
January 5, 1980 - January 11, 1980
1 week (total 2)
2 KC & Sunshine Band Please Don't Go
Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
-
January 12, 1980 - January 18, 1980
1 week (total 3)
3 Rupert Holmes Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
-
January 19, 1980 - February 15, 1980
4 weeks (4 in total)
4th Michael Jackson Rock with You
Rod Temperton
-
February 16, 1980 - February 22, 1980
1 week (total 1)
1 Captain & Tennille Do That to Me One More Time
Toni Tennille
-
February 23, 1980 - March 21, 1980
4 weeks (4 in total)
4th Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Freddie Mercury
-
March 22, 1980 - April 18, 1980
4 weeks (4 in total)
4th Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall
Roger Waters
-
April 19, 1980 - May 30, 1980
6 weeks (6 in total)
6th Blondie Call Me
Giorgio Moroder , Deborah Harry
-
May 31, 1980 - June 27, 1980
4 weeks (4 in total)
4th Lipps, Inc. Funkytown
Steven Greenberg
-
June 28, 1980 - July 18, 1980
3 weeks (total 3)
3 Paul McCartney Coming Up
Paul McCartney
-
July 19, 1980 - August 1, 1980
2 weeks (total 2)
2 Billy Joel It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Billy Joel
-
August 2, 1980 - August 29, 1980
4 weeks (4 in total)
4th Olivia Newton-John Magic
John Farrar
-
August 30, 1980 - September 5, 1980
1 week (total 1)
1 Christopher Cross Sailing
Christopher Cross
-
September 6, 1980 - October 3, 1980
4 weeks (4 in total)
4th Diana Ross Upside Down
Nile Rodgers , Bernard Edwards
-
October 4, 1980 - October 24, 1980
3 weeks (total 3)
3 Queen Another One Bites the Dust
John Deacon
-
October 25, 1980 - November 14, 1980
3 weeks (total 3)
3 Barbra Streisand Woman in Love
Barry Gibb , Robin Gibb
-
November 15, 1980 - December 26, 1980
6 weeks (6 in total)
6th Kenny Rogers Lady
Lionel Richie
-

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Albums

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Period Where.
total
Interpreter title Additional Information
(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information)
December 29, 1979 - January 4, 1980
1 week (9 in total)
9 Eagles The long run -
January 5, 1980 - January 11, 1980
1 week (total 1)
1 Donna Summer On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II -
January 12, 1980 - January 18, 1980
1 week (total 1)
1 Bee Gees Greatest -
January 19, 1980 - May 2, 1980
15 weeks (total of 15)
15th Pink Floyd The Wall -
May 3, 1980 - June 13, 1980
6 weeks (6 in total)
6th Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Against the wind -
June 14, 1980 - July 25, 1980
6 weeks (6 in total)
6th Billy Joel Glass Houses -
July 26, 1980 - September 12, 1980
7 weeks (total 7)
7th The Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue -
September 13, 1980 - September 19, 1980
1 week (total 1)
1 Jackson Browne Hold out -
September 20, 1980 - October 24, 1980
5 weeks (total 5)
5 Queen The Game -
October 25, 1980 - November 7, 1980
2 weeks (total 2)
2 Barbra Streisand Guilty -
November 8, 1980 - December 5, 1980
4 weeks (4 in total)
4th Bruce Springsteen The River -
December 6, 1980 - December 12, 1980
1 week (total 3)
3 Barbra Streisand Guilty -
December 13, 1980 - December 26, 1980
2 weeks (total 2)
2 Kenny Rogers Greatest hits -

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Individual evidence

  1. Discogs (Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song))
  2. Discogs (KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go)
  3. Discogs (Michael Jackson - Rock with You)
  4. Discogs (Captain & Tennille - Do That to Me One More Time)
  5. Discogs (Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
  6. Discogs (Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall)
  7. Discogs (Blondie - Call Me)
  8. Discogs (Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown)
  9. Discogs (Paul McCartney - Coming Up)
  10. Discogs (Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll To Me)
  11. Discogs (Olivia Newton-John - Magic)
  12. Discogs (Christopher Cross - Sailing)
  13. Discogs (Diana Ross - Upside Down)
  14. Discogs (Queen - Another One Bites the Dust)
  15. Discogs (Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love)
  16. Discogs (Kenny Rogers - Lady)
  17. Discogs (Eagles - The Long Run)
  18. Discogs (Donna Summer - On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II)
  19. Discogs (Bee Gees - Greatest)
  20. Discogs (Pink Floyd - The Wall)
  21. Discogs (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind)
  22. Discogs (Billy Joel - Glass Houses)
  23. Discogs (The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue)
  24. Discogs (Jackson Browne - Hold Out)
  25. Discogs (Queen - The Game)
  26. Discogs (Barbra Streisand - Guilty)
  27. Discogs (Bruce Springsteen - The River)
  28. Discogs (Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits)

See also: 1980 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain and the United Kingdom .