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
re January 12 "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes
481 January 19 "Rock with You" Michael Jackson
January 26
February 2
February 9
482 February 16 "Do That to Me One More Time" Captain & Tennille
483 February 23 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen
March 1
March 8
March 15
484 March 22 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" Pink Floyd
March 29
April 5
April 12
485 April 19 "Call Me" Blondie
April 26
May 3
May 10
May 17
May 24
486 May 31 "Funkytown" Lipps Inc.
June 7
June 14
June 21
487 June 28 "Coming Up" Paul McCartney
July 5
July 12
488 July 19 "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" Billy Joel
July 26
489 August 2 "Magic" Olivia Newton-John
August 9
August 16
August 23
490 August 30 "Sailing" Christopher Cross
491 September 6 "Upside Down" Diana Ross
September 13
September 20
September 27
492 October 4 "Another One Bites the Dust" Queen
October 11
October 18
493 October 25 "Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand
November 1
November 8
494 November 15 "Lady" Kenny Rogers
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20
495 December 27 "(Just Like) Starting Over" John Lennon

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


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