# List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980

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

Key :
* The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1980 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 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 |
| 481 | January 26 | "Rock with You" | Michael Jackson |
| 481 | February 2 | "Rock with You" | Michael Jackson |
| 481 | February 9 | "Rock with You" | Michael Jackson |
| 482 | February 16 | "Do That to Me One More Time" | Captain & Tennille |
| 483 | February 23 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Queen |
| 483 | March 1 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Queen |
| 483 | March 8 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Queen |
| 483 | March 15 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Queen |
| 484 | March 22 | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" | Pink Floyd |
| 484 | March 29 | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" | Pink Floyd |
| 484 | April 5 | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" | Pink Floyd |
| 484 | April 12 | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" | Pink Floyd |
| 485 | April 19 | "Call Me" | Blondie |
| 485 | April 26 | "Call Me" | Blondie |
| 485 | May 3 | "Call Me" | Blondie |
| 485 | May 10 | "Call Me" | Blondie |
| 485 | May 17 | "Call Me" | Blondie |
| 485 | May 24 | "Call Me" | Blondie |
| 486 | May 31 | "Funkytown" | Lipps Inc. |
| 486 | June 7 | "Funkytown" | Lipps Inc. |
| 486 | June 14 | "Funkytown" | Lipps Inc. |
| 486 | June 21 | "Funkytown" | Lipps Inc. |
| 487 | June 28 | "Coming Up" | Paul McCartney |
| 487 | July 5 | "Coming Up" | Paul McCartney |
| 487 | July 12 | "Coming Up" | Paul McCartney |
| 488 | July 19 | "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" | Billy Joel |
| 488 | July 26 | "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" | Billy Joel |
| 489 | August 2 | "Magic" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 489 | August 9 | "Magic" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 489 | August 16 | "Magic" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 489 | August 23 | "Magic" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 490 | August 30 | "Sailing" | Christopher Cross |
| 491 | September 6 | "Upside Down" | Diana Ross |
| 491 | September 13 | "Upside Down" | Diana Ross |
| 491 | September 20 | "Upside Down" | Diana Ross |
| 491 | September 27 | "Upside Down" | Diana Ross |
| 492 | October 4 | "Another One Bites the Dust" | Queen |
| 492 | October 11 | "Another One Bites the Dust" | Queen |
| 492 | October 18 | "Another One Bites the Dust" | Queen |
| 493 | October 25 | "Woman in Love" | Barbra Streisand |
| 493 | November 1 | "Woman in Love" | Barbra Streisand |
| 493 | November 8 | "Woman in Love" | Barbra Streisand |
| 494 | November 15 | "Lady" | Kenny Rogers |
| 494 | November 22 | "Lady" | Kenny Rogers |
| 494 | November 29 | "Lady" | Kenny Rogers |
| 494 | December 6 | "Lady" | Kenny Rogers |
| 494 | December 13 | "Lady" | Kenny Rogers |
| 494 | December 20 | "Lady" | Kenny Rogers |
| 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 |
| 2 | Kenny Rogers | 6 |
| 4 | Michael Jackson | 4 |
| 4 | Pink Floyd | 4 |
| 4 | Lipps Inc. | 4 |
| 4 | Olivia Newton-John | 4 |
| 4 | Diana Ross | 4 |
| 9 | Paul McCartney | 3 |
| 9 | Barbra Streisand | 3 |
| 11 | Billy Joel | 2 |
| 12 | KC and the Sunshine Band | 1 |
| 12 | Rupert Holmes | 1 |
| 12 | Captain & Tennille | 1 |
| 12 | Christopher Cross | 1 |
| 12 | John Lennon | 1 |