page_title: List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
section_title: Number-one singles
hierarchical_section_title: List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s / Number-one singles
caption_attribution_description: Michael Jackson
context_page_description: The UK Singles Chart is the official record chart in the United Kingdom. Until 1983, it was compiled weekly by the British Market Research Bureau on behalf of the British record industry with a two-week break each Christmas. The BMRB used motorcycle couriers to collect the sales figures taken up to the close of trade on Saturday. This data was compiled on Monday and given to the BBC on Tuesday to be announced on BBC Radio 1 at lunchtime and later published in Music Week. On 4 January 1983, the chart was taken over by Gallup who expanded the chart from the Top 75 to the Top 100 and began the introduction of computerised tills which automated the data collection process. The chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets and announced on Tuesday until October 1987, when the Top 40 was revealed each Sunday, due to the new automated process.
  During the 1980s there were a total of 191 singles which took the UK chart number 1 spot. In terms of number-one singles, Madonna was the most successful single act of the decade, as six of her singles reached the top spot.
caption: During the 1980s, Michael Jackson had number-one singles with "One Day in Your Life", "Billie Jean" and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You".
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