List of Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s (U.S.)

This article is about the American Billboard Hot 100 chart held during the 1980s.

The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.

 Number ones 
Key
 – Number-one single of the year

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 # Reached number oneArtist(s)SingleRecord labelWeeks atnumber oneRef1980 480  January 5, 1980  KC & the Sunshine Band "Please Don't Go"  TK Records  1   481  January 19, 1980  Michael Jackson  "Rock with You"  Epic  4   482  February 16, 1980  Captain & Tennille  "Do That to Me One More Time"  Casablanca  1   483  February 23, 1980  Queen  "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"  Elektra  4   484  March 22, 1980  Pink Floyd  "Another Brick in the Wall"  Columbia  4   485  April 19, 1980  Blondie"Call Me" Chrysalis  6   486  May 31, 1980  Lipps Inc  "Funkytown"  Casablanca  4   487  June 28, 1980  Paul McCartney  "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)"  Columbia  3   488  July 19, 1980  Billy Joel  "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"  Columbia  2   489  August 2, 1980  Olivia Newton-John  "Magic"  MCA  4   490  August 30, 1980  Christopher Cross  "Sailing"  Warner Bros.  1   491  September 6, 1980  Diana Ross  "Upside Down"  Motown  4   492  October 4, 1980  Queen  "Another One Bites the Dust"  Elektra  3   493  October 25, 1980  Barbra Streisand  "Woman in Love"♪ (1980)  Columbia  3   494  November 15, 1980  Kenny Rogers  "Lady"  Liberty  6   495  December 27, 1980  John Lennon  "(Just Like) Starting Over"  Geffen  5  1981 496  January 31, 1981  Blondie  "The Tide Is High"  Chrysalis  1   497  February 7, 1981  Kool & the Gang  "Celebration"  Mercury Records  2   498  February 21, 1981  Dolly Parton  "9 to 5"  RCA  2   499  February 28, 1981  Eddie Rabbitt  "I Love a Rainy Night"  Elektra  2   500  March 21, 1981  REO Speedwagon  "Keep On Loving You"  Epic  1   501  March 28, 1981  Blondie  "Rapture"  Chrysalis  2   502  April 11, 1981  Daryl Hall and John Oates  "Kiss on My List"  RCA  3   503  May 2, 1981  Sheena Easton  "Morning Train (Nine to Five)"  EMI America  2   504  May 16, 1981  Kim Carnes"Bette Davis Eyes"♪ (1981)  Capitol  9   505  June 20, 1981  Stars on 45  "Medley: Intro Venus / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back / Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45"  Radio Records  1   506  July 25, 1981  Air Supply  "The One That You Love"  Arista  1   507  August 1, 1981  Rick Springfield  "Jessie's Girl"  RCA  2   508  August 15, 1981  Diana Ross and Lionel Richie  "Endless Love"  Motown  9   509  October 17, 1981  Christopher Cross  "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"  Warner Bros.  3   510  November 7, 1981  Daryl Hall and John Oates  "Private Eyes"  RCA  2   511  November 21, 1981  Olivia Newton-John"Physical" MCA  10  1982 512  January 30, 1982  Daryl Hall and John Oates  "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"  RCA  1   513  February 6, 1982  The J. Geils Band  "Centerfold"  EMI America  6   514  March 20, 1982  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"  Boardwalk  7   515  May 8, 1982  Vangelis  "Chariots of Fire"  Polydor  1   516  May 15, 1982    Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder  "Ebony and Ivory"  Columbia  7   517  July 3, 1982  The Human League  "Don't You Want Me"  Virgin  3   518  July 24, 1982  Survivor  "Eye of the Tiger"  Scotti Bros.  6   519  September 4, 1982  Steve Miller Band  "Abracadabra"  Capitol  2   520  September 18, 1982  Chicago  "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"  Full Moon  2   521  October 2, 1982  John Cougar  "Jack and Diane"  Riva  4   522  October 30, 1982  Men at Work  "Who Can It Be Now"  Columbia  1   523  November 6, 1982    Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes  "Up Where We Belong"  Island  1   524  November 27, 1982  Lionel Richie  "Truly"  Motown  2   525  December 11, 1982  Toni Basil  "Mickey"♪ (1982)  Chrysalis  1   526  December 18, 1982  Daryl Hall and John Oates  "Maneater"  RCA  4  1983 527  January 15, 1983  Men at Work  "Down Under"  Columbia  4   528  February 5, 1983  Toto  "Africa"  Columbia  1   529  February 19, 1983  Patti Austin and James Ingram  "Baby, Come to Me"  Qwest  2   530  March 5, 1983  Michael Jackson  "Billie Jean"  Epic  7   531  April 23, 1983  Dexys Midnight Runners  "Come On Eileen"  Mercury  1   532  April 30, 1983  Michael Jackson  "Beat It"  Epic  3   533  May 21, 1983  David Bowie  "Let's Dance"  EMI  1   534  May 28, 1983  Irene Cara  "Flashdance... What a Feeling"  Casablanca  6   535  July 9, 1983  The Police"Every Breath You Take"♪ (1983)  A&M  8   536  September 3, 1983  Eurythmics  "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"  RCA  1   537  September 10, 1983  Michael Sembello  "Maniac"  Casablanca  2   538  September 24, 1983  Billy Joel  "Tell Her About It"  Columbia  1   539  October 1, 1983  Bonnie Tyler  "Total Eclipse of the Heart"  Columbia  4   540  October 29, 1983  Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton  "Islands in the Stream"  RCA  2   541  November 12, 1983  Lionel Richie  "All Night Long (All Night)"  Motown  4   542  December 10, 1983    Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson  "Say, Say, Say"  Columbia  6  1984 543  January 21, 1984  Yes  "Owner of a Lonely Heart"  EEG  2   544  February 4, 1984  Culture Club  "Karma Chameleon"  Virgin/Epic  3   545  February 25, 1984  Van Halen  "Jump"  Warner Bros.  5   546  March 31, 1984  Kenny Loggins  "Footloose"  Columbia  3   547  April 21, 1984  Phil Collins  "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"  Atlantic  3   548  May 12, 1984  Lionel Richie  "Hello"  Motown  2   549  May 26, 1984  Deniece Williams  "Let's Hear It for the Boy"  Columbia  2   550  June 9, 1984  Cyndi Lauper  "Time After Time"  Portrait  2   551  June 23, 1984  Duran Duran  "The Reflex"  Capitol  2   552  July 7, 1984  Prince"When Doves Cry"♪ (1984)  Warner Bros.  5   553  August 11, 1984  Ray Parker, Jr.  "Ghostbusters"  Arista  3   554  September 1, 1984  Tina Turner  "What's Love Got to Do with It"  Capitol  3   555  September 22, 1984  John Waite  "Missing You"  EMI  1   556  September 29, 1984  Prince and the Revolution  "Let's Go Crazy"  Warner Bros.  2   557  October 13, 1984  Stevie Wonder  "I Just Called to Say I Love You"  Motown  3   558  November 3, 1984  Billy Ocean  "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"  Arista  2   559  November 17, 1984  Wham!  "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"  Columbia  3   560  December 8, 1984  Daryl Hall and John Oates  "Out of Touch"  RCA  2   561  December 22, 1984  Madonna  "Like a Virgin"  Warner Bros.  6  1985 562  February 2, 1985  Foreigner  "I Want to Know What Love Is"  Atlantic  2   563  February 16, 1985  Wham! featuring George Michael"Careless Whisper"♪ (1985)  Columbia  3   564  March 9, 1985  REO Speedwagon  "Can't Fight This Feeling"  Epic  3   565  March 30, 1985  Phil Collins  "One More Night"  Atlantic  2   566  April 13, 1985  USA for Africa  "We Are the World"  Columbia  4   567  May 11, 1985  Madonna  "Crazy for You"  Warner Bros.  1   568  May 18, 1985  Simple Minds  "Don't You (Forget About Me)"  A&M  1   569  May 25, 1985  Wham!  "Everything She Wants"  Columbia  2   570  June 8, 1985  Tears for Fears  "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"  PolyGram  2   571  June 22, 1985  Bryan Adams  "Heaven"  A&M  2   572  July 6, 1985  Phil Collins  "Sussudio"  Atlantic  1   573  July 13, 1985  Duran Duran  "A View to a Kill"  Capitol  2   574  July 27, 1985  Paul Young  "Everytime You Go Away"  Columbia  1   575  August 3, 1985  Tears for Fears  "Shout"  PolyGram  3   576  August 24, 1985  Huey Lewis and the News  "The Power of Love"  Chrysalis  2   577  September 7, 1985  John Parr  "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"  Atlantic  2   578  September 21, 1985  Dire Straits  "Money for Nothing"  Warner Bros.  3   579  October 12, 1985  Ready for the World  "Oh Sheila"  MCA  1   580  October 19, 1985  a-ha  "Take On Me"  Warner Bros.  1   581  October 26, 1985  Whitney Houston  "Saving All My Love for You"  Arista  1   582  November 2, 1985  Stevie Wonder  "Part-Time Lover"  Motown  1   583  November 9, 1985  Jan Hammer  "Miami Vice Theme"  MCA  1   584  November 16, 1985  Starship  "We Built This City"  RCA  2   585  November 30, 1985    Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin  "Separate Lives"  Atlantic  1   586  December 7, 1985  Mr. Mister  "Broken Wings"  RCA  2   587  December 21, 1985  Lionel Richie  "Say You, Say Me"  Motown  4  1986 588  January 18, 1986  Dionne Warwick"That's What Friends Are For"♪ (1986)  Arista  4   589  February 15, 1986  Whitney Houston  "How Will I Know"  Arista  2   590  March 1, 1986  Mr. Mister  "Kyrie"  RCA  2   591  March 15, 1986  Starship  "Sara"  RCA  1   592  March 22, 1986  Heart  "These Dreams"  Capitol  1   593  March 29, 1986  Falco  "Rock Me Amadeus"  A&M  3   594  April 19, 1986  Prince and the Revolution  "Kiss"  Warner Bros.  2   595  May 3, 1986  Robert Palmer  "Addicted to Love"  Atlantic  1   596  May 10, 1986  Pet Shop Boys  "West End Girls"  EMI  1   597  May 17, 1986  Whitney Houston  "Greatest Love of All"  Arista  3   598  June 7, 1986  Madonna  "Live to Tell"  Warner Bros.  1   599  June 14, 1986  Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald  "On My Own"  MCA  3   600  July 5, 1986  Billy Ocean  "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"  Arista  1   601  July 12, 1986  Simply Red  "Holding Back the Years"  EEG  1   602  July 19, 1986  Genesis  "Invisible Touch"  Atlantic  1   603  July 26, 1986  Peter Gabriel  "Sledgehammer"  Warner Bros.  1   604  August 2, 1986  Peter Cetera  "Glory of Love"  Warner Bros.  2   605  August 16, 1986  Madonna  "Papa Don't Preach"  Warner Bros.  2   606  August 30, 1986  Steve Winwood  "Higher Love"  Warner Bros.  1   607  September 6, 1986  Bananarama  "Venus"  PolyGram  1   608  September 13, 1986  Berlin  "Take My Breath Away"  Columbia  1   609  September 20, 1986  Huey Lewis and the News  "Stuck with You"  EMI  3   610  October 11, 1986  Janet Jackson  "When I Think of You"  A&M  2   611  October 25, 1986  Cyndi Lauper  "True Colors"  Epic  2   612  November 8, 1986  Boston  "Amanda"  MCA  2   613  November 22, 1986  Human League  "Human"  A&M  1   614  November 29, 1986  Bon Jovi  "You Give Love a Bad Name"  PolyGram  1   615  December 6, 1986  Peter Cetera and Amy Grant  "The Next Time I Fall"  Warner Bros.  1   616  December 13, 1986  Bruce Hornsby & the Range  "The Way It Is"  RCA  1   617  December 20, 1986  The Bangles"Walk Like An Egyptian Columbia  4  1987 618  January 17, 1987  Gregory Abbott  "Shake You Down"  Columbia  1   619  January 24, 1987  Billy Vera and the Beaters  "At This Moment"  Rhino  2   620  February 7, 1987  Madonna  "Open Your Heart"  Warner Bros.  1   621  February 14, 1987  Bon Jovi  "Livin' On A Prayer"  PolyGram  4   622  March 14, 1987  Huey Lewis and the News  "Jacob's Ladder"  EMI  1   623  March 21, 1987  Club Nouveau  "Lean On Me"  Warner Bros.  2   624  April 4, 1987  Starship  "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"  Grunt  2   625  April 18, 1987    Aretha Franklin and George Michael  "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)"  Arista  2   626  May 2, 1987  Cutting Crew  "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"  Virgin  2   627  May 16, 1987  U2  "With or Without You"♪ (1987)  Atlantic  3   628  June 6, 1987  Kim Wilde  "You Keep Me Hangin' On"  MCA  1   629  June 13, 1987  Atlantic Starr  "Always"  Warner Bros.  1   630  June 20, 1987  Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam  "Head to Toe"  Columbia  1   631  June 27, 1987  Whitney Houston  "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"  Arista  2   632  July 11, 1987  Heart  "Alone"  Capitol  3   633  August 1, 1987  Bob Seger  "Shakedown"  MCA  1   634  August 8, 1987  U2  "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"  Atlantic  2   635  August 22, 1987  Madonna  "Who's That Girl"  Warner Bros.  1   636  August 29, 1987  Los Lobos  "La Bamba"  Warner Bros.  3   637  September 19, 1987  Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett  "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"  Epic  1   638  September 26, 1987  Whitney Houston  "Didn't We Almost Have It All"  Arista  2   639  October 10, 1987  Whitesnake  "Here I Go Again"  Geffen  1   640  October 17, 1987  Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam  "Lost in Emotion"  Columbia  1   641  October 24, 1987  Michael Jackson  "Bad"  Epic  2   642  November 7, 1987  Tiffany  "I Think We're Alone Now"  MCA  2   643  November 21, 1987  Billy Idol  "Mony Mony"  EMI  1   644  November 28, 1987  Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes  "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"  RMG  1   645  December 5, 1987  Belinda Carlisle  "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"  MCA  1   646  December 12, 1987  George Michael"Faith"♪ (1988)  Columbia  4  1988 647  January 9, 1988  Whitney Houston  "So Emotional"  Arista  1   648  January 16, 1988  George Harrison  "Got My Mind Set On You"  Warner Bros.  1   649  January 23, 1988  Michael Jackson  "The Way You Make Me Feel"  Epic  1   650  January 30, 1988  INXS  "Need You Tonight"  Atlantic  1   651  February 6, 1988  Tiffany  "Could've Been"  MCA  2   652  February 20, 1988  Exposé  "Seasons Change"  Arista  1   653  February 27, 1988  George Michael  "Father Figure"  Columbia  2   654  March 12, 1988  Rick Astley  "Never Gonna Give You Up"  RCA  2   655  March 26, 1988  Michael Jackson  "Man in the Mirror"  Epic  2   656  April 9, 1988  Billy Ocean  "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"  Arista  2   657  April 23, 1988  Whitney Houston  "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"  Arista  2   658  May 7, 1988  Terence Trent D'Arby  "Wishing Well"  Columbia  1   659  May 14, 1988  Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine  "Anything For You"  Epic  2   660  May 28, 1988  George Michael  "One More Try"  Columbia  3   661  June 18, 1988  Rick Astley  "Together Forever"  RCA  1   662  June 25, 1988  Debbie Gibson  "Foolish Beat"  Atlantic  1   663  July 2, 1988  Michael Jackson  "Dirty Diana"  Epic  1   664  July 9, 1988  Cheap Trick  "The Flame"  Epic  2   665  July 23, 1988  Richard Marx  "Hold On to the Nights"  EMI  1   666  July 30, 1988  Steve Winwood  "Roll with It"  Virgin  4   667  August 27, 1988  George Michael  "Monkey"  Columbia  2   668  September 10, 1988  Guns N' Roses  "Sweet Child O' Mine"  Geffen  2   669  September 24, 1988  Bobby McFerrin  "Don't Worry, Be Happy"  EMI  2   670  October 8, 1988  Def Leppard  "Love Bites"  PolyGram  1   671  October 15, 1988  UB40  "Red Red Wine"  A&M  1   672  October 22, 1988  Phil Collins  "A Groovy Kind of Love"  Atlantic  2   673  November 5, 1988  The Beach Boys  "Kokomo"  EEG  1   674  November 12, 1988  The Escape Club  "Wild, Wild West"  Atlantic  1   675  November 19, 1988  Bon Jovi  "Bad Medicine"  PolyGram  2   676  December 3, 1988  Will to Power  "Baby, I Love Your Way / Freebird Medley (Free Baby)"  Epic  1   677  December 10, 1988  Chicago"Look Away"♪ (1989)  Reprise  2   678  December 24, 1988  Poison  "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"  Capitol  3  1989 679  January 14, 1989  Bobby Brown  "My Prerogative"  MCA  1   680  January 21, 1989  Phil Collins  "Two Hearts"  Atlantic  2   681  February 4, 1989  Sheriff  "When I'm with You"  Capitol  1   682  February 11, 1989  Paula Abdul  "Straight Up"  Virgin  3   683  March 4, 1989  Debbie Gibson  "Lost In Your Eyes"  Atlantic  3   684  March 25, 1989  Mike + The Mechanics  "The Living Years"  Atlantic  1   685  April 1, 1989  The Bangles  "Eternal Flame"  Columbia  1   686  April 8, 1989  Roxette  "The Look"  EMI  1   687  April 15, 1989  Fine Young Cannibals  "She Drives Me Crazy"  MCA  1   688  April 22, 1989  Madonna  "Like a Prayer"  Warner Bros.  3   689  May 13, 1989  Bon Jovi  "I'll Be There for You"  PolyGram  1   690  May 20, 1989  Paula Abdul  "Forever Your Girl"  Virgin  2   691  June 3, 1989  Michael Damian  "Rock On"  A&M  1   692  June 10, 1989  Bette Midler  "Wind Beneath My Wings"  Atlantic  1   693  June 17, 1989  New Kids on the Block  "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"  Columbia  1   694  June 24, 1989  Richard Marx  "Satisfied"  EMI  1   695  July 1, 1989  Milli Vanilli  "Baby Don't Forget My Number"  Arista  1   696  July 8, 1989  Fine Young Cannibals  "Good Thing"  MCA  1   697  July 15, 1989  Simply Red  "If You Don't Know Me By Now"  EEG  1   698  July 22, 1989  Martika  "Toy Soldiers"  Columbia  2   699  August 5, 1989  Price  "Batdance"  Warner Bros.  1   700  August 12, 1989  Richard Marx  "Right Here Waiting"  EMI  3   701  September 2, 1989  Paula Abdul  "Cold Hearted"  Virgin  1   702  September 9, 1989  New Kids on the Block  "Hangin' Tough"  Columbia  1   703  September 16, 1989  Gloria Estefan  "Don't Wanna Lose You"  Epic  1   704  September 23, 1989  Milli Vanilli  "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"  Arista  2   705  October 7, 1989  Janet Jackson  "Miss You Much"  A&M  4   706  November 4, 1989  Roxette  "Listen To Your Heart"  EMI  1   707  November 11, 1989  Bad English  "When I See You Smile"  Epic  2   708  November 25, 1989  Milli Vanilli  "Blame It on the Rain"  Arista  2   709  December 9, 1989  Billy Joel  "We Didn't Start the Fire"  Columbia  2   710  December 23, 1989  Phil Collins  "Another Day in Paradise"  Atlantic  4  

 Statistics by decade 
 By artist 
The following artists achieved four or more number-one hits during the 1980s.

 Artist Number-one hits Michael Jackson 9 Madonna 7 Phil Collins 7 Whitney Houston 7 George Michael 6 Lionel Richie 5 Daryl Hall & John Oates 5 Stevie Wonder 4 Bon Jovi 4 Prince 4

 Artists by total number of weeks at number-one 
The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1980s.

 Artist Number-one hits Michael Jackson 27 Lionel Richie 21 Paul McCartney 16 George Michael 16 Stevie Wonder 15 Madonna 15 Phil Collins 15 Whitney Houston 14 Olivia Newton-John 14 Diana Ross 13 Daryl Hall & John Oates 12

 Songs by total number of weeks at number-one 
The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1980s.

 Weeks atnumber one Song Artist(s) 10 "Physical" Olivia Newton-John 9 "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes 9 "Endless Love" Diana Ross and Lionel Richie 8 "Every Breath You Take" The Police 7 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 7 "Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder 7 "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson 6 "Call Me" Blondie 6 "Lady" Kenny Rogers 6 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band 6 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor 6 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara 6 "Say, Say, Say" Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 6 "Like a Virgin" Madonna

References

Category:Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
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