American singer Diana Ross (in a duet with Lionel Richie ) performed the best song of the year “ Endless Love ”.
US No. 1 Singles List in 1981 - Includes singles topping North America’s top hit parade in 1981. Compiled by the editors of the oldest US music magazine Billboard and therefore called the Billboard Hot 100 ("Hot Hundred" of Billboard magazine) [1] [2] [3] .
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History
- For 9 weeks, the single “ Endless Love ” of the duet Diana Ross and Lionel Richie stayed in the first place on the chart. This theme from the Endless Love melodrama became the most successful single in the history of the label and one of the highest grossing in the history of pop music of the 1980s and the most successful duet. also 9 weeks, but with a break he stayed in the first place the hit “ Bette Davis Eyes ” of the singer Kim Carnes , later winning a Grammy [4] .
- June 25, the single “ The One That You Love ” by the Australian band Air Supply , their only charttopper in their career, won first place; although they had 7 consecutive top-5 hits between 1980–82 [5] .
- On August 1, the first place went to single " Jessie's Girl " by singer Rick Springfield [6] .
List
| date | Song | Artist (s) | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3rd | " (Just Like) Starting Over " | John Lennon | [7] |
| January 10th | |||
| January 17 | |||
| January 24th | |||
| January 31 | " The Tide Is High " | Blondie | |
| February 7 | " Celebration " | Kool & the gang | |
| The 14th of February | |||
| February 21 | " 9 to 5 " | Dolly parton | |
| 28th of February | " I Love a Rainy Night " | Eddie rabbitt | |
| March 7th | |||
| March 14th | "9 to 5" | Dolly parton | |
| 21 March | " Keep On Loving You " | REO Speedwagon | |
| March 28 | " Rapture " | Blondie | |
| April, 4 | |||
| April 11th | Kiss on My List | Daryl Hall and John Oates | |
| April 18th | |||
| 25th of April | |||
| May 2 | Morning Train (Nine to Five) | Sheena Easton | |
| May 9 | |||
| 16th of May | " Bette Davis Eyes " | Kim carns | |
| May, 23rd | |||
| May 30 | |||
| June 6th | |||
| June 13th | |||
| June 20 | " 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 » | Stars on 45 | |
| 27th of June | " Bette Davis Eyes " | Kim carnes | |
| 4th of July | |||
| July 11th | |||
| July 18th | |||
| July 25th | " The One That You Love " | Air supply | |
| August 1 | " Jessie's Girl " | Rick Springfield | |
| 8 August | |||
| August 15 | " Endless Love " | Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | |
| August 22 | |||
| August 29 | |||
| September 5th | |||
| 12-th of September | |||
| September 19th | |||
| September 26th | |||
| October 3rd | |||
| October 10th | |||
| 17 October | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | Christopher cross | |
| October 24th | |||
| October 31 | |||
| November 7th | " Private Eyes " | Daryl Hall and John Oates | |
| November 14th | |||
| November 21 | " Physical " | Olivia Newton-John | |
| November 28 | |||
| 5th of December | |||
| 12 December | |||
| December 19th | |||
| December 26th |
See also
- 1981 in music
- List of US No. 1 Singles (Billboard)
- Top US Billboard 1981 Singles
- List of dance hits No. 1 of 1981 (Billboard)
Notes
- ↑ Number One Hits Of 1981 . Retro-hits.com. Date of treatment June 6, 2013. Archived June 9, 2013.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition: Complete Chart Information about America's Most Popular Songs and Artists, 1955-2009 . - Random House LLC, 2012 .-- 901 p. - ISBN 0307985121 . (Billboard: The Record Holders: pp. 863-876.)
- ↑ Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Every No. 1 Song (1958-2013) Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. Date of treatment August 3, 2013.
- ↑ Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. Date of treatment August 3, 2013.
- ↑ Trust, Gary This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 2010, Eminem & Rihanna Ruled the Hot 100 . Billboard (July 25, 2016). Date of treatment July 25, 2016.
- ↑ Trust, Gary This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 1990, 'Vision of Love' Became Mariah Carey's First Hot 100 No. 1 . Billboard (July 30, 2018). Date of treatment July 30, 2018.
- ↑ Billboard Hot 100 1981-01-03 , Billboard.com (January 3, 1981). Date of treatment February 21, 2011. (English)
Literature
- Fred Bronson . Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition. - New York, United States: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2003 .-- 1008 p. - ISBN 0-8230-7677-6 .
- Joel Whitburn . Top Pop Singles 1955-2010, 13th Edition. - Menomonee Falls, United States: Record Research Inc, 2011 .-- 1216 p. - ISBN 0-89820-180-2 .
- Joel Whitburn . Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties. - Wisconsin, United States: Record Research Inc, 1991. - 570 p. - ISBN 0-89820-079-2 .
Links
- Billboard Hot 100 - No.1 songs of 1981 .
- Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Every No. 1 Song (1958-2013) Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. Date of treatment August 3, 2013. Archived July 19, 2017.
- 1981: ALL CHARTS (US Top 40 Singles ) . The Weekly Top 40 1955-2000 . WordPress.com Date of treatment August 29, 2014. Archived July 19, 2017.