Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Counting down my Top 80 of '80: Singles #30 - 11


A breakdown of my top singles from 1980




Title
Artist
Pop
AC
R&B
Dance
30
Supertramp
15



29
Jermaine Jackson
9

1
2
28
Boz Scaggs
14
3


27
Donna Summer
5
26
9
8
26
Michael Jackson
1
21
1
2



Title
Artist
Pop
AC
R&B
Dance
25
Brothers Johnson
7

1
1
24
Ambrosia
13
5


23
Cliff Richard
10
21


22
The Korgis
18
22


21
Billy Joel
7
48





Title
Artist
Pop
AC
R&B
Dance
20
Paul Davis
23
4


19
Cliff Richard
7
5


18
Diana Ross
1
18
1
1
17
Dionne Warwick
15
1
25

16
Linda Ronstadt
31
48





Title
Artist
Pop
AC
R&B
Dance
15
Change
40

5
1
14
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
8
2


13
"Sara"
Fleetwood Mac
7
13


12
Kim Carnes
10
6


11
"99"
Toto
26
19






All chart positions are peak positions from Billboard charts. These are my personal top 80 singles of those that peaked on the Billboard charts in 1980. The list is solely my opinion. Using Joel Whitburn's book, Pop Annual 1955-1999, I started with the 470 singles that peaked on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1980. An initial pass through that list narrowed it down to 119 tunes, then listening, ranking, and editing began. The top 80 are presented here, in order.

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