List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979
Appearance
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Here are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1979.
That year, 10 acts earned their first number one song: Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, The Knack, Robert John, M, Styx, and Rupert Holmes; only Blondie would ever have another number one hit. The Bee Gees and Donna Summer were the only acts to have more than one new song reach number one in 1979.
Chart history
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1979 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |
An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
457 | January 6 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees | [1] |
January 13 | [2] | |||
re | January 20 | "Le Freak" | Chic | [3] |
January 27 | [4] | |||
February 3 | [5] | |||
458 | February 10 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart | [6] |
February 17 | [7] | |||
February 24 | [8] | |||
March 3 | [9] | |||
459 | March 10 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | [10] |
March 17 | [11] | |||
460 | March 24 | "Tragedy" | Bee Gees | [12] |
March 31 | [13] | |||
re | April 7 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | [14] |
461 | April 14 | "What a Fool Believes" | The Doobie Brothers | [15] |
462 | April 21 | "Knock on Wood" | Amii Stewart | [16] |
463 | April 28 | "Heart of Glass" | Blondie | [17] |
464 | May 5 | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb | [18] |
May 12 | [19] | |||
May 19 | [20] | |||
May 26 | [21] | |||
465 | June 2 | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer | [22] |
466 | June 9 | "Love You Inside Out" | Bee Gees | [23] |
re | June 16 | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer | [24] |
June 23 | [25] | |||
467 | June 30 | "Ring My Bell" | Anita Ward | [26] |
July 7 | [27] | |||
468 | July 14 | "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer | [28] |
July 21 | [29] | |||
July 28 | [30] | |||
August 4 | [31] | |||
August 11 | [32] | |||
469 | August 18 | "Good Times" | Chic | [33] |
470 | August 25 | "My Sharona" | The Knack | [34] |
September 1 | [35] | |||
September 8 | [36] | |||
September 15 | [37] | |||
September 22 | [38] | |||
September 29 | [39] | |||
471 | October 6 | "Sad Eyes" | Robert John | [40] |
472 | October 13 | "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" | Michael Jackson | [41] |
473 | October 20 | "Rise" | Herb Alpert | [42] |
October 27 | [43] | |||
474 | November 3 | "Pop Muzik" | M | [44] |
475 | November 10 | "Heartache Tonight" | Eagles | [45] |
476 | November 17 | "Still" | Commodores | [46] |
477 | November 24 | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" | Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer | [47] |
December 1 | [48] | |||
478 | December 8 | "Babe" | Styx | [49] |
December 15 | [50] | |||
479 | December 22 | "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" | Rupert Holmes | [51] |
December 29* | [52] |
Number-one artists
Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
---|---|---|
1 | Donna Summer | 10 |
2 | The Knack | 6 |
3 | Bee Gees | 5 |
4 | Rod Stewart | 4 |
Peaches & Herb | ||
Chic | ||
7 | Gloria Gaynor | 3 |
8 | Anita Ward | 2 |
Herb Alpert | ||
Barbra Streisand | ||
Styx | ||
Rupert Holmes | ||
13 | The Doobie Brothers | 1 |
Amii Stewart | ||
Blondie | ||
Robert John | ||
Michael Jackson | ||
M | ||
Eagles | ||
Commodores |
See also
- 1979 in music
- List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1979
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s
References
- ^ "January 6, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 13, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 20, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "January 27, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "February 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "March 31, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "April 7, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "April 14, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "April 21, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "April 28, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 5, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 12, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 19, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "May 26, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 2, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 9, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 16, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 23, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "June 30, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 7, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 14, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 21, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "July 28, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 4, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 11, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 18, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "August 25, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 1, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 8, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 15, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 22, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "September 29, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 6, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 13, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 20, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "October 27, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "November 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 1, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 8, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 15, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 22, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "December 29, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
Sources
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.