1979 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.

See Musical groups established in 1979 See Musical groups disestablished in 1979 The Chipmunks The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1979.

[24] US number-one singles and artist (weeks at No.

1) UK number-one singles and artist (weeks at No.

1) Japanese Oricon number-one singles and artist (weeks at No.