List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1980

The two longest running number-one singles of 1980 are "Call Me" by Blondie and "Lady" by Kenny Rogers with each single obtaining six weeks on top of the chart.

Every song that went to number one for 1980 stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 over 20 weeks.

[citation needed] That year, six acts hit number one for the first time, such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Lipps Inc., Billy Joel, Christopher Cross, and Kenny Rogers.

John Lennon was the fourth artist to hit number one posthumously, after his death in December 1980.

The British rock band Queen was the only act to achieve multiple number-one songs during the year with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust".

Kenny Rogers scored his first #1 hit with " Lady " in 1980.
John Lennon (pictured in 1969) became the fourth solo act to have a number-one hit posthumously after he was murdered in December 1980 with " (Just Like) Starting Over ", reaching #1 in 1980 and 1981.