List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1980

Billboard published a weekly chart in 1980 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and since 2005, has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

"Rock With You", "Upside Down" by Diana Ross and "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang topped the soul chart in 1980 and also reached number one on the Hot 100 pop singles chart,[9] although "Celebration" did not reach the peak of the pop listing until the following year.

The act assembled by Dick Griffey, booking agent for TV's Soul Train,[11] topped the chart for a single week with "The Second Time Around".

George Benson gained his first chart-topper with "Give Me the Night", five years after he first charted, immediately after which jazz trumpeter Tom Browne reached number one with "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)", his first single to enter the listing.

[17][18] The year's final number one was "Celebration", which first reached the top of the chart in the issue of Billboard dated December 20.