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. [1] In 1980, it was published under the title Hot Soul Singles, [2] and 14 different singles reached number one.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 5, Michael Jackson's " Rock with You" moved up to number one, [3] a position it held for six consecutive weeks; it was the second consecutive single from his breakthrough album, Off the Wall, to reach the peak position. [4] [5] [6] In May, Jackson's brother Jermaine gained his first solo chart-topper with " Let’s Get Serious", which also spent six weeks at number one. [7] Stevie Wonder spent an additional week in the top spot with " Master Blaster (Jammin')", his tribute to reggae singer Bob Marley; [8] its seven weeks atop the chart was the year's longest unbroken run at number one. No act achieved more than one number one during 1980. "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. [10]
Five other acts reached the top spot for the first time in 1980, beginning in February with Shalamar. 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". [12] The S.O.S. Band reached number one for the first and only time with " Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1", [13] which spent five weeks in the top spot. 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. [14] It was the first of eight singles by Browne to enter the soul chart, none of which entered the Hot 100 at all. [15] Ray, Goodman & Brown reached number one on the soul chart with their first entry under that name, having previously topped the chart in 1970 and 1975 as the Moments. [16] Larry Graham achieved his first solo number one, having spent time in the top spot as a member of Sly & the Family Stone and as the frontman of Graham Central Station. [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.
† | Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end soul chart [19] |
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. [1] In 1980, it was published under the title Hot Soul Singles, [2] and 14 different singles reached number one.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 5, Michael Jackson's " Rock with You" moved up to number one, [3] a position it held for six consecutive weeks; it was the second consecutive single from his breakthrough album, Off the Wall, to reach the peak position. [4] [5] [6] In May, Jackson's brother Jermaine gained his first solo chart-topper with " Let’s Get Serious", which also spent six weeks at number one. [7] Stevie Wonder spent an additional week in the top spot with " Master Blaster (Jammin')", his tribute to reggae singer Bob Marley; [8] its seven weeks atop the chart was the year's longest unbroken run at number one. No act achieved more than one number one during 1980. "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. [10]
Five other acts reached the top spot for the first time in 1980, beginning in February with Shalamar. 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". [12] The S.O.S. Band reached number one for the first and only time with " Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1", [13] which spent five weeks in the top spot. 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. [14] It was the first of eight singles by Browne to enter the soul chart, none of which entered the Hot 100 at all. [15] Ray, Goodman & Brown reached number one on the soul chart with their first entry under that name, having previously topped the chart in 1970 and 1975 as the Moments. [16] Larry Graham achieved his first solo number one, having spent time in the top spot as a member of Sly & the Family Stone and as the frontman of Graham Central Station. [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.
† | Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end soul chart [19] |