Regional Hits of 1980

Other Years: 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

The standard page for 1980 lists the biggest hit songs across the World. This page compares that with the top 20 biggest hits of the year in North America and Europe. The region index explains how these results were generated and the long term trends.

  North America   World   Europe  
# Artist Song Title Artist Song Title Artist Song Title #
1 Queen Another One Bites the Dust Moves -6 Moves -2 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) Moves 0 Moves 0 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) 1
2 Blondie Call Me Moves -3 Moves -5 Lipps Inc Funkytown Moves 0 Moves 0 Lipps Inc Funkytown 2
3 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) Moves 2 Moves -8 Diana Ross Upside Down Moves -3 Moves -1 Barbra Streisand A Woman in Love 3
4 John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over Moves -2 Moves -18 Barbra Streisand A Woman in Love Moves 1 Moves -5 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu 4
5 Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love Moves -3 Moves 3 Blondie Call Me Moves -8 Moves -9 Abba Super Trouper 5
6 Blondie The Tide is High Moves -5 Moves 2 John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over Moves -5 Moves 3 Diana Ross Upside Down 6
7 Lipps Inc Funkytown Moves 5 Moves 6 Queen Another One Bites the Dust Moves -19 Moves -13 Johnny Logan What's Another Year 7
8 Billy Joel It's Still Rock 'n' Roll to Me Moves -25 Moves 3 Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love Moves -17 Moves -11 Goombay Dance Band Sun Of Jamaica 8
9 Bette Midler The Rose Moves -28 Moves -91 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu Moves 5 Moves -3 Abba The Winner Takes it All 9
10 Paul McCartney Coming Up Moves -11 Moves -5 Irene Cara Fame Moves -4 Moves -5 Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight 10
11 Diana Ross Upside Down Moves 8 Moves 5 Blondie The Tide is High Moves -13 Moves 5 John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over 11
12 Christopher Cross Sailing Moves -19 Moves -56 Abba The Winner Takes it All Moves 3 Moves -1 Stevie Wonder Master Blaster (Jammin') 12
13 Kenny Rogers Lady Moves -15 Moves -32 Stevie Wonder Master Blaster (Jammin') Moves 1 Moves 8 Blondie Call Me 13
14 Michael Jackson Rock With You Moves -12 Moves -100 Abba Super Trouper Moves 9 Moves 4 Irene Cara Fame 14
15 Irene Cara Fame Moves 5 Moves -24 Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight Moves 5 Moves -9 David Bowie Ashes to Ashes 15
16 The Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue Moves -16 Moves -18 The Pretenders Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) Moves -7 Moves -37 Roland Kaiser Santa Maria 16
17 Olivia Newton-John Magic Moves -12 Moves -16 The Police Don't Stand So Close to Me Moves -1 Moves -38 Ottawan DISCO 17
18 Kenny Rogers Coward of the County Moves -4 Moves -1 Gary Numan Cars Moves -30 Moves 1 The Police Don't Stand So Close to Me 18
19 Gary Numan Cars Moves 1 Moves -100 Goombay Dance Band Sun Of Jamaica Moves 11 Moves -45 Oliver Onions Santa Maria 19
20 Elton John Little Jeannie Moves -16 Moves -100 Johnny Logan What's Another Year Moves 13 Moves -37 Marti Webb Take That Look Off Your Face 20

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