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The Oak Ridge Boys (pictured in 2013) had two number one singles in 1980. Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1980, 43 different singles topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on ...
On the Hot 100, Parton's song reached the top in the issue dated February 21, was replaced by Rabbitt's song the following week, but then returned to the top spot in the issue dated March 14. The two songs were among just four country songs which topped the Hot 100 during the 1980s, and the only two to do so consecutively.
Sonny James achieved 16 consecutive number ones in the late 1960s and early 1970s. "More Than a Memory" by Garth Brooks was the first song to debut at number one in the history of Billboard ' s country charts. Reba McEntire spent time at number one in four different decades.
Seven artists each achieved three number ones in 1987: Reba McEntire, Dan Seals, Earl Thomas Conley, George Strait, Steve Wariner, the Judds, and Ronnie Milsap, one of whose chart-toppers was a collaboration with Kenny Rogers. In addition to her three credited number ones, McEntire was also one of four featured vocalists on Hank Williams Jr's ...
Waylon Jennings spent a total of seven weeks at number one in 1978. Johnny Paycheck (center) topped the chart with his signature song "Take This Job and Shove It". Dolly Parton had two chart-toppers which spent a combined five weeks at number one. Issue date. Title.
Chart history. Sylvia (pictured in 2016) topped the chart with "Nobody", which was her only song to cross over to the Billboard Hot 100. [ 11] Ricky Skaggs (pictured in 2016) had three number ones in 1982. Ed Bruce had his only number one in 1982 with "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had". Janie Fricke was a two-time chart-topper in 1982.
Ray Price, traditional country star of the '50s and '60s, who experienced pop success in the '70s and '80s. Charley Pride, the first black country music star in the 1970s and early 1980s. Best known for "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'." Jeanne Pruett, female vocalist of the 70s, best known for the song "Satin Sheets".
Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s. When introduced by Billboard in March 1981, the Mainstream Rock chart was entitled Top Tracks and designed to measure the airplay of songs being played on album-oriented rock radio stations. The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and ...