Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 6, 1980
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 11/29 12/13 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 1 10
★★ NO. 1 ★★
Liberty 1380
1
2 6 8 11
Warner Bros. 49565
2
3 4 4 17
Elektra 47031
1
4 2 2 14
Columbia 1-11364
1
5 7 7 12
Tamla 54317/Motown
5
6 8 9 6
Geffen 49604/Warner Bros.
6
7 9 11 6
Capitol 4939
7
8 11 18 5
Columbia 11-11391
8
9 5 5 14
Motown 1491
5
10 10 10 13
EMI-America 8057
10
11 13 15 10
Chrysalis 2464
11
12 12 13 11
RCA 12103
12
13 3 3 12
Geffen 49563/Warner Bros.
3
14 16 20 6
Columbia 11-11390
14
15 15 16 9
Warner Bros. 49580
15
16 19 24 7
Arista 0564
16
17 14 14 15
Warner Bros. 49550
14
18 33 41 3
Epic 19-50950
18
19 24 30 7
A&M 2275
19
20 20 22 13
Polydor 2121
20
21 23 26 9
Asylum 47055/Elektra
21
22 25 29 8
Epic 9-50939
22
23 27 31 7
Motown 1496
23
24 26 28 13
RCA 12067
24
25 29 36 6
Boardwalk 8-5700/CBS
25
26 17 17 20
Planet 47916/Elektra
3
27 30 32 11
Riva 205/Mercury
27
28 32 35 7
De-Lite 807/Mercury
28
29 31 33 11
MCA 41304
29
30 35 39 7
MCA 51007
30
31 37 50 3
Warner Bros. 49617
31
32 38 58 4
Chrysalis 2465
32
33 18 6 18
20th Century 2460/RCA
6
34 42 54 3
Warner Bros. 49622
34
35 22 12 11
Epic 9-50938
12
36 39 47 6
Casablanca 2314
36
37 21 21 18
Cotillion 4601/Atlantic
21
38 52 65 3
RSO 1059
38
39 47 61 3
Arista 0566
39
40 53 63 5
Elektra 47066
40
41 28 25 22
Motown 1494
1
42 49 59 5
Boardwalk 8-5702/CBS
42
43 34 34 14
Columbia 1-11351
20
44 50 56 16
Elektra 47052
44
45 65 — 2
MCA 41036
45
46 56 67 5
Capitol 4951
46
47 36 37 11
United Artists 1364
36
48 54 60 5
Epic 19-50942
48
49 40 40 7
Warner Bros. 49601
40
50 60 64 5
RSO 1047
50
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 58 69 4
Chrysalis 2467
51
52 55 62 5
Planet 47920/Elektra
52
53 41 19 17
RSO 1048
19
54 44 27 11
Epic 9-50931
27
55 43 43 14
Atlantic 3761
35
56 45 23 12
A&M 2269
15
57 64 75 4
Warner Bros. 49605
57
58 68 81 3
ARC/Columbia 11-11407
58
59 69 80 4
A&M 2283
59
60 73 — 2
RCA 12133
60
61 71 82 3
Atlantic 3776
61
62 72 86 3
EMI-America 8063
62
63 48 42 11
Rolling Stones 21001/Atlantic
26
64 74 84 3
Columbia 1-11388
64
65 75 85 3
Atlantic 3771
65
66 76 — 2
Elektra 47086
66
67 77 87 3
Scotti Brothers 609/Atlantic
67
68 70 71 5
MCA 51019
68
69 51 51 8
Casablanca 2305
51
70 78 88 3
Arista 0572
70
71 80 90 3
Gordy 7189/Motown
71
72 81 — 2
Geffen 49634/Warner Bros.
72
73 46 38 13
Capitol 4910
38
74 82 — 2
Atlantic 3772
74
75 83 — 2
RCA 12084
75
76 85 — 2
P.I.R. 9-3116/CBS
76
77 87 — 2
Columbia 11-11406
77
78 57 44 14
Warner Bros. 49503
5
79 88 — 2
Epic 19-50953
79
80 59 45 19
Warner Bros. 49518
11
81 NEW▶ 1
Casablanca 2319
81
82 61 46 16
Columbia 1-11349
14
83 NEW▶ 1
Arista 0573
83
84 NEW▶ 1
Epic 19-50959
84
85 62 49 26
Arista 0520
2
86 63 48 12
Asylum 47036/Elektra
22
87 NEW▶ 1
RCA 12134
87
88 90 66 8
Ovation 1157
66
89 92 92 4
Believe In A Dream 9-5600/CBS
89
90 NEW▶ 1
Capitol 4948
90
91 89 89 4
Atco 7318/Atlantic
89
92 67 52 9
Columbia 1-11379
36
93 66 53 22
Columbia 1-11317
7
94 84 55 14
Capitol 4920
33
95 86 57 25
Elektra 46656
5
96 98 — 2
Venture 131
96
97 95 74 23
Qwest/Warner Bros. 49505
4
98 96 76 5
RSO 1051
76
99 100 100 26
RSO 1034
4
100 99 99 9
Casablanca 2280
52

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