Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 31, 1981
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 01/24 02/07 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 3 4 12
★★ NO. 1 ★★
Chrysalis 2465
1
2 1 1 14
Geffen 49604/Warner Bros.
1
3 12 14 15
De-Lite 807/Mercury
3
4 8 12 13
Elektra 47066
4
5 6 6 15
Arista 0564
5
6 7 7 11
Warner Bros. 49617
6
7 2 2 14
Capitol 4939
2
8 18 22 10
RCA 12133
8
9 9 11 15
Motown 1496
9
10 11 13 11
Arista 0566
10
11 16 19 9
MSS/Capitol 4948
11
12 14 15 10
MCA 41036
12
13 4 3 14
Columbia 11-11390
3
14 19 26 8
Full Moon 19-50961/CBS
14
15 15 18 11
RSO 1059
15
16 17 21 10
Columbia 11-11406
16
17 27 36 3
Geffen 49644/Warner Bros.
17
18 21 25 11
Atlantic 3776
18
19 23 28 10
Epic 19-50953
19
20 22 23 13
Boardwalk 8-5702/CBS
20
21 26 32 8
Tamla 54320/Motown
21
22 31 — 2
A&M 2300
22
23 25 29 7
Asylum 47100/Elektra
23
24 5 5 13
Columbia 11-11391
5
25 30 35 9
Epic 19-50959
25
26 10 10 15
A&M 2275
10
27 37 — 2
Millennium 11799/RCA
27
28 34 43 8
EMI-America 8068
28
29 32 34 11
Scotti Brothers 609/Atlantic
29
30 13 8 11
Epic 19-50950
8
31 36 42 10
RCA 12084
31
32 NEW▶ 1
Capitol 4960
32
33 35 37 11
EMI-America 8063
33
34 40 44 9
Arista 0573
34
35 20 9 18
Liberty 1380
1
36 50 68 3
Chrysalis 2487
36
37 38 40 11
Gordy 7189/Motown
37
38 24 20 15
MCA 51007
20
39 42 46 7
Atlantic 3785
39
40 41 41 12
A&M 2283
40
41 28 16 18
Chrysalis 2464
9
42 29 17 19
Warner Bros. 49565
2
43 33 33 10
Geffen 49634/Warner Bros.
33
44 48 52 8
MCA/Carousel 51025
44
45 49 54 7
Atlantic 3787
45
46 46 51 8
A&M 2281
46
47 44 45 10
P.I.R. 9-3116/CBS
44
48 54 64 6
Arista 0582
48
49 45 27 20
Tamla 54317/Motown
5
50 65 — 2
Epic 19-50964
50
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 39 39 11
Atlantic 3771
39
52 64 79 3
Elektra 47092
52
53 43 24 11
Warner Bros. 49622
24
54 47 30 25
Elektra 47031
1
55 69 — 2
RCA 12142
55
56 58 60 6
Arista 0569
56
57 59 61 7
Solar 12152/RCA
57
58 60 62 7
Warner Bros. 49632
58
59 51 31 22
Columbia 1-11364
1
60 75 — 2
Mercury 76089/Polygram
60
61 NEW▶ 1
Chrysalis 2485
61
62 52 38 17
Asylum 47055/Elektra
18
63 67 77 4
A&M 2288
63
64 53 47 19
RCA 12103
12
65 77 — 2
RCA 12158
43
66 55 48 23
Warner Bros. 49550
14
67 78 — 2
Boardwalk 8-5703/CBS
67
68 56 49 19
MCA 41304
24
69 57 50 17
Warner Bros. 49580
15
70 81 — 2
Atlantic 3791
70
71 61 53 21
RCA 12067
21
72 NEW▶ 1
Columbia 11-11430
72
73 84 94 3
MCA 41309
73
74 85 — 2
Warner Bros. 49657
74
75 62 55 10
Elektra 47086
44
76 87 — 2
Capitol 4959
76
77 89 — 2
Handshake 8-5307/CBS
77
78 88 — 2
Sesame Street 49642/Warner Bros.
78
79 80 90 3
Cotillion 46006/Atlantic
79
80 90 — 2
Dreamland 107/RSO
80
81 NEW▶ 1
Riva 207/Polygram
81
82 63 56 22
Motown 1491
5
83 NEW▶ 1
Elektra 47094
83
84 66 57 14
Casablanca 2314
34
85 NEW▶ 1
Solar 12129/RCA
85
86 68 58 11
Columbia 1-11388
51
87 NEW▶ 1
Columbia 11-11421
87
88 70 59 11
ARC/Columbia 11-11407
48
89 71 63 14
Boardwalk 8-5700/CBS
23
90 72 65 12
Chrysalis 2467
42
91 93 97 3
Atco 7319/Atlantic
91
92 NEW▶ 1
Atco 7311/Atlantic
92
93 73 66 20
Geffen 49563/Warner Bros.
3
94 74 67 12
Warner Bros. 49605
47
95 76 69 8
A&M 2292
62
96 79 80 6
Unicorn 95000/MCA
79
97 82 70 21
EMI-America 8057
10
98 83 71 16
Epic 9-50939
22
99 86 73 9
RCA 12134
70
100 91 92 12
Believe In A Dream 9-5600/CBS
89

  Superstars: products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.     Stars: other products demonstrating significant gains.