
IN the 80s, you could narrow it all down to the Billboard charts. Today, it’s a little tough to determine what makes a number one hit. The info and data are taken from Billboard and we’ll take a quick look at some behind the scenes of each song and what made it such a big hit for that specific year.

This article will look at the number one song for each year in the 80s from 1980 to 1989. The start of the decade still had the carryover from the abysmal disco era, and the top songs looked quite different by the end.

The top songs of the 80s include a wide variety of artists and genres of music. It was an amazing decade where new styles of music were introduced to the public.
