List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1981

This is a list of number-one hits on the Billboard charts as determined by the U.S. ( Hot 100 ) in 1981. This year there were 17 number-one singles and eleven number-one albums.

  • John Lennon - ( Just Like ) Starting Over 5 weeks (December 27, 1980 - January 30, 1981 )
  • 2 weeks ( February 7 to February 20 )
  • 2 weeks ( February 28-March 13 )
  • 2 weeks ( March 28-April 10 )
  • 3 weeks ( April 11-May 1 )
  • 2 weeks ( May 2 to May 15 )
  • 5 weeks ( 16 May to 19 June, a total of 9 weeks)
  • 4 weeks ( 27 June to 24 July, a total of 9 weeks)
  • 2 weeks ( August 1 to August 14 )
  • 9 weeks ( August 15 to October 16 )
  • 3 weeks ( 17 October to 6 November )
  • 2 weeks ( November 7 to November 20 )
  • John Lennon / Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy 8 weeks (December 27, 1980 - February 20, 1981 )
  • 6 weeks ( February 21 to April 3, a total of 15 weeks)
  • 2 weeks ( April 4 to April 17, a total of 3 weeks)
  • 3 weeks ( April 18 to May 8, a total of 15 weeks)
  • 6 weeks ( 16 May to 26 June, a total of 15 weeks)
  • 4 weeks ( June 27 to July 24 )
  • 3 weeks ( July 25 to August 14 )
  • 2 weeks ( August 22 to September 4, a total of 10 weeks → 1982)
  • 9 weeks ( September 19 to November 20 )
  • 5 weeks ( November 21 to December 25, a total of 10 weeks)
  • 3 weeks ( December 26, 1981 - January 15, 1982 )

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  • Number - one hits on the country
  • Music 1981
(Just Like) Starting Over Celebration (Kool & the Gang song) Dolly Parton Eddie Rabbitt REO Speedwagon Keep On Loving You (song) Rapture (song) Sheena Easton Kim Carnes Bette Davis Eyes Air Supply Rick Springfield Diana Ross Endless Love (song) Olivia Newton-John Physical (Olivia Newton-John song) Hi Infidelity Styx (Band) Foreigner (band) 4 (Foreigner-Album) List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982 Journey (band) Escape (Journey album) The Rolling Stones Tattoo You AC/DC For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) List of Billboard number-one singles List of Billboard number-one singles of 1940 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1941 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1942 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1943 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1944 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1945 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1946 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1947 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1948 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1949 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1950 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1951 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1952 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1953 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1954 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1955 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1956 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1957 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1958 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1959 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1960 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1961 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1962 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1963 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1964 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1965 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1966 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1967 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1968 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1969 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1971 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1972 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1973 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1974 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1975 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1976 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1977 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1978 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1979 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1985 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1986 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1987 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1988 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1989 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1990 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1991 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1992 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1993 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1994 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1995 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1996 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1997 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1998 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1999 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2000 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2001 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2002 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2003 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2004 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2005 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2006 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2009 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2010 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2012 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2013 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2014
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