1981 Number One Singles U.S. Pop
Title / Artist / Weeks at #1:
- (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (4 weeks)
- The Tide Is High - Blondie (1 week)
- Celebration - Kool & The Gang (2 weeks)
- 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton (2 weeks)
- I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit (2 weeks)
- Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (1 week)
- Rapture - Blondie (2 weeks)
- Kiss On My List - Darryl Hall & John Oates (3 weeks)
- Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton (2 weeks)
- Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (9 weeks)
- Stars On 45 Medley - Stars On 45 (1 week)
- The One That You Love - Air Supply (1 week)
- Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield (2 weeks)
- Endless Love - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (9 weeks)
- Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross (3 weeks)
- Private Eyes - Darryl Hall & John Oates (2 weeks)
- Physical - Olivia Newton-John (6 weeks)
1981 Number One Singles U.K.
Title / Artist / Weeks at #1:
There's No-One Quite Like Grandma - St. Winifred's School Choir (1 week)
- Imagine - John Lennon (4 weeks)
- Woman - John Lennon (2 weeks)
- Shaddap Your Face - Joe Dolce Music Theatre (3 weeks)
- Jealous Guy - Roxy Music (2 weeks)
- This Ole House - Shakin' Stevens (3 weeks)
- Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz (3 weeks)
- Stand and Deliver - Adam & The Ants (5 weeks)
- Being With You - Smokey Robinson (2 weeks)
- One Day In Your Life - Michael Jackson (2 weeks)
- Ghost Town - The Specials (3 weeks)
- Green Door - Shakin' Stevens (4 weeks)
- Japanese Boy - Aneka (1 week)
- Tainted Love - Soft Cell (2 weeks)
- Prince Charming - Adam & The Ants (4 weeks)
- It's My Party - Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin (4 weeks)
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police (1 week)
- Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie (2 weeks)
- Begin The Beguine - Julio Iglesias (1 week)
- Don't You Want Me - The Human League (3 weeks)
1981 Best Selling Singles
Based on Worldwide Sales
1 Kim Carnes / Bette Davis Eyes
2 Starsound / Stars On 45
3 Olivia Newton-John / (Let's Get) Physical
4 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie / Endless Love
5 Soft Cell / Tainted Love
6 John Lennon / Woman
7 Phil Collins / In the Air Tonight
8 Kool & The Gang / Celebration
9 Joe Dolce / Shaddup You Face
10 Dolly Parton / 9 to 5
11 Sheena Easton / Morning Train (Nine to Five)
12 Christopher Cross / Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
13 Blondie / Rapture
14 The Rolling Stones / Start Me Up
15 Sheena Easton / For Your Eyes Only
16 REO Speedwagon / Keep On Loving You
17 The Police / Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
18 Foreigner / Waiting For a Girl Like You
19 Smokey Robinson / Being With You
20 Earth, Wind & Fire / Let's Groove
21 Kim Wilde / Kids in America
22 Don McLean / Cryin'
23 Queen & David Bowie / Under Pressure
24 Electric Light Orchestra / Hold On Tight
25 The Police / De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
26 Aneka / Japanese Boy
27 Rod Stewart / Passion
28 George Harrison / All Those Years Ago
29 Rick Springfield / Jessie's Girl
30 Visage / Fade to Grey
31 Abba / One of Us
32 Foreigner / Urgent
33 Hall & Oates / Kiss On My List
34 Rod Stewart / Young Turks
35 Ultravox / Vienna
36 Shakin' Stevens / This Ole House
37 Juice Newton / Angel of the Morning
38 Grover Washington Jr / Just the Two of Us
39 David A Stewart & Barbara Gaskin / It's My Party
40 Bucks Fizz / Making Your Mind Up
41 Jona Lewie / Stop the Cavalry
42 Styx / The Best of Times
43 Kim Wilde / Chequered Love
44 Hall & Oates / Private Eyes
45 Michael Jackson / One Day in Your Life
46 The Pointer Sisters / Slow Hand
47 Juice Newton / Queen of Hearts
48 The Commodores / Lady (You Bring Me Up)
49 Joey Scarbury / Theme From 'Greatest American Hero'
50 Roxy Music / Jealous Guy
51 Rod Stewart / Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
52 Ray Parker Jr & Raydio / A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
53 Ottawan / Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)
54 Steve Winwood / While You See a Chance
55 Starsound / Stars On 45 Vol 2
56 Air Supply / The One that You Love
57 Shakin' Stevens / (You Drive Me) Crazy
58 The Specials / Ghost Town
59 Adam & The Ants / Prince Charming
60 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Hooked On Classics
61 Adam & The Ants / Antmusic
62 Genesis / Abacab
63 Adam & The Ants / Stand & Deliver
64 REO Speedwagon / Take it On the Run
65 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark / Enola Gay
66 John Lennon / Watching the Wheels
67 Diana Ross / Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
68 Odyssey / Going Back to My Roots
69 Rick James / Super Freak
70 Champaign / How 'bout Us
71 Journey / Who's Crying Now
72 The Go Gos / Our Lips Are Sealed
73 Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty / Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
74 The Rolling Stones / Waiting On a Friend
75 Marty Balin / Hearts
76 Talking Heads / Once in a Lifetime
77 Neil Diamond / Hello Again
78 Journey / Don't Stop Believin'
79 Robert Palmer / Looking For Clues
80 Electronica's / Dance Little Bird
81 The Who / You Better You Bet
82 Shakin' Stevens / Green Door
83 Eddie Rabbitt / I Love A Rainy Night
84 Frank Duval / Angel of Mine
85 The Jackson 5 / Can You Feel It
86 Boney M / We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)
87 Billy Squier / The Stroke
88 Queen / Flash
89 Gino Vannelli / Living Inside Myself
90 A Taste of Honey / Sukiyaki
91 Ennio Morricone / Chi mai (The Life & Times Of Lloyd George)
92 Depeche Mode / Just Can't Get Enough
93 Gary US Bonds / This Little Girl
94 John Lennon / Jealous Guy
95 Yarbrough & Peoples / Don't Stop the Music
96 Barbra Streisand / Comin' in & Out of Your Life
97 The Boomtown Rats / Banana Republic
98 The Moody Blues / Gemini Dream
99 Steely Dan / Hey Nineteen
100 Manhattan Trànsfer / The Boy From New York City
1981 Best Selling Albums
Based on Worldwide Sales
1 Queen / Queen's Greatest Hits I
2 The Rolling Stones / Tattoo You
3 The Police / Ghost In The Machine
4 Phil Collins / Face Value
5 Foreigner / 4
6 The Human League / Dare!
7 REO Speedwagon / Hi Infidelity
8 Kim Carnes / Mistaken Identity
9 Starsound / Stars On 45
10 Electric Light Orchestra / Time
11 Rush / Moving Pictures
12 AC/DC / For Those About To Rock We Salute You
13 Styx / Paradise Theater
14 Journey / Escape
15 Abba / The Visitors
16 Genesis / Abacab
17 Stevie Nicks / Bella Donna
18 The Moody Blues / Long Distance Voyager
19 Steve Winwood / Arc Of A Diver
20 Vangelis / Chariots Of Fire
21 Rod Stewart / Tonight I'm Yours
22 Pat Benatar / Precious Time
23 Adam & The Ants / Kings Of The Wild Frontier
24 Duran Duran / Duran Duran
25 The Who / Face Dances
26 Olivia Newton-John / Physical
27 Kim Wilde / Kim Wilde
28 Van Halen / Fair Warning
29 Visage / Visage
30 Iron Maiden / Killers
31 The Pretenders / The Pretenders II
32 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Hooked On Classics
33 Quincy Jones / The Dude
34 Billy Joel / Songs in the Attic
35 Shakin' Stevens / Shaky
36 Rickie Lee Jones / Pirates
37 Earth, Wind & Fire / Raise!
38 Simon & Garfunkel / The Simon & Garfunkel Collection
39 AC/DC / Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
40 Santana / Zebop!
41 Blondie / The Best of Blondie
42 U2 / October
43 Grace Jones / Nightclubbing
44 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Hard Promises
45 Eric Clapton / Another Ticket
46 Meat Loaf / Dead Ringer
47 Al Jarreau / Breaking Away
48 Squeeze / East Side Story
49 Rush / Exit Stage Left
50 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
51 Queen / Flash Gordon
52 George Harrison / Somewhere In England
53 Starsound / Stars on 45, Vol. 2
54 Kraftwerk / Computer World
55 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band / Nine Tonight
56 Jean-Michel Jarre / Les chants magnetiques
57 Depeche Mode / Speak & Spell
58 Heaven 17 / Penthouse & Pavement
59 Elvis Costello / Trust
60 Dr Hook / Dr Hook's Greatest Hits
61 The Smurfs / Hitparade der Schlumpfe
62 Motorhead / No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
63 Diana Ross / Why Do Fools Fall In Love
64 Kool & The Gang / Something Special
65 The Cure / Faith
66 Elton John / The Fox
67 Abba / A wie Abba
68 Bob Dylan / Shot Of Love
69 Split Enz / Waiata
70 Spider Murphy Gang / Dolce vita
71 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie / Endless Love
72 Rainbow / Difficult To Cure
73 The Stray Cats / Stray Cats
74 Prince / Controversy
75 Brian Eno & David Byrne / My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
76 The Smurfs / Hitparade der Schlumpfe 2
77 Pink Floyd / A Collection Of Great Dance Songs
78 Sheena Easton / You Could Have Been With Me
79 Loverboy / Loverboy
80 The Boomtown Rats / Mondo Bongo
81 The Commodores / In The Pocket
82 Joan Armatrading / Walk Under Ladders
83 King Crimson / Discipline
84 Ultravox / Rage In Eden
85 Ideal / Ideal
86 Kiss / Music From The Elder
87 Sky / Sky 3
88 Barry Manilow / If I Should Love Again
89 Elvis Costello / Almost Blue
90 Judas Priest / Point Of Entry
91 Kenny Rogers / Share Your Love
92 Rick James / Street Songs
93 George Benson / The George Benson Collection
94 Neil Diamond / On The Way To The Sky
95 Roland Kaiser / Dich zu lieben
96 Electronica's / Quietsch Fidelio
97 ZZ Top / El Loco
98 James Taylor / Dad Loves His Work
99 Whitesnake / Come an' Get It
100 Bee Gees / Living Eyes
