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Gloria Gaynor scored a #1 hit with "I Will Survive" in 1979.

Here are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1979.

That year, 10 acts earned their first number one song: Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, The Knack, Robert John, M, Styx, and Rupert Holmes; only Blondie would ever have another number one hit. The Bee Gees and Donna Summer were the only acts to have more than one new song reach number one in 1979.

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1979 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
457 January 6 "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees
January 13
re January 20 "Le Freak" Chic
January 27
February 3
458 February 10 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart
February 17
February 24
March 3
459 March 10 "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor
March 17
460 March 24 "Tragedy" Bee Gees
March 31
re April 7 "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor
461 April 14 "What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers
462 April 21 "Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart
463 April 28 "Heart of Glass" Blondie
464 May 5 "Reunited" Peaches & Herb
May 12
May 19
May 26
465 June 2 "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer
466 June 9 "Love You Inside Out" Bee Gees
re June 16 "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer
June 23
467 June 30 "Ring My Bell" Anita Ward
July 7
468 July 14 "Bad Girls" Donna Summer
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11
469 August 18 "Good Times" Chic
470 August 25 "My Sharona" The Knack
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
471 October 6 "Sad Eyes" Robert John
472 October 13 "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson
473 October 20 "Rise" Herb Alpert
October 27
474 November 3 "Pop Muzik" M
475 November 10 "Heartache Tonight" Eagles
476 November 17 "Still" Commodores
477 November 24 "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
December 1
478 December 8 "Babe" Styx
December 15
479 December 22 "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes
December 29*

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Donna Summer 10
2 The Knack 6
3 Bee Gees 5
4 Rod Stewart 4
Peaches & Herb
Chic
7 Gloria Gaynor 3
8 Anita Ward 2
Herb Alpert
Barbra Streisand
Styx
Rupert Holmes
13 The Doobie Brothers 1
Amii Stewart
Blondie
Robert John
Michael Jackson
M
Eagles
Commodores

See also

References

  1. "January 6, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  2. "January 13, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  3. "January 20, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  4. "January 27, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  5. "February 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  6. "February 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  7. "February 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  8. "February 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  9. "March 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  10. "March 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  11. "March 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  12. "March 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  13. "March 31, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  14. "April 7, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  15. "April 14, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  16. "April 21, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  17. "April 28, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  18. "May 5, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  19. "May 12, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  20. "May 19, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  21. "May 26, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  22. "June 2, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  23. "June 9, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  24. "June 16, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  25. "June 23, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  26. "June 30, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  27. "July 7, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  28. "July 14, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  29. "July 21, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  30. "July 28, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  31. "August 4, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  32. "August 11, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  33. "August 18, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  34. "August 25, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  35. "September 1, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  36. "September 8, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  37. "September 15, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  38. "September 22, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  39. "September 29, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  40. "October 6, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  41. "October 13, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  42. "October 20, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  43. "October 27, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  44. "November 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  45. "November 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  46. "November 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  47. "November 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  48. "December 1, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  49. "December 8, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  50. "December 15, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  51. "December 22, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  52. "December 29, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.

Sources

Lists of Billboard number-one singles
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