Hector Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 What are the biggest hits this week that were released in the '80s? Again, here are the top 25 based on the Hot 100's formula for sales and streams in the week ending May 27 and all-format airplay in the week ending May 30. Top 25 Biggest Songs This Week From the '80s 1, "Don't Stop Believin'," Journey 2, "Another One Bites the Dust," Queen 3, "Livin' On a Prayer," Bon Jovi 4, "Sweet Child O' Mine," Guns N' Roses 5, "Africa," Toto 6, "Take On Me," a-ha 7, "Free Fallin'," Tom Petty 8, "In the Air Tonight," Phil Collins 9, "Every Breath You Take," The Police 10, "Billie Jean," Michael Jackson 11, "Eye of the Tiger," Survivor 12, "Pour Some Sugar on Me," Def Leppard 13, "You Shook Me All Night Long," AC/DC 14, "Back in Black," AC/DC 15, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," Tears for Fears 16, "Summer of '69," Bryan Adams 17, "Under Pressure," Queen & David Bowie 18, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," Eurythmics 19, "Your Love," The Outfield 20, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)," Whitney Houston 21, "You Give Love a Bad Name," Bon Jovi 22, "Don't You (Forget About Me)," Simple Minds 23, "Jack & Diane," John Cougar 24, "Jessie's Girl," Rick Springfield 25, "I Love Rock 'N' Roll," Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Perhaps unsurprisingly, given its resurgence over the years by syncs in The Sopranos, Glee and more, Journey's "Don't Stop Believin' " is the week's top '80s song, with 13 million in radio audience, 6.4 million U.S. streams and 1,300 sold. To compare, Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirt" topped the '90s tally in March with 4.3 million in airplay audience, 3.7 million streams and 600 sold. Notably, the '80s and '90s recaps are led by songs that didn't hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, although each reached the top 10. "Don't Stop Believin' " peaked at No. 9 in 1981 (while the Glee Cast took its cover to No. 4 in 2009) and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" hit No. 6 in 1992. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9585087/biggest-80s-hits-ask-billboard/ Whitney, Annie Lennox, and Joan Jett only females represented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleKindofLife Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Every single song on that list is a classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinister Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, SimpleKindofLife said: Every single song on that list is a classic i was confused at first because “Don’t Stop Believing” didn’t hit #1 on the Hot 10, but it’s just compiling what songs that were released in the 80s that were most popular the past 7 days, it’s not surprising that these are all cassics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleKindofLife Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, Sinister said: i was confused at first because “Don’t Stop Believing” didn’t hit #1 on the Hot 10, but it’s just compiling what songs that were released in the 80s that were most popular the past 7 days, it’s not surprising that these are all cassics Oh **** I misread the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politeone Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 27 minutes ago, SimpleKindofLife said: Every single song on that list is a classic Right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getinthezone Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) only two women wow Edited June 10, 2021 by getinthezone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynx Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Whitney being the only solo female artist on that list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 The misogyny of it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fridayteenage Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 whitney queen of the 80s confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tost1 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 oldies hate women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsay Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 the complete lack of women, Whitney the only solo woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiliam Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Streaming is really showing people love listen to male voice more. Back in the day and modern time. I blame the straight for this mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spree Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 i remember this era. It was really exciting when Pour Some Sugar On Me eventually hit #1. Hairbands were ruling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdanton2 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 the Journey song for me is one of the worst songs ever. they actually had better and more successful songs . also only 3 female and 2 black artists on the list . the actual charts back then had better music than what is overplayed on the oldie stations today that spam these songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I also misread the title and thought this was Hot 100 from 25 years ago. As I was going down the list I couldn't stop saying "damn" thinking there were soooo many massive classics on the chart during that particular week. Though at some point around #15 I thought this simply couldn't be possible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROJAN Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Surprised Madonna isn’t there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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