List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979

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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.

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

• 1979 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1979

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

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.