I'm going to have to go back through the old threads to edit them and make them vaguely readable at some point!
Most weeks on the Retrochart Top 100 - by artist 129 Donna Summer (includes 17 weeks with Barbara Streisand) 117 ABBA 104 Talking Heads 101 Blondie (+9 solo Debby Harry) 92 Adam & The Ants 92 The Police 87 Grace Jones 83 David Bowie 82 Sheena Easton 81 Diana Ross (includes 7 weeks with Lionel Richie) 79 Madness 78 Queen 73 The Beat 73 Michael Jackson 72 ELO (includes 26 weeks with Olivia Newton-John) 68 OMD 68 The Clash 67 Cliff Richard 66 Ultravox 66 Lio 65 Billy Joel 65 Human League 63 Kool & The Gang 62 Prince 60 Christopher Cross 60 John Lennon to w/e 26/09/81
Fantastic stuff, it's just like the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles! Hope these get updated every once in a while.
That's the idea! I hadn't realised quite how many weeks Talking Heads had racked up! Donna Summer's lead is quite impressive when you realise she hasn't been on the retrochart top 100 at all for almost 6 months now.
All I know from my own stats is that my Adam Ant stanning is as ridiculous as it should be, given how I loved those records in 1981. 15 weeks at #1 in all, and that's just in 1981....with one more single to go!
159 ABBA 142 The Police 129 Human League 129 Donna Summer (includes 17 weeks with Barbara Streisand) 127 Diana Ross (includes 14 weeks with Lionel Richie) 121 Adam & The Ants (+4 solo Adam Ant) 120 David Bowie (includes 15 weeks with Queen) 112 ELO (includes 26 weeks with Olivia Newton-John) 111 Madness 111 Hall & Oates 110 Sheena Easton 110 OMD 109 Kool & The Gang 107 Blondie (+10 solo Debby Harry) 105 Olivia Newton-John (includes 26 weeks with ELO and 6 weeks with Cliff Richard) 104 Talking Heads 101 Queen (includes 15 weeks with David Bowie) 96 Genesis (+51 solo Phil Collins) 94 The Clash 91 The Beat 89 Christopher Cross 87 Grace Jones 85 Cliff Richard 84 Ultravox 79 Prince 79 Billy Joel 78 Stevie Wonder (includes 10 weeks with Paul McCartney) 77 Shalamar 75 The Jam 74 Michael Jackson 73 The Nolans 72 Gary Numan 67 Elton John (includes 1 week with John Lennon) 66 Visage 66 Japan 66 Lio 65 Air Supply 64 Spandau Ballet 64 The Pretenders 64 Pat Benatar 63 Kim Wilde 63 Roxy Music 62 Squeeze 61 Journey 61 XTC 61 John Lennon (includes 1 week with Elton John) 60 Dollar 60 Vangelis (includes 22 weeks with Jon) to w/e 12/06/82
Now we are almost 3 years in, I'm going to start adding chart histories for some of the acts racking up hits. I'll re-edit as time goes by. Although he's been a bit patchy so far, as he is currently number one, we'll start with macca! 05/01/1980 13 04 Wonderful Christmastime 753 19/04/1980 12 14 Coming Up 3391.5 21/06/1980 16 08 Waterfalls 2018 10/04/1982 11 15 Ebony & Ivory Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder 3605 03/07/1982 01 06 Take It Away 4475 02/10/1982 19 07 Tug Of War 1370 06/11/1982 02 15 The Girl Is Mine Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney 3875.5 15/10/1983 02 18 Say Say Say Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson 4717 17/12/1983 03 11 Pipes Of Peace 2550 24/12/1983 41 07 So Bad 1057 06/10/1984 02 13 No More Lonely Nights 3705+ 24/11/1984 75 03 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus 499+ to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 71 01 Chiquitita 82 05/01/1980 09 12 Gimme Gimme Gimme 2059.5 05/01/1980 02 22 I Have A Dream 3990.5 26/07/1980 01 38 The Winner Takes It All ★ 9203 15/11/1980 03 18 Super Trouper 5356 20/12/1980 86 08 On And On And On 1329 02/05/1981 01 18 Lay All Your Love On Me 4938 12/12/1981 02 11 One Of Us 5328.5 26/12/1981 25 14 When All Is Said And Done 3151.5 20/02/1982 04 09 Head Over Heels 2725 17/04/1982 19 08 Visitors 2148 23/10/1982 01 16 The Day Before You Came 3884 11/12/1982 04 12 Under Attack 2356.5 12/11/1983 19 08 Thank You For The Music 1524 Biggest hits: 01 The Winner Takes It All #1 (6 weeks) 9203 02 Super Trouper #3 5356 03 One Of Us #2 5328.5 04 Lay All Your Love On Me #1 (3 week) 4938 05 I Have A Dream #2 3990.5 to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 80 03 Dim All The Lights 276 05/01/1980 35 05 Bad Girls 695.5 05/01/1980 02 17 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (with Barbra Streisand) 4342 05/01/1980 01 20 On The Radio 7101.5 21/06/1980 19 24 Sunset People 3871 12/07/1980 96 01 Could It Be Magic 442 06/09/1980 21 14 Walk Away 3629 20/09/1980 22 10 The Wanderer 2561.5 15/11/1980 36 10 Who Do You Think You're Fooling 1979 29/11/1980 14 14 Cold Love 2774.5 27/12/1980 64 11 Looking Up 1360 19/06/1982 03 07 Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) 4317.5 02/10/1982 05 23 State Of Independence 4562.5 04/12/1982 30 11 I Feel Love (Remix) 1531 18/12/1982 29 14 The Woman In Me 2242 28/05/1983 03 18 She Works Hard For The Money 4756 17/09/1983 12 10 Unconditional Love 2140 25/02/1984 124 0 Love Has A Mind Of Its Own / Stop, Look & Listen 220 11/08/1984 23 13 There Goes My Baby 2267 03/11/1984 10 09 Supernatural Love 2391+ to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 72 03 It's My House 231 12/07/1980 01 20 Upside Down 6695.5 20/09/1980 04 12 My Old Piano 3661 04/10/1980 09 12 I'm Coming Out 3509.5 15/11/1980 11 16 It's My Turn 3256 28/03/1981 54 08 One More Chance 1024 30/05/1981 61 03 Crying My Heart Out For You 687 01/08/1981 07 14 Endless Love Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 4116.5 17/10/1981 14 16 Why Do Fools Fall In Love 4010 09/01/1982 15 15 Mirror Mirror 2916.5 23/01/1982 108 0 Tenderness 139 10/04/1982 08 14 Work That Body 3510 07/08/1982 68 07 It's Never Too Late 849 02/10/1982 17 10 Muscles 2905 15/01/1983 52 07 So Close 903 25/06/1983 27 09 Pieces Of Ice 1472 22/10/1983 89 04 Upfront 618 24/12/1983 96 02 Let's Go Up 581 01/09/1984 27 17 Swept Away 2735+ 15/09/1984 30 10 Touch By Touch 2001+ 11/08/1984 217 0 All Of You Julio Iglasias & Diana Ross 3 01/12/1984 26 04 Missing You 771+ to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 17 16 Empire State Human 2359.5 03/05/1980 26 15 Holiday 80 EP 2457 31/05/1980 28 12 Only After Dark 2489.5 28/02/1981 43 05 Boys & Girls 715 02/05/1981 11 14 The Sound Of The Crowd 3372 08/08/1981 01 15 Love Action (I Believe In Love) 6609 10/10/1981 08 15 Open Your Heart 4355.5 21/11/1981 01 36 Don't You Want Me ★ 9157.5 09/01/1982 12 09 Being Boiled 2554 20/11/1982 03 22 Mirror Man 4392.5 23/04/1983 05 22 (Keep Feeling) Fascination 3823 05/05/1984 10 10 The Lebanon 2296 30/06/1984 16 07 Life On Your Own 1477 17/11/1984 33 07 Louise 1135 to date 29/12/84
26/07/1980 11 19 Kings Of The Wild Frontier 4850 11/10/1980 10 15 Dog Eat Dog 3891 06/12/1980 03 17 Antmusic 5155 27/12/1980 19 09 Young Parisians 2095.5 24/01/1981 26 07 Cartrouble 1180 24/01/1981 45 06 Zerox 927 09/05/1981 03 16 Stand And Deliver 5198 12/09/1981 02 15 Prince Charming 6065 12/12/1981 23 07 Ant Rap 1953.5 27/02/1982 21 08 Deutscher Girls 1800 13/03/1982 94 02 Antmusic EP 202 22/05/1982 03 11 Goody Two Shoes 4218 18/09/1982 14 08 Friend Or Foe 1943.5 27/11/1982 36 15 Desperate But Not Serious 1635 29/10/1983 25 07 Puss N Boots 1159 10/12/1983 77 06 Strip 910 22/09/1984 40 05 Apollo 9 971.5 to date 07/08/82
05/01/1980 09 07 I Wanna Hold Your Hand 1516 15/08/1981 03 19 Hand Held In Black And White 6238 14/11/1981 07 18 Mirror Mirror 5381 27/03/1982 03 13 Give Me Back My Heart 4395.5 10/04/1982 86 04 Ring Ring 457 19/06/1982 02 08 Videotheque 4352.5 18/09/1982 25 07 Give Me Some Kinda Magic 1617.5 to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 75 03 6060-842 408.5 12/01/1980 05 19 Rock Lobster 5776 19/04/1980 108 0 Planet Claire 1511 19/07/1980 20 12 Give Me Back My Man 2286 02/08/1980 57 17 Private Idaho 2113 15/11/1980 194 0 Strobe Light 118 27/02/1982 62 08 Mesopotamia 964 07/05/1983 27 16 (Song For A) Future Generation 1485 16/07/1983 76 06 Legal Tender 889 to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 49 10 Dreaming 912 05/01/1980 02 09 Union City Blue 3183 09/02/1980 74 05 The Hardest Part 842 16/02/1980 01 25 Call Me 8878 23/02/1980 01 20 Atomic 7644.5 23/08/1980 86 05 Hanging On The Telephone 875 08/11/1980 01 15 The Tide Is High 4889 24/01/1981 02 12 Rapture 3792 30/01/1982 135 0 In The Flesh 91.5 08/05/1982 09 11 Island Of Lost Souls 2602 24/07/1982 32 04 War Child 616 to date 29/12/84
04/04/1981 33 10 Dreaming Of Me 1614 13/06/1981 02 15 New Life 5005 19/09/1981 01 16 Just Can't Get Enough 6535 13/02/1982 03 11 See You 3721 08/05/1982 06 08 The Meaning Of Love 3211 28/08/1982 05 09 Leave In Silence 2744.5 12/02/1983 08 08 Get The Balance Right 1861 23/07/1983 02 28 Everything Counts 5257 01/10/1983 10 08 Love In Itself 1967 24/03/1984 02 11 People Are People 3568 01/09/1984 03 12 Master & Servant 3337 10/11/1984 13 08 Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody 1867+ to date 29/12/84
21/02/1981 01 33 Kids In America 6932 09/05/1981 04 20 Chequered Love 4528 01/08/1981 09 12 Water On Glass 3226.5 14/11/1981 03 15 Cambodia 6954.5 17/04/1982 01 10 View From A Bridge 4289 16/10/1982 13 07 Child Come Away 1448 30/07/1983 26 06 Love Blonde 1250 12/11/1983 50 05 Dancing In The Dark 894 13/10/1984 05 12 The Second Time (Go For It) 2647.5+ 08/12/1984 144 0 The Touch 241+ to date 29/12/84
