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thumb|upright|[[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
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|style="background-color:#FFFF99"|The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboards 1979 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
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!Issue date
!Song
!Artist(s)
!
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|457
|January 6
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Too Much Heaven"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Bee Gees
|align="center"|
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|January 13
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|re
|January 20
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Le Freak"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Chic
|align="center"|
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|January 27
|align="center"|
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|February 3
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=4|458
|February 10
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Rod Stewart
|align="center"|
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|February 17
|align="center"|
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|February 24
|align="center"|
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|March 3
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|459
|March 10
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"I Will Survive"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Gloria Gaynor
|align="center"|
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|March 17
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|460
|March 24
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Tragedy"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Bee Gees
|align="center"|
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|March 31
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|re
|April 7
|align="center"|"I Will Survive"
|align="center"|Gloria Gaynor
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|461
|April 14
|align="center"|"What a Fool Believes"
|align="center"|The Doobie Brothers
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|462
|April 21
|align="center"|"Knock on Wood"
|align="center"|Amii Stewart
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|463
|April 28
|align="center"|"Heart of Glass"
|align="center"|Blondie
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=4|464
|May 5
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Reunited"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Peaches & Herb
|align="center"|
|-
|May 12
|align="center"|
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|May 19
|align="center"|
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|May 26
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|465
|June 2
|align="center"|"Hot Stuff"
|align="center"|Donna Summer
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|466
|June 9
|align="center"|"Love You Inside Out"
|align="center"|Bee Gees
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|re
|June 16
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Hot Stuff"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Donna Summer
|align="center"|
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|June 23
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|467
|June 30
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Ring My Bell"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Anita Ward
|align="center"|
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|July 7
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=5|468
|July 14
|align="center" rowspan="5"|"Bad Girls"
|align="center" rowspan="5"|Donna Summer
|align="center"|
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|July 21
|align="center"|
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|July 28
|align="center"|
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|August 4
|align="center"|
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|August 11
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|469
|August 18
|align="center"|"Good Times"
|align="center"|Chic
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=6|470
|August 25
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="6"|"My Sharona"
|align="center" rowspan="6"|The Knack
|align="center"|
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|September 1
|align="center"|
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|September 8
|align="center"|
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|September 15
|align="center"|
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|September 22
|align="center"|
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|September 29
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|471
|October 6
|align="center"|"Sad Eyes"
|align="center"|Robert John
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|472
|October 13
|align="center"|"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
|align="center"|Michael Jackson
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|473
|October 20
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Rise"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Herb Alpert
|align="center"|
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|October 27
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|474
|November 3
|align="center"|"Pop Muzik"
|align="center"|M
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|475
|November 10
|align="center"|"Heartache Tonight"
|align="center"|Eagles
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|476
|November 17
|align="center"|"Still"
|align="center"|Commodores
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|477
|November 24
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
|align="center"|
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|December 1
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|478
|December 8
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Babe"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Styx
|align="center"|
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|December 15
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|479
|December 22
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Rupert Holmes
|align="center"|
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|December 29*
|align="center"|
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Number-one artists
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
! Position
! Artist
! Weeks at No. 1
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| 1
| Donna Summer
| 10
|-
| 2
| The Knack
| 6
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| 3
| Bee Gees
| 5
|-
| rowspan=3| 4
| Rod Stewart
| rowspan=3| 4
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| Peaches & Herb
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| Chic
|-
| 7
| Gloria Gaynor
| 3
|-
| rowspan=5| 8
| Anita Ward
| rowspan=5| 2
|-
| Herb Alpert
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| Barbra Streisand
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| Styx
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| Rupert Holmes
|-
| rowspan=8| 13
| The Doobie Brothers
| rowspan=8| 1
|-
| Amii Stewart
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| Blondie
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| Robert John
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| Michael Jackson
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| M
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| Eagles
|-
| Commodores
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See also
- 1979 in music
- List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1979
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s
References
Sources
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ()
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition ()
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies ()
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.