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These are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one hits of 1981. The longest running number-one single of 1981 is " Physical" by
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which stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks in 1981 and then for four additional weeks in 1982, with a total of 10 weeks at number-one. This also makes "Physical" the longest running number-one single of the 1980s. That year, 10 acts hit number one for the first time, such as
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, Eddie Rabbitt, REO Speedwagon,
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. Lionel Richie, already having hit number one with
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, also receives his first number one song as a solo act. Blondie and
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were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with both acts hitting twice.


Chart history


Number-one artists


See also

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Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1981 These are the number-one hits on the Top 100 Singles chart in 1981 as published by ''Cash Box'' magazine. See also *1981 in music *List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1981 (U.S.) References *http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny4/cashbox/1 ...
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List of Billboard number-one singles This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently mon ...
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'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 Eighties'' () *Additional information obtained can be verified within ''Billboard's'
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