List of UK singles chart number ones of the 1980s

achieved four number ones during the 1980s, with three of them - "Going Underground", "Town Called Malice" and "Beat Surrender" - entering the chart at number one. scored their two most recent number ones, their last being Super Trouper. was murdered in 1980, and three of his singles reached number one posthumously. had three number-one singles in the 1980s, scoring his first ever number-one single in 1981 with "One Day in Your Life", followed by "Billie Jean" in 1983 and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" in 1987. had two number ones, including the best-selling single of 1983, "Karma Chameleon". Frontman Boy George would later achieve a solo number one in 1987. was one of the most successful artists of the 1980s, with three number-one singles as a solo artist and four as part of Wham!. co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which was the biggest-selling single of the decade. had three consecutive singles reach number one, of which two, "Relax" and "Two Tribes", sold more than one million copies. was the first female artist to have a single sell more than a million copies, with "The Power of Love". gained four number ones, "West End Girls", "It's a Sin", "Always on My Mind" and "Heart". went to number one with her debut UK single "I Should Be So Lucky", and achieved two more number ones in 1989. ==By artist==

American entertainer Madonna was the most successful act of the decade in terms of number-one singles. She had six number ones: "Into the Groove" (1985); "Papa Don't Preach", "True Blue" (both 1986); "La Isla Bonita", "Who's That Girl" (both 1987); and "Like a Prayer" (1989). George Michael had significant involvement with seven number-one singles; he was also involved with Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" but his contribution was less significant. He had two number-one singles as a solo artist, four as a member of pop duo Wham!, and one as a duet with Aretha Franklin. The following artists achieved three or more number-one hits during the 1980s. Additionally, Adam Ant and Boy George each had one solo number one hit and two number one hits as lead singers of bands (Adam and the Ants and Culture Club, respectively) totalling three number one hits each. ==By record label==

The following record labels had five or more number ones on the UK singles chart during the 1980s. == Songs with the most weeks at number one ==

The following songs spent at least five weeks at number one during the 1980s. ==Million-selling and platinum records==

The British Phonographic Industry classified singles and albums since 1973 by the number of units sold, with the highest threshold being a "platinum record". Before 1989, a platinum record was given to singles that sold more than 1,000,000 units, a gold record for 500,000 unit sales and a silver record for 250,000. For singles released after 1 January 1989, the number of sales required to qualify for platinum, gold and silver records was dropped to 600,000 units (platinum), 400,000 units (gold) and 200,000 units (silver). Fifteen records were classified platinum in the 1980s. These include two songs from the 1970s that were classified platinum in the 1980s: Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody", released in 1973, re-entered the charts and was classified platinum in 1980 and sold more than one million copies by 1985. Pink Floyd's 1979 release "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" was classified platinum at the beginning of 1980 and, although certified as selling 0.995 million units, is believed to have surpassed a million copies in the 1980s when sales not "over-the-counter" are included. In the 1980s, twelve songs were released that were classified platinum in the decade; eleven of these also sold one million units in that time. In addition, a new version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid II was released in December 1989 and was classified platinum in 1990 and John Lennon's "Imagine" (originally released in 1975), reached number one in 1981 following his death and sold more than a million copies. The other song released in the 1980s to sell a million copies is "Blue Monday" by New Order, which charted in several years during the decade, but was not listed as a million seller until later. == Additional information ==

[No. 2]: The singles "Ghostbusters" and "Fairytale of New York" peaked at number two in the UK singles chart. "Last Christmas" peaked at number two upon its original release, but eventually reached number one in 2021. [No. 3]: "Blue Monday" was originally released as a 12" single in 1983, where it peaked at number 9 in the UK singles chart. It was re-released in 7" format in 1988 as "Blue Monday 1988" where it reached a higher peak of number 3. It has also been re-released on other occasions, most notably 1995. New Order's label, Factory Records, were not a member of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) so they never received any sales certifications. However, "Blue Monday" sold more than one million units through combined sales total. [No. 62]: "Don't Stop Believin'" originally peaked in the UK at number 62 in 1982, but reached number 6 in 2010 following performances on The X Factor. ==Notes==