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Prince had the year's longest-running number one with "When Doves Cry".. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1984 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since 2005.
Hot 100 number ones of 1984. These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1984. Overall, Prince spent the most weeks at number one in 1984, reigning for seven weeks at the top with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" (with the Revolution ). However, "Like a Virgin" by Madonna had the longest run at number one of any song which rose into ...
Prince had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, "When Doves Cry", the number one hit of the year, and "Let's Go Crazy" at number 21. Lionel Richie had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1984.
Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1984. This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1984. A total of 99 singles hit the top-ten, including 20 number one songs and 7 number-two peaked songs. Lionel Richie scored five top ten hits during the year with "All Night Long (All Night)", "Running with the Night ...
200 number-one albums of 1984. Purple Rain by Prince and The Revolution stayed twenty-two weeks at number one and sold more than nine million copies. The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in ...
Issue date Album Artist January 7: Can't Slow Down: Lionel Richie: January 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 3
The song was a top 10 hit on the all-genres Billboard Hot 100 but went all the way to number one on the country chart. [4] The only other multi-week chart-topper in 1984 was "Why Not Me" by mother-daughter duo The Judds, which ended the year at number one. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band had its first number one in 1984. The band had been active ...
Soon after Foreigner's single topped the charts, the New Jersey Mass Choir released its own similar-sounding version of the song on an album also titled I Want to Know What Love Is. The choir's single peaked at number 37 on the then-Hot Black Singles chart and number 12 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.