Here are the Number One Hit Singles in the UK for 1980, based on sales.

• 19/1/1980 : (2 weeks) - The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
• 2/2/1980 : (2 weeks) - The Specials - Live EP (main track: Too Much Too Young)
• 16/2/1980 : (2 weeks) - Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County
• 1/3/1980 : (2 weeks) - Blondie - Atomic
• 15/3/1980 : (1 week) - Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful
• 22/3/1980 : (3 weeks) - The Jam - Going Underground
• 12/4/1980 : (2 weeks) - Detroit Spinners - Working My Way Back To You
• 26/4/1980 : (1 week) - Blondie - Call Me
• 3/5/1980 : (2 weeks) - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
• 17/5/1980 : (2 weeks) - Johnny Logan - What's Another Year
• 31/5/1980 : (3 weeks) - Mash - Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)
• 21/6/1980 : (3 weeks) - Don McLean - Crying
• 12/7/1980 : (2 weeks) - Olivia Newton John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu
• 26/7/1980 : (2 weeks) - Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out
• 9/8/1980 : (2 weeks) - Abba - The Winner Takes It All
• 23/8/1980 : (2 weeks) - David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
• 6/9/1980 : (1 week) - The Jam - Start
• 13/9/1980 : (2 weeks) - Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love
• 27/9/1980 : (4 weeks) - The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
• 25/10/1980 : (3 weeks) - Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
• 15/11/1980 : (2 weeks) - Blondie - The Tide Is High
• 29/11/1980 : (3 weeks) - Abba - Super Trouper
• 20/12/1980 : (1 week) - John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
• 27/12/1980 : (2 weeks) - St Winifred's School Choir - There's No-one Quite Like Grandma

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Singles are shown with the date they entered the Number One slot. UK_Charter is an autonoder under the control of spiregrain.