Most Popular Female Singers Top 80s Hits
From Like A Virgin, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun To Smooth Operator
Sep 3, 2008
It was Madonna who emerged as the Queen of Pop in the eighties, with 3 chart-topping albums that she produced herself.
Sometimes known as the Material Girl, Madonna is a dancer, a singer-song writer, an actress and above all, a shrewd business woman. Today she continues to lead by example, forging the way for other female artists to make the top in pop culture performing arts.
Madonna has 15 of the top 75 most-requested hits on Pop Culture Madness survey for songs from 1980 to 1989, more hits than any other female solo artist.
The Pop Culture Madness database tracks fan demand for pop songs, updated with current requests to ensure an accurate snapshot of the most popular hits for each year tracked in the survey.
Top 10 Female Singers From 1980s
The top 75 songs from each year in the Pop Culture Madness survey were used to calculate the female solo artists with the most requested hits during the eighties.
- Madonna … 15 hits with 4 in top 10 (average song in top 24)
- Pat Benatar … 8 hits none in top 10 (average in top 39)
- Whitney Houston … 6 hits none in top 10 (average in top 27)
- Tina Turner … 6 hits none in top 10 (average in top 29)
- Sade … 5 hits with 3 in top 10 (average in top 15)
- Gloria Estefan … 5 hits none in top 10 (average in top 34)
- Cyndi Lauper … 3 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 10)
- Donna Summer … 3 hits none in top 10 (average in top 30)
- Irene Cara … 2 hits with 2 in top 10 (average in top 10)
- Bette Midler … 2 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 11).
Highest-Placing 80s Songs By Most Popular Female Singers
The following list identifies the most requested hit for of each of the top 10 female solo artists from the eighties.
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper) … Number 2 most requested hit single from 1984
- Smooth Operator (Sade) … Number 2 from 1985
- Flashdance - What A Feeling (Irene Cara) … Number 3 from 1983
- Like A Virgin (Madonna) – Number 4 from 1984
- Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler) … Number 4 from 1989
- Greatest Love Of All (Whitney Houston) … Number 13 from 1986
- State of Independence (Donna Summer) … Number 13 from 1982
- Get On Your Feet (Gloria Estefan) … Number 14 from 1989
- What's Love Got To Do With It … Tina Turner) … Number 14 from 1984
- Fire and Ice (Pat Benatar) … Number 24 fro m 1981.
Other 80s Songs Among Top 25 Most Requested
Listed below are other most hits that placed among the 25 most requested titles from 1980 to 1989, organized by performing artist.
Madonna’s Other Top 80s Hits
- Holiday … Number 5 from 1984
- Like A Prayer … Number 5 from 1989
- Crazy For You … Number 10 from 1985
- Lucky Star … Number 13 from 1984
- Into The Groove … Number 13 from 1985
- Material Girl … Number 21 from 1985
- Live To Tell … Number 25 from 1986
- La Isla Bonita … Number 25 from 1987.
Gloria Estefan’s Other Top 80s Hits
- Here We Are … Number 12 from 1980
- Coming Out Of The Dark … Number 25 from 1981.
Whitney Houston’s Other Top 80s Hits
- One Moment In Time … Number 17 from 1988
- Didn't We Almost Have It All … Number 19 from 1987
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) … Number 22 from 1987.
Tina Turner’s Other Top 80s Hits
- The Best … Number 16 from 1989
- Let's Stay Together … Number 25 from 1984.
Sade’s Other Top 80s Hits
- Paradise … Number 9 from 1988
- The Sweetest Taboo … Number 10 from 1986
- Never As Good As The First Time … Number 12 from 1986
- Your Love Is King … Number 41 from 1985.
Gloria Estefan’s Other Top 80s Hits
- 1 2 3 (with Miami Sound Machine) … Number 23 from 1988.
Cyndi Lauper’s Other Top 80s Hits
- Time After Time … Number 12 from 1984
- She Bop … Number 16 from 1984.
Donna Summer’s Other Top 80s Hits
- On The Radio … Number 23 from 1980.
Irene Cara’s Other Top 80s Hits
- Fame … Number 10 from 1980.
Bette Midler’s Other Top 80s Hits
- The Rose … Number 17 from 1980.
Sources for this Article
This article presents independent calculations and insights based on Pop Music Charts song data presented by Pop Culture Madness.
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