List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1979


These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1979.
That year, 10 acts earned their first number one song, such as Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, The Knack, Robert John, M, Styx, and Rupert Holmes. The Bee Gees and Donna Summer were the only acts to have more than one song reach number one, with three.
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1979 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.