brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 | 1 | 1 | 12-08-79 |  |
| Pink Floyd |
| 2 | Walking On The Moon | 1 | 1-05-80 | |
| The Police |
| 3 | Refugee | 1 | 7 | 1-12-80 | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| 1-19-80 |
| Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 by Pink Floyd returns to number one |
| 4 | Crazy Little Thing Called Love | 1 | 1 | 2-09-80 | |
| Queen |
| 5 | Cheap Sunglasses | 1 | 2-16-80 | |
| ZZ Top |
| 6 | Rockin' Into The Night | 1 | 2-23-80 | |
| 38 Special |
| 7 | Comfortably Numb | 1 | 3-08-80 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 8 | You May Be Right | 1 | 1 | 3-15-80 | |
| Billy Joel |
| 9 | Ride Like The Wind | 1 | 2 | 3-29-80 | |
| Christopher Cross |
| 4-05-80 |
| You May Be Right by Billy Joel returns to number one |
| 10 | Brass In Pocket | 1 | 7 | 4-12-80 | |
| Pretenders |
| 11 | Love Stinks | 1 | 4-19-80 | |
| The J. Geils Band |
| 12 | Cocaine LIVE | 1 | 5-03-80 | |
| Eric Clapton |
| 13 | It's Still Rock And Roll To Me | 1 | 1 | 5-10-80 | |
| Billy Joel |
| 14 | Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) | 1 | 1 | 5-17-80 | |
| Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 15 | And The Cradle Will Rock... | 1 | 5-24-80 | |
| Van Halen |
| 16 | Against The Wind | 1 | 2 | 5-31-80 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 17 | Misunderstanding | 1 | 3 | 6-07-80 | |
| Genesis |
| 18 | Rough Boys | 1 | 6-14-80 | |
| Pete Townshend |
| 6-21-80 |
| Misunderstanding by Genesis returns to number one |
| 19 | Let My Love Open The Door | 1 | 4 | 6-28-80 | |
| Pete Townshend |
| 20 | Emotional Rescue | 1 | 1 | 7-05-80 | |
| The Rolling Stones |
| 21 | Turn It On Again | 1 | 7-26-80 | |
| Genesis |
| 22 | Another One Bites The Dust | 1 | 1 | 8-09-80 | |
| Queen |
| 23 | You Shook Me All Night Long | 1 | 8-23-80 | |
| AC/DC |
| 24 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 1 | 4 | 9-06-80 | |
| Pat Benatar |
| 25 | Back In Black | 1 | 9-27-80 | |
| AC/DC |
| 26 | She's So Cold | 1 | 20 | 10-04-80 | |
| The Rolling Stones |
| 10-11-80 |
| Back In Black by AC/DC returns to number one |
| 27 | Hells Bells | 1 | 10-25-80 | |
| AC/DC |
| 28 | (Just Like) Starting Over | 1 | 1 | 11-01-80 | |
| John Lennon |
| 29 | Hungry Heart | 1 | 1 | 11-08-80 | |
| Bruce Springsteen |
| 30 | Hey Nineteen | 1 | 3 | 12-06-80 | |
| Steely Dan |
| 12-20-80 |
| After John Lennon is shot and killed, his recent number one (Just Like) Starting Over returns to number one |
| 31 | Keep On Loving You | 1 | 2 | 12-27-80 | |
| REO Speedwagon |