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1979 Artists chart


  Artist Country Points # Weeks High # Weeks at no. 1 # Weeks in top 10
1 ABBA Sweden 1228 41 1 1 22
2 Kiss USA 860 28 1 4 18
3 Boney M Germany 827 29 1 3 18
4 Luv' Netherlands 720 28 4 0 10
5 Racey UK 712 23 1 2 14
6 Julio Iglesias Spain 692 26 1 5 11
7 Earth Wind & Fire USA 682 34 4 0 6
8 The Pointer Sisters USA 658 23 1 4 13
9 Village People USA 657 25 1 4 14
10 The Police UK 639 32 2 0 9
11 Chic USA 614 28 2 0 7
12 Peaches & Herb USA 544 25 1 1 8
13 Cheap Trick USA 539 22 1 2 7
14 Dolly Dots Netherlands 537 25 9 0 4
15 Meatloaf USA 520 18 1 2 11
16 Jackson Five USA 501 19 3 0 10
17 Mac Kissoon UK 492 20 2 0 9
18 Electric Light Orchestra UK 464 19 5 0 7
19 Art Garfunkel USA 459 14 1 5 10
20 Sandy Netherlands 448 24 10 0 2
21 Queen UK 442 18 1 3 7
22 BZN Netherlands 427 20 8 0 2
23 Dr. Hook (& The Medicine Show) USA 419 17 2 0 8
24 The Shadows UK 411 12 1 3 9
25 Roxy Music UK 408 19 6 0 5
26 Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger International 401 14 1 3 9
27 Golden Earring Netherlands 391 15 3 0 7
28 Patrick Hernandez France 388 17 5 0 5
29 Sister Sledge USA 388 22 14 0 0
30 Donna Summer USA 382 17 7 0 4
31 The Bee Gees Australia 381 18 4 0 5
32 Ellen Foley USA 378 13 1 3 8
33 Commodores USA 375 16 4 0 5
34 Blondie USA 375 19 5 0 4
35 Wiz Stars USA 374 13 1 4 8
36 Herman Brood & His Wild Romance Netherlands 368 20 9 0 2
37 Status Quo UK 366 16 5 0 5
38 Lene Lovich UK 355 18 3 0 4
39 Anita Ward USA 349 12 2 0 7
40 The Three Degrees USA 349 14 5 0 7
41 Bob Marley & The Wailers Jamaica 343 12 2 0 6
42 De Sunstreams Netherlands 321 15 7 0 5
43 Jan & Dean USA 320 11 3 0 6
44 Cliff Richard UK 319 11 3 0 7
45 Third World Jamaica 318 15 3 0 5
46 The Boomtown Rats Ireland 316 11 2 0 6
47 M UK 309 11 3 0 6
48 Massada Netherlands 307 14 2 0 5
49 Michael Jackson USA 305 10 2 0 7
50 KC & The Sunshine Band USA 301 13 6 0 3
51 Eruption UK 298 11 4 0 5
52 Nottingham Forest FC & Paperlace UK 277 9 3 0 6
53 Alice Cooper USA 271 11 7 0 4
54 Shirley Bassey UK 266 10 4 0 5
55 Gloria Gaynor USA 264 10 4 0 4
56 Willem Duyn Netherlands 264 11 5 0 4
57 Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro International 262 9 3 0 6
58 Kayak Netherlands 258 10 6 0 5
59 Supertramp UK 254 15 16 0 0
60 Randy Vanwarmer USA 251 10 6 0 3
61 Cashmere USA 249 10 4 0 4
62 The Baby's UK 243 10 7 0 4
63 Fleetwood Mac UK 243 11 9 0 4
64 Amii Stewart USA 242 11 7 0 4
65 Milk & Honey Israel 240 9 8 0 4
66 Clout South-Africa 237 12 9 0 3
67 Elton John UK 236 9 6 0 4
68 Earth & Fire Netherlands 232 7 1 2 5
69 Olivia Newton John Australia 228 8 3 0 5
70 Rod Stewart UK 227 11 4 0 4
71 Teach In Netherlands 226 12 10 0 2
72 Gruppo Sportivo Netherlands 226 12 11 0 0
73 Ian Dury & The Blockheads UK 221 12 9 0 2
74 Bino Italy 220 10 9 0 3
75 André van Duin Netherlands 215 8 4 0 4
76 Babe Netherlands 215 12 15 0 0
77 Duncan Browne UK 214 8 7 0 3
78 The Buoys USA 213 10 8 0 3
79 Pussycat Netherlands 206 13 14 0 0
80 Raydio USA 204 8 7 0 3
81 The Bellamy Brothers USA 203 8 8 0 3
82 George Baker Netherlands 199 13 10 0 2
83 Snoopy Netherlands 195 8 10 0 3
84 Gary Numan & Tubeway Army UK 193 8 9 0 3
85 Champagne Netherlands 192 14 21 0 0
86 The Eagles USA 190 9 7 0 1
87 The Real Thing UK 187 9 11 0 0
88 Suzi Quatro USA 186 7 6 0 3
89 Lowell George USA 185 9 10 0 2
90 Alicia Bridges USA 182 8 9 0 3
91 Freddie James USA 173 5 3 0 4
92 Baba & Roody Unknown 164 8 11 0 0
93 Hot Chocolate UK 160 8 11 0 0
94 Al Hudson & Partners USA 157 7 11 0 0
95 Leif Garrett USA 156 8 11 0 0
96 The Crusaders USA 155 8 13 0 0
97 The Shirts USA 150 7 12 0 0
98 Cory Day USA 149 8 14 0 0
99 Frank Mills Canada 146 7 11 0 0
100 Jean-Michel Jarre France 146 7 13 0 0
101 Herman van Veen Netherlands 140 7 14 0 0
102 Lou & Hollywood Bananas Belgium 137 7 14 0 0
103 Grandfunk Railroad USA 134 7 13 0 0
104 Dave Edmunds UK 132 7 12 0 0
105 Ritchie Family USA 131 7 13 0 0
106 Ricky Lee Jones USA 128 7 12 0 0
107 Frantique USA 126 7 16 0 0
108 The Specials UK 124 6 13 0 0
109 Kinderen van Nederland Netherlands 123 5 10 0 1
110 Chaka Khan USA 123 8 19 0 0
111 Mike Batt UK 121 5 11 0 0
112 Sparks UK 119 7 15 0 0
113 Viola Wills USA 117 4 7 0 2
114 David Bowie UK 117 8 17 0 0
115 Henk Wijngaard Netherlands 116 12 25 0 0
116 Guys & Dolls UK 115 7 15 0 0
117 Discotheque Netherlands 112 6 16 0 0
118 Breedbekkikkers Netherlands 112 7 17 0 0
119 The Buggles UK 108 6 17 0 0
120 The Surfers Netherlands 106 6 17 0 0
121 McGuinn, Clark & Hillman USA 105 6 17 0 0
122 Normaal Netherlands 105 9 24 0 0
123 Sheila & The Black Devotion France 103 6 19 0 0
124 Joe Tex USA 102 6 16 0 0
125 Peter Tosh Jamaica 102 6 17 0 0
126 Billy Joel USA 102 9 23 0 0
127 Knack USA 100 6 20 0 0
128 Vader Abraham Netherlands 99 8 17 0 0
129 Tee Set Netherlands 99 8 20 0 0
130 Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer USA 93 6 20 0 0
131 Edwin Starr USA 91 6 19 0 0
132 De lenco's Netherlands 90 8 22 0 0
133 Dire Straits UK 89 5 18 0 0
134 Wings UK 86 7 21 0 0
135 Fischer Z UK 85 7 20 0 0
136 Jan Boezeroen Netherlands 83 7 22 0 0
137 Jerry Lee Lewis USA 82 5 17 0 0
138 Inner Circle Jamaica 81 8 23 0 0
139 Pink Floyd UK 80 3 8 0 2
140 Kate Bush UK 80 6 21 0 0
141 Instant Funk USA 79 7 24 0 0
142 Tiffany Netherlands 78 7 24 0 0
143 Gary Brooker UK 77 5 21 0 0
144 Promises Canada 76 4 17 0 0
145 Nils Lofgren USA 76 6 21 0 0
146 Jan & Zwaan Netherlands 75 6 20 0 0
147 New Dutch Organ Group Netherlands 73 4 18 0 0
148 Herman van Veen & Monique van de Ven Netherlands 72 6 21 0 0
149 James Last & Georghe Zamfir International 71 3 9 0 1
150 Chalawa Unknown 70 6 24 0 0
151 Players Association USA 66 4 21 0 0
152 Umberto Tozzi Italy 65 5 21 0 0
153 Toto USA 64 6 25 0 0
154 Jacques Kloes & Patricia Paay Netherlands 62 5 25 0 0
155 Ironhorse Canada 60 5 23 0 0
156 Borker Trio Netherlands 57 3 16 0 0
157 Gene Chandler USA 57 4 21 0 0
158 Charlie Daniels Band Unknown 53 4 25 0 0
159 Rachel Sweet USA 53 5 26 0 0
160 Foxy USA 52 3 13 0 0
161 UK UK 52 4 24 0 0
162 Paul McCartney UK 51 4 24 0 0
163 Robert Palmer UK 48 5 27 0 0
164 Gilla Austria 46 4 26 0 0
165 Paay, Patricia & Yvonne Keely Netherlands 45 4 26 0 0
166 Japan UK 44 5 27 0 0
167 Yannis Markopoulos Greece 43 3 12 0 0
168 Liquid Gold UK 43 4 27 0 0
169 Kelly Family USA 42 2 15 0 0
170 Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond USA 42 3 16 0 0
171 Alan Sorrenti Italy 42 4 26 0 0
172 Lee Towers Netherlands 42 5 30 0 0
173 Gus Williams Unknown 40 4 27 0 0
174 Paul Boey Netherlands 40 5 30 0 0
175 Dan Hartman USA 39 4 28 0 0
176 Diesel Australia 38 3 28 0 0
177 Dean Friedman USA 37 5 29 0 0
178 Graham Gouldman UK 36 4 28 0 0
179 The Cars USA 35 4 28 0 0
180 Marianne Faithfull UK 34 3 25 0 0
181 AC/DC Australia 33 4 27 0 0
182 Chris Thompson & Night Unknown 33 4 28 0 0
183 Gebroeders Grimm Netherlands 31 4 30 0 0
184 Vitesse Netherlands 30 4 29 0 0
185 Deco Unknown 29 3 30 0 0
186 De Havenzangers Netherlands 29 5 32 0 0
187 Carlsberg Unknown 28 4 30 0 0
188 Millionaires Netherlands 28 3 30 0 0
189 Familee Unknown 28 3 31 0 0
190 Sugarhill Gang USA 27 2 22 0 0
191 Benelux Netherlands 27 4 29 0 0
192 Arno & Gratje Netherlands 27 4 30 0 0
193 Jimmy 'Bo' Horne USA 25 4 30 0 0
194 Bram Tchaikovsky UK 25 3 32 0 0
195 Elvis Costello (& The Attractions) UK 24 4 31 0 0
196 XTC UK 24 3 32 0 0
197 Anne Murray Canada 23 3 26 0 0
198 Bohannon USA 23 3 32 0 0
199 John Travolta USA 22 2 22 0 0
200 De Twee Pinten Netherlands 22 3 32 0 0
201 Theo Vaness Unknown 22 3 32 0 0
202 Chorale Unknown 21 2 28 0 0
203 Sinceros Unknown 21 3 33 0 0
204 Rita Corita Netherlands 20 3 31 0 0
205 10CC UK 19 2 24 0 0
206 Rainbow Train Netherlands 19 3 31 0 0
207 The Gibson Brothers Martinique 18 3 32 0 0
208 Maywood Netherlands 18 3 32 0 0
209 Flying Lizards UK 18 3 33 0 0
210 Conquistador Netherlands 18 3 34 0 0
211 Pamela Stanley Unknown 18 3 34 0 0
212 Madness UK 17 3 34 0 0
213 Emotions USA 17 3 34 0 0
214 Polle Eduard Band Netherlands 16 4 33 0 0
215 Rumour Unknown 16 3 34 0 0
216 Tol Hansse Netherlands 16 4 35 0 0
217 Kaz Lux Unknown 15 3 33 0 0
218 Renee Netherlands 15 3 34 0 0
219 Janis Ian USA 13 1 28 0 0
220 Corry Konings Netherlands 12 3 36 0 0
221 Ben Cramer Netherlands 11 3 36 0 0
222 Exile USA 11 4 37 0 0
223 Bontjie Stars Netherlands 10 3 37 0 0
224 Robert Paul Netherlands 9 2 35 0 0
225 New Adventures Unknown 8 2 37 0 0
226 Sylvester USA 7 1 34 0 0
227 Rose Royce USA 7 2 36 0 0
228 Triumvirat Germany 7 2 37 0 0
229 Wreckless Eric UK 7 3 38 0 0
230 Denny Christian Germany 6 1 35 0 0
231 Xandra Unknown 6 2 37 0 0
232 Squeeze UK 5 3 39 0 0
233 Santana USA 4 2 38 0 0
234 Dschinghis Khan Germany 4 2 38 0 0
235 Patti Smith USA 4 3 39 0 0
236 Oh Sixteen Oh Seven Netherlands 3 1 38 0 0
237 Herbie Hancock USA 2 1 39 0 0