![](https://100-songs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-top-100-hit-makers-of-the-1980s.png?w=1024)
The most successful artists on the Australian Singles Charts during the 1980s.
1. MADONNA (HP: #1 – Weeks In Top 100: 223) |
2. MICHAEL JACKSON (HP: #1 – Weeks: 245) |
3. INXS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 304) |
4. LIONEL RICHIE (HP: #1 – Weeks: 192) |
5. ICEHOUSE (HP: #1 – Weeks: 265) |
6. ELTON JOHN (HP: #3 – Weeks: 275) |
7. WHAM! (HP: #1 – Weeks: 133) |
8. CULTURE CLUB (HP: #1 – Weeks: 134) |
9. PHIL COLLINS (HP: #2 – Weeks: 164) |
10. KYLIE MINOGUE (HP: #1 – Weeks: 120) |
11. EURYTHMICS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 224) |
12. MENTAL AS ANYTHING (HP: #2 – Weeks: 307) |
13. PRINCE (HP: #1 – Weeks: 186) *includes Prince & the Revolution |
14. BANANARAMA (HP: #1 – Weeks: 189) |
15. DURAN DURAN (HP: #3 – Weeks: 199) |
16. QUEEN (HP: #1 – Weeks: 196) |
17. GEORGE MICHAEL (HP: #1 – Weeks: 136) |
18. JOHN FARNHAM (HP: #1 – Weeks: 137) |
19. STEVIE WONDER (HP: #1 – Weeks: 180) |
20. BILLY JOEL (HP: #1 – Weeks: 191) |
21. SPLIT ENZ (HP: #1 – Weeks: 140) |
22. DAVID BOWIE (HP: #1 – Weeks: 210) |
23. BILLY OCEAN (HP: #1 – Weeks: 110) |
24. CLIFF RICHARD (HP: #1 – Weeks: 290) |
25. THE POLICE (HP: #2 – Weeks: 120) |
26. CYNDI LAUPER (HP: #1 – Weeks: 158) |
27. JIMMY BARNES (HP: #1 – Weeks: 145) |
28. PSEUDO ECHO (HP: #1 – Weeks: 146) |
29. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (HP: #1 – Weeks: 136) |
30. MEN AT WORK (HP: #1 – Weeks: 125) |
31. ROBERT PALMER (HP: #1 – Weeks: 151) |
32. U2 (HP: #1 – Weeks: 167) |
33. BANGLES (HP: #1 – Weeks: 121) |
34. DIANA ROSS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 162) |
35. MIDNIGHT OIL (HP: #1 – Weeks: 164) |
36. BILLY IDOL (HP: #3 – Weeks: 179) |
37. POINTER SISTERS (HP: #4 – Weeks: 176) |
38. RICK ASTLEY (HP: #1 – Weeks: 71) |
39. KIM WILDE (HP: #1 – Weeks: 145) |
40. TINA TURNER (HP: #1 – Weeks: 147) |
41. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (HP: #2 – Weeks: 161) |
42. SHAKIN’ STEVENS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 113) |
43. WHITNEY HOUSTON (HP: #1 – Weeks: 138) |
44. PAT BENATAR (HP: #1 – Weeks: 191) |
45. ADAM ANT (HP: #1 – Weeks: 85) *includes Adam And The Ants |
46. LAURA BRANIGAN (HP: #1 – Weeks: 121) |
47. MONDO ROCK (HP: #2 – Weeks: 174) |
48. CHEAP TRICK (HP: #1 – Weeks: 78) |
49. HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 154) |
50. JOHN MELLENCAMP (HP: #5 – Weeks: 195) |
51. IRENE CARA (HP: #1 – Weeks: 98) |
52. MODELS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 150) |
53. PAUL McCARTNEY (HP: #2 – Weeks: 149) |
54. THE ROLLING STONES (HP: #1 – Weeks: 133) |
55. ROD STEWART (HP: #3 – Weeks: 156) |
56. BLONDIE (HP: #4 – Weeks: 73) |
57. JOHN LENNON (HP: #1 – Weeks: 58) |
58. PRETENDERS (HP: #2 – Weeks: 128) |
59. FOREIGNER (HP: #1 – Weeks: 113) |
60. THE ANGELS (HP: #7 – Weeks: 205) |
61. DIRE STRAITS (HP: #2 – Weeks: 102) |
62. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 97) |
63. AUSTRALIAN CRAWL (HP: #1 – Weeks: 136) |
64. SPANDAU BALLET (HP: #4 – Weeks: 185) |
65. DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (HP: #4 – Weeks: 159) |
66. UB40 (HP: #1 – Weeks: 131) |
67. EUROGLIDERS (HP: #2 – Weeks: 143) |
68. ROXETTE (HP: #1 – Weeks: 35) |
69. BON JOVI (HP: #3 – Weeks: 110) |
70. COLD CHISEL (HP: #4 – Weeks: 132) |
71. BETTE MIDLER (HP: #1 – Weeks: 105) |
72. DRAGON (HP: #2 – Weeks: 154) |
73. STARSHIP (HP: #1 – Weeks: 55) |
74. SHEENA EASTON (HP: #1 – Weeks: 119) |
75. NEW ORDER (HP: #4 – Weeks: 138) |
76. TEARS FOR FEARS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 78) |
77. RAY PARKER, Jr. (HP: #1 – Weeks: 64) |
78. PET SHOP BOYS (HP: #5 – Weeks: 116) |
79. NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK (HP: #1 – Weeks: 33) |
80. RICHARD MARX (HP: #1 – Weeks: 74) |
81. KENNY ROGERS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 165) |
82. SIMPLE MINDS (HP: #6 – Weeks: 153) |
83. LEO SAYER (HP: #1 – Weeks: 110) |
84. 1927 (HP: #4 – Weeks: 58) |
85. THE HUMAN LEAGUE (HP: #4 – Weeks: 99) |
86. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (HP: #4 – Weeks: 75) |
87. WA WA NEE (HP: #2 – Weeks: 92) |
88. THE PROCLAIMERS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 32) |
89. CROWDED HOUSE (HP: #2 – Weeks: 101) |
90. THE BEACH BOYS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 83) |
91. CHER (HP: #1 – Weeks: 59) |
92. MOVING PICTURES (HP: #1 – Weeks: 78) |
93. JAMES REYNE (HP: #5 – Weeks: 97) |
94. BROS (HP: #5 – Weeks: 66) |
95. AUSTEN TAYSHUS (HP: #1 – Weeks: 59) |
96. JONA LEWIE (HP: #2 – Weeks: 69) |
97. USA FOR AFRICA (HP: #1 – Weeks: 26) |
98. HOODOO GURUS (HP: #3 – Weeks: 144) |
99. DEAD OR ALIVE (HP: #3 – Weeks: 124) |
100. ROXY MUSIC (HP: #1 – Weeks: 70) |