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American entertainer Madonna was the most successful act of the decade in terms of number-one singles. She had six number ones: "Into the Groove" (1985); "Papa Don't Preach", "True Blue" (both 1986); "La Isla Bonita", "Who's That Girl" (both 1987); and "Like a Prayer" (1989). George Michael had significant involvement with seven number-one singles; he had two number-one singles as a solo artist, four as a member of pop duo Wham!, and one as a duet with Aretha Franklin. The following artists achieved three or more number-one hits during the 1980s.
| Artist | Number-one hits |
|---|---|
| Madonna | 6 |
| Jam !The Jam | 4 |
| Pet Shop Boys | 4 |
| Shakin' Stevens | 4 |
| Wham! | 4 |
| Blondie | 3 |
| Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie | 3 |
| Bucks Fizz | 3 |
| Collins, PhilPhil Collins | 3 |
| Donovan, JasonJason Donovan | 3 |
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 3 |
| Houston, WhitneyWhitney Houston | 3 |
| Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson | 3 |
| Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers | 3 |
| Lennon, JohnJohn Lennon | 3 |
| McCartney, PaulPaul McCartney | 3 |
| Michael, GeorgeGeorge Michael | 3 |
| Minogue, KylieKylie Minogue | 3 |
| Police !The Police | 3 |
Read more about this topic: List Of 1980s UK Singles Chart Number Ones
Famous quotes containing the word artist:
“The artist and his work are not to be separated. The most willfully foolish man cannot stand aloof from his folly, but the deed and the doer together make ever one sober fact.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A person taking stock in middle age is like an artist or composer looking at an unfinished work; but whereas the composer and the painter can erase some of their past efforts, we cannot. We are stuck with what we have lived through. The trick is to finish it with a sense of design and a flourish rather than to patch up the holes or merely to add new patches to it.”
—Harry S. Broudy (b. 1905)