List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980

From January 12 to November 22, 1980, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the adult contemporary or easy listening categories in Canada. The chart, entitled Adult Oriented Playlist in 1980, has undergone numerous name changes and has become Adult Contemporary (or Contemporary Adult) from June 1981 to September 1988, and May 1989 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1980, thirty-two individual songs topped the chart, which contained 50 positions. By late 1980, the chart was only published every two weeks, and went into hiatus in November 29, restarting publication then simply as Adult Oriented in June 1981, and becoming Contemporary Adult and Adult Contemporary for the rest of the magazine's existence.

Canadian country singer Anne Murray had four chart-topping singles in the RPM adult contemporary charts of 1980

Chart history

American pop duo Captain & Tennille topped the chart with the single "Do That to Me One More Time"

Kenny Rogers topped the charts with "Coward of the County" and the duet "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes).

Barry Manilow had two chart-topping singles in the chart, with "When I Wanted You" and "I Don't Want to Walk without You"

British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply had their first number-one in the Canadian AC chart with "Lost in Love", which spent two weeks at number one

An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart, either due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts or the chart being published only every two weeks (as from September 27 until the chart's hiatus).

Chart history

Issue date	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 5*	"Babe"	Styx
January 12	"Baby and the Blues"	Quarrington Worthy	[1]
January 19	"Coward of the County"	Kenny Rogers	[2]
January 26	"Do That to Me One More Time"	Captain & Tennille	[3]
February 2	"Volcano"	Jimmy Buffett	[4]
February 9	"September Morn"	Neil Diamond	[5]
February 16			[6]
February 23	"I'd Rather Leave When I'm in Love"	Rita Coolidge	[7]
March 1	"Kiss Me in the Rain"	Barbra Streisand	[8]
March 8	"Years"	Barbara Mandrell	[9]
March 15			[10]
March 22	"Daydream Believer"	Anne Murray	[11]
March 29			[12]
April 5	"You Are My Miracle"	Roger Whittaker	[13]
April 12	"When I Wanted You"	Barry Manilow	[14]
April 19	"On the Radio"	Donna Summer	[15]
April 26	"Sexy Eyes"	Dr. Hook	[16]
May 3	"Lost in Love"	Air Supply	[17]
May 10			[18]
May 17	"Ride Like the Wind"	Christopher Cross	[19]
May 24	"I Have a Dream"	ABBA	[20]
May 31	"Lucky Me"	Anne Murray	[21]
June 7	"Gee Whiz"	Bernadette Peters	[22]
June 14	"Dream Street Rose"	Gordon Lightfoot	[23]
June 21	"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"	Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes	[24]
June 28	"The Rose"	Bette Midler	[25]
July 5	"I Don't Want to Walk without You"	Barry Manilow	[26]
July 12			[27]
July 19	"Magic"	Olivia Newton-John	[28]
July 26	"I Don't Want to Walk without You"	Barry Manilow	[29]
August 2	"Cupid"/"I've Loved You for a Long Time"	The Spinners	[30]
August 9	"Let Me Love You Tonight"	Pure Prairie League	[31]
August 16	"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"	Anne Murray	[32]
August 23			[33]
August 30	"Sailing"	Christopher Cross	[34]
September 6	"Magic"	Olivia Newton-John	[35]
September 13	"Don't Ask Me Why"	Billy Joel	[36]
September 20			[37]
September 27	"Upside Down"	Diana Ross	[38]
October 4*
October 11			[39]
October 18*
October 25	"Woman in Love"	Barbra Streisand	[40]
November 1*
November 8			[41]
November 15*
November 22	"Could I Have This Dance"	Anne Murray	[42]