List of number-one hits of 1981 (Germany)

This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1981.

Key
† Indicates best-performing single and album of 1981[1][2]
Issue date Song Artist Album Artist
5 January "Woman in Love" Barbra Streisand "Hitparade der Schlümpfe" Die Schlümpfe
12 January "Super Trouper" ABBA
19 January
26 January
2 February "Angel of Mine" Frank Duval
9 February
16 February
23 February
2 March
9 March "Fade to Grey" Visage "Hey Tonight" Creedence Clearwater Revival
16 March "Hitparade der Schlümpfe" Die Schlümpfe
23 March
30 March "Visage" Visage
6 April "Die grossten erfolge" Ernst Mosch und seine original egerlander musikanten
13 April
20 April "Shaddap You Face" Joe Dolce Music Theatre
27 April
4 May "Fade to Grey" Visage
11 May "Shaddap You Face" Joe Dolce Music Theatre "Die Schonsten melodien der Welt" Orchester Anthony Ventura
18 May "In the Air Tonight" Phil Collins
25 May "Stars on 45 Medley (Intro 'Venus' / Sugar Sugar / No Reply / I'll Be Back /
Drive My Car / Do You Want to Know a Secret / We Can Work It Out /
I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going to Lose That Girl / Stars on 45)"		 Stars on 45
1 June
8 June "A wie ABBA" ABBA
15 June
22 June
29 June
6 July
13 July "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes "Long Play Album" Stars On 45
20 July
27 July
3 August
10 August "Kim Wilde" Kim Wilde
17 August
24 August
31 August "Dance Little Bird (Chicken Dance)" † Electronica's
7 September
14 September "Time" Electric Light Orchestra
21 September
28 September
5 October
12 October
19 October "Quietschfidelio" Electronica's
26 October "Ja, wenn wir alle Englein wären" Fred Sonnenschein und seine Freunde
2 November
9 November "Dich zu lieben" Roland Kaiser
16 November "Quietschfidelio" Electronica's
23 November "Tainted Love" Soft Cell
30 November "Greatest Hits" Queen
7 December "Polonäse Blankenese" Gottlieb Wendehals (a.k.a. Werner Böhm)
14 December "Hitparade der Schlümpfe 2" Die Schlümpfe
21 December
28 December "The Visitors" ABBA

Best performing album

Album Artist(s) Notes
"QE2" † Mike Oldfield Peaked at #12

See also

References

  1. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Top 100 Single Jahrescharts 1981". Offizielle Charts (in German). GFK Entertainment. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Top 100 Album Jahrescharts 1981". Offizielle Charts (in German). GFK Entertainment. Retrieved 24 March 2020.