Billboard #1s for the Week Ending January 5, 1985

Chart	Title	Act	Weeks
Hot 100	Like A Virgin	Madonna	3
R & B	Operator	Midnight Star	3
Country	Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?	George Strait	1
Adult Contemporary	Do What You Do	Jermaine Jackson	3
Rock	The Boys of Summer	Don Henley	4
Album	Purple Rain	Prince and the Revolution	23

This week sees the queen of the 1985 Hot 100 reign at the top of the charts. After a pretty good year in 1984, including three Top 20 hits making it into the year-end countdown (Borderline at #35, Lucky Star at #66, and Holiday at #79), Madonna wrapped up the year with her first #1 single.

Like A Virgin blasted onto the Hot 100 at #48 on November 17, 1984 while Lucky Star was at #30 on its way down. It zipped up the charts [38 – 21 – 11 – 3] before hopping over Duran Duran’s The Wild Boys to take the #1 spot on December 22.

As 1985 dawns on the Hot 100, the Material Girl holds down the top spot for the third of an impressive six-week run. She charted four more hits during the year (three more from Like A Virgin plus the #1 Crazy For You from the VisionQuest soundtrack), all of which made into this year’s final top 100 list. Along with Phil Collins, Wham! and Tears For Fears, she ruled the airwaves for the year.

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