ALTERNATE BILLBOARD #1s 1980-2016

February 7th, 1981: "9 to 5" - Dolly Parton
February 14th. 1981: "9 to 5" - Dolly Parton
February 21st, 1981: "9 to 5" - Dolly Parton
 
February 28th, 1981: "9 to 5" - Dolly Parton
March 7th, 1981: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
March 14th, 1981: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
 
Event: (Just to butterfly away Reagan's second term and 9/11)

10 PM, February 20, 1981: Argentine Airlines Flight 342 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center during heavy fog. NYFD is unable to extinguish the resulting blaze, and it collapses shortly before midnight. The South Tower is so badly damaged that it also collapses two days later.

The Carter Malaise isn't ending anytime soon, and this will have an effect on popular music: more upbeat tunes to escape the doldrums; more angry and dark ones to emote them.
 
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Event: Due to their newfound success as Joy Division, the recently re-branded band New Order are forced by their label to change their name back to Joy Division to capitalize on the name. The band breaks up in protest, refusing to break an agreement they had made with Ian Curtis before his suicide that forbade them from using the name if a band member died.
 
Okay why does this keep dying? Should we try another one with 50 years, or maybe even 58 (the full chart history)?
 
Prepare for semi-obscurity XD

April 18th, 1981: "Crying Over You" - ABBA
April 25th, 1981: "I Like It" - Cameo
May 2nd, 1981: "I Like It" - Cameo
 
May 9, 1981: "Kiss On My List" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
May 16, 1981: "Kiss On My List" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
May 23, 1981: "Kiss On My List" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
 
May 30th, 1981: "Kiss On My List"- Daryl Hall & John Oates
June 6th, 1981: "Making Your Mind Up"- Bucks Fizz
June 13th, 1981: "Making Your Mind Up"- Bucks Fizz
 
June 20th, 1981: "Medley" - Stars On 45
June 27th, 1981: "Medley" - Stars On 45
July 4th, 1981: "All Those Years Ago" - George Harrison
 
July 11th, 1981: "All Those Years Ago" - George Harrison
July 18th, 1981: "All Those Years Ago" - George Harrison
July 25th, 1981: "All Those Years Ago" - George Harrison
 
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