This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1981.
+KeyIndicates best-performing single and album of 1981
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 AlbumArtist(s)Notes"QE2" Mike OldfieldPeaked at #12
See also List of number-one hits (Germany)
References
German Singles Chart Archives from 1956 Media Control Chart Archives from 1960