This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot Soul Singles of 1981. The chart is on page 79 of the PDF.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "Endless Love" Diana Ross and Lionel Richie2 "Master Blaster (Jammin')" Stevie Wonder3 "Give It to Me Baby" Rick James4 "Don't Stop the Music" Yarbrough and Peoples5 "Being with You" Smokey Robinson 6 "Double Dutch Bus" Frankie Smith7 "Celebration" Kool & the Gang8 "Sukiyaki" A Taste of Honey9 "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" Chaka Khan10 "Fantastic Voyage" Lakeside11 "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio12 "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" The Gap Band13 "How 'Bout Us" Champaign 14 "It's a Love Thing" The Whispers15 "Watching You" Slave16 "Just the Two of Us" Grover Washington Jr.17 "Two Hearts" Stephanie Mills and Teddy Pendergrass18 "Freaky Dancin'" Cameo19 "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" Carl Carlton20 "Magic Man" Robert Winters and Fall21 "Just Be My Lady" Larry Graham22 "I'm in Love" Evelyn King23 "Together" Tierra24 "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)" Tom Browne25 "Make That Move" Shalamar26 "Shake It Up Tonight" Cheryl Lynn27 "Love on a Two-Way Street" Stacy Lattisaw28 "Sweet Baby" Stanley Clarke and George Duke29 "Square Biz" Teena Marie30 "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" Commodores31 "Stay the Night" Billy Ocean32 "Yearning for Your Love" The Gap Band33 "Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life)" T. S. Monk34 "When Love Calls" Atlantic Starr35 "Slow Hand" The Pointer Sisters36 "Love Over and Over Again" Switch37 "All American Girls" Sister Sledge38 "Pull Up to the Bumper" Grace Jones39 "I Just Love the Man" The Jones Girls40 "Paradise" Change41 "Keep It Hot" Cameo42 "Ai No Corrida" Quincy Jones43 "Too Tight" Con Funk Shun44 "Are You Single" Aurra45 "Very Special" Debra Laws46 "Heartbeat" Taana Gardner47 "Running Away" Maze48 "When She Was My Girl" Four Tops49 "Heartbreak Hotel" The Jacksons50 "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" Stevie Wonder
See also 1981 in music Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1981 List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1981
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