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Billy Ocean
Artist

Billy Ocean

  • yacht rock
  • United Kingdom
  • born 1950, Siparia
  • 1 album
  • 9 Dutch Top 40 hits
  • 2010

Billy Ocean is an artist from the United Kingdom, born on 21 January 1950 in Siparia. The collection holds one album: The Very Best of Billy Ocean, from 2010. On top of that, Billy Ocean appears on one album by others. Nine records reached the Dutch Top 40, two of them the top spot. The highest was When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going: number 1 in week 7 of 1986.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Albums by Billy Ocean

Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.

The Very Best of Billy Ocean – 2010The Very Best of Billy Ocean2010

Sound of Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 123 bpm.

Across 18 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of Billy Ocean

The years of Billy Ocean with albums in the collection. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart.

Billy Ocean1980198519901995200020052010The Very Best of Billy Ocean2010When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Goingnumber 1 in week 7 of 1986 · 16 weeksGet Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Carnumber 1 in week 13 of 1988 · 13 weeksLoverboynumber 5 in week 9 of 1985 · 13 weeksThere'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)number 8 in week 23 of 1986 · 10 weeksLove Really Hurts Without Younumber 11 in week 19 of 1976 · 6 weeksRed Light Spells Dangernumber 12 in week 19 of 1977 · 7 weeksAre You Readynumber 12 in week 11 of 1980 · 7 weeksCaribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)number 15 in week 46 of 1984 · 9 weeksSuddenlynumber 23 in week 29 of 1985 · 7 weeks

Years with albums in the collectionAlbumDutch Top 40

Also appears on

Billy Ocean also appears on an album by others: 80's Movie Hits Collected.

80's Movie Hits Collected – When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going80's Movie Hits CollectedWhen the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

Biggest hits of Billy Ocean

In the Dutch Top 40, Billy Ocean had nine records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.

1peak position
week 7, 198688weeks in the chart
with 9 records1976first entry
week 16, 19761988latest entry
week 18, 19887years with an entry
  1. 1When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
    Billy Ocean
    198616 weeks
  2. 1Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
    Billy Ocean
    198813 weeks
  3. 5Loverboy
    Billy Ocean
    198513 weeks
  4. 8There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
    Billy Ocean
    198610 weeks
  5. 11Love Really Hurts Without You
    Billy Ocean
    19766 weeks

All 9 records by Billy Ocean in the Dutch Top 40

Source: top40.nl

Frequently asked questions

How many albums by Billy Ocean are in the collection?

There is one: The Very Best of Billy Ocean, from 2010.

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Billy Ocean have?

Billy Ocean had nine records in the Dutch Top 40, two of them at number 1. The best-charting record is When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going, which reached number 1 in week 7 of 1986.

Which albums by other artists feature Billy Ocean?

Billy Ocean appears on one album by others: 80's Movie Hits Collected.

How do you play the music of Billy Ocean?

Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

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