| Artist, year and weeks at #2 | Song | #1 Song that Blocked its Path |
| Christopher Cross 4 wks. Apr-May 1980 | |
| Air Supply 4 wks. Sept. 1980 | |
| Leo Sayer 4 wks. Dec. 1980 | |
| Neil Diamond 3 wks. Jan. 1981 | |
| John Lennon 3 wks. Mar-Apr. 1981 | |
| Grover Washington, Jr. 3 wks. May 1981 | |
| Smokey Robinson 3 wks. May-June 1981 | |
| George Harrison 3 wks. July 1981 | |
| Pointer Sisters 3 wks. Aug-Sept. 1981 | |
| Rolling Stones 3 wks. Nov. 1981 | |
| Foreigner 9 wks. Dec. 1981 - Jan. 1982 | |
| Journey 6 wks. Feb-March 1982 | |
| Go Gos 3 wks. April 1982 | |
| Rick Springfield 3 wks. May-June 1982 | |
| Toto 5 wks. July 1982 | |
| John Cougar 4 wks. Aug. 1982 | |