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BIRTHDAY: May 3, 1951
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GRAMMY AWARDS: 5

 
RECENT TIMELINE

1980...# 6 Singles Artist of the Year

March
Christopher Cross - "Ride Like The Wind" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Ride Like The Wind."
from the LP
Christopher Cross
ARC chart run: 39 - 28 - 19 - 13 - 9 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 16 - 33 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 16
available for download at
Amazon.mp3

June
Christopher Cross - "Sailing" (Single)  button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 40 with "Sailing."
from the LP Christopher Cross
ARC chart run: 36 - 26 - 21 - 17 - 9 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 23 - 26 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 31
available for download at
Amazon.mp3

August
button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 10 and #1 for a week with "Sailing."

October
Christopher Cross - "Never Be The Same" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 40 with "Never Be The Same."
from the LP
Christopher Cross
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 25 - 21 - 16 - 14 - 12 - 32 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 113
available for download at
Amazon.mp3

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Cross topped the
Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top New Pop Artist, Top New Album Artists, and Top New Singles Artist.

1981...# 21 Singles Artist of the Year

February
Christopher Cross LPbutton.gif (123 bytes) Cross won 5 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year (Christopher Cross), Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists ("Sailing"), and Best New Artist, and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male (Christopher Cross).

April
Christopher Cross - "Say You'll Be Mine" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 40 with "Say You'll Be Mine."
from the LP
Christopher Cross
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 29 - 25 - 22 - 20 - 16 - 14 - 29 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 122
available for download at
iTunes and Amazon.mp3

August
Christopher Cross - "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 40 with "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)."
from the
Arthur soundtrack
ARC chart run: 34 - 27 - 22 - 11 - 7 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 7 - 10 - 18 - 30 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 8
available for download at
iTunes and Amazon.mp3

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the
Top 10 with "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)."

October
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Cross hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)."

1982...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Cross was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year (songwriter), and Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)").

1983...# 44 Singles Artist of the Year

January
Christopher Cross - "All Right" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 40 with "All Right."
from the LP
Another Page
ARC chart run: 31 - 26 - 19 - 17 - 15 - 15 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 20 - 29 - 31 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 74
available for download at
iTunes and Amazon.mp3

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the
Top 10 with "All Right."

May
Christopher Cross - "No Time For Talk" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 40 with "No Time For Talk."
from the LP
Another Page
ARC chart run: 39 - 37 - 34 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 190
available for download at
iTunes and Amazon.mp3

December
Christopher Cross - "Think Of Laura" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the Top 40 with "Think Of Laura."
from the LP
Another Page
ARC chart run: 38 - 28 - 24 - 19 - 13 - 9 - 7 - 5 - 15 - 18 - 27 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 74
available for download at
iTunes and Amazon.mp3

1984...# 73 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Cross hit the
Top 10 with "Think Of Laura."

2004...

button.gif (123 bytes) # 133 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

2020...

  • Cross was temporarily paralyzed when he contracted the coronavirus.



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