Top 100 Music Albums of 1981
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- Chart updated: 10/18/2022 09:45
- (Created: 10/27/2013 03:19).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
3,280
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
1,861
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1981
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Rank Score:
8,862
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,472
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,547
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,843
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[First added to this chart: 11/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,956
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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2022]
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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2022]
Buy album
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[First added to this chart: 10/17/2022]
Year of Release:
1981
Appears in:
Rank Score:
493
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Fall | 2 | 2% | |
| Rush | 2 | 2% | |
| Siouxsie And The Banshees | 2 | 2% | |
| YMO | 2 | 2% | |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 2% | |
| This Heat | 1 | 1% | |
| Joy Division | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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42 | 42% | |
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33 | 33% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 50 from 64th to 14thThe Best Of Blondie by Blondie |
| Up 50 from 63rd to 13thExit... Stage Left by Rush |
| Up 45 from 62nd to 17thSings Jacques Brel by Scott Walker |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 5 from 13th to 18thSignals, Calls, And Marches by Mission Of Burma |
| Down 5 from 14th to 19thFaith by The Cure |
| Down 5 from 15th to 20thFrom The Lion's Mouth by The Sound |
| New entries |
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| Beethoven: Sonaten · »Pathétique« · »Mondschein / Moonlight / Clair De Lune« by Емі́ль Гі́лельс [Emil Gilels] |
| Maiden Japan by Iron Maiden |
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