Top 16 Music Albums of 1979
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Kalos 
- Chart updated: 09/20/2025 06:45
- (Created: 11/16/2014 12:37).
- Chart size: 16 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2014]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
31,205
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2014]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
1,735
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Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
1,322
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[First added to this chart: 12/21/2017]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
6,924
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[First added to this chart: 01/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
1,361
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[First added to this chart: 01/22/2015]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
25,333
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7. (5) 2
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[First added to this chart: 06/03/2015]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
1,058
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2015]
Year of Release:
1979
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Rank Score:
21,986
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[First added to this chart: 06/03/2015]
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[First added to this chart: 03/02/2016]
Total albums: 16. Page 1 of 2
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1979 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Frank Zappa | 2 | 13% | |
| The Pop Group | 1 | 6% | |
| Pink Floyd | 1 | 6% | |
| The Slits | 1 | 6% | |
| Joy Division | 1 | 6% | |
| Battiato | 1 | 6% | |
| The Residents | 1 | 6% | |
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1979 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 10th to 9th L'era Del Cinghiale Bianco by Battiato |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 13th to 16th New Picnic Time by Pere Ubu |
| Down 2 from 3rd to 5th Y by The Pop Group |
| Down 2 from 5th to 7th Cut by The Slits |
| New entries |
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| Drums And Wires by XTC |
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