Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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LadyGodiva 
So little love for the 80s - looking to change that one chart at a time! :)
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- Chart updated: 08/18/2025 00:15
- (Created: 03/01/2015 03:40).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]
Year of Release:
1980
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14,756
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]
Year of Release:
1984
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3,818
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]
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1989
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22,628
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]
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1988
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3,617
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]
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1980
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684
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]
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1984
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7,841
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]
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1983
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1,132
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[First added to this chart: 05/04/2020]
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1986
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10,756
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2015]
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1983
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1,788
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1981 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1982 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1987 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1988 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1989 | 12 | 12% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Human League | 1 | 1% | |
| Bauhaus | 1 | 1% | |
| The Dentists | 1 | 1% | |
| Joy Division | 1 | 1% | |
| Lloyd Cole And The Commotions | 1 | 1% | |
| Marine Girls | 1 | 1% | |
| Bradford | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 49th to 51stJunkyard by The Birthday Party |
| Down 1 from 27th to 28thFresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys |
| Down 1 from 28th to 29thRum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues |
| New entries |
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| The First Of A Million Kisses by Fairground Attraction |
| Leavers |
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| LC by The Durutti Column |
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| 05/05/2020 22:17 |  sssvnnn | 2,872 | 83/100 | |
| 10/17/2015 14:22 |  pa | 457 | 91/100 | |
| 08/13/2015 20:54 |  PsychologistHD | 21 | 84/100 | |
| 04/04/2015 23:36 | jackeenan | 39 | 89/100 | |
| 03/21/2015 16:51 | Secondsoul | 46 | 94/100 |
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From sssvnnn 05/05/2020 22:20 | #250951
sssvnnn 05/05/2020 22:20 | #250951
A chart of the "typical" 80`s artists, meaning no albums of artists that had their big times in the 60`s or 70`s. Fine.
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From pa 10/17/2015 14:23 | #151557
pa 10/17/2015 14:23 | #151557
you're taking my breath away
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From LadyGodiva 04/05/2015 01:11 | #138855
LadyGodiva 04/05/2015 01:11 | #138855
Wow - thanks! :-)
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From jackeenan 04/04/2015 23:37 | #138849
I love your charts so much, so many artists that dont get enought accliam on this site: The Bats, Meat Puppets, Mission Of Burma, Bauhaus, The Stranglers, The Pogues, Mudhoney, The Beat, The Go-Betweens and Vaselines. Such a unique honest taste in music.
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From Secondsoul 03/21/2015 16:53 | #137452
Secondsoul 03/21/2015 16:53 | #137452
A massive 32 artists in common with you. We seem to share a common love for the greatest decade in musical history. This is a brilliant 80s chart
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