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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1980
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14,253
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1984
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3,930
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1989
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21,888
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1988
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3,511
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1980
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672
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1984
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7,575
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1983
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1,119
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1986
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10,326
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1983
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| Dead Kennedys | 1 | 1% | |
| The Pale Fountains | 1 | 1% | |
| Flipper | 1 | 1% | |
| Japan | 1 | 1% | |
| The Jesus And Mary Chain | 1 | 1% | |
| The Fall | 1 | 1% | |
| Dislocation Dance | 1 | 1% | |
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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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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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pa 10/17/2015 14:23 | #151557
pa 10/17/2015 14:23 | #151557
you're taking my breath away
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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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LadyGodiva 04/05/2015 01:11 | #138855
LadyGodiva 04/05/2015 01:11 | #138855
Wow - thanks! :-)
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