Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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calsper 
- Chart updated: 04/30/2015 11:45
- (Created: 04/15/2015 00:21).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
16,160
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1982
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Rank Score:
2,498
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
27,642
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
10,765
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
34,121
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
10,269
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
3,946
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
4,033
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
4,442
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[First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
31,772
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1981 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1982 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1983 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1984 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1985 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1986 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1987 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1988 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1989 | 8 | 8% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Talking Heads | 4 | 4% | |
| The Smiths | 4 | 4% | |
| Toto | 3 | 3% | |
| Metallica | 3 | 3% | |
| Dire Straits | 3 | 3% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 3% | |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 3% | |
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35 | 35% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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