Top 80 Music Albums of 1980
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- Chart updated: 03/25/2026 00:45
- (Created: 10/23/2015 18:25).
- Chart size: 80 albums.
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Year of Release:
1980
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14,665
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[First added to this chart: 04/22/2017]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,784
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Total albums: 78. Page 1 of 8
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Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Renaldo & The Loaf | 2 | 3% | |
| The Residents | 2 | 3% | |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 2 | 3% | |
| Queen | 2 | 3% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 3% | |
| Gary Numan | 2 | 3% | |
| Billy Joel | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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42 | 53% | |
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16 | 20% | |
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5 | 6% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 25th to 26thArc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood |
| Down 1 from 26th to 27thThe Turn Of A Friendly Card by The Alan Parsons Project |
| Down 1 from 27th to 28thScary Monsters by David Bowie |
| New entries |
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| Rondò Veneziano by Rondo Veneziano |
| Leavers |
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| Only Love Can Sustain by Luis Alberto Spinetta |
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| 08/01/2017 13:51 |  authorunknown | 64 | 83/100 |
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From authorunknown 08/01/2017 13:57 | #195321
authorunknown 08/01/2017 13:57 | #195321
79/80 was a very interesting crossroad for pop; everybody changed: some new wave bands were moving into new romance (Ultravox), the american rock bands became more slick (Toto, Journey...), the late 70s giants made disco hits (Queen, Elton John, Kiss, Rod Stewart, ELO) and everybody loved the synthesizer...
That's why it is nice to find your chart with mostly quite "genuine" releases.
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