Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Hayden 
- Chart updated: 41 hours ago
- (Created: 08/06/2018 02:51).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1988
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947
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[First added to this chart: 12/01/2025]
Year of Release:
1988
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1,299
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[First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1986
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33,875
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[First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1989
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31,533
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[First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1983
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4,541
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[First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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27,601
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[First added to this chart: 10/01/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
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1980
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1,301
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[First added to this chart: 04/07/2019]
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[First added to this chart: 08/05/2018]
Year of Release:
1981
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1,762
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1981 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1982 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1983 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1984 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1986 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1987 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1988 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1989 | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Linton Kwesi Johnson | 3 | 3% | |
| Joy Division | 2 | 2% | |
| Steve Reich | 2 | 2% | |
| Singers & Players | 2 | 2% | |
| The Durutti Column | 2 | 2% | |
| Tom Waits | 2 | 2% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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28 | 28% | |
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24 | 24% | |
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13 | 13% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 2 from 67th to 65th...And Don't The Kids Just Love It by Television Personalities |
| Up 1 from 64th to 63rdSignals, Calls, And Marches by Mission Of Burma |
| Up 1 from 63rd to 62ndMidnight Cleaners by Cleaners From Venus |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 61st to 64thFairytales by Radka Toneff / Steve Dobrogosz |
| Down 2 from 58th to 60thLC by The Durutti Column |
| Down 1 from 65th to 66thBlack Cinderella by Sister Carol |
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| ! | 11/10/2020 04:25 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2020 05:45 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2018 22:10 | saltysurprise | 58 | 82/100 |
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