Top 83 Music Albums of 1980
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ExTeaSea 
- Chart updated: 12/07/2025 16:15
- (Created: 08/23/2018 13:40).
- Chart size: 83 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,525
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
5,708
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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1,256
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
3,039
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,097
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
27,565
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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,939
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2018]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
716
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Total albums: 83. Page 1 of 9
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Top 83 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| Queen | 2 | 2% | |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 2 | 2% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 1 | 1% | |
| The Human League | 1 | 1% | |
| The Police | 1 | 1% | |
| Paul Simon | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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41 | 49% | |
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25 | 30% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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4 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 83 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 57th to 58th Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys |
| Down 1 from 58th to 59th The Official Secrets Act by M |
| Down 1 from 59th to 60th Boys Don't Cry by The Cure |
| New entries |
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| A by Jethro Tull |
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Iron Maiden | |
| 15. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 16. Tom Waits | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |
