Top 100 Music Albums of 1980
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- Chart updated: 03/19/2026 11:15
- (Created: 04/22/2012 11:33).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/28/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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27,138
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[First added to this chart: 04/30/2021]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,630
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[First added to this chart: 05/04/2013]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
571
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[First added to this chart: 07/03/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
730
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[First added to this chart: 04/28/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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4,092
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[First added to this chart: 05/05/2021]
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1980
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Rank Score:
555
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[First added to this chart: 04/28/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
14,647
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[First added to this chart: 04/28/2012]
Year of Release:
1980
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2,782
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 3 | 3% | |
| Queen | 2 | 2% | |
| Stiff Little Fingers | 2 | 2% | |
| The Residents | 2 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | 1 | 1% | |
| Young Marble Giants | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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54 | 54% | |
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24 | 24% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 33 from 50th to 17thGrotesque (After The Gramme) by The Fall |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 8 from 90th to 98thDirty Mind by Prince |
| Down 7 from 81st to 88thBlack Sea by XTC |
| Down 7 from 82nd to 89thDynamism by Francis Monkman & Paul Hart |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 03/10/2020 01:13 | DJENNY | 4,338 | 100/100 | |
| 06/25/2015 04:17 |  PatrickD | 94 | 94/100 | |
| 02/10/2014 12:21 | PauloPaz | 1,759 | 89/100 | |
| 01/25/2014 17:01 |  sssvnnn | 2,876 | 83/100 | |
| 01/07/2013 02:39 | guigs13 | 237 | 88/100 |
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From sssvnnn 01/25/2014 17:03 | #101494
sssvnnn 01/25/2014 17:03 | #101494
Good Chart.
I´m sorry to say I don`t know your top 2 Albums.
I´ll check them out - if they are really better than the rest - wow.
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From guigs13 01/07/2013 02:39 | #60509
Great chart!
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