Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Brandon8 
- Chart updated: 09/05/2025 01:45
- (Created: 05/24/2020 00:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Fav Tracks - Let’s Go Crazy, When Doves Cry & Purple Rain - Genres - Pop, Rock, R&B
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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15,237
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Fav tracks - It’s No Game 1, Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), Ashes to Ashes, Fashion - Genres - Art Rock, Experimental Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
5,423
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Fav Tracks - Debaser, Wave of Mutilation & Gouge Away - Genre - Alt Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
29,924
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4. (=)
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Fav Tracks - Ted Just Admit It, Mountain Song & Jane Says - Genre - Alternative Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
2,112
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Fav tracks - Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City & Sweet Child O’ Mine - Genres - Hard Rock, Glam metal
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
10,528
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Fav Tracks - Sign O the Times, Play in the Sunshine & The Cross - Genres - R&B, Funk, Pop, Rock
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
8,426
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,466
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Fav Tracks - I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs the Drums & Fools Gold - Genres - Shoegaze, BritPop
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
21,963
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Fav Tracks - Dazzle, Belladonna, Dear Prudence, Blow the House Down - Genres - Post Punk, Art Pop
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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25,450
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1981 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1982 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1985 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1986 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1987 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1988 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1989 | 13 | 13% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Prince | 6 | 6% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
| Mötley Crüe | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smiths | 2 | 2% | |
| Black Flag | 2 | 2% | |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 2% | |
| Metallica | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s chart changes
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Up 10 from 96th to 86th |
Up 8 from 92nd to 84th |
Up 8 from 90th to 82nd |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 62 from 15th to 77th |
Down 27 from 61st to 88th |
Down 20 from 79th to 99th |
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