Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
by jonny5244 
- Chart updated: 11/14/2025 17:15
- (Created: 11/10/2022 10:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/11/2025]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,741
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 25 | 25% | |
| 1981 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1982 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1984 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1986 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1987 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1988 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1989 | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Madonna | 4 | 4% | |
| Run-D.M.C. | 2 | 2% | |
| Tom Waits | 2 | 2% | |
| Motörhead | 2 | 2% | |
| Monty Python | 2 | 2% | |
| Metallica | 2 | 2% | |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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47 | 47% | |
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41 | 41% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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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 the 1980s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 18th to 19th Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes |
| Down 1 from 19th to 20th Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren |
| Down 1 from 20th to 21st Sound Affects by The Jam |
| New entries |
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 Welcome To The Pleasuredomeby Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
| Run-D.M.C. by Run-D.M.C. |
| Let It Be by The Replacements |
| Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets |
| Diamond Life by Sade |
| Leavers |
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 Night Nurseby Gregory Isaacs |
| The Dreaming by Kate Bush |
| Pelican West by Haircut One Hundred |
| Too-Rye-Ay by Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners |
| Black Metal by Venom |
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