Top 39 Music Albums of 1980
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- Chart updated: 10/12/2025 18:15
- (Created: 10/26/2023 15:20).
- Chart size: 39 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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27,567
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
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1980
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2,938
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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10,035
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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15,230
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
523
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
5,708
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
4,705
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,867
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
1,635
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[First added to this chart: 10/30/2023]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,111
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Total albums: 39. Page 1 of 4
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Top 39 Music Albums of 1980 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Peter Gabriel | 1 | 3% | |
| AC/DC | 1 | 3% | |
| Joe Ely | 1 | 3% | |
| The Specials | 1 | 3% | |
| Black Sabbath | 1 | 3% | |
| Joy Division | 1 | 3% | |
| Devo | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 39 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 11 from 29th to 18th Uprising by Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 18th to 20th Seventeen Seconds by The Cure |
| Down 2 from 19th to 21st Double Fantasy by John Lennon & Yoko Ono |
| Down 2 from 20th to 22nd Heartattack And Vine by Tom Waits |
| New entries |
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| The River by Bruce Springsteen |
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