Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 by 
desh79 
- Chart updated: 02/27/2023 19:15
- (Created: 01/03/2017 15:31).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
16,030
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Comments:
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
5,820
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,378
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Comments:
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Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,870
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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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| U.K. Subs | 2 | 2% | |
| The Residents | 2 | 2% | |
| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 2 | 2% | |
| Queen | 2 | 2% | |
| Magazine | 2 | 2% | |
| The Clash | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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51 | 51% | |
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30 | 30% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
 Up 4 from 30th to 26thHypnotised by The Undertones |
| Up 4 from 24th to 20th Boys Don't Cry by The Cure |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 3 from 19th to 22nd Vienna by Ultravox |
| Down 2 from 21st to 23rd Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps |
| Down 2 from 22nd to 24th End Of The Century by Ramones |
| New entries |
|---|
 Gentlemen Take Polaroidsby Japan |
| Leavers |
|---|
 Aphorisms Insaneby Cultural Noise |
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| Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | desh79 | 1989 year chart | 2020 | |
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| Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | desh79 | 1984 year chart | 2021 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | desh79 | 1983 year chart | 2025 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | desh79 | 1982 year chart | 2022 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | desh79 | 1981 year chart | 2022 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | desh79 | 1980 year chart | 2023 | |
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| 100/100 | 01/09/2019 18:37 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
| 90/100 | 03/26/2018 11:03 |  Leonard | | 88/100 |
| 85/100 | 01/05/2017 09:14 |  greatson | | 80/100 |
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