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This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1980, as well as albums which peaked in 1979 and 1981 but were in the top 10 in 1980. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Dire Straits had three UK number-one albums during the 1980s. Their second, Brothers in Arms, was the biggest-selling album of the decade. The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom; during the 1980s, a total of 184 albums reached number one.
The UK Albums Chart is a music chart that calculates the best-selling artist albums of the week in the United Kingdom. For the purposes of inclusion in the chart an album is defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as being a type of music release that features more than four tracks and lasts longer than 25 minutes. [1]
22 August – The world premiere of Michael Tippett’s Triple Concerto takes place at the BBC Proms, with the London Symphony Orchestra and soloists György Pauk, Nobuko Imai and Ralph Kirshbaum, conducted by Sir Colin Davis. 16 September – Kate Bush becomes the first British female artist to reach number one in the UK album charts.
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956, compiling physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has included albums sold digitally.
On the Official Albums Chart Top 50 for the week ending 18 August 1973, all the compilations listed as 'various artists' albums were taken out of the chart, but those billed as 'official soundtracks' (to films such as A Clockwork Orange and Cabaret) were kept in. [74] As the Ronco-released tie-in to the 1973 film That'll Be the Day was listed ...
26 January 1980: 5* Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures: Factory: 9 February 1980: 1 Toyah: Sheep Farming in Barnet: Safari: 23 February 1980: 3 The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us: Illegal: 29 March 1980: 1 The Pop Group: For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? Y: 5 April 1980: 3 The Slits: Bootleg Retrospective: Y: 26 April 1980: 3 The ...
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company, which for most of its history was based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. The chart was founded in 1956, compiling physical format album sales until 2007, after which it has included albums sold digitally.