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Purple Rain by Prince and The Revolution stayed twenty-two weeks at number one and sold more than nine million copies. The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Billboard estimated sales from a representative sampling of record stores ...
This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1984, as well as albums which peaked in 1983 and 1985 but were in the top 10 in 1984. 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).
UK 1 – Aug 1984 (21 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Dec 1984 (20 weeks), US Radio 1 of 1985 (peak 1 12 weeks), Canada 1 – Dec 1984 (12 weeks), Netherlands 1 – Aug 1984 (14 weeks), Switzerland 1 – Sep 1984 (17 weeks), Poland 1 – Mar 1983 (44 weeks), Republic of Ireland 1 for 3 weeks – Aug 1984, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks – Jan 1985 ...
The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and Billboard 200 Top Albums ...
10 "Karma Chameleon" Culture Club: 11 "Missing You" John Waite: 12 "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie: 13 "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Deniece Williams: 14 "Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen: 15 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper: 16 "The Reflex" Duran Duran: 17 "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper: 18 "Jump (For My Love)" The ...
List of Canadian number-one albums of 1984; List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1984; List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1984; List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1984; List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1984; List of number-one dance singles of 1984 (U.S.) List of number-one hits of 1984 (Argentina)
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1984 was a year of several huge selling releases, including at the time the biggest selling single ever. Six singles this year sold over a million copies, the joint highest number ever along with 1998. Out of the top 10 biggest selling songs of the 1980s, six of them all peaked in 1984 including the entire top 4.