Number 1 Albums
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Number 1 Albums: Category Archive for '80s

Double Fantasy -- John Lennon / Yoko Ono, December 27, 1980

Storm Front -- Billy Joel, December 16, 1989

Hangin' Tough -- New Kids On The Block, September 9, 1989

Repeat Offender – Richard Marx, September 3, 1989

Batman -- Prince/Soundtrack, July 22, 1989

The Raw & the Cooked -- Fine Young Cannibals, June 3, 1989

Giving You the Best That I Got -- Anita Baker, December 24, 1988

Tracy Chapman -- Tracy Chapman, August 27, 1988

Appetite for Destruction -- Guns N' Roses, August 6, 1988

Dirty Dancing – Soundtrack, November 14, 1987

Bad, Michael Jackson -- September 26, 1987

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live/1975-85 -- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, November 29, 1986

Dancing on the Ceiling -- Lionel Richie, September 27, 1986

True Blue, Madonna – August 16, 1986

Born in the U.S.A. -- Bruce Springsteen, July 7, 1984

Synchronicity -- The Police, July 23, 1983

Thriller – Michael Jackson, February 26, 1983

American Fool -- John Cougar, September 11, 1982

Tattoo You -- The Rolling Stones, September 19, 1981

Escape – Journey, September 12, 1981

Bella Donna -- Stevie Nicks, September 5, 1981

4, Foreigner – August 22, 1981

Precious Time, Pat Benatar -- August 15, 1981

The Game – Queen, September 20, 1980

Hold Out -- Jackson Browne, September 13, 1980

Emotional Rescue -- The Rolling Stones, July 26, 1980

Glass Houses -- Billy Joel, June 14, 1980