List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1980s
Number ones

List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1980s

Section Title: Number ones
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No.	Artist	Album	Record label	Reached number one (for the week ending)	Weeks at number one	Certification (as of 31 December 1989)

1980

220	Stewart, RodRod Stewart	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1	Riva	8 December 1979	5	Platinum

re	ABBA	Greatest Hits Volume 2	Epic	12 January 1980	1	Platinum

221	Pretenders, TheThe Pretenders	Pretenders	Real	19 January 1980	4	Platinum

222	Various artists	Last Dance, TheThe Last Dance	Motown	16 February 1980	2	Gold

223	Shadows, TheThe Shadows	String of Hits	EMI	1 March 1980	3	Platinum

224	Mathis, JohnnyJohnny Mathis	Tears and Laughter	CBS	22 March 1980	2	Gold

225	Genesis	Duke	Charisma	5 April 1980	2	Platinum

226	Rose Royce	Greatest Hits	Whitfield	19 April 1980	2	Platinum

227	Sky	Sky 2	Ariola	3 May 1980	2	Platinum

228	Boney M.	Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits, TheThe Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits	Hansa/Atlantic	17 May 1980	2	Platinum

229	McCartney, PaulPaul McCartney	McCartney II	Parlophone	31 May 1980	2	Gold

230	Gabriel, PeterPeter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel	Charisma	14 June 1980	2	Gold

231	Roxy Music	Flesh and Blood	Polydor	28 June 1980	1	Platinum

232	Rolling Stones, TheThe Rolling Stones	Emotional Rescue	Rolling Stones	5 July 1980	2	Gold

233	Queen	Game, TheThe Game	EMI	19 July 1980	2	Gold

234	Deep Purple	Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple	Harvest	2 August 1980	1	Gold

235	AC/DC	Back in Black	Atlantic	9 August 1980	2	Platinum

re	Roxy Music	Flesh and Blood	Polydor	23 August 1980	3	Platinum

236	Numan, GaryGary Numan	Telekon	Beggars Banquet	13 September 1980	1	Gold

237	Bush, KateKate Bush	Never for Ever	EMI	20 September 1980	1	Gold

238	Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie	Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)	RCA	27 September 1980	2	Platinum

239	Police, TheThe Police	Zenyatta Mondatta	A&M	11 October 1980	4	Platinum

240	Streisand, BarbraBarbra Streisand	Guilty	CBS	8 November 1980	2	Platinum

241	ABBA	Super Trouper	Epic	22 November 1980	9	Platinum

1981

242	Adam and the Ants	Kings of the Wild Frontier	CBS	24 January 1981	2	Platinum

243	Lennon, JohnJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono	Double Fantasy	Geffen	7 February 1981	2	Platinum

244	Collins, PhilPhil Collins	Face Value	Virgin	21 February 1981	3	Platinum

re	Adam and the Ants	Kings of the Wild Frontier	CBS	14 March 1981	10	Platinum

245	Starsound	Stars on 45	CBS	23 May 1981	5	Gold

246	Motörhead	No Sleep 'til Hammersmith	Bronze	27 June 1981	1	Gold

247	Various artists	Disco Daze and Disco Nites	Ronco	4 July 1981	1	Gold

248	Richard, CliffCliff Richard	Love Songs	EMI	11 July 1981	5	Platinum

249	Various artists	Official BBC Album of the Royal Wedding, TheThe Official BBC Album of the Royal Wedding	BBC	15 August 1981	2	Gold

250	Electric Light Orchestra	Time	Jet	29 August 1981	2	Platinum

251	Meat Loaf	Dead Ringer	Cleveland International /Epic	12 September 1981	2	Platinum

252	Genesis	Abacab	Charisma	26 September 1981	2	Platinum

253	Police, TheThe Police	Ghost in the Machine	A&M	10 October 1981	3	Platinum

254	Human League, TheThe Human League	Dare	Virgin	31 October 1981	1	Platinum

255	Shakin' Stevens	Shaky	Epic	7 November 1981	1	Platinum

256	Queen	Greatest Hits	EMI	14 November 1981	4	6× Platinum

257	Various artists	Chart Hits '81	K-tel	12 December 1981	1	Platinum

258	ABBA	Visitors, TheThe Visitors	Epic	19 December 1981	3	Platinum

1982

re	Human League, TheThe Human League	Dare	Virgin	9 January 1982	3	Platinum

259	Streisand, BarbraBarbra Streisand	Love Songs	CBS	30 January 1982	7	Platinum

260	Jam, TheThe Jam	Gift, TheThe Gift	Polydor	20 March 1982	1	Platinum

re	Streisand, BarbraBarbra Streisand	Love Songs	CBS	27 March 1982	2	Platinum

261	Iron Maiden	Number of the Beast, TheThe Number of the Beast	EMI	10 April 1982	2	Platinum

262	Status Quo	1+9+8+2	Vertigo	24 April 1982	1	Gold

263	Manilow, BarryBarry Manilow	Barry Live in Britain	Arista	1 May 1982	1	Platinum

264	McCartney, PaulPaul McCartney	Tug of War	Parlophone	8 May 1982	2	Gold

265	Madness	Complete Madness	Stiff	22 May 1982	2	Platinum

266	Roxy Music	Avalon	E.G.	5 June 1982	1	Platinum

re	Madness	Complete Madness	Stiff	12 June 1982	1	Platinum

re	Roxy Music	Avalon	E.G.	19 June 1982	2	Platinum

267	ABC	Lexicon of Love, TheThe Lexicon of Love	Neutron	3 July 1982	4	Platinum

268	Original soundtrack	Fame	RSO	31 July 1982	1	Gold

269	Kids from "Fame", TheThe Kids from "Fame"	Kids from "Fame", TheThe Kids from "Fame"	BBC	7 August 1982	8	Platinum

270	Dire Straits	Love over Gold	Vertigo	2 October 1982	4	2× Platinum

re	Kids from "Fame", TheThe Kids from "Fame"	Kids from "Fame", TheThe Kids from "Fame"	BBC	30 October 1982	4	Platinum

271	ABBA	Singles: The First Ten Years, TheThe Singles: The First Ten Years	Epic	27 November 1982	1	Platinum

272	Lennon, JohnJohn Lennon	John Lennon Collection, TheThe John Lennon Collection	Parlophone	6 December 1982	6	3× Platinum

1983

273	Various artists	Raiders of the Pop Charts	Ronco	15 January 1983	2	Platinum

274	Men at Work	Business as Usual	Epic	29 January 1983	5	Platinum

275	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson	Thriller	Epic	5 March 1983	1	11× Platinum

276	U2	War	Island	12 March 1983	1	Platinum

re	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson	Thriller	Epic	19 March 1983	1	11× Platinum

277	Tears for Fears	Hurting, TheThe Hurting	Mercury	26 March 1983	1	Platinum

278	Pink Floyd	Final Cut, TheThe Final Cut	Harvest	2 April 1983	2	Gold

279	Tyler, BonnieBonnie Tyler	Faster Than the Speed of Night	CBS	16 April 1983	1	Silver

280	Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie	Let's Dance	EMI America	23 April 1983	3	Platinum

281	Spandau Ballet	True	Reformation	14 May 1983	1	Platinum

re	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson	Thriller	Epic	21 May 1983	5	11× Platinum

282	Police, TheThe Police	Synchronicity	A&M	25 June 1983	2	Platinum

283	Wham!	Fantastic	Innervision	9 July 1983	2	3× Platinum

284	Yazoo	You and Me Both	Mute	23 July 1983	2	Gold

285	Beach Boys, TheThe Beach Boys	Very Best of The Beach Boys, TheThe Very Best of The Beach Boys	Capitol	6 August 1983	2	Platinum

286	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson and The Jackson 5	18 Greatest Hits	Telstar	20 August 1983	3	Platinum

re	Beach Boys, TheThe Beach Boys	Very Best of The Beach Boys, TheThe Very Best of The Beach Boys	Capitol	10 September 1983	1	Platinum

287	Young, PaulPaul Young	No Parlez	CBS	17 September 1983	1	3× Platinum

288	UB40	Labour of Love	DEP International	24 September 1983	1	2× Platinum

re	Young, PaulPaul Young	No Parlez	CBS	1 October 1983	2	3× Platinum

289	Genesis	Genesis	Charisma	15 October 1983	1	2× Platinum

290	Culture Club	Colour by Numbers	Virgin	22 October 1983	3	2× Platinum

291	Richie, LionelLionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Motown	12 November 1983	1	3× Platinum

re	Culture Club	Colour by Numbers	Virgin	19 November 1983	2	2× Platinum

292	Duran Duran	Seven and the Ragged Tiger	EMI	3 December 1983	1	Platinum

re	Young, PaulPaul Young	No Parlez	CBS	10 December 1983	1	3× Platinum

293	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music	Virgin/EMI	17 December 1983	4	3× Platinum

1984

re	Young, PaulPaul Young	No Parlez	CBS	14 January 1984	1	3× Platinum

re	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music	Virgin/EMI	21 January 1984	1	3× Platinum

re	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson	Thriller	Epic	28 January 1984	1	11× Platinum

294	Eurythmics	Touch	RCA	4 February 1984	2	Platinum

295	Simple Minds	Sparkle in the Rain	Virgin	18 February 1984	1	Platinum

296	Thompson Twins	Into the Gap	Arista	25 February 1984	3	2× Platinum

297	Jones, HowardHoward Jones	Human's Lib	WEA	17 March 1984	2	2× Platinum

re	Richie, LionelLionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	Motown	31 March 1984	2	3× Platinum

298	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music II	Virgin/EMI	14 April 1984	5	2× Platinum

299	Bob Marley & The Wailers	Legend	Island	19 May 1984	12	3× Platinum

300	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 3	Virgin/EMI	11 August 1984	8	2× Platinum

301	Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie	Tonight	EMI America	6 October 1984	1	Gold

302	U2	Unforgettable Fire, TheThe Unforgettable Fire	Island	13 October 1984	2	2× Platinum

303	Big Country	Steeltown	Mercury	27 October 1984	1	Gold

304	McCartney, PaulPaul McCartney	Give My Regards to Broad Street	Parlophone	3 November 1984	1	Platinum

305	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasuredome	ZTT	10 November 1984	1	3× Platinum

306	Wham!	Make It Big	Epic	17 November 1984	2	4× Platinum

307	Various artists	Hits Album/The Hits Tape, TheThe Hits Album/The Hits Tape	CBS/WEA	1 December 1984	7	3× Platinum

1985

308	Moyet, AlisonAlison Moyet	Alf	CBS	19 January 1985	1	4× Platinum

309	Foreigner	Agent Provocateur	Atlantic	26 January 1985	3	Platinum

310	Springsteen, BruceBruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	CBS	16 February 1985	1	3× Platinum

311	Smiths, TheThe Smiths	Meat Is Murder	Rough Trade	23 February 1985	1	Gold

312	Collins, PhilPhil Collins	No Jacket Required	Virgin	2 March 1985	5	6× Platinum

313	Young, PaulPaul Young	Secret of Association, TheThe Secret of Association	CBS	6 April 1985	1	2× Platinum

314	Various artists	Hits Album 2/The Hits Tape 2, TheThe Hits Album 2/The Hits Tape 2	CBS/WEA	13 April 1985	6	2× Platinum

315	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	Vertigo	25 May 1985	2	13× Platinum

316	Style Council, TheThe Style Council	Our Favourite Shop	Polydor	8 June 1985	1	Gold

317	Ferry, BryanBryan Ferry	Boys and Girls	E.G.	15 June 1985	2	Platinum

318	Marillion	Misplaced Childhood	EMI	29 June 1985	1	Platinum

re	Springsteen, BruceBruce Springsteen	Born in the U.S.A.	CBS	6 July 1985	4	3× Platinum

re	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	Vertigo	3 August 1985	2	13× Platinum

319	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 5	Virgin/EMI	17 August 1985	5	2× Platinum

320	Madonna	Like a Virgin	Sire	21 September 1985	1	3× Platinum

321	Bush, KateKate Bush	Hounds of Love	EMI	28 September 1985	2	2× Platinum

re	Madonna	Like a Virgin	Sire	12 October 1985	1	3× Platinum

re	Bush, KateKate Bush	Hounds of Love	EMI	28 September 1985	1	2× Platinum

322	Benson, GeorgeGeorge Benson	Love Songs, TheThe Love Songs	K-tel	26 October 1985	1	2× Platinum

323	Simple Minds	Once Upon a Time	Virgin	2 November 1985	1	3× Platinum

re	Benson, GeorgeGeorge Benson	Love Songs, TheThe Love Songs	K-tel	9 November 1985	1	2× Platinum

324	Sade	Promise	Epic	16 November 1985	2	2× Platinum

325	Various artists	Greatest Hits of 1985, TheThe Greatest Hits of 1985	Telstar	30 November 1985	1	Platinum

326	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 6	Virgin/EMI	7 December 1985	2	4× Platinum

327	Various artists	Now – The Christmas Album	Virgin/EMI	21 December 1985	2	4× Platinum

1986

re	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 6	Virgin/EMI	4 January 1986	2	4× Platinum

re	Dire Straits	Brothers in Arms	Vertigo	18 January 1986	10	13× Platinum

328	Various artists	Hits 4	CBS/WEA/RCA/Ariola	29 March 1986	4	Platinum

329	Ferry, BryanBryan Ferry and Roxy Music	Street Life: 20 Great Hits	E.G.	26 April 1986	5	Platinum

330	Gabriel, PeterPeter Gabriel	So	Virgin	31 May 1986	2	3× Platinum

331	Queen	Kind of Magic, AA Kind of Magic	EMI	14 June 1986	1	2× Platinum

332	Genesis	Invisible Touch	Charisma	21 June 1986	3	4× Platinum

333	Madonna	True Blue	Sire	12 July 1986	6	6× Platinum

334	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 7	Virgin/EMI	23 August 1986	5	2× Platinum

335	Five Star	Silk and Steel	Tent	27 September 1986	1	4× Platinum

336	Simon, PaulPaul Simon	Graceland	Warner Bros.	4 October 1986	5	5× Platinum

337	Police, TheThe Police	Every Breath You Take: The Singles	A&M	8 November 1986	2	3× Platinum

338	Various artists	Hits 5	CBS/RCA/Ariola/WEA	22 November 1986	2	3× Platinum

339	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 8	Virgin/EMI/PolyGram	6 December 1986	6	4× Platinum

1987

340	Bush, KateKate Bush	Whole Story, TheThe Whole Story	EMI	17 January 1987	2	2× Platinum

re	Simon, PaulPaul Simon	Graceland	Warner Bros.	31 January 1987	3	5× Platinum

341	Original London cast	Phantom of the Opera, TheThe Phantom of the Opera	Really Useful	21 February 1987	3	3× Platinum

342	Hot Chocolate	Very Best of Hot Chocolate, TheThe Very Best of Hot Chocolate	Rak	14 March 1987	1	Platinum

343	U2	Joshua Tree, TheThe Joshua Tree	Island	21 March 1987	2	6× Platinum

344	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 9	Virgin/EMI/PolyGram	5 April 1987	5	2× Platinum

345	Curiosity Killed the Cat	Keep Your Distance	Mercury	9 May 1987	2	Platinum

346	Swing Out Sister	It's Better to Travel	Mercury	23 May 1987	2	Platinum

347	Simple Minds	Live in the City of Light	Virgin	6 June 1987	1	2× Platinum

348	Houston, WhitneyWhitney Houston	Whitney	Arista	13 June 1987	6	6× Platinum

349	D'Arby, Terence TrentTerence Trent D'Arby	Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby	CBS	25 July 1987	1	5× Platinum

350	Various artists	Hits 6	CBS/BMG/WEA	1 August 1987	4	3× Platinum

351	Def Leppard	Hysteria	Bludgeon Riffola	29 August 1987	1	2× Platinum

re	Various artists	Hits 6	CBS/BMG/WEA	5 September 1987	1	3× Platinum

352	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson	Bad	Epic	12 September 1987	5	13× Platinum

353	Springsteen, BruceBruce Springsteen	Tunnel of Love	CBS	17 October 1987	1	Platinum

354	Sting	...Nothing Like the Sun	A&M	24 October 1987	1	Platinum

355	Fleetwood Mac	Tango in the Night	Warner Bros.	31 October 1987	2	8× Platinum

356	Michael, GeorgeGeorge Michael	Faith	Epic	14 November 1987	1	2× Platinum

357	T'Pau	Bridge of Spies	Siren	21 November 1987	1	4× Platinum

358	Astley, RickRick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	RCA	28 November 1987	1	4× Platinum

359	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 10	Virgin/EMI/PolyGram	5 December 1987	6	4× Platinum

1988

360	Wet Wet Wet	Popped In Souled Out	Precious Organisation, TheThe Precious Organisation	16 January 1988	1	5× Platinum

361	Johnny Hates Jazz	Turn Back the Clock	Virgin	23 January 1988	1	2× Platinum

re	D'Arby, Terence TrentTerence Trent D'Arby	Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby	CBS	30 January 1988	8	5× Platinum

362	Morrissey	Viva Hate	His Master's Voice	26 March 1988	1	Gold

363	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 11	Virgin/EMI/PolyGram	2 April 1988	3	4× Platinum

364	Iron Maiden	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	EMI	23 April 1988	1	Gold

365	Erasure	Innocents, TheThe Innocents	Mute	30 April 1988	1	2× Platinum

re	Fleetwood Mac	Tango in the Night	Warner Bros.	7 May 1988	2	8× Platinum

366	Prince	Lovesexy	Paisley Park	21 May 1988	1	Platinum

re	Fleetwood Mac	Tango in the Night	Warner Bros.	28 May 1988	1	8× Platinum

367	Various artists	Nite Flite	CBS	4 June 1988	4	Platinum

368	Chapman, TracyTracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	Elektra	2 July 1988	3	Platinum

369	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music 12	Virgin/EMI/PolyGram	23 July 1988	5	2× Platinum

370	Minogue, KylieKylie Minogue	Kylie	PWL	27 August 1988	4	7× Platinum

371	Various artists	Hot City Nights	Vertigo	24 September 1988	1	Platinum

372	Bon Jovi	New Jersey	Vertigo	1 October 1988	2	Platinum

373	de Burgh, ChrisChris de Burgh	Flying Colours	A&M	15 October 1988	1	Platinum

374	U2	Rattle and Hum	Island	22 October 1988	1	3× Platinum

375	Dire Straits	Money for Nothing	Vertigo	29 October 1988	3	4× Platinum

re	Minogue, KylieKylie Minogue	Kylie	PWL	19 November 1988	2	7× Platinum

376	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music XIII	Virgin/EMI/PolyGram	3 December 1988	3	4× Platinum

377	Richard, CliffCliff Richard	Private Collection: 1979–1988	EMI	24 December 1988	2	4× Platinum

1989

re	Various artists	Now That's What I Call Music XIII	Virgin/EMI/PolyGram	7 January 1989	1	4× Platinum

re	Erasure	Innocents, TheThe Innocents	Mute	14 January 1989	1	2× Platinum

378	Orbison, RoyRoy Orbison	Legendary Roy Orbison, TheThe Legendary Roy Orbison	Telstar	21 January 1989	3	2× Platinum

379	New Order	Technique	Factory	11 February 1989	1	Gold

380	Fine Young Cannibals	Raw and the Cooked, TheThe Raw and the Cooked	London	18 February 1989	1	3× Platinum

381	Simply Red	New Flame, AA New Flame	WEA	25 February 1989	4	7× Platinum

382	Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine	Anything for You	Epic	25 March 1989	1	4× Platinum

383	Madonna	Like a Prayer	Sire	1 April 1989	2	2× Platinum

384	Deacon Blue	When the World Knows Your Name	CBS	15 April 1989	2	2× Platinum

re	Simply Red	New Flame, AA New Flame	WEA	29 April 1989	1	7× Platinum

385	Johnson, HollyHolly Johnson	Blast	MCA	6 May 1989	1	Platinum

386	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years	Virgin	13 May 1989	1	2× Platinum

387	Donovan, JasonJason Donovan	Ten Good Reasons	PWL	20 May 1989	2	5× Platinum

388	Queen	Miracle, TheThe Miracle	Parlophone	3 June 1989	1	Platinum

re	Donovan, JasonJason Donovan	Ten Good Reasons	PWL	10 June 1989	2	5× Platinum

389	McCartney, PaulPaul McCartney	Flowers in the Dirt	Parlophone	24 June 1989	1	Platinum

390	Prince	Batman	Warner Bros.	1 July 1989	1	Platinum

391	Transvision Vamp	Velveteen	MCA	8 July 1989	1	Platinum

392	Soul II Soul	Club Classics Vol. I	10	15 July 1989	1	2× Platinum

re	Simply Red	New Flame, AA New Flame	WEA	22 July 1989	2	7× Platinum

393	Estefan, GloriaGloria Estefan	Cuts Both Ways	Epic	5 August 1989	6	2× Platinum

394	Original stage cast	Aspects of Love	Really Useful/Polydor	16 September 1989	1	Platinum

395	Eurythmics	We Too Are One	RCA	23 September 1989	1	Platinum

396	Turner, TinaTina Turner	Foreign Affair	Capitol	30 September 1989	1	3× Platinum

397	Tears for Fears	Seeds of Love, TheThe Seeds of Love	Fontana	7 October 1989	1	Platinum

398	Chapman, TracyTracy Chapman	Crossroads	Elektra	14 October 1989	1	Platinum

399	Minogue, KylieKylie Minogue	Enjoy Yourself	PWL	21 October 1989	1	4× Platinum

400	Erasure	Wild!	Mute	28 October 1989	2	Platinum

401	Rea, ChrisChris Rea	Road to Hell, TheThe Road to Hell	WEA	11 November 1989	3	2× Platinum

402	Collins, PhilPhil Collins	...But Seriously	Virgin	2 December 1989	8	4× Platinum

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Marillion's Misplaced Childhood peaked at number one in the UK chart.
Misplaced Childhood is the number one album in the UK charts.
Misplaced Childhood is peaking at number one in the UK charts.

final_sentence: Marillion's Misplaced Childhood peaked at number one in the UK chart.
final_sentence: Misplaced Childhood is the number one album in the UK charts.
final_sentence: Misplaced Childhood is peaking at number one in the UK charts.