# List of UK top-ten albums in 1980

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. 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).
The first new number-one album of the year was by Pretenders by The Pretenders. Overall, twenty-one different albums peaked at number one in 1980, with twenty unique artists and one compilation hitting that position.

## Top-ten albums
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 1979 but still in chart in 1980. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1980 but peaked in 1981. |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
| Albums in 1979 |||||||
| 10 March 1979 | 32 | Manilow Magic: The Best of Barry Manilow ‡ | Barry Manilow | 3 | 10 March 1979 | 3 |
| 11 August 1979 | 12 | Outlandos d'Amour ‡ | The Police | 6 | 9 October 1979 | 1 |
| 22 September 1979 | 13 | String of Hits | The Shadows | 1 | 1 March 1980 | 3 |
| 9 October 1979 | 6 | Eat to the Beat ‡ | Blondie | 1 | 9 October 1979 | 1 |
| 13 October 1979 | 26 | Reggatta de Blanc ‡ | The Police | 1 | 13 October 1979 | 4 |
| 13 October 1979 | 20 | Off the Wall ‡ | Michael Jackson | 5 | 20 October 1979 | 1 |
| 10 November 1979 | 12 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 ‡ | Rod Stewart | 1 | 8 December 1979 | 5 |
| 10 November 1979 | 13 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ‡ | ABBA | 1 | 17 November 1979 | 4 |
| 17 November 1979 | 8 | 20 Golden Greats ‡ | Diana Ross | 2 | 24 November 1979 | 1 |
| 1 December 1979 | 6 | Love Songs | Elvis Presley | 4 | 5 January 1980 | 1 |
| 8 December 1979 | 9 | The Wall ‡ | Pink Floyd | 3 | 8 December 1979 | 4 |
| 8 December 1979 | 6 | ELO's Greatest Hits ‡ | Electric Light Orchestra | 7 | 8 December 1979 | 1 |
| 15 December 1979 | 4 | Peace in the Valley ‡ | Various artists | 6 | 22 December 1979 | 3 |
| 22 December 1979 | 6 | 20 Hottest Hits | Hot Chocolate | 3 | 5 January 1980 | 1 |
| 22 December 1979 | 3 | London Calling ‡ | The Clash | 9 | 22 December 1979 | 3 |
| Albums in 1980 |||||||
| 5 January 1980 | 6 | Bee Gees Greatest | Bee Gees | 6 | 12 January 1980 | 3 |
| 12 January 1980 | 9 | One Step Beyond... | Madness | 2 | 2 February 1980 | 1 |
| 19 January 1980 | 9 | Pretenders | The Pretenders | 1 | 19 January 1980 | 4 |
| 19 January 1980 | 3 | Video Stars | Various artists | 5 | 26 January 1980 | 1 |
| 26 January 1980 | 1 | Semi Detached Suburban: 20 Great Hits of the Sixties | Manfred Mann | 9 | 26 January 1980 | 1 |
| 2 February 1980 | 3 | Permanent Waves | Rush | 3 | 2 February 1980 | 1 |
| 2 February 1980 | 4 | Short Stories | Jon and Vangelis | 4 | 16 February 1980 | 1 |
| 2 February 1980 | 3 | Golden Collection | Charley Pride | 6 | 9 February 1980 | 2 |
| 9 February 1980 | 7 | The Last Dance | Various artists | 1 | 16 February 1980 | 2 |
| 16 February 1980 | 4 | Kenny | Kenny Rogers | 7 | 1 March 1980 | 1 |
| 23 February 1980 | 5 | Get Happy!! | Elvis Costello and The Attractions | 2 | 23 February 1980 | 3 |
| 23 February 1980 | 2 | Too Much Pressure | The Selecter | 5 | 23 February 1980 | 1 |
| 23 February 1980 | 8 | Tell Me on a Sunday | Marti Webb | 2 | 22 March 1980 | 1 |
| 8 March 1980 | 13 | Greatest Hits | Rose Royce | 1 | 19 April 1980 | 2 |
| 8 March 1980 | 1 | Greatest Hits | KC and the Sunshine Band | 10 | 8 March 1980 | 1 |
| 15 March 1980 | 6 | Tears and Laughter | Johnny Mathis | 1 | 22 March 1980 | 2 |
| 15 March 1980 | 3 | Nobody's Heroes | Stiff Little Fingers | 8 | 22 March 1980 | 1 |
| 22 March 1980 | 4 | Heart Breakers: 20 Golden Greats from Matt Monro | Matt Monro | 5 | 22 March 1980 | 3 |
| 29 March 1980 | 9 | 12 Gold Bars | Status Quo | 3 | 5 April 1980 | 4 |
| 29 March 1980 | 3 | The Crystal Gayle Singles Album | Crystal Gayle | 7 | 29 March 1980 | 1 |
| 29 March 1980 | 1 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | 9 | 29 March 1980 | 1 |
| 5 April 1980 | 8 | Duke | Genesis | 1 | 5 April 1980 | 2 |
| 5 April 1980 | 2 | Star Tracks | Various artists | 6 | 12 April 1980 | 1 |
| 12 April 1980 | 2 | Wheels of Steel | Saxon | 5 | 19 April 1980 | 1 |
| 19 April 1980 | 2 | British Steel | Judas Priest | 4 | 19 April 1980 | 1 |
| 19 April 1980 | 9 | The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits | Boney M. | 1 | 17 May 1980 | 2 |
| 19 April 1980 | 1 | The Barbara Dickson Album | Barbara Dickson | 7 | 19 April 1980 | 1 |
| 19 April 1980 | 1 | Facades | Sad Café | 8 | 19 April 1980 | 1 |
| 26 April 1980 | 2 | Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden | 4 | 26 April 1980 | 1 |
| 26 April 1980 | 3 | The Bobby Vee Singles Album | Bobby Vee | 5 | 26 April 1980 | 1 |
| 26 April 1980 | 4 | Hypnotised | The Undertones | 6 | 26 April 1980 | 1 |
| 26 April 1980 | 16 | Sky 2 | Sky | 1 | 3 May 1980 | 2 |
| 26 April 1980 | 4 | Suzi Quatro's Greatest Hits | Suzi Quatro | 4 | 10 May 1980 | 1 |
| 3 May 1980 | 4 | Heaven and Hell | Black Sabbath | 9 | 3 May 1980 | 2 |
| 10 May 1980 | 1 | By Request | Lena Martell | 9 | 10 May 1980 | 1 |
| 17 May 1980 | 3 | Just One Night | Eric Clapton | 3 | 17 May 1980 | 2 |
| 17 May 1980 | 2 | Sports Car | Judie Tzuke | 7 | 24 May 1980 | 1 |
| 31 May 1980 | 8 | McCartney II | Paul McCartney | 1 | 31 May 1980 | 2 |
| 31 May 1980 | 7 | I Just Can't Stop It | The Beat | 3 | 31 May 1980 | 1 |
| 31 May 1980 | 10 | Me Myself I | Joan Armatrading | 5 | 31 May 1980 | 4 |
| 31 May 1980 | 17 | Flesh and Blood | Roxy Music | 1 | 28 June 1980 | 4 |
| 31 May 1980 | 4 | Champagne and Roses | Various artists | 7 | 14 June 1980 | 1 |
| 7 June 1980 | 6 | Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt) | Peter Gabriel | 1 | 14 June 1980 | 2 |
| 7 June 1980 | 3 | Ready an' Willing | Whitesnake | 6 | 14 June 1980 | 1 |
| 21 June 1980 | 3 | Hot Wax | Various artists | 3 | 21 June 1980 | 2 |
| 21 June 1980 | 1 | Magic Reggae | Various artists | 9 | 21 June 1980 | 1 |
| 28 June 1980 | 2 | The Photos | The Photos | 4 | 28 June 1980 | 1 |
| 28 June 1980 | 3 | Saved | Bob Dylan | 3 | 5 July 1980 | 1 |
| 28 June 1980 | 1 | Defector | Steve Hackett | 9 | 28 June 1980 | 1 |
| 5 July 1980 | 6 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 5 July 1980 | 2 |
| 5 July 1980 | 5 | Uprising | Bob Marley and the Wailers | 6 | 12 July 1980 | 2 |
| 12 July 1980 | 4 | The Game | Queen | 1 | 19 July 1980 | 2 |
| 12 July 1980 | 2 | Live at Last | Black Sabbath | 5 | 12 July 1980 | 1 |
| 19 July 1980 | 7 | Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple | Deep Purple | 1 | 2 August 1980 | 1 |
| 19 July 1980 | 1 | King of the Road | Boxcar Willie | 5 | 19 July 1980 | 1 |
| 19 July 1980 | 8 | Xanadu: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra | 2 | 2 August 1980 | 1 |
| 26 July 1980 | 5 | Searching for the Young Soul Rebels | Dexys Midnight Runners | 6 | 26 July 1980 | 2 |
| 26 July 1980 | 9 | Give Me the Night | George Benson | 3 | 6 September 1980 | 1 |
| 2 August 1980 | 2 | Closer | Joy Division | 6 | 2 August 1980 | 1 |
| 9 August 1980 | 6 | Back in Black | AC/DC | 1 | 9 August 1980 | 2 |
| 16 August 1980 | 4 | Glory Road | Gillan | 3 | 16 August 1980 | 2 |
| 16 August 1980 | 3 | Kaleidoscope | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 5 | 23 August 1980 | 1 |
| 30 August 1980 | 3 | Drama | Yes | 2 | 30 August 1980 | 2 |
| 6 September 1980 | 3 | Breaking Glass | Hazel O'Connor | 5 | 6 September 1980 | 1 |
| 6 September 1980 | 1 | Can't Stop the Music: Original Soundtrack | Village People | 9 | 6 September 1980 | 1 |
| 13 September 1980 | 3 | Telekon | Gary Numan | 1 | 13 September 1980 | 1 |
| 13 September 1980 | 5 | Signing Off | UB40 | 2 | 13 September 1980 | 2 |
| 13 September 1980 | 3 | I'm No Hero | Cliff Richard | 4 | 13 September 1980 | 1 |
| 13 September 1980 | 1 | The Michael Schenker Group | Michael Schenker Group | 8 | 13 September 1980 | 1 |
| 20 September 1980 | 8 | Never for Ever | Kate Bush | 1 | 20 September 1980 | 1 |
| 20 September 1980 | 1 | Blizzard of Ozz | Ozzy Osbourne | 7 | 20 September 1980 | 1 |
| 20 September 1980 | 1 | Hanx! | Stiff Little Fingers | 9 | 20 September 1980 | 1 |
| 20 September 1980 | 1 | Now We May Begin | Randy Crawford | 10 | 20 September 1980 | 1 |
| 27 September 1980 | 5 | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) | David Bowie | 1 | 27 September 1980 | 2 |
| 27 September 1980 | 4 | Mounting Excitement | Various artists | 2 | 4 October 1980 | 1 |
| 27 September 1980 | 4 | The Very Best of Don McLean | Don McLean | 4 | 4 October 1980 | 1 |
| 27 September 1980 | 1 | Crash Course | U.K. Subs | 8 | 27 September 1980 | 1 |
| 27 September 1980 | 1 | The Absolute Game | The Skids | 9 | 27 September 1980 | 1 |
| 4 October 1980 | 3 | More Specials | The Specials | 5 | 11 October 1980 | 1 |
| 4 October 1980 | 5 | Absolutely | Madness | 2 | 11 October 1980 | 1 |
| 4 October 1980 | 2 | Paris | Supertramp | 7 | 11 October 1980 | 1 |
| 11 October 1980 | 15 | Zenyatta Mondatta | The Police | 1 | 11 October 1980 | 4 |
| 18 October 1980 | 17 | Guilty | Barbra Streisand | 1 | 8 November 1980 | 2 |
| 18 October 1980 | 2 | Chinatown | Thin Lizzy | 7 | 18 October 1980 | 1 |
| 25 October 1980 | 3 | The River | Bruce Springsteen | 2 | 25 October 1980 | 1 |
| 25 October 1980 | 3 | Just Supposin' | Status Quo | 4 | 25 October 1980 | 2 |
| 25 October 1980 | 2 | The Love Album | Various artists | 6 | 25 October 1980 | 1 |
| 1 November 1980 | 3 | Organisation | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | 6 | 1 November 1980 | 2 |
| 1 November 1980 | 1 | Faces | Earth, Wind & Fire | 10 | 1 November 1980 | 1 |
| 8 November 1980 | 16 | Hotter than July | Stevie Wonder | 2 | 8 November 1980 | 1 |
| 8 November 1980 | 3 | Ace of Spades | Motörhead | 4 | 8 November 1980 | 1 |
| 8 November 1980 | 2 | Live... in the Heart of the City | Whitesnake | 5 | 8 November 1980 | 1 |
| 8 November 1980 | 2 | Gold | The Three Degrees | 9 | 8 November 1980 | 2 |
| 15 November 1980 | 33 | Kings of the Wild Frontier ♦ | Adam and the Ants | 1 | 24 January 1981 | 12 |
| 15 November 1980 | 10 | Not the Nine O'Clock News | Not the Nine O'Clock News Cast | 5 | 22 November 1980 | 2 |
| 22 November 1980 | 11 | Super Trouper | ABBA | 1 | 22 November 1980 | 9 |
| 22 November 1980 | 3 | Foolish Behaviour | Rod Stewart | 4 | 29 November 1980 | 1 |
| 22 November 1980 | 2 | Country Legends | Various artists | 9 | 29 November 1980 | 1 |
| 29 November 1980 | 3 | Autoamerican | Blondie | 3 | 29 November 1980 | 1 |
| 29 November 1980 | 4 | Chart Explosion | Various artists | 6 | 6 December 1980 | 1 |
| 6 December 1980 | 2 | Sound Affects | The Jam | 2 | 6 December 1980 | 1 |
| 6 December 1980 | 10 | Greatest Hits | Dr. Hook | 2 | 13 December 1980 | 1 |
| 6 December 1980 | 4 | Inspirations | Elvis Presley | 6 | 13 December 1980 | 1 |
| 20 December 1980 | 16 | Double Fantasy ♦ | John Lennon and Yoko Ono | 1 | 7 February 1981 | 2 |
| 20 December 1980 | 6 | Barry ♦ | Barry Manilow | 5 | 31 January 1981 | 1 |
| 20 December 1980 | 4 | 20 Golden Greats of Ken Dodd | Ken Dodd | 8 | 27 December 1980 | 3 |