# List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1980

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1980, per the Billboard 200.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best performing album of 1980 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label |
| January 5 | On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II | Donna Summer | Casablanca |
| January 12 | Bee Gees Greatest | Bee Gees | RSO |
| January 19 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| January 26 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| February 2 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| February 9 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| February 16 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| February 23 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| March 1 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| March 8 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| March 15 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| March 22 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| March 29 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| April 5 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| April 12 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| April 19 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| April 26 | The Wall † | Pink Floyd | Columbia |
| May 3 | Against the Wind | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Capitol |
| May 10 | Against the Wind | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Capitol |
| May 17 | Against the Wind | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Capitol |
| May 24 | Against the Wind | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Capitol |
| May 31 | Against the Wind | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Capitol |
| June 7 | Against the Wind | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Capitol |
| June 14 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Columbia |
| June 21 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Columbia |
| June 28 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Columbia |
| July 5 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Columbia |
| July 12 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Columbia |
| July 19 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | Columbia |
| July 26 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones |
| August 2 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones |
| August 9 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones |
| August 16 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones |
| August 23 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones |
| August 30 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones |
| September 6 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones |
| September 13 | Hold Out | Jackson Browne | Asylum |
| September 20 | The Game | Queen | Elektra |
| September 27 | The Game | Queen | Elektra |
| October 4 | The Game | Queen | Elektra |
| October 11 | The Game | Queen | Elektra |
| October 18 | The Game | Queen | Elektra |
| October 25 | Guilty | Barbra Streisand | Columbia |
| November 1 | Guilty | Barbra Streisand | Columbia |
| November 8 | The River | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| November 15 | The River | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| November 22 | The River | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| November 29 | The River | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia |
| December 6 | Guilty | Barbra Streisand | Columbia |
| December 13 | Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers | Liberty |
| December 20 | Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers | Liberty |
| December 27 | Double Fantasy | John Lennon and Yoko Ono | Geffen |