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Ten artists spent 10 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.
In the UK, Christmas number one albums are those that are at the top of the
Archive of all UK Number One Albums of the 1980s with images of original packagingOfficial UK Albums Top 100
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The UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ...
is a weekly record chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include re ...
based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom; during the 1980s, a total of 184 albums reached number one.
Number ones
By artist
Ten artists spent 10 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.
By record label
Six record labels spent 20 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.Christmas number ones
In the UK, Christmas number one albums are those that are at the top of the UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ...
on Christmas Day
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. Typically, this will refer to the album that was announced as number one on the Sunday before 25 December—when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday itself, the official number one is considered by the OCC to be the one announced on that day's chart. During the 1980s, the following albums were Christmas number ones.
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External links
Archive of all UK Number One Albums of the 1980s with images of original packaging
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
In the United Kingdom, its charts in ...
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