Wednesday, October 28, 2015

#1 Albums of 1980: Side-by-Side Charts

Week
Billboard
Cash Box
Rolling Stone
January 5
On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2
Donna Summer
The Long Run
The Eagles
The Long Run
The Eagles
January 12
Bee Gees Greatest
Bee Gees
January 19
The Wall
Pink Floyd
January 26
The Wall
Pink Floyd
February 2
February 9
The Wall
Pink Floyd
February 16
February 23
March 1
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26
May 3
Against the Wind
Bob Seger and the
Silver Bullet Band
May 10
May 17
Against the Wind
Bob Seger and the
Silver Bullet Band
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
Against the Wind
Bob Seger and the
Silver Bullet Band
June 21
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
June 28
July 5
July 12
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
July 19
July 26
Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
August 2
August 9
August 16
August 23
Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
August 30
September 6
Hold Out
Jackson Browne
September 13
Hold Out
Jackson Browne

Urban Cowboy
Soundtrack
September 20
The Game
Queen
Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
September 27
The Game
Queen
October 4
Hold Out
Jackson Browne
October 11
October 18
Xanadu
Soundtrack
The Game
Queen
October 25
Guilty
Barbra Streisand
Guilty
Barbra Streisand
November 1
November 8
The River
Bruce Springsteen
November 15
The River
Bruce Springsteen
November 22
Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
November 29
One Step Closer
The Doobie Brothers
December 6
Guilty
Barbra Streisand
December 13
Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
Hotter Than July
Stevie Wonder
The River
Bruce Springsteen
December 20
Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
December 27
Double Fantasy
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Week
Billboard
Cash Box
Rolling Stone

1 comment :

  1. Love the side by side by side orientation. Tells me all I need to know at a glance though if I had to guess, I would have surmised that Rolling Stone charts would predate Billboard's i.e. Number One on Rolling Stone and then the rest of the country caught on and it was Numer One on the Billboard chart. I know the chart dates of Rolling Stone and Billboard/Cash Box are off kilter from one another, how did you sync them up?

    Rolling Stone's phone surveys of rock-oriented record stores is all too apparent in their AOR charts and Cash Box seems closest to what I imagine reality of top selling albums was back then. Of course, it wasn't all about first week sales until the last twenty years or so. Used to be, albums built up sales over time not debuted at their highest position and then careened down ever after.

    More charts like this would be most welcome in the future.

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