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Billboard
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Cash Box
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Rolling Stone
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January 5
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On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2
Donna Summer
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The Long Run
The Eagles
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The Long Run
The Eagles
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January 12
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Bee Gees Greatest
Bee Gees
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January 19
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
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January 26
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
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February 2
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February 9
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
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February 16
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February 23
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March 1
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March 8
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March 15
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March 22
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March 29
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April 5
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April 12
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April 19
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April 26
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May 3
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Against the Wind
Bob Seger and the
Silver Bullet Band |
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May 10
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May 17
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Against the Wind
Bob Seger and the
Silver Bullet Band |
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May 24
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May 31
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June 7
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June 14
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Glass Houses
Billy Joel
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Against the Wind
Bob Seger and the
Silver Bullet Band |
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June 21
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Glass Houses
Billy Joel
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June 28
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July 5
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July 12
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Glass Houses
Billy Joel
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July 19
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July 26
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Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
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Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
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August 2
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August 9
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August 16
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August 23
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Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
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August 30
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September 6
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Hold Out
Jackson Browne
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September 13
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Hold Out
Jackson Browne
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Urban Cowboy
Soundtrack |
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September 20
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The Game
Queen
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Emotional Rescue
The Rolling Stones
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September 27
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The Game
Queen
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October 4
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Hold Out
Jackson Browne
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October 11
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October 18
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Xanadu
Soundtrack |
The Game
Queen
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October 25
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Guilty
Barbra Streisand
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Guilty
Barbra Streisand
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November 1
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November 8
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The River
Bruce Springsteen
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November 15
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The River
Bruce Springsteen
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November 22
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Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
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November 29
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One Step Closer
The Doobie Brothers
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December 6
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Guilty
Barbra Streisand
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December 13
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Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
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Hotter Than July
Stevie Wonder
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The River
Bruce Springsteen
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December 20
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Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
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December 27
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Double Fantasy
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
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Week
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Billboard
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Cash Box
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Rolling Stone
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
#1 Albums of 1980: Side-by-Side Charts
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Cash Box
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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?
ReplyDeleteRolling 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.