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