Wednesday, November 4, 2015

#1 Albums of 1981: Side-by-Side Charts

Issue Date Billboard Cashbox Rolling Stone
January 3 Double Fantasy
John Lennon & Yoko Ono		 Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers		 The River
Bruce Springsteen
January 10 Double Fantasy
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
January 17
January 24 Guilty
Barbra Streisand
January 31
February 7 Double Fantasy
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
February 14
February 21 Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon
February 28
March 7 Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4 Paradise Theater
Styx		 Paradise Theater
Styx
April 11 Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon
April 18 Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon		 Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
April 25
May 2
May 9 Paradise Theater
Styx
May 16 Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon		 Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon
May 23
May 30 Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
June 6
June 13 Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon
June 20
June 27 Mistaken Identity
Kim Carnes		 Arc of a Diver
Steve Winwood
July 4 Mistaken Identity
Kim Carnes
July 11 Hard Promises
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
July 18 Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon
July 25 Long Distance Voyager
The Moody Blues		 Long Distance Voyager
The Moody Blues		 Mistaken Identity
Kim Carnes
August 1
August 8 Precious Time
Pat Benatar
August 15 Precious Time
Pat Benatar
August 22 4
Foreigner		 Long Distance Voyager
The Moody Blues
August 29
September 5 Bella Donna
Stevie Nicks		 Escape
Journey
September 12 Escape
Journey
September 19 Tattoo You
The Rolling Stones		 Precious Time
Pat Benatar
September 26 Tattoo You
The Rolling Stones
October 3 4
Foreigner
October 10
October 17 Tattoo You
The Rolling Stones
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14 4
Foreigner
November 21 4
Foreigner
November 28
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26 For Those About to Rock
(We Salute You) - AC/DC
Issue Date Billboard Cashbox Rolling Stone
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2 comments :

  1. HERCNovember 4, 2015 at 1:21 PM

    Awesome table format and even better albums this time around. Love to see the "battles" as albums rise and fall then rise again. And what about that incredible three month gap on Billboard for Foreigner 4? There's a trivia question right there: What album has been Number One most often on Billboard's Top Albums chart? I don't know the answer, just curious.

    With the exception of Guilty which I just acquired in 2015 after falling hard for "A Woman In Love", I bought all of the other albums in 1981 or 1982. It was a great time to be a music fan and although I didn't attend my first concert until late in 1982, I eventually saw five of these acts live on stage performing songs from the albums listed, some of them more than once.

    This post pretty much set what music was gonna get listened to today.

    Thanks.

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  2. Martin MaenzaNovember 5, 2015 at 4:09 AM

    I too like seeing comparisons like this. It really helps put into context the music of the time.

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