#1 Albums of 1985: Side-by-Side Charts

Week	Billboard	Cash Box	Rolling Stone
January 5	Purple Rain Prince and The Revolution	Like a Virgin Madonna	Purple Rain Prince and The Revolution
January 12
January 19	Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen		Like a Virgin Madonna
January 26
February 2
February 9	Like a Virgin Madonna
February 16
February 23
March 2	Make It Big Wham!	Make It Big Wham!
March 9
March 16			Centerfield John Fogerty
March 23	Centerfield John Fogerty
March 30	No Jacket Required Phil Collins	No Jacket Required Phil Collins
April 6
April 13
April 20
April 27	We Are The World USA for Africa	We Are The World USA for Africa	No Jacket Required Phil Collins
May 4
May 11
May 18	No Jacket Required Phil Collins
May 25		Around the World in a Day Prince and The Revolution
June 1	Around the World in a Day Prince and The Revolution
June 8			We Are The World USA for Africa
June 15
June 22	Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack		No Jacket Required Phil Collins
June 29
July 6	No Jacket Required Phil Collins	No Jacket Required Phil Collins	Around the World in a Day Prince and the Revolution
July 13	Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears	Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears
July 20			Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears
July 27
August 3
August 10	Reckless Bryan Adams
August 17
August 24	Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears	Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
August 31	Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
September 7
September 14			No Jacket Required Phil Collins
September 21
September 28			Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
October 5
October 12
October 19
October 26
November 2	Miami Vice Soundtrack	Miami Vice Soundtrack
November 9
November 16
November 23
November 30
December 7
December 14
December 21	Heart Heart
December 28	Miami Vice Soundtrack	The Broadway Album Barbra Streisand
Week	Billboard	Cash Box	Rolling Stone

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