Beginning with the September 15, 1984 issue, CashBox magazine began charting Compact Disc sales. Here's a look at that very first chart:
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The final CD chart appeared in the June 25, 1988 issue with Van Halen's OU812 in the top slot.
How close is that initial CD chart to the CashBox album chart for the week of September 15, 1984? Not very:
| Album | CD Chart | Album Chart |
| Purple Rain | 1 | 1 |
| What's New | 2 | 89 |
| Thriller | 3 | 49 |
| Synchronicity | 4 | 142 |
| Dark Side of the Moon | 5 | - |
| Born in the U.S.A. | 6 | 4 |
| 90125 | 7 | 127 |
| 1984 | 8 | 29 |
| Heartbeat City | 9 | 5 |
| Eliminator | 10 | 22 |
| Can't Slow Down | 11 | 6 |
| Footloose | 12 | 40 |
| An Innocent Man | 13 | 26 |
| Meddle | 14 | - |
| Star Tracks | 15 | - |
| In the Digital Mood | 16 | - |
| Trumpet Concertos | 17 | - |
| Avalon | 18 | - |
| Future Shock | 19 | 139 |
| Digital Domain | 20 | - |
| Rock 'n Soul Pt 1 | 21 | 189 |
| Brandenberg 1 | 22 | - |
| Brandenberg 2 | 23 | - |
| Windham Hill Sampler | 24 | - |
| Chariots of Fire | 25 | - |
| Beethoven Sym 9 | 26 | - |
| Autumn | 27 | - |
| Streisand Hits Vol 2 | 28 | - |
| Best of Alan Parsons | 29 | - |
| Rumours | 30 | - |
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