The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom; during the 1980s, a total of 184 albums reached number one.
| nth album to top the UK Albums Chart | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | re | Return of an album to number one | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Silver certification | ||
| Gold | Gold certification | ||
| Platinum | Platinum certification | ||
| bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center | Best-selling album of the year | ||
| bgcolor=lightblue align=center | Best-selling album of the decade |
| scope=col | scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Album | scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Reached number one (for the week ending) | scope=col | Weeks at number one | scope=col | Certification (as of 31 December 1989) | |
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 220 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | Riva | 5 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | ABBA | Greatest Hits Volume 2 | Epic | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 221 | Pretenders | Real | 4 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 222 | Various artists | The Last Dance | Motown | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 223 | String of Hits | EMI | 3 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 224 | Tears and Laughter | CBS | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 225 | Genesis | Duke | Charisma | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 226 | Rose Royce | Greatest Hits | Whitfield | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 227 | Sky | Sky 2 | Ariola | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 228 | Boney M. | Hansa/Atlantic | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 229 | McCartney II | Parlophone | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 230 | Peter Gabriel | Charisma | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 231 | Roxy Music | Flesh and Blood | Polydor | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 232 | Emotional Rescue | Rolling Stones | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 233 | Queen | EMI | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 234 | Deep Purple | Harvest | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 235 | AC/DC | Back in Black | Atlantic | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Roxy Music | Flesh and Blood | Polydor | 3 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 236 | Telekon | Beggars Banquet | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 237 | Never for Ever | EMI | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 238 | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | RCA | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 239 | Zenyatta Mondatta | A&M | 4 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 240 | Guilty | CBS | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 241 | ABBA | Super Trouper | Epic | 9 | ||||||||
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 242 | Adam and the Ants | Kings of the Wild Frontier | CBS | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 243 | and Yoko Ono | Double Fantasy | Geffen | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 244 | Face Value | Virgin | 3 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Adam and the Ants | Kings of the Wild Frontier | CBS | 10 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 245 | Starsound | Stars on 45 | CBS | 5 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 246 | Motörhead | No Sleep 'til Hammersmith | Bronze | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 247 | Various artists | Disco Daze and Disco Nites | Ronco | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 248 | Love Songs | EMI | 5 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 249 | Various artists | The Official BBC Album of the Royal Wedding | BBC | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 250 | Electric Light Orchestra | Time | Jet | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 251 | Meat Loaf | Dead Ringer | Cleveland International /Epic | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 252 | Genesis | Abacab | Charisma | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 253 | Ghost in the Machine | A&M | 3 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 254 | Dare | Virgin | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 255 | Shakin' Stevens | Shaky | Epic | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 256 | Queen | Greatest Hits | EMI | 4 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 257 | Various artists | Chart Hits '81 | K-tel | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 258 | ABBA | Epic | 3 | |||||||||
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Dare | Virgin | 3 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 259 | Love Songs | CBS | 7 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 260 | Polydor | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Love Songs | CBS | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 261 | Iron Maiden | EMI | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 262 | Status Quo | 1+9+8+2 | Vertigo | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 263 | Barry Live in Britain | Arista | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 264 | Tug of War | Parlophone | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 265 | Madness | Complete Madness | Stiff | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 266 | Roxy Music | Avalon | E.G. | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Madness | Complete Madness | Stiff | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Roxy Music | Avalon | E.G. | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 267 | ABC | Neutron | 4 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 268 | Original soundtrack | Fame | RSO | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 269 | BBC | 8 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 270 | Dire Straits | Love over Gold | Vertigo | 4 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | BBC | 4 | |||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 271 | ABBA | Epic | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 272 | Parlophone | 6 | ||||||||||
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 273 | Various artists | Raiders of the Pop Charts | Ronco | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 274 | Men at Work | Business as Usual | Epic | 5 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 275 | Thriller | Epic | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 276 | U2 | War | Island | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Thriller | Epic | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 277 | Tears for Fears | Mercury | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 278 | Pink Floyd | Harvest | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 279 | Faster Than the Speed of Night | CBS | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 280 | Let's Dance | EMI America | 3 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 281 | Spandau Ballet | True | Reformation | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Thriller | Epic | 5 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 282 | Synchronicity | A&M | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 283 | Wham! | Fantastic | Innervision | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 284 | Yazoo | You and Me Both | Mute | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 285 | Capitol | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 286 | and The Jackson 5 | 18 Greatest Hits | Motown Telstar | 3 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Capitol | 1 | |||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 287 | No Parlez | CBS | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 288 | UB40 | Labour of Love | DEP International | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | No Parlez | CBS | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 289 | Genesis | Genesis | Charisma | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 290 | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Virgin | 3 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 291 | Can't Slow Down | Motown | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | Virgin | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 292 | Duran Duran | Seven and the Ragged Tiger | EMI | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | No Parlez | CBS | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 293 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music | Virgin/EMI | 4 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | No Parlez | CBS | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music | Virgin/EMI | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Thriller | Epic | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 294 | Eurythmics | Touch | RCA | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 295 | Simple Minds | Sparkle in the Rain | Virgin | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 296 | Thompson Twins | Into the Gap | Arista | 3 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 297 | Human's Lib | WEA | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Can't Slow Down | Motown | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 298 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music II | Virgin/EMI | 5 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 299 | Legend | Island | 12 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 300 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 3 | Virgin/EMI | 8 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 301 | Tonight | EMI America | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 302 | U2 | Island | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 303 | Big Country | Steeltown | Mercury | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 304 | Give My Regards to Broad Street | Parlophone | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 305 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Welcome to the Pleasuredome | ZTT | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 306 | Wham! | Make It Big | Epic | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 307 | Various artists | CBS/WEA | 7 | |||||||||
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 308 | Alf | CBS | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 309 | Foreigner | Agent Provocateur | Atlantic | 3 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 310 | Born in the U.S.A. | CBS | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 311 | Meat Is Murder | Rough Trade | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 312 | No Jacket Required | Virgin | 5 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 313 | CBS | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 314 | Various artists | CBS/WEA | 6 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 315 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | Vertigo | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 316 | Our Favourite Shop | Polydor | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 317 | Boys and Girls | E.G. | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 318 | Marillion | Misplaced Childhood | EMI | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Born in the U.S.A. | CBS | 4 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | Vertigo | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 319 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 5 | Virgin/EMI | 5 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 320 | Madonna | Like a Virgin | Sire | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 321 | Hounds of Love | EMI | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Madonna | Like a Virgin | Sire | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Hounds of Love | EMI | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 322 | K-tel | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 323 | Simple Minds | Once Upon a Time | Virgin | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | K-tel | 1 | |||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 324 | Sade | Promise | Epic | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 325 | Various artists | Telstar | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 326 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 6 | Virgin/EMI | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 327 | Various artists | Now – The Christmas Album | Virgin/EMI | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 6 | Virgin/EMI | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | Vertigo | 10 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 328 | Various artists | Hits 4 | CBS/WEA/RCA/Ariola | 4 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 329 | and Roxy Music | E.G. | 5 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 330 | So | Virgin | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 331 | Queen | EMI | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 332 | Genesis | Invisible Touch | Virgin | 3 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 333 | Madonna | True Blue | Sire | 6 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 334 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 7 | Virgin/EMI | 5 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 335 | Five Star | Silk and Steel | Tent | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 336 | Graceland | Warner Bros. | 5 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 337 | A&M | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 338 | Various artists | Hits 5 | CBS/RCA/Ariola/WEA | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 339 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 8 | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 6 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=7 | |||||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 340 | EMI | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Graceland | Warner Bros. | 3 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 341 | Original London cast | Really Useful | 3 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 342 | Hot Chocolate | Rak | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 343 | U2 | Island | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 344 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 9 | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 5 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 345 | Curiosity Killed the Cat | Keep Your Distance | Mercury | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 346 | Swing Out Sister | It's Better to Travel | Mercury | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 347 | Simple Minds | Live in the City of Light | Virgin | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 348 | Whitney | Arista | 6 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 349 | Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby | CBS | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 350 | Various artists | Hits 6 | CBS/BMG/WEA | 4 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 351 | Def Leppard | Hysteria | Bludgeon Riffola | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Various artists | Hits 6 | CBS/BMG/WEA | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 352 | Bad | Epic | 5 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 353 | Tunnel of Love | CBS | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 354 | Sting | A&M | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 355 | Fleetwood Mac | Tango in the Night | Warner Bros. | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 356 | Faith | Epic | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 357 | T'Pau | Bridge of Spies | Siren | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 358 | Whenever You Need Somebody | RCA | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 359 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 10 | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 6 | ||||||||
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 360 | Wet Wet Wet | Popped In Souled Out | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 361 | Johnny Hates Jazz | Turn Back the Clock | Virgin | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby | CBS | 8 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 362 | Morrissey | Viva Hate | His Master's Voice | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 363 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 11 | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 3 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 364 | Iron Maiden | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | EMI | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 365 | Erasure | Mute | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Fleetwood Mac | Tango in the Night | Warner Bros. | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 366 | Prince | Lovesexy | Paisley Park | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Fleetwood Mac | Tango in the Night | Warner Bros. | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 367 | Various artists | Nite Flite | CBS | 4 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 368 | Tracy Chapman | Elektra | 3 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 369 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 12 | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 5 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 370 | Kylie | PWL | 4 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 371 | Various artists | Hot City Nights | Vertigo | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 372 | Bon Jovi | New Jersey | Vertigo | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 373 | Flying Colours | A&M | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 374 | U2 | Rattle and Hum | Island | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 375 | Dire Straits | Money for Nothing | Vertigo | 3 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Kylie | PWL | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 376 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music XIII | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 3 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 377 | EMI | 2 | ||||||||||
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| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music XIII | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Erasure | Mute | [1] | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 378 | Telstar | 3 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 379 | New Order | Technique | Factory | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 380 | Fine Young Cannibals | London | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 381 | Simply Red | WEA | 4 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 382 | Anything for You | Epic | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 383 | Madonna | Like a Prayer | Sire | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 384 | Deacon Blue | When the World Knows Your Name | CBS | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Simply Red | WEA | 1 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 385 | Blast | MCA | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 386 | Simple Minds | Street Fighting Years | Virgin | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 387 | Ten Good Reasons | PWL | 2 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 388 | Queen | Parlophone | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Ten Good Reasons | PWL | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 389 | Flowers in the Dirt | Parlophone | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 390 | Prince | Batman | Warner Bros. | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 391 | Transvision Vamp | Velveteen | MCA | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 392 | Soul II Soul | Club Classics Vol. I | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Simply Red | WEA | 2 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 393 | Cuts Both Ways | Epic | 6 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 394 | Original stage cast | Aspects of Love | Really Useful/Polydor | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 395 | Eurythmics | We Too Are One | RCA | 1 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 396 | Foreign Affair | Capitol | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 397 | Tears for Fears | Fontana | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 398 | Crossroads | Elektra | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 399 | Enjoy Yourself | PWL | 1 | |||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 400 | Erasure | Wild! | Mute | 2 | ||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 401 | WEA | 3 | ||||||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 402 | Virgin | 8 |
Ten artists spent 10 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.
| scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Number ones | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Dire Straits | 3 | 21 | ||
| scope=row | 3 | 16 | |||
| scope=row | ABBA | 4 | 14 | ||
| scope=row | 3 | 13 | |||
| scope=row | Adam and the Ants | 1 | 12 | ||
| scope=row | 1 | 12 | |||
| scope=row | 1 | 12 | |||
| scope=row | 4 | 11 | |||
| scope=row | 2 | 11 | |||
| scope=row | Madonna | 3 | 10 |
Six record labels spent 20 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.
| scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Number ones | scope=col | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Virgin Records | 24 | 95 | ||
| scope=row | EMI Records | 26 | 91 | ||
| scope=row | CBS | 19 | 83 | ||
| scope=row | WEA | 8 | 36 | ||
| scope=row | PolyGram | 6 | 29 | ||
| scope=row | Vertigo Records | 6 | 25 |
See main article: List of UK Albums Chart Christmas number ones. In the UK, Christmas number one albums are those that are at the top of the UK Albums Chart on Christmas Day. Typically, this will refer to the album that was announced as number one on the Sunday before 25 December—when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday itself, the official number one is considered by the OCC to be the one announced on that day's chart.[2] During the 1980s, the following albums were Christmas number ones.
| scope=col | Year | scope=col | Artist | scope=col | Album | scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Weeks at number one | scope=col class=unsortable | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1980 | ABBA | Super Trouper | Epic | 9 | [3] | |||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1981 | ABBA | Epic | 3 | [4] | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1982 | Parlophone | 6 | [5] | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1983 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music | Virgin/EMI | 5 | [6] | |||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1984 | Various artists | Hits 1 | CBS/WEA | 7 | [7] | |||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1985 | Various artists | Now – The Christmas Album | Virgin/EMI | 2 | [8] | |||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1986 | Various artists | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 6 | [9] | ||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1987 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 10 | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 6 | [10] | |||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1988 | EMI | 2 | [11] | |||||||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1989 | Virgin | 15 | [12] |