A DECADE IN THE CHARTS
The 80s Charts
Explore the UK No.1s, monthly Top 20s and the biggest-selling singles and albums of the decade.
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From the weekly No.1s to the records that defined the whole decade.
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Every UK No.1
Relive every chart-topper from January 1980 to December 1989.
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Best-selling singles
The defining hit singles and enduring favourites of the decade.
VIEW THE COUNTDOWN →CLASSIC RECORDS
Top 100 albums
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VIEW THE TOP 100 →PURE80sPOP COMMUNITY
Community Top 10
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VIEW COMMUNITY CHART →THE WHOLE DECADE
VIEW ALL NUMBER ONES →Explore year by year
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1980VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1980BRASS IN POCKETPRETENDERS
1981VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1981IMAGINEJOHN LENNON
1982VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1982LAND OF MAKE BELIEVEBUCKS FIZZ
1983VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1983YOU CAN`T HURRY LOVEPHIL COLLINS
1984VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1984PIPES OF PEACEPAUL McCARTNEY
1985VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1985I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE ISFOREIGNER
1986VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1986WEST END GIRLSPET SHOP BOYS
1987VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1987JACK YOUR BODYSTEVE `silk` HURLEY
1988VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1988HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTHBELINDA CARLISLE
1989VIEW YEAR
FIRST NO.1 OF 1989ESPECIALLY FOR YOUKYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN
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