Every US Billboard No.1 Album of the '80s

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A chronological list of every album that reached number one on the US Billboard Albums Chart during the 1980s.
List of the chosen songs:
1. Donna Summer - On the Radio
2. Bee Gees - Spirits (Having Flown)
3. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
4. Bob Seger - Against the Wind
5. Billy Joel - It's Still Rock n Roll to Me
6. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
7. Jackson Browne - Boulevard
8. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
9. Barbra Streisand - What Kind of Fool
10. Bruce Springsteen - The River
11. Kenny Rogers - Lady
12. John Lennon - Watching the Wheels
13. REO Speedwagon - Take It on the Run
14. Styx - The Best of Times
15. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
16. The Moody Blues - The Voice
17. Pat Benatar - Fire and Ice
18. Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
19. Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen
20. Journey - Open Arms
21. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
22. AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
23. The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
24. Go-Go's - We Got the Beat
25. Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
26. Asia - Heat of the Moment
27. Paul McCartney - Tug of War
28. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Diane
29. John Cougar - Hurts So Good
30. Men at Work - Down Under
31. Michael Jackson - Thriller
32. Irene Cara - Flashdance…What a Feeling
33. The Police - Every Breath You Take
34. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
35. Lionel Richie - Hello
36. Kenny Loggins - Footloose
37. Huey Lewis - Heart and Soul
38. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
39. Prince - Purple Rain
40. Madonna - Like a Virgin
41. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
42. John Fogerty - Centerfield
43. Phil Collins - Sussudio
44. USA for Africa - We Are the World
45. Prince - Around the World in a Day
46. Harold Faltermayer - Axel F
47. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
48. Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
49. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
50. Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City
51. Heart - Never
52. Barbra Streisand - Somewhere
53. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
54. Mr. Mister - Kyrie
55. Whitney Houston - All at Once
56. Van Halen - 5150
57. Janet Jackson - Control
58. Pati Labelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own
59. Berlin - Take My Breath Away
60. Madonna - True Blue
61. Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me
62. Huey Lewis - Stuck with You
63. Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
64. Boston - Amanda
65. Bruce Springsteen - Because the Night
66. Beastie Boys - Hold It Now, Hit It
67. U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
68. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody
69. Los Lobos - La Bamba
70. Michael Jackson - Bad
71. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
72. Patrick Swayze - She's Like the Wind
73. George Michael - Faith
74. Tiffany - Could've Been
75. Van Halen - Black and Blue
76. Def Leppard - Hysteria
77. Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
78. Steve Winwood - Roll with It
79. Tracy Chapman - Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
80. Bon Jovi - Born to Be My Baby
81. U2 - Desire
82. Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got
83. Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel
84. Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth
85. Tone Loc - Wild Thing
86. Madonna - Like a Prayer
87. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
88. Prince - Batdance
89. Richard Marx - Satisfied
90. NKOTB - Hangin' Tough
91. Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True
92. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
93. Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
94. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
95. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
96. Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down

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@michaelcrawford5083 3 жыл бұрын

To think that I was there when history was being made in music... I feel blessed to have been born in 1963. Anyone who were born between 1950s-1970s... We witnessed the golden ages of music 60s, 70s and 80s. Thank you Some random guy, take care.

@alexacolby5083 3 жыл бұрын

Yep!! I was born in 1960. In my opinion, we had the best music as kids in the 60's, teenagers in the 70's, and young adults in the 80's. I wouldn't trade it for anything. 🎶🎶

@Agnethatheredhairkid 3 жыл бұрын

@@alexacolby5083 Good call, Alexa. I felt music went downhill after the end of 1980 but there were still better songs than the 1990s and the entire 21st century. Born 1959.

@cyclenut 3 жыл бұрын

I too, was born in 63. There was many things that made the 60s - 80s great. Music and girls were EVERYTHING to me.

@diablo4166 3 жыл бұрын

Tha KING of Pop!! 37 weeks no one even came close RIP MJ

@ethanang8099 Жыл бұрын

43 weeks in total. MJ Thriller + BAD rule the 80s.

@Aragorn.Strider 3 жыл бұрын

3:10 1983 Thriller-year 37 weeks ... amazing

@neutral6941 3 жыл бұрын

80s music is the best.

@irina1296 3 жыл бұрын

These days younger people don't know how important and influential Billy Joel & Phil Collins were in the 70's and 80's. They were huge back then! I'm a bit surprised Aerosmith, Metallica, Tina Turner, Peter Gabriel didn't have #1 albums in the 80's but still happy for my lovely Whitney, Madonna, Bryan Adams, Pat Benatar, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pink Floyd, Janet, MJ, George Michael.

@michaelcrawford5083 3 жыл бұрын

Was you even alive in the 80s?

@irina1296 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcrawford5083 No, but I feel this decade with passion - by far my favorite era in music and films. I was born in 1991

@michaelcrawford5083 3 жыл бұрын

@@irina1296 fair enough

@MM-ue6ve 3 жыл бұрын

I guess George Michael was, and is underrated :/

@davidbrunson8407 3 жыл бұрын

@@MM-ue6ve oh no he was extremely popular. Good artist, songwriter, producer and dancer. He was very generous to several different charities to!

@Bernhard2024 3 жыл бұрын

"Thriller" by MJ #1 for 37 weeks....he nailed it! The biggest Superstar of the 80s.

@kirsi6302 3 жыл бұрын

True! I still own it as a vinyl album and CD! One of my MJ's favorite albums!

@SEto666 3 жыл бұрын

I just think about all the work of looking for the billboard lists, the albums pictures, the music clips, make the video edition... Amazing work! Thank you so much!

@antoniocamacho4769 3 жыл бұрын

Michael Jackson : King of the 80's Madonna: Queen of the 80's Prince : Prince of the 80's Whitney Houston: Princess of the 80's Lionel Richie : Other Prince of the 80's

@christosstamato527 3 жыл бұрын

Huey Lewis: Most successful uncle in pop music

@itsyourboileancuisine5971 3 жыл бұрын

So many great rock albums. Def Leppard’s Hysteria is my favorite album ever

@nicholascarlyle9270 2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@jj-one2048 3 жыл бұрын

JANET *Control - 1986* *Rhythm Nation 1814 - 1989*

@AtlasUniverse 3 жыл бұрын

Like a Prayer is a fantastic Madonna album but I still think True Blue (1986) is her greatest record of the 80's.

@RVS-fq4wh 3 жыл бұрын

I cant believe that it was #1 in USA for only 5 weeks! It is a worldwide phenomenon! It was #1 in European charts for 30+ weeks!

@AtlasUniverse 3 жыл бұрын

@@RVS-fq4wh So true! It's still her best-selling studio album

@billiejoearmstrong3741 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly, Americans aren't her biggest fans. She have had relevance almost everywhere outside and not in her country.

@nickisson372 3 жыл бұрын

true blue is amazing

@antoniocamacho4769 3 жыл бұрын

True Blue is ABSOLUTELY her very BEST album ever!!

@evermoran6182 2 жыл бұрын

Janet Jackson y Madonna mis favoritas 😍 mujeres que controlaban por completo su carrera😍

@eph_loves_80s74 3 жыл бұрын

Thriller is GOAT

@humayrafaizah1428 3 жыл бұрын

Is it me or the 80s didn't have any bad song at all? I mean how great these tracks are! And they just keep getting better every time I revisit!

@nickisson372 3 жыл бұрын

and we've never heard these albums before. cannot agree any more

@mangot589 3 жыл бұрын

No, we had some bad songs. I can’t think of any off the top of my head though lol. It really was a great time for music!

@ronnix23 3 жыл бұрын

Well there was the whole Tiffany/Debbie Gibson thing, but I get your point.

@missgigglebox748 3 жыл бұрын

Its definitely not just you. They do not make them like they used to. I feel so blessed to grow up in the 80s.

@calvinwilkerson1305 2 жыл бұрын

@@mangot589 Liar, the 80s had exactly zero bad songs.

@cindy_nicole 3 жыл бұрын

It makes my heart so happy to know that the Dirty Dancing soundtrack was #1 for longer than everything else! Such an amazing film with timeless music! :)

@angelamartin5003 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this Some Random Guy.

@mortuaryartist4390 3 жыл бұрын

Foreigner did it for me 💕..and thriller. and I do love Phil Collins, and tears for fears, oh and Janet, and George, and deff leppard, and tone loc, and new kids and this was awesome

@ostbagar3 3 жыл бұрын

I almost forgot about all this fantastic music! Thanks for taking me down memory lane!!💜

@missgigglebox748 3 жыл бұрын

37 weeks at #1......MJ defined pop music.

@dave929 3 жыл бұрын

Had a bunch of those on vinyl, cassette or both.

@angelacarvalho4985 3 жыл бұрын

Anos 80 a melhor década 😍

@vassa1972 3 жыл бұрын

80's one of greatest decade for music

@marialemos1495 3 жыл бұрын

Peter, I totally agree with you 💯!!!!

@vassa1972 3 жыл бұрын

@@marialemos1495 thanks Maria I'm Peter from Hamilton Ontario Canada how are you

@marialemos1495 3 жыл бұрын

@@vassa1972 I am doing great thank you for asking.

@vassa1972 3 жыл бұрын

@@marialemos1495 welcome Maria where are you from?

@marialemos1495 3 жыл бұрын

@@vassa1972 I live in California

@mangot589 3 жыл бұрын

These were the soundtrack to my husband and my dating, marriage, and children’s babyhood. Thank you. Brings back a lot of memories. Good times, the 80’s. I have almost all of these albums.

@user-sg2bp1kn6f 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks from germany

@lisasimpson9601 3 жыл бұрын

Great albums great music

@marialemos1495 3 жыл бұрын

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME! Thanks Random Guy for another excellent video 👍!!!!!

@paoladorsi8859 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastici Album...grazie Some Random👋

@AlekseyNekhayev 3 жыл бұрын

I still have Paula Abdul's vinyl of Forever Your Girl, issued in the USSR.

@brian70Cuda 3 жыл бұрын

Take my breath away was my prom song:) Thank you Random, this was a banger vid!!

@otakujim2508 3 жыл бұрын

80s Lo mejor de lo mejor 👍❤️

@kirsi6302 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this amazing 80s billboard No. 1 album video! I really enjoy it! So many memories of the time when I was a kid and a young girl who switched children's songs to a different kind of music from adult pop and disco music! And later on hard rock and heavy metal! My first influencers in music were Madonna, Duran Duran and Michael Jackson 🎼 💫 ..

@user-fw5md7nb3i 3 жыл бұрын

Отличная музыка 👍👍👍

@jadelauren2269 3 жыл бұрын

Janet Jackson 💕

@GRaPHMiCHaEL23 3 жыл бұрын

Please do No.1 UK albums of 80s

@rkyrkrdo 3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!! I would be interesting to compare both UK and US album markets!!

@MILUNGAO 3 жыл бұрын

And also #1 Australian & Canadian albums if it's possible.

@RobertJohnson-zg6bc 3 жыл бұрын

Unlike today there was a ton of diversity in the different music albums that charted at the top over the decade. A special time not to be repeated.

@mangot589 3 жыл бұрын

I know. It’s like they’re all cookie cutters now. With a few exceptions. I do like a (very) few artists now, for that very reason. They’re different. I know everyone says that about the music they grew up with, but if you’ve been listening to/buying music for over 50 years, it’s very true. I’m always willing to listen to new music, but if it sounds just like the last one, well.....

@RobertJohnson-zg6bc 3 жыл бұрын

It's not a biased comment from someone who has been buying music for 45 years to observe that (most of) today's music DOES sound like the last release. It's just not the same quality and variety anymore.

@arturoromero951 2 жыл бұрын

@@RobertJohnson-zg6bc That’s still bias. To say “you’ve been buying music for 45 years” doesn’t cut it.

@robertjohnson1602 2 жыл бұрын

@@arturoromero951 well unless you are 61 or around this age, which I am I can make the distinction between what was then to what is now. Please remember don't take my comments so seriously. This is my opinion and if you think it's biased - deal with it.

@MILUNGAO 3 жыл бұрын

There are so many great albums here: John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, AC/DC, Rolling Sones, Queen, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Journey, The Go-Go's, Michael Jackson, Prince, Billy Joel, Pat Benatar, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Tears For Fears, Quiet Riot, Bryan Adams, Dire Straits, Bon Jovi, Huey Lewis, Boston, Van Halen (5150), Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, Steve Winwood, Tracy Chapman, U2, Richard Marx, Mötley Crüe, Phil Collins ("But Seriously"). I have all these albums, which are still strong today. There were also numerous great albums that managed to reach the US Top 10 albums during this decade (Metallica, R.E.M, Simple Minds, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Bonnie Tyler, Tina Turner, INXS, Europe, ZZ Top, Ozzy Osbourne, Cyndi Lauper, The Clash, Whitesnake....). It's the proof the 80's was a great decade and I'm lucky I had lived this experience.

@michaelcrawford5083 3 жыл бұрын

80s were the last era for good music

@nathanieljohnson5908 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite is Like a Prayer and Whitney

@franciscojavierarancibiasa8041 3 жыл бұрын

And Tug of war by Paul McCartney in 1982. Whith Thriller is one of my favourites. Greetings from Chile.

@goodester6924 Жыл бұрын

dont forget peter gabriel

@moni1542 3 жыл бұрын

Herzlichen Dank 👍❤

@pjrose519 2 жыл бұрын

Such great music back then. I bought many of these and still listen to them in 2021.

@davepedersen2115 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks again 😄🤗

@pmafterdark 3 жыл бұрын

Can't believe its been almost 40 years since I was first listening to these songs. The 80's were a great trip.

@anitamcclung819 3 жыл бұрын

It is amazing how many of these I own.

@billkennedy9886 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! I had many of these on LPs, 45's, and tapes. Those were 10 great years of music!

@billkennedy9886 3 жыл бұрын

Lol I guess I couldn't have an album on a 45...

@nickisson372 3 жыл бұрын

this was pretty iconic

@heleonardorodrigues1645 2 жыл бұрын

So great song

@timholt9948 3 жыл бұрын

Bought about eighty five percent of them hard to believe it's been that long ago

@AmerieFanbase 2 жыл бұрын

80s had the best alhums!

@majorencore1696 3 жыл бұрын

Video Request: 100 Musicians who Died before the Age of 60 (Part 2)

@vassa1972 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff

@estebandavidguzman6864 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍EXCELENTE💗💯💯🎵💗🎶🎶🎶🤩🤩💞💞

@mundodanay8199 3 жыл бұрын

Amo seus vídeos amigo. Desde Brasil

@midnite_rambler 3 жыл бұрын

Great list Random Guy. Interesting how long some of these stayed in the charts. Amazing how many of these I actually own considering it was Billboard charts and I'm in Australia, so our charts differed somewhat. Anyway thanks for your hard work.

@cathylittleton7361 3 жыл бұрын

love this era of music

@MrShortWhiteGuy 3 жыл бұрын

9:13 my favorite album of the 80s. I often looked forward to their 2nd album, but sadly there was never a follow up album.

@cassiepittman1489 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of when I was younger listening to the Casey Kasem countdown!:) Well done🎶💫

@jorgearias3940 3 жыл бұрын

Today is Friday, March 26th, 2021. Amazing list undoubtedly.Especially Madonna. Who"s that girl should've been on this list by the way.

@diamondunicorn1983 3 жыл бұрын

This is compiled from Billboard magazines top 200 charts and who's that girl didn't reach number one on that chart.

@MusicHorrorFanatic 3 жыл бұрын

The song Who’s That Girl went number 1, but the soundtrack charted at number 7.

@iliveformusic7543 3 жыл бұрын

2:45 Paul ♡♡

@pepshaven6520 2 жыл бұрын

I still have quite a lot of these - on VINYL!

@samfeldstein4498 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see you do this for the other decades too

@ziauddinkhan5699 3 жыл бұрын

Not worth it after the 90s.

@iliveformusic7543 3 жыл бұрын

can this be done for the 60s? i checked out the other videos and the farthest they seem to go are the 70s

@grahamshillingford8229 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how similar the British album charts were?

@aguti7920 3 жыл бұрын

Whitney Houston 🥰

@toryworldmusic Жыл бұрын

As a mastering engineer this is a trip...

@sushitunaegg 2 жыл бұрын

I love this, can you do one for UK charts number 1 albums in the 80s

@ziauddinkhan5699 2 жыл бұрын

So many ABSOLUTE CLASSICS.

@jeffmalone5557 3 жыл бұрын

I would have bet Tina Turner's album "Private Dancer" would've been a number one album. Would've lost that bet.

@ZivotJeBoj007 3 жыл бұрын

😁😁😁 jooo it was a ride, songs and clips number 1 !!! I adore music 1982-1998 max. Now it's not like before, it's a pity

@fabb4i2 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not used to albums staying on #1 for more than 10 weeks. And especially not so many of them.

@OldMod 3 жыл бұрын

And today we must beg for a good song...

@arturoromero951 2 жыл бұрын

Not really. We have a selection of great songs no matter what decade you go to. Every decade is filled with some good and some bad. Have a little respect.

@rafa.osbourne 3 жыл бұрын

Michael Jackson, the King

@alphabetaxenonzzzcat 2 жыл бұрын

Synchronicity by The Police taking on MJ and Thriller was a titanic battle. I doubt we will ever see something like that now.

@hollstrom Ай бұрын

"Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen spent something like 16 or 17 consecutive weeks at no. 2 behind "Purple Rain" by Prince (all in 1984) after it hit no. 1.

@franciscojavierarancibiasa8041 3 жыл бұрын

I love Tug Of War by Paul McCartney in 1982. Love from Chile

@goldenorchid833 3 жыл бұрын

oh, kim carnes, i remember that times

@KhulZA 3 жыл бұрын

Hey dude. Awesome list. Please add Spotify list if possible

@VanessaLima-ri7ph 3 жыл бұрын

3:09Caramba ele ficou tanto tempo assim 😳

@anselmocarlosspinelli9355 3 жыл бұрын

THRILLER é o álbum mais vendido de todos os tempos, colega!

@VanessaLima-ri7ph 3 жыл бұрын

@@anselmocarlosspinelli9355 eu sei disso,mas ainda sim fiquei impressionada com a quantidade de semanas que ele ficou em primeiro 🤷🏾‍♀️

@edgabrielocay3376 Жыл бұрын

Bon Jovi- slippery when wet and new jersey

@mauriliopasquinineto 3 жыл бұрын

Tem debbie Gibson nesta lista com o disco electric youth

@billiejoearmstrong3741 3 жыл бұрын

Madonna ♡

@heykerryann 3 жыл бұрын

I can smell patchouli just looking at that Madonna cover 🤟

@iliveformusic7543 3 жыл бұрын

1:13 omg john :( ♡

@watbleed9037 2 жыл бұрын

where's TOTO?

@somentertainment 3 жыл бұрын

Wrongly labeled, those songs are not Movie soundtracks, in many cases was relased month before the movies, it was so hard to label the artist/band and song name in every case?

@NULL12 3 жыл бұрын

you forgot abbas album super trouper

@somerandomguy_music 3 жыл бұрын

That was a number one album in the UK but not in the US

@diablo4166 3 жыл бұрын

Madonna looked sexy af!! 4:05

@insektisida968 3 жыл бұрын

More than 50% i've never heard before

@imelwahidhasan5039 3 жыл бұрын

Queen Vangelis Men at work Footloose Wham Usa for Africa Beverly hills cop Tears for fears Whitney Houston Top gun Los lobos George Michael Bobby brown Debbie Gibson Tone loc Milli vanilli

@cdman40 3 жыл бұрын

You might wanna fix the end Phil Collins didn’t actually hit number the week of December 30 December 30, 1989 was a frozen chart so Collins actually hit number one the first week in January 1990.

@fryingpanhead8809 3 жыл бұрын

Notice how 1984 wasn't a Number One?

@stepladder3257 3 жыл бұрын

Because it Thriller dominated?? Doesn’t matter, Eddie is on Beat it lol

@luiscevevery123 3 жыл бұрын

It declines after 1988 ... that was the end of the golden age !

@arturoromero951 2 жыл бұрын

There’s no golden age of music. It’s all subjective.

@luiscevevery123 2 жыл бұрын

@@arturoromero951 Totally wrong mid 70 mid 80's was the best era for music, 98 % will agree with this

@arturoromero951 2 жыл бұрын

@@luiscevevery123 If you say “98% will agree with me on this” then that basically shows that you’re proving me right. Music is subjective and there is no golden age of music that is factually proven. What people think is the golden age of music is subjective. Right now, you’re trying to prove me wrong with something that is not a strong enough point, and you’re failing miserably. It takes common sense to know that what is a “golden age” of music is subjective. And it seems you threw all of that out the window when you made that idiotic excuse of a comment.

@luiscevevery123 2 жыл бұрын

@@arturoromero951 you wanted to play to who’s the most stupid... you won

@arturoromero951 2 жыл бұрын

@@luiscevevery123 And explain why I won that? Because in your last sentence, you randomly added “to” in your sentence, which has no place to be there, and you never put quotations around “who is the most stupid.”