CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1980*

No. Album-Artist
  1 THE WALL-PINK FLOYD
  2 OFF THE WALL-Michael Jackson
  3 GLASS HOUSES-Billy Joel
  4 AGAINST THE WIND-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band
  5 THE GAME-Queen
  6 THE LONG RUN-Eagles
  7 CHRISTOPHER CROSS-Christopher Cross
  8 URBAN COWBOY-Soundtrack
  9 KENNY ROGERS GREATEST HITS-Kenny Rogers
 10 DAMN THE TORPEDOS-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
 11 Diana-Diana Ross
 12 Hold Out-Jackson Browne
 13 Mad Love-Linda Rondstadt
 14 Emotional Rescue-Rolling Stones
 15 Phoenix-Dan Fogelberg
 16 On The Radio:Greatest Hits Volumes I & II-Donna Summer
 17 Guilty-Barbara Streisand
 18 Crimes Of Passion-Pat Benatar
 19 Just One Night-Eric Clapton
 20 Xanadu-Soundtrack
 21 Back In Black-AC/DC
 22 Kenny-Kenny Rogers
 23 Empty Glass-Pete Townsend
 24 The Whispers-The Whispers
 25 Women & Children First-Van Halen
 26 Give Me The Night-George Benson
 27 One Step Closer-Doobie Brothers
 28 Cornerstone-Styx
 29 Heroes-Commodores
 30 The River-Bruce Springsteen
 31 Middle Man-Boz Scaggs
 32 Light Up The Night-Brothers Johnson
 33 The Rose Soundtrack
 34 Go All The Way-Isley Brothers
 35 Bebe Le Strange-Heart
 36 McCartney II-Paul McCartney
 37 Tusk-Fleetwood Mac
 38 Panorama-Cars
 39 Gideon-Kenny Rogers
 40 The Empire Strikes Back-Soundtrack
 41 Freedom At Point Zero-Jefferson Starship
 42 Let's Get Serious-Jermaine Jackson
 43 Permanent Waves-Rush
 44 Departure-Journey
 45 The Blues Brothers Soundtrack
 46 Full Moon-Charlie Daniel's Band
 47 American Gigolo-Soundtrack
 48 In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin
 49 Mouth To Mouth-Lipps,Inc.
 50 Duke-Genesis
 51 Triumph-Jacksons
 52 Fame-Soundtrack
 53 Anytime,Any Place,Anywhere-Rossington Collins Band
 54 Greatest-Bee Gees
 55 Fun & Games-Chuck Mangione
 56 Alive-Kenny Loggins
 57 Hotter Than July-Stevie Wonder
 58 The Prertenders-The Pretenders
 59 The Wanderer-Donna Summer
 60 TP-Teddy Pendergrass
 61 Eagles Live-Eagles-December
 62 Paris-Supertramp-November
 63 Honeysuckle Rose Soundtrack
 64 S.O.S. Band-S.O.S. Band
 65 One For The Road-Kinks
 66 One-Trick Pony-Paul Simon
 67 September Morn-Neil Diamond
 68 Faces-Earth,Wind & Fire
 69 Keep The Fire-Kenny Loggins
 70 Gold & Platinum-Lynyrd Skynyrd
 71 Love Stinks-J.Geils Band
 72 Live Rust-Neil Young & Crazy Horse
 73 No Nukes-Various Artists
 74 Wet-Barbra Streisand
 75 Greatest Hits-Anne Murray
 76 In The Heat Of The Night-Pat Benatar
 77 Zenyatta Mondatta-Police
 78 The Jazz Singer-Neil Diamond
 79 Midnight Magic-Commodores
 80 ...But The Little Girls Understand-The Knack
 81 21 At 33-Elton John
 82 Scream Dream-Ted Nugent
 83 Double Fantasy-John & Yoko Lennon
 84 Get Happy-Elvis Costello
 85 Ray,Goodman & Brown-Ray,Goodman & Brown
 86 Mickey Mouse Disco-Disneyland
 87 Sweet Sensation-Stephanie Mills
 88 Greatest Hits Volume II-Linda Rondstadt
 89 Night In The Ruts-Aerosmith
 90 Drama-Yes
 91 Head Games-Foreigner
 92 There And Back-Jeff Beck
 93 Ladies Night-Kool & Gang
 94 Wild Planet-The B-52s
 95 Lost In Love-Air Supply
 96 Rarities-The Beatles
 97 Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School-Warren Zevon
 98 Go To Heaven-Grateful Dead
 99 Catching The Sun-Spyro Gyra
100 Zapp-Zapp

*as published in the December 27th,1980 issue of Cash Box Magazine.