THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z:BARRY KOWAL)CHART's TOP ALBUMS FOR 1980

 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 TRUE COLOURS-SPLIT ENZ-MARCH                                                                              2708
  2 THE WALL-PINK FLOYD-January                                                             1760
  3 MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT-GHEORGHE ZAMFIR-April                                              1706
  4 FLESH + BLOOD-ROXY MUSIC-September                                                      1572
  5 OFF THE WALL-MICHAEL JACKSON-June                                                       1410
  6 TUSK-FLEETWOOD MAC-April                                                                1256
  7 GIVE ME THE NIGHT-GEORGE BENSON-October                                                 1186
  8 DAMN THE TORPEDOS-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers-May                                     1178
  9 LIVE RUST-Neil Young And Crazy Horse-August                                             1126
 10 ZENYATTA MONDATTA-The Police-November                                                    946
 11 Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits-Kenny Rogers-December                                         906
 12 Guilty-Barbra Streisand-November                                                         904
 13 Stardust-Willie Nelson-July                                                              824
 14 The B-52's-The B-52's-July                                                               750
 15 The River-Bruce Springsteen-November                                                     722
 16 Me Myself I-Joan Armatrading-September                                                   686
 17 Bop Till You Drop-Ry Cooder-March                                                        682
 18 Scary Monsters-David Bowie-October                                                       666
 19 The Pretenders-The Pretenders-May                                                        656
 20 Reggatta De Blanc-The Police-March                                                       638
 21 Broken English-Marianne Faithful-October                                                 636
 22 Uprising-Bob Marley and the Wailers-September                                            604
 23 Glass Houses-Billy Joel-May                                                              580
 24 Space Race-Mi-Sex-June                                                                   570
 25 Paris:Greatest Hits-Supertramp-October                                                   536
 26 In The Heat Of The Night-Pat Benatar-June                                                508
 27 Rust Never Sleeps-Neil Young & Crazy Horse-August                                        492
 28 Foolish Behaviour-Rod Stewart-December                                                   464
 29 On The Radio:Greatest Hits Volume 1 & 2-Donna Summer-February                            448
 30 Unmasked-Kiss-September                                                                  440
 31 Emotional Rescue-Rolling Stones-July                                                     438
 32 The Motels-The Motels-June                                                               418
 33 The Magic Of Boney M-Boney M-July                                                        402
 34 20 Golden Greays-Creedence Clearwater Revival-February                                   398
 35 Greatest Hits Volume II-Abba-January                                                     376
 36 Graffiti Crimes-Mi-Sex-February                                                          348
 37 Careful-The Motels-October                                                               346
 38 Eagles Live-Eagles-December                                                              344
 39 Can't Stop The Music:Village People-Soundtrack-September                                 334
 40 The James Galway Collection-James Galway-May                                             334
 41 Super Trouper-Abba-December                                                              330
 42 Wild Planet-The B-52's-October                                                           326
 43 Xanadu-Soundtrack-September                                                              322
 44 Black Sea-XTC-September                                                                  318
 45 Greatest Hits-KC & The Sunshine Band-April                                               310
 46 The Game-Queen-November                                                                  304
 47 Against The Wind-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-March                                    302
 48 21 At 33-Elton John-July                                                                 286
 49 Signing Off-UB40-November                                                                280
 50 Just One Night-Eric Clapton-June                                                         278
 51 Sharon O'Neill-Sharon O'Neill-March                                                      240
 52 Light Up The Night-Brothers Johnson-June                                                 228
 53 20 Country Classics-Various Artists-March                                                224
 54 September Morn-Neil Diamond-February                                                     210
 55 James Last Live In London-James Last-April                                               206
 56 Tarot Suite-Mike Batt-June                                                               196
 57 A Lifetime Of Music 1905-1980-Mantovani-July                                             192
 58 Eddie Low Sings-Eddie Low-November                                                       188
 59 Triumph-Jacksons-November                                                                176
 60 Middle Man-Boz Scaggs-May                                                                164
 61 The Beatles Collection-The Beatles-December                                              160
 62 Saved-Bob Dylan-August                                                                   146
 63 Jezebel-Jon Stevens-March                                                                132
 64 The Specials-The Specials-March                                                          132
 65 Get Happy-Elvis Costello-March                                                           128
 66 London Calling-The Clash-March                                                           110
 67 Night Rains-Janis Ian-June                                                               108
 68 McCartney II-Paul McCartney-June                                                         100
 69 Toy Love-Toy Love-August                                                                  98
 70 20 Golden Greats-Vera Lynn-May                                                            94
 71 100 Super Rocks-Elvis Presley-March                                                       92
 72 Remain In Light-Talking Heads-November                                                    90
 73 Hawks & Doves-Neil Young-November                                                         88
 74 20 Hottest Hits-Hot Chocolate-October                                                     76
 75 In The Skies-Peter Green-April                                                            76
 76 One For The Road-Willie Nelson and Leon Russell-August                                    74
 77 Oceans Of Fantasy-Boney M-February                                                        52
 78 One Trick Pony-Paul Simon-September                                                       50
 79 Crimes Of Passion-Pat Benatar-October                                                     50
 80 The Immortal-Jim Reeves-May                                                               46
 81 Calm Before The Storm-Jon English-August                                                  44
 82 Sky 2-Sky-August                                                                          40
 83 Seventeen Seconds-The Cure-August                                                         40
 84 Duke-Genesis-June                                                                         36
 85 The Boys Light Up-Australian Crawl-October                                                34
 86 Cornerstone-Styx-February                                                                 34
 87 Panorama-The Cars-September                                                               34
 88 Setting Sons-The Jam-March                                                                34