| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980 |
| TOP 100 POP ALBUMS (As published in the December 27, 1980, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | THE WALL – Pink Floyd (Columbia) |
| 2 | OFF THE WALL – Michael Jackson (Epic) |
| 3 | GLASS HOUSES – Billy Joel (Columbia) |
| 4 | AGAINST THE WIND – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (Capitol) |
| 5 | THE GAME – Queen (Elektra) |
| 6 | THE LONG RUN – The Eagles (Asylum) |
| 7 | CHRISTOPHER CROSS (Warner Bros.) |
| 8 | URBAN COWBOY – Original Soundtrack (Asylum) |
| 9 | GREATEST HITS – Kenny Rogers (Liberty) |
| 10 | DAMN THE TORPEDOES – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Backstreet) |
| 11 | DIANA – Diana Ross (Motown) |
| 12 | HOLD OUT – Jackson Browne (Asylum) |
| 13 | MAD LOVE – Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) |
| 14 | EMOTIONAL RESCUE – The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones) |
| 15 | PHOENIX – Dan Fogelberg (Full Moon) |
| 16 | ON THE RADIO—GREATEST HITS—VOLUMES I & II – Donna Summer (Casablanca) |
| 17 | GUILTY – Barbra Streisand (Columbia) |
| 18 | CRIMES OF PASSION – Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) |
| 19 | JUST ONE NIGHT – Eric Clapton (RSO) |
| 20 | XANADU – Original Soundtrack/Olivia Newton-John/The Electric Light Orchestra (MCA) |
| 21 | BACK IN BLACK – AC/DC (Atlantic) |
| 22 | KENNY – Kenny Rogers (United Artists) |
| 23 | EMPTY GLASS – Pete Townshend (Atco) |
| 24 | THE WHISPERS (Solar) |
| 25 | WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST – Van Halen (Warner Bros.) |
| 26 | GIVE ME THE NIGHT – George Benson (Warner Bros.) |
| 27 | ONE STEP CLOSER – The Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.) |
| 28 | CORNERSTONE – Styx (A&M) |
| 29 | HEROES – The Commodores (Motown) |
| 30 | THE RIVER – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) |
| 31 | MIDDLE MAN – Boz Scaggs (Columbia) |
| 32 | LIGHT UP THE NIGHT – The Brothers Johnson (A&M) |
| 33 | THE ROSE – Original Soundtrack/Bette Midler (Atlantic) |
| 34 | GO ALL THE WAY – The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) |
| 35 | BEBE LE STRANGE – Heart (Epic) |
| 36 | McCARTNEY II – Paul McCartney (Columbia) |
| 37 | TUSK – Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.) |
| 38 | PANORAMA – The Cars (Elektra) |
| 39 | GIDEON – Kenny Rogers (United Artists) |
| 40 | THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK – Original Soundtrack (RSO) |
| 41 | FREEDOM AT POINT ZERO – Jefferson Starship (Grunt) |
| 42 | LET’S GET SERIOUS – Jermaine Jackson (Motown) |
| 43 | PERMANENT WAVES – Rush (Mercury) |
| 44 | DEPARTURE – Journey (Columbia) |
| 45 | THE BLUES BROTHERS – Original Soundtrack (Atlantic) |
| 46 | FULL MOON – The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic) |
| 47 | AMERICAN GIGOLO – Original Soundtrack (Polydor) |
| 48 | IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR – Led Zeppelin (Swan Song) |
| 49 | MOUTH TO MOUTH – Lipps, Inc. (Casablanca) |
| 50 | DUKE – Genesis (Atlantic) |
| 51 | TRIUMPH – The Jacksons (Epic) |
| 52 | FAME – Original Soundtrack (RSO) |
| 53 | ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE – The Rossington Collins Band (MCA) |
| 54 | BEE GEES GREATEST (RSO) |
| 55 | FUN AND GAMES – Chuck Mangione (A&M) |
| 56 | ALIVE – Kenny Loggins (Columbia) |
| 57 | HOTTER THAN JULY – Stevie Wonder (Tamla) |
| 58 | THE PRETENDERS (Sire) |
| 59 | THE WANDERER – Donna Summer (Geffen) |
| 60 | TP – Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 61 | EAGLES LIVE – The Eagles (Asylum) |
| 62 | PARIS – Supertramp (A&M) |
| 63 | HONEYSUCKLE ROSE – Original Soundtrack/Willie Nelson & Family (Columbia) |
| 64 | S.O.S. – The S.O.S. Band (Tabu) |
| 65 | ONE FOR THE ROAD – The Kinks (Arista) |
| 66 | ONE-TRICK PONY – Original Soundtrack/Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) |
| 67 | SEPTEMBER MORN – Neil Diamond (Columbia) |
| 68 | FACES – Earth, Wind & Fire (ARC) |
| 69 | KEEP THE FIRE – Kenny Loggins (Columbia) |
| 70 | GOLD & PLATINUM – Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA) |
| 71 | LOVE STINKS – The J. Geils Band (EMI America) |
| 72 | LIVE RUST – Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Reprise) |
| 73 | NO NUKES: The MUSE Concerts For A Non-Nuclear Future – Various Artists (Asylum) |
| 74 | WET – Barbra Streisand (Columbia) |
| 75 | ANNE MURRAY’S GREATEST HITS (Capitol) |
| 76 | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT – Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) |
| 77 | ZENYATTA MONDATTA – The Police (A&M) |
| 78 | THE JAZZ SINGER – Original Soundtrack/Neil Diamond (Capitol) |
| 79 | MIDNIGHT MAGIC – The Commodores (Motown) |
| 80 | ...BUT THE LITTLE GIRLS UNDERSTAND – The Knack (Capitol) |
| 81 | 21 AT 33 – Elton John (MCA) |
| 82 | SCREAM DREAM – Ted Nugent (Epic) |
| 83 | DOUBLE FANTASY – John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen) |
| 84 | GET HAPPY!! – Elvis Costello & The Attractions (Columbia) |
| 85 | RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN (Polydor) |
| 86 | MICKEY MOUSE DISCO (Disneyland) |
| 87 | SWEET SENSATION – Stephanie Mills (20th Century-Fox) |
| 88 | GREATEST HITS, VOLUME TWO – Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) |
| 89 | NIGHT IN THE RUTS – Aerosmith (Columbia) |
| 90 | DRAMA – Yes (Atlantic) |
| 91 | HEAD GAMES – Foreigner (Atlantic) |
| 92 | THERE AND BACK – Jeff Beck (Epic) |
| 93 | LADIES’ NIGHT – Kool & The Gang (De-Lite) |
| 94 | WILD PLANET – The B-52’s (Warner Bros.) |
| 95 | LOST IN LOVE – Air Supply (Arista) |
| 96 | RARITIES – The Beatles (Capitol) |
| 97 | BAD LUCK STREAK IN DANCING SCHOOL – Warren Zevon (Asylum) |
| 98 | GO TO HEAVEN – The Grateful Dead (Arista) |
| 99 | CATCHING THE SUN – Spyro Gyra (MCA) |
| 100 | ZAPP (Warner Bros.) |
