List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1980s
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom; during the 1980s, a total of 184 albums reached number one.
Number ones
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By artist
Ten artists spent 10 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.| Artist | Number ones | Weeks at number one |
| Dire Straits | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | 16 | |
| ABBA | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | 13 | |
| Adam and the Ants | 1 | 12 |
| 1 | 12 | |
| 1 | 12 | |
| 4 | 11 | |
| 2 | 11 | |
| Madonna | 3 | 10 |
By record label
Six record labels spent 20 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.| Record label | Number ones | Weeks at number one |
| Virgin Records | 24 | 95 |
| EMI Records | 26 | 91 |
| CBS | 19 | 83 |
| WEA | 8 | 36 |
| PolyGram | 6 | 29 |
| Vertigo Records | 6 | 25 |
Christmas number ones
In the UK, Christmas number one albums are those that are at the top of the UK Albums Chart on Christmas Day. Typically, this will refer to the album that was announced as number one on the Sunday before 25 December—when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday itself, the official number one is considered by the OCC to be the one announced on that day's chart. During the 1980s, the following albums were Christmas number ones.| Year | Artist | Album | Record label | Weeks at number one | Ref. |
| 1980 | ABBA | Super Trouper | Epic | 9 | |
| 1981 | ABBA | Epic | 3 | ||
| 1982 | Parlophone | 6 | |||
| 1983 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music | Virgin/EMI | 5 | |
| 1984 | Various artists | Hits 1 | CBS/WEA | 7 | |
| 1985 | Various artists | Now – The Christmas Album | Virgin/EMI | 2 | |
| 1986 | Various artists | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 6 | ||
| 1987 | Various artists | Now That's What I Call Music 10 | Virgin/EMI/PolyGram | 6 | |
| 1988 | EMI | 2 | |||
| 1989 | Virgin | 15 |