I decided to release a list which has the chart runs of all the major album releases here in Australia throughout the 1980's, as such they'll be presented in order of how long they lasted in the top twenty of our album charts (I could go higher but that's a lot of work for what would ultimately be useless information.) This is in keeping with tracking what was popular on the AMR and ARIA charts throughout the 90's as I've included both charts for 1988 and 1989 (numbers placed in a circle indicate where the album first appeared on the ARIA charts for those that appeared in its first week.) I had to get a bit creative with how I presented this information as there's a rule to not reproduce charts that both David Kent and ARIA have, this being the best way for me to get around that rule legally. I'll also mention that this list includes ANY album that charted in the top twenty throughout the decade, even those that were more popular in the 70's or 90's to allow for completion on this list. Enjoy!
5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 8 12 14 15 18 16 15 15 15 11 17 16 14 14 14 16 - - - 14 16 17 18 18 17 19 20 - - - - - - - - - - - (-) - - - - - - 20 15 17 17 15
ARIA 15 9 12 15 15 20
18 10 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 5 7 7 8 10 10 15 11 13 14 20 20 14 16 15 12 18 10 10 10 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 7 8 9 9 12 15 13 15 19
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 6 5 5 9 14 15 20
5 6 4 10 10 15 13 14 15 11 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 2 1 3 3 4 5 6 9 10 9 10 10 10 8 8 4 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5 5 6 9 7 7 8 9 12 14 13 16 18 - 20
20 - 11 9 14 14 13 13 13 16 18 15 13 14 11 11 10 5 5 2 4 2 2 4 5 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 4 4 6 10 8 9 7 9 13 10 11 12 9 9 9 12 14 14 14 18
13 16 12 12 12 6 7 6 8 7 7 9 10 9 13 14 18 15 7 7 8 7 5 8 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 5 6 11 9 9 6 8 8 9 11 13 11 9 11 8 11 14 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 20 16 17 - 19 - - - - 18 - 19 - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 19
7 10 6 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 5 5 6 6 7 6 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 14 17 13 12 13 17 17 17 18 15 15 12 14 11 13 13 13 17 - - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 8 8 8 7 10 14 18 - 19
15 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 9 6 6 6 7 4 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 12 17 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 17 16 16 14 13 13 17 14 15 16 18 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 9 9 10 17 19 17
7 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 2 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 7 8 10 5 7 7 7 8 10 8 10 6 6 10 7 7 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 9 8 13 18
1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 8 9 12 11 9 11 11 12 9 11 12 13 8 10 7 11 10 10 10 10 14 19 18 - 11 3 2 1 1 5 7 12 12 16 16
3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 8 8 8 12 9 7 7 8 9 11 12 12 12 12 13 17 19 19 - - - - - - - - (-) - - - 20 20 - - - 20 - 20 12 10 4 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 9 12 17
ARIA 20 - 20 - 19 - - - 19 19 18 10 10 6 5 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 11 15 15 15
5 3 3 4 4 4 5 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 7 8 9 9 7 8 8 10 14 - - - - - - - - 13 15 8 9 9 11 15 17 14 13 11 14 16 13 13 11 9 14 15 20 - - - - 19 19 19 19
17 13 10 9 7 7 8 9 9 14 11 12 11 12 12 12 16 18 15 13 11 11 13 13 11 9 7 5 10 9 13 13 18 20 20 20 - 19 - 16 17 18 14 17 13 14 16 16 20
17 9 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 6 4 2 3 4 3 3 5 4 5 8 10 9 13 16 20
5 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 5 4 4 3 2 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 8 11 13 15 17 19 19
7 3 5 5 5 5 14 13 9 8 5 6 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 5 7 6 5 9 10 11 13 14 14 12 14 18 17 - 19 - 16 17 - 19 - 16 17 19 16 17 19
10 5 4 3 3 4 2 6 6 7 6 7 6 4 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 8 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 16 18
12 7 6 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 5 7 7 8 11 15 13 13 11 7 7 4 2 3 4 2 1 2 2 3 5 6 9 11 12 12 16 18 18 17
12 4 5 7 6 7 10 10 9 10 10 15 17 14 15 14 16 10 7 6 5 7 4 4 5 7 7 7 4 2 3 3 6 7 11 (14) 18 14 17 - 18
ARIA 10 15 17 19 19
11 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 4 5 7 11 11 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 12 14 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 11 11 11 10 14 14 16 18 20
3 2 2 3 3 4 3 5 5 6 11 12 16
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 10 10 10 8 8 9 9 9 13 17 20
18 12 9 7 4 4 4 4 4 5 7 7 8 7 10 9 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 3 6 5 5 11 13 15 20
20 (13) 3 3 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 7 8 7 10 8 7 6 4 4 5 12 17 20 - - - - 20 - - 20 20 - 9 9 8 14 16 18
ARIA 9 4 3 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 5 7 8 7 10 9 10 7 6 5 11 14 - - - - - 20 - 20 - 20 - 11 9 9 10 13 19
1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 5 6 6 7 9 12 16 18 20 16 13 8 10 7 8 10 9 10 12 12 14 12 16 13 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 20 18 20
10 6 6 8 7 6 8 7 8 9 10 5 4 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 3 3 6 10 13 15 19 20 19
3 3 3 3 4 6 8 9 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 9 11 14 17 18 20 19 - - - 17 14 13 12 13 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - 18
8 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 11 12 16 16 20 - 20 19 19 17 19
7 7 7 8 10 11 12 12 16
16 10 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 10 15 16 17 18 20 20 - 18 13 13 19 12 8 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 5 7 11 12 15 20
ARIA 13 9 7 8 7 8 9 10 14 11 11 15 16 - - 18 - 19 12 8 7 7 6 3 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 7 7 7 10 8 6 7 6 5 3 4 4 8 8 8 11 10 12 16 - 20
10 5 6 6 7 10 14 15 12 12 16 15 19 18 19 18 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 13 7 6 6 5 5 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 6 10 19 15
15 12 11 7 7 10 8 12 16 17 15 - - - - - 18 13 16 19 19 17 19 18 15 16 18 - - - 19 18 19 19 20 18 17 19 - - - 19 18 19 18 - -
ARIA 18 9 11 8 7 9 11 12 13 17 19 - - - - 18 13 15 17 14 16 18 15 13 15 14 14 13 20 18 17 17 17 - 19 16 - - 18 19 17 11 14 16 14 20
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 6 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 4 8 10 11 17 15
9 6 6 10 12 12 13 10 11 7 5 6 6 6 10 7 7 8 9 9 9 8 5 1 1 1 2 1 3 7 7 10 11 20
ARIA 7 4 7 13 13 13 10 11 6 3 5 7 7 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 9 7 9 12 16
2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 8 9 11 11 13 12 13 12 13 14 12 20 - 20 20 20 16 19 16 17 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - 19 - 20 - 18 19
4 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 8 9 11 12 12 10 10 8 8 11 16 16 17 - - 18 19 18 18 12 15 14 15 18 17 14 20
1 2 2 5 7 10 12 13 11 10 11 13 11 10 16 17 - - - - - - - - - 15 15 9 4 3 2 4 4 5 7 6 6 6 11 14 14 19
4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 6 8 12 14 13 13 17 13 12 11 10 12 12 15 18
9 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 5 5 6 7 10 11 13 - - - - - - - - 20 20 16 15 17 18 17 - - 20
14 5 8 7 8 9 7 3 2 2 4 4 7 8 6 7 6 15 8 8 8 8 7 7 10 12 15 18 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 11 14 18
16 16 13 11 15 9 9 10 10 10 11 10 8 12 11 10 14 13 15 16 11 11 11 13 11 11 10 8 8 10 10 14 15
15 10 5 4 4 4 4 5 7 6 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 6 9 11 12 13 13 18 19 19 - 19
11 8 5 6 6 6 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 4 5 5 8 8 9 9 10 12 16 18
18 8 10 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 3 5 4 5 7 8 8 12 16 20
ARIA 8 14 8 8 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 8 10 10 13 16
19 - - - 18 12 13 13 9 7 11 10 13 14 19 19 17 17 15 15 14 14 13 12 12 11 13 16 18 15 13 14 12 16 17
ARIA 13 13 18 16 8 10 13 15 17 17 17 17 15 17 19 16 14 12 13 14 13 18 18 15 17 17 18
8 7 7 7 5 5 7 6 6 7 10 11 6 6 16 14 15 14 12 10 10 10 10 5 5 8 8 8 12 16 19
15 8 6 3 5 3 6 7 7 6 8 11 14 14 14 14 18 - - - - - - - - 17 14 12 12 15 11 11 12 12 14 14 16 19 16
11 9 7 7 8 10 9 9 10 8 9 9 10 15 17 12 13 15 15 15 11 7 7 10 12 15 16 17 15 14 17
11 5 5 6 11 7 4 5 6 9 14 17 17 17 17 11 13 9 7 6 5 2 2 6 7 8 12 16 17 19 20
18 20 - - - 19 - 12 11 12 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 13 14 8 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 6 11 14 16 17 18 18 18
7 15 13 13 13 10 16 - - - - - 18 - - - - - - - - - - 15 11 7 8 5 6 9 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 8 10 9 14 17 - 19 - 19 19
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 6 8 7 9 7 9 10 10 10 4 5 6 8 10 13 16 15 19 19
16 8 5 4 7 6 7 8 3 5 4 5 5 7 8 8 9 4 3 3 3 4 4 7 9 12 15 18 18 16
20 15 16 15 - - 20 13 16 19
ARIA 16 16 14 14 20 18 14 12 15 16 16
6 3 5 2 4 6 7 9 15 17 20 20 17 13 15 16 15 15 8 10 11 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 15 15
9 7 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 10 10 11 11 14 15 18
10 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 7 6 8 4 2 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 8 9 16 15 13 13 13
17 14 13 10 11 14 14 12 12 11 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 8 11 12 14 15 15 - - - - - - - - - - 19 20
4 2 3 3
ARIA 1 1 1 1
6 5 7 6 8 5 5 4 6 7 8 7 11 12 16 20 16 14 14 12 12 9 10 11 11 13 14 20 20
13 8 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 7 9 9 9 7 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 8 8 11 13 15 16 16 20
18 18 15 14 13 11 13 16 13 13 15 12 14 13 13 19 - - - 20 20 12 11 12 14 15 17 18 20 - - - - - - - - 19 - - - - - - - - - - 13 18
ARIA 13 15 14 14 15 14 10 12 11 10 7 8 9 10 12 12 8 9 13 - - 19 19 12 11 12 11 11 17 18 19 19 - - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - 19 9 15 18
20 7 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 6 4 8 7 10 12 11 12 10 8 10 10 9 8 10 18 19
10 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 4 5 5 7 12 13 14 14 19
20 15 12 10 11 12 13 15 15 14 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 2 4 5 10 11 11 10 13 14 16 - - 20
ARIA 17 10 7 6 11 13 12 12 14 9 6 5 6 4 4 5 5 3 4 6 10 10 10 11 15 14 14
18 17 16 13 9 6 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 7 10 9 9 9 6 5 7 7 9 10 13 19
1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 6 10 9 9 7 8 8 12 13 15 13 16 17 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 7 9 14 16 18
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 7 7 7 7 9 10 8 11 10 16 16 - - - 17 14 15 18 18 17 - - 20 20
20 17 20 18 19 18 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -15 11 7 8 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 (3) 6 8 9 11 13 13 15
ARIA 3 6 7 7 11 11 16 19
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 7 7 8 8 10 9 10 12 12 15 15 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 7 12 13 13 16 - 18 19
ARIA 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 6 8 8 10 10 9 13 15 15 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -19 15 9 6 11 10 16 12 16 19
17 16 14 14 14 14 13 9 10 8 7 7 8 6 7 7 6 8 10 8 7 8 9 9 14 12 14 13
10 2 2 5 7 7 8 8 10 12 14 13 20 20 - - - - - 9 8 8 8 4 9 10 14 19
2 3 4 3 5 6 5 7 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 6 6
ARIA 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 7 4 6 4 5 6 6 6
11 10 18 16 16 16 13 13 12 9 13 14 15 14 17 13 10 13 13 13 13 15 20 17 13 12 11 11
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 4 4 4 3 6 4 5 7 8 8 8 10 14 17 - - - - 18
ARIA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 3 5 10 9 9 10 14 17
11 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 8 9 11 14 13 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 13 11 7 8 7 8 9 12 13
19 13 10 8 4 5 6 7 6 7 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 7 8 9 9 11 14 16 20 19
16 16 (15) 10 7 7 6 5 7 5 4 4 5 6 6 5 10 9 9 11 11 16 11 7 8 13 17
ARIA 18 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 5 6 9 7 11 11 9 12 14 14 13 11 12 20
11 7 6 6 9 9 9 10 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 4 3 3 3 6 8 9 10 15 17 20
16 19 14 12 16 16 20 17 17 13 13 11 10 12 14 10 13 14 17 17 20 19 19 18 18 18 - - 19
11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 12 13 13
15 12 8 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 7 8 10 12 14 14 16 15
18 18 18 13 15 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 19 - 19 5 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 11 11 13 14 15 18
2 2 4 5 7 7 7 10 11 12 12 11 12 13 14 14 17 - - - - - - - - - - 11 7 10 10 14 12 10 9 14
ARIA 4 6 5 6 8 11 11 13 13 14 11 14 12 17 13 15 18 - - - - - - - - - - 11 10 10 12 12 15 11 10 14 16 18 18
12 10 9 8 9 9 7 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 4 5 4 5 5 7 (7) 14 13 14 18
ARIA 17 14 16 18 18
8 6 5 5 9 10 10 11 11 11 9 10 11 11 11 17 14 16 16 14 17 18 13 10 10 18
16 8 3 3 6 10 14 14 18 17 17 11 6 6 7 9 8 6 9 10 13 17 14 15 19 20
6 5 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 3 5 9 10 13 16 20
4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 5 8 6 7 17 15 20
4 4 6 5 3 4 4 2 6 4 5 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 6 6 8 9 15 17
ARIA 3 6 7 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 5 7 10 14 17 18
2 2 7 8 7 7 8 6 3 3 3 4 6 6 6 8 9 10 14 15 16 12 14 11 18
ARIA 3 4 8 8 8 7 5 2 2 4 3 4 5 8 9 7 8 10 9 12 20 12 13 11 14
19 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 5 6 7 6 3 7 8 8 7 7 7 3 6 11 16 17 20
13 6 6 6 5 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 7 9 12 15 20
19 14 14 12 14 8 8 8 9 10 9 10 14 17 16 15 11 10 10 8 11 13 16 19 18
ARIA 16 18 14 10 8 8 8 7 11 8 12 15 14 14 13 13 10 9 9 11 15 - - 20
17 9 9 11 16 18 18 16 13 16 13 14 15 14 14 13 12 11 9 10 9 11 15 17 19
19 16 16 20 - - - - - 20 - 17 20 19 - 14 12 16 16 19 20 19 16 15 14 15 14 16 15 16 17 20
14 16 18 - - - - 18 13 13 11 6 7 5 5 5 6 7 12 10 10
ARIA 15 17 - - - - - 18 16 15 9 7 8 8 5 5 6 7 8 9 9
1 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 12 13 12 14 12 16 19 20
ARIA 20
17 - 17 20 20 16 15 11 10 6 4 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 9 13 13 15 20
ARIA 20 - 17 20 20 14 13 7 5 5 3 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 4 5 8 10 13 15 20
