List of UK Compilation Chart number-one albums of the 1980s

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This is the list of the number-one albums of the UK Compilation Chart during the 1980s. A total of 15 different albums reached number one on the chart during the decade. From 14 January 1989, sales of Various Artists albums were excluded from the main UK Album Chart and used instead to compile the new Compilation Albums Chart.

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Number-one albums

Key
† Best-selling compilation album of the year
Contents
1989  •1990s →
No.Artist [lower-alpha 1] Album [lower-alpha 1] Record label [lower-alpha 1] Reached number one
(for the week ending) [lower-alpha 1] 		Weeks at
number one [lower-alpha 1]
1989
1Various artists Now That's What I Call Music XIII EMI/Virgin Records/Polygram 14 January 19891
2Various artists The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber Really Useful Group/Polydor 21 January 19892
3Various artists The Marquee – Thirty Legendary Years Polydor 4 February 19894
4Various artists The Awards Telstar 4 March 19891
reVarious artists The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber Really Useful Group/Polydor 11 March 19891
5Various artists Deep Heat Telstar 18 March 19891
6Various artists Unforgettable 2 EMI 25 March 19891
7Various artists Now That's What I Call Music 14 EMI/Virgin Records/Polygram 1 April 19897
8Various artists Nite Flite 2 CBS 20 May 19892
9Various artists The Hits Album 10 CBS/BMG/WEA 3 June 19896
10Various artists Now! Dance '89 EMI/Virgin 15 July 19896
11Various artists Now That's What I Call Music 15 EMI/Virgin Records/Polygram 26 August 19895
12Various artists Deep Heat 4 – Play with Fire Telstar 30 September 19895
13Various artists Smash Hits Party '89 Dover 4 November 19893
14Various artists The 80s – The Album of the Decade EMI 25 November 19891
15Various artists Now That's What I Call Music 16 EMI/Virgin Records/Polygram 2 December 19897
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Top 40 UK Compilation Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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