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.

Ten artists spent 10 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.

Six record labels spent 20 weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1980s.

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.

Dire Straits had three UK number-one albums during the 1980s. Their second, Brothers in Arms , was the biggest-selling album of the decade.
Colour photograph of Michael Jackson in 1984. He is wearing his trademark single white glove, and is waving.
Michael Jackson achieved three number ones on the albums chart this decade.
Swedish group ABBA spent 14 weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart during the 1980s.
Cliff Richard 's album Private Collection: 1979–1988 was the 1988 Christmas number one.