BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1984
No.-Album-Artist-Label 1 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-EPIC 2 SPORTS-HUEY LEWIS & NEWS-Chrysalis 3 CAN'T SLOW DOWN-LIONEL RICHIE-Motown 4 AN INNOCENT MAN-BILLY JOEL-Columbia 5 COLOUR BY NUMBER-CULTURE CLUB-Virgin 6 1984-VAN HALEN-Warner Brothers 7 ELIMINATOR-ZZ TOP-Warner Brothers 8 SYNCHRONICITY-Police-A&M 9 FOOTLOOSE SOUNDTRACK-May-Columbia 10 SEVEN & THE RAGGED TIGER-Duran Duran-Capitol 11 She's So Unusual-DI LAUPER-Portrait 12 Heartbeat City-Cars-Elektra 13 What's New-Linda Rondstadt-Asylum 14 Break Out-Pointer Sisters-Planet 15 Midnight Madness-Night Ranger-Camel/MCA 16 Rebel Yell-Billy Idol-Chrysalis 17 Madonna-Madonna-Sire 18 Shout At The Devil-Motley Crue-Elektra 19 Uh-Huh-John Cougar Mellencamp-Riva 20 Big Chill Soundtrack-Motown 21 90125-Yes-Atco 22 1999-Prince-Warner Brothers 23 No Parking On The Dance Floor-Midnight Starr-Solar 24 Purple Rain-Prince & Revolution-Warner Brothers 25 Metal Health-Quiet Riot-Pasha 26 Stay The Night-Jeffrey Osbourne-A&M 27 Touch-Eurythmics-RCA 28 Born In The USA-Bruce Springsteen-Columbia 29 Love At First Sting-Scorpions-Mercury 30 Learning To Crawl-Pretenders-Sire 31 Pyromania-Def Leppard-Mercury 32 Flashdance Soundtrack-Casablanca 33 Lionel Richie-Lionel Richie-Motown 34 Genesis-Genesis-Atlantic 35 Future Shock-Herbie Hancock-Columbia 36 Rock 'n' Soul-Daryl Hall & John Oates-RCA 37 Into The Gap-Thompson Twins-Arista 38 Roll On-Alabama-RCA 39 Private Dancer-Tina Turner-Capitol 40 Julio-Julio Iglesias-Columbia 41 Out Of The Cellar-Ratt-Atlantic 42 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-Virgin 43 Under A Bloody Red Sky-U2-Island 44 Eyes That See In The Dark-Kenny Rogers-RCA 45 Busy Body-Luther Vandross-Epic 46 In The Heart-Kool & The Gang-De Lite 47 Street Talk-Steve Perry-Columbia 48 Tour De Force-.38 Special-A&M 49 Self Control-Laura Branigan-Atlantic 50 Talk Show-The Go-Go's-I.R.S. 51 Defenders Of The Faith-Judas Priest-Columbia 52 In Heat-The Romantics Romantics-Nemperor 53 Off The Wall-Michael Jackson-Epic 54 The Crossing-Big Country-Mercury 55 It's Your Night-James Ingram-QWest 56 Frontiers-Journey-Columbia 57 Greatest Hits-Air Supply-Arista 58 Bon Jovi-Bon Jovi-Mercury 59 Points Of A Curve-Wang Chung-Geffen 60 In A Special Way-DeBarge-Gordy 61 Let The Music Play-Shannon-Mirage 62 17 Chicago-Full Moon/Warner Brothers 63 Jane Fonda's Workout Record-Jane Fonda-Columbia 64 Let's Dance-David Bowie-EMI America 65 December-George Winston-Windham Hill 66 Body And Soul-Joe Jackson-A&M 67 Too Fast For Love-Motley Crue-Elektra 68 Comedian-Eddie Murphy-Columbia 69 Ghostbusters-Soundtrack-Arista 70 Reckoning-R.E.M.-I.R.S. 71 Duran Duran-Duran Duran-Capitol 72 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)-Eurythmics-RCA 73 Grace Under Pressure-Rush-Mercury 74 Victory-Jacksons-Epic 75 Somebody's Watching Me-Rockwell-Motown 76 Breakin'-Soundtrack-Polydor 77 The Wild Heart-Stevie Nicks-Modern 78 Rio-Duran Duran-Capitol 79 Don't Stop-Billy Idol-Chrysalis 80 Twenty Greatest Hits-Kenny Rogers-Liberty 81 Undercover-The Rolling Stones-Rolling Stones 82 Windows And Walls-Dan Fogelberg-Full Moon 83 I'm In Love Again-Patti LaBelle-Philadelphia International 84 Live From Earth-Pat Benatar-Chrysalis 85 Love Life-Berlin-Geffen 86 Ammonia Avenue-The Alan Parsons Project-Arista 87 Camouflage-Rod Stewart-Warner Brothers 88 Gap Band V Jammin'-The Gap Band-Total Experience 89 Lick It Up-Kiss-Mercury 90 Yentl-Barbra Streisand-Columbia 91 About Face-David Gilmore-Columbia 92 Bark At The Moon-Ozzy Osbourne-CBS Associated 93 Labour Of Love-UB40-A&M 94 The Closer You Get-Alabama-RCA 95 Stay Hungry-Twisted Sister-Atlantic 96 What A Feelin'-Irene Cara-Geffen/Network 97 War-U2-Island 98 Pipes Of Peace-Paul McCartney-Columbia 99 Speaking In Tongues-Talking Heads-Sire 100 No Brakes-John Waite-EMI America * As published in the December 22nd,1984 issue of Billboard Magazine.