Top 10 Albums of 1980

1.  Chiharu Matsuyama             Kishou Tenketsu
2.  Yellow Magic Orchestra      Solid State Survivor
3.  ABBA                                  Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
4.  Saki Kubota                         Yume Gatari
5.  Miyuki Nakajima                 Okaerinasai
6.  Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi            Gyakuryuu
7.  Chiharu Matsuyama             Roman
8.  Seiko Matsuda                      Squall
9.  Yellow Magic Orchestra      Multiplies
10. Yellow Magic Orchestra     Public Pressure

1980 was definitely the year of YMO with their 2nd, 3rd and 4th albums all in the Top 10, but Folk/New Music singer Chiharu Matsuyama had the top album of the year, "Kishou Tenketsu"...an album of his best hits....and his follow-up album, "Roman". And at No. 8, new aidoru singer Seiko Matsuda would have her first album, "Squall" containing her debut single, "Hadashi no Kisetsu" and her first big hit in "Aoi Sangosho".