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1985 Rewind: Top 14 Albums of the Year
The top albums from forty years ago, listed by how many weeks they spent at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200
1985, forty-one years ago, we were right in the middle of the 1980s. Our hair was big, our clothes were pastel and layered, our movies were a little cheesy, and our music was diverse.
I was a junior in high school in 1985. We played our music in our cars, we played it loud, and mostly from cassettes.
Each week, Billboard magazine releases their rankings of albums based on sales, airplay, and digital streams. Of course, in 1985, there was no digital streaming.
Here is a list of all albums that went to #1 in 1985, ranked by how many weeks they spent in the top spot.
14. Centerfield by John Fogerty (1 week at #1)
John Fogerty’s 1985 album, Centerfield, spent a single week at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200 at the end of March of that year. It had some tough competition for the top spot, sandwiched between #1 albums by Wham! and Phil Collins.
This album represented a comeback for John Fogerty. He hadn’t released a new album in nine years. He produced, wrote…
