AT40 the 80s, this week December 10th 1983The Top Ten Singles
10 - Church of The Poison Mind - Culture Club
9 - Crumblin' Down - John Cougar Mellencamp
8 - Cum On Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
7 - Union of the Snake - Duran Duran
6 - Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
5 - Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
4 - Say it Isn't So - Hall & Oates
3 - Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
2 - All Night Long - Lionel Richie
1 - Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
(1st of 6 consecutive weeks at #1)
The Top Ten Albums
10 - Rock N Soul Part 1 - Hall & Oates
9 - Colour By Numbers - Culture Club
8 - Eyes That See in the Dark - Kenny Rogers
7 - What's New - Linda Ronstadt
6 - Metal Health - Quiet Riot
5 - An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
4 - Undercover - The Rolling Stones
3 - Thriller - Michael Jackson
2 - Synchronicity - The Police
1 - Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie
(2nd of 3 consecutive weeks at #1)
Lionel Richie's 2nd solo album was the 3rd biggest selling album of 1984 in the US and would win a Grammy for Album of the Year for 1984.
It also reached the top of the UK album chart and was the #1 selling album in the UK for 1984.
Every single released from the album would hit the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 with 2 reaching #1 with "Hello" and "All Night Long". The other hits were "Stuck on You" #3, "Running with the Night" #7 and "Penny Lover" #8.
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