Casey Kasem's AT40 The 80s (01/11/2015)

Casey Kasem's AT40

The 80s

Week Ending January 15th 1983

40 - Bad Boy - Ray Parker, Jr.
39 - Memory - Barry Manilow
38 - Two Less Lonely People In the World - Air Supply
37 - Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls
36 - Does It Make You Remember - Kim Carnes
35 - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
34 - What About Me? - Moving Pictures
33 - A Penny for Your Thoughts - Tavares
32 - Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
31 - Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
30 - Let's Go Dancin' - Kool and the Gang
29 - Heart of the Night - Juice Newton
28 - Truly - Lionel Richie
27 - Your Love is Driving Me Crazy - Sammy Hagar
26 - Rock This Town - Stray Cats
25 - Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
24 - I  Do - The J. Geils Band
23 - Allentown - Billy Joel
22 - Love In Store - Fleetwood Mac
21 - You Got Lucky - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
20 - Hand To Hold On To - John Cougar
19 - Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
18 - The Look of Love - ABC
17 - Heart to Heart - Kenny Loggins
16 - Shame On The Moon - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
15 - You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins
14 - The Other Guy - The Little River Band
13 - Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
12 - You and I - Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
11 - Gloria - Laura Branigan
10 - Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick
9  -  Rock The Casbah - The Clash
8  -  Baby, Come To Me - Patti Austin and James Ingram
7  -  Africa - Toto
6  -  Mickey - Toni Basil
5  -  Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
4  -  Maneater - Hall and Oates
3  -  Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
2  -  The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
1  -  Down Under - Men At Work
(1st or 3 consecutive weeks at #1)

#1 Albums - 1976

Elton John

Greatest Hits

10 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Album chart

(November 1974-February 1975)

11 consecutive weeks at #1 on the UK Official Album chart

Billboard's #1 album of 1975 

Elton John's best selling album to date.  

His first album to receive the Diamond certification with over 16 million copies sold worldwide.

Sam Smith (In The Lonely Hour)

In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith

(2014)

The 3rd best selling album of 2014, the #1 debut album of 2014, the best selling album by a male artist in 2014 and the best selling album by a foreign born artist in 2014.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1988 - The Beatles

The Beatles inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in  1988

Gold Record - 1972

January 3rd 1972 - Don McLean received a Gold record for this monster selling single "American Pie".  

On its way to spending 4 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the UK chart, this song would be forever taken apart and discussed and become his signature.

Biggest Soundtrack Albums of 2014

Here are the only 2 albums reached #1 on the Billboard Top Soundtrack Chart in 2014 and the only 2 soundtracks to go #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 2014.

This is the first time since 1978 that only 2 soundtracks went to #1 on the Soundtrack album chart.  The last 2 albums were "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever".

Frozen

(44 weeks at #1 on the Soundtrack Chart)

(13 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart)

Guardians of the Galaxy

(13 weeks at #1 on the Soundtrack Chart)

(2 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart)

The 10 Best Selling Albums of 2014 (Sales Only)

Bestselling Albums of 2014

(Sales Only)

Top 10

10 - The Outsiders - Eric Church

9  -  Four - One Direction

8  -  Pure Heroine - Lorde

7  -  Partners - Barbra Streisand

6  -  Beyonce - Beyonce

5  -  Guardians of the Galaxy - Soundtrack

4  -  That's Christmas To Me - Pentatonix

3  -  In the Lonely Hour - Sam Smith

2  -  Frozen - Soundtrack

1  -  1989 - Taylor Swift