List of UK Compilation Chart number-one albums of the 1980s

This is the list of the number-one albums of the UK Compilation Chart during the 1980s. A total of 15 different albums reached number one on the chart during the decade. From 14 January 1989, sales of Various Artists albums were excluded from the main UK Album Chart and used instead to compile the new Compilation Albums Chart.

UK Compilation Chart
number ones
UK Compilation Chart
Official Charts Company

Number-one albums
Key
Best-selling compilation album of the year
Contents
1989 • 1990s →
No. Artist[lower-alpha 1] Album[lower-alpha 1] Record label[lower-alpha 1] Reached number one
(for the week ending)[lower-alpha 1]		 Weeks at
number one[lower-alpha 1]
1989
1 Various artists Now That's What I Call Music XIII EMI/Virgin Records/Polygram 14 January 1989 1
2 Various artists The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber Really Useful Group/Polydor 21 January 1989 2
3 Various artists The Marquee – Thirty Legendary Years Polydor 4 February 1989 4
4 Various artists The Awards Telstar 4 March 1989 1
re Various artists The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber Really Useful Group/Polydor 11 March 1989 1
5 Various artists Deep Heat Telstar 18 March 1989 1
6 Various artists Unforgettable 2 EMI 25 March 1989 1
7 Various artists Now That's What I Call Music 14 EMI/Virgin Records/Polygram 1 April 1989 7
8 Various artists Nite Flite 2 CBS 20 May 1989 2
9 Various artists The Hits Album 10 CBS/BMG/WEA 3 June 1989 6
10 Various artists Now! Dance '89 EMI/Virgin 15 July 1989 6
11 Various artists Now That's What I Call Music 15 EMI/Virgin Records/Polygram 26 August 1989 5
12 Various artists Deep Heat 4 – Play with Fire Telstar 30 September 1989 5
13 Various artists Smash Hits Party '89 Dover 4 November 1989 3
14 Various artists The 80s – The Album of the Decade EMI 25 November 1989 1
15 Various artists Now That's What I Call Music 16 EMI/Virgin Records/Polygram 2 December 1989 7
  1. The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the Official Charts Company.[1]

References
  1. "Top 40 UK Compilation Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.

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