1981 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1981
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Don't Stop Believin'	Journey	123
2	Crazy Train	Ozzy Osbourne	118
3	Memory	Barbara Streisand	116
4	Another One Bites the Dust	Queen	108
5	The Tide is High	Blondie	105
6	The River	Bruce Springsteen	103
7	Tom Sawyer	Rush	94
8	Apache	The Sugarhill Gang	92
9	In the Air Tonight	Phil Collins	87
10	Celebration	Kool & the Gang	84
11	Comin' In and Out of Your Life	Barbara Streisand	79
12	I Wanna Marry You	Bruce Springsteen	78
13	Keep on Loving You	REO Speedwagon	74
14	American Gypsy	Santana	74
15	Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)	Christopher Cross	71
16	Burnin' For You	Blue Oyster Cult	68
17	Kids in America	Kim Wilde	65
18	Morning Train (Nine to Five)	Sheena Easton	64
19	Fat Time	Miles Davis	61
20	Hungry Heart	Bruce Springsteen	60
21	Little Jeannie	Elton John	59
22	The Voice	The Moody Blues	59
23	Waiting For A Girl Like You	Foreigner	57
24	Givin' the Dog a Bone	AC/DC	56
25	Limelight	Rush	55
26	Bad Reputation	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	54
27	Every Little Thing She Does is Magic	The Police	53
28	Girls on Film	Duran Duran	50
29	Mr. Crowley	Ozzy Osbourne	50
30	I Will Follow	U2	49
31	Gemini Dream	The Moody Blues	49
32	Planet Earth	Duran Duran	48
33	For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)	AC/DC	48
34	Twilight	U2	44
35	Youth of America	Wipers	44
36	Who's Crying Now?	Journey	43
37	Have a Drink on Me	AC/DC	42
38	Discipline	King Crimson	42
39	Juke Box Hero	Foreigner	41
40	Changes	Santana	41
41	Thanks for the Memory	Frank Sinatra	41
42	Woman	John Lennon	40
43	Slave	The Rolling Stones	39
44	Lady Sun	Earth, Wind & Fire	38
45	Back Seat Betty	Miles Davis	38
46	Invisible Sun	The Police	37
47	I Love You Much Too Much	Santana	37
48	Thela Hun Ginjeet	King Crimson	36
49	Hear About It Later	Van Halen	34
50	Life is for Learning	Marvin Gaye	34
1981
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Memories	Barbra Streisand	7.7
2	The River	Bruce Springsteen	5.8
3	Moving Pictures	Rush	4.7
4	Discipline	King Crimson	4.0
5	The Man With the Horn	Miles Davis	3.9
6	High Infidelity	REO Speedwagon	3.4
7	Zebop!	Santana	3.2
8	Back in Black	AC/DC	2.6
9	Tattoo You	The Rolling Stones	2.5
10	Ghost in the Machine	The Police	2.1
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Creation	Gore Vidal	2.5
2	A People's History of the United States	Howard Zinn	2.5
3	Women, Race & Class	Angela Y. Davis	2.3
4	The War at the End of the World	Mario Vargas Llosa	2.3
5	Cosmos	Carl Sagan	2.0
6	Noble House	James Clavell	1.7
7	Desert	J.M.G. Le Clezio	1.4
8	Good Night, Mr. Tom	Michelle Magorian	1.2
9	The Clan of the Cave Bear	Jean M. Auel	1.1
10	The Covenant	James Michener
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Heaven's Gate		11.4
2	Raging Bull		10.8
3	Chariots of Fire		10.6
4	Excalibur		9.8
5	My Dinner with Andre		8.7
6	Raiders of the Lost Ark		8.7
7	The Road Warrior		8.6
8	Altered States		8.2
9	Lion of the Desert		7.8
10	The Evil Dead		7.8