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On This Day, Dec. 27, 1980 …John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s fifth studio album, Double Fantasy, hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to spend eight weeks in the top spot.The album was released in November and initially didn’t perform well, but after Lennon’s Dec. 8 death the album became a commercial success. It was eventually certified triple Platinum by the RIAA.Double Fantasy, recorded at the Hit Factory in New York City, featured such songs as “(Just Like) Starting Over,” which hit #1 three weeks after Lennon’s death; “Woman,” which peaked at #2; and “Watching The Wheels,” which peaked at #10. The album went on to win Album of the Year at the 1991 Grammy Awards.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Source: On This Day, Dec. 27, 1980: John Lennon & Yoko Ono hit #1 with ‘Double Fantasy’ – The Bull