List of Canadian number-one albums of 1983

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These are the Canadian number-one albums of 1983. The charts were compiled and published by RPM every Saturday.

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Number-one albums

This indicates the best performing album of the year. [1]
Issue dateAlbumArtistRef
January 1 ...Famous Last Words... Supertramp [2]
January 8 [3]
January 15 Business as Usual Men at Work [4]
January 22 [5]
January 29 [6]
February 5 Hello, I Must Be Going! Phil Collins [7]
February 12 [8]
February 19 Built for Speed Stray Cats [9]
February 26 [10]
March 5 [11]
March 12 [12]
March 19 H2O Hall & Oates [13]
March 26 [14]
April 2 Thriller Michael Jackson [15]
April 9 [16]
April 16 Rio Duran Duran [17]
April 23ThrillerMichael Jackson [18]
April 30 [19]
May 7 [20]
May 14 [21]
May 21 [22]
May 28 [23]
June 4 [24]
June 11 [25]
June 18 [26]
June 25 [27]
July 2 [28]
July 9 [29]
July 16 Synchronicity The Police [30]
July 23 [31]
July 30 [32]
August 6 [33]
August 13 [34]
August 20 [35]
August 27 [36]
September 3 Let's Dance David Bowie [37]
September 10 [38]
September 17 [39]
September 24 [40]
October 1 [41]
October 8SynchronicityThe Police [42]
October 15 [43]
October 22 [44]
October 29 [45]
November 5 [46]
November 12 [47]
November 19 [48]
November 26 [49]
December 3 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie [50]
December 10 [51]
December 17 [52]
December 24 [53]
December 31 Colour by Numbers Culture Club [54]

See also

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