List of UK top-ten albums in 1983

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1983, as well as albums which peaked in 1982 and 1984 but were in the top 10 in 1983. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

The first new number-one album of the year was the compilation album Raiders of the Pop Charts . Overall, twenty-one different albums peaked at number-one in 1983, with Michael Jackson (2) having the most albums hit that position.

Background

Best-selling albums

Michael Jackson had the best-selling album of the year with Thriller . No Parlez by Paul Young came in second place Colour by Numbers by Culture Club, Let's Dance by David Bowie and Fantastic by Wham! made up the top five. Albums by Spandau Ballet, Elaine Paige, Genesis and Lionel Richie were also in the top-ten best selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
‡	Album peaked in 1982 but still in chart in 1983.
♦	Album released in 1983 but peaked in 1984.
(#)	Year-end top-ten album position and rank
Entered	The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak	Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.

Entered (week ending)	Weeks in top 10	Single	Artist	Peak	Peak reached (week ending)	Weeks at peak
Albums in 1982
22 May 1982	25	Rio ‡	Duran Duran	2	29 May 1982	1
31 July 1982	24	The Kids from "Fame" ‡	The Kids from "Fame"	1	7 August 1982	12
23 October 1982	5	Kissing to Be Clever ‡	Culture Club	5	30 October 1982	2
6 November 1982	4	Olivia's Greatest Hits	Olivia Newton-John	8	15 January 1983	2
13 November 1982	11	Hello, I Must Be Going! ‡	Phil Collins	2	13 November 1982	2
	15	Heartbreaker ‡	Dionne Warwick	3	20 November 1982	2
	8	From the Makers of... ‡	Status Quo	4	27 November 1982	1
20 November 1982	9	The Singles: The First Ten Years ‡	ABBA	1	27 November 1982	1
4 December 1982	14	The John Lennon Collection ‡	John Lennon	1	4 December 1982	6
	6	Pearls II ‡	Elkie Brooks	5	11 December 1982	1
	5	20 Greatest Love Songs ‡	Nat King Cole	7	4 December 1982	4
11 December 1982	5	Love Songs ‡	Diana Ross	5	25 December 1982	1
18 December 1982	3	Dig the New Breed ‡	The Jam	2	18 December 1982	1
Albums in 1983
8 January 1983	6	Raiders of the Pop Charts	Various artists	1	15 January 1983	2
	3	Friends	Shalamar	6	15 January 1983	1
15 January 1983	8	Richard Clayderman	Richard Clayderman	2	5 February 1983	1
22 January 1983	7	Business as Usual	Men at Work	1	29 January 1983	5
	2	The Art of Falling Apart	Soft Cell	5	22 January 1983	1
	3	Feline	The Stranglers	4	29 January 1983	1
29 January 1983	2	Cacharpaya (Panpipes of the Andes)	Incantation	9	29 January 1983	1
5 February 1983	4	Night and Day	Joe Jackson	3	5 February 1983	1
	2	Killer on the Rampage	Eddy Grant	7	12 February 1983	1
12 February 1983	3	Porcupine	Echo & the Bunnymen	2	12 February 1983	1
	5	Visions	Various artists	5	26 February 1983	2
19 February 1983	3	Another Page	Christopher Cross	4	19 February 1983	2
	76	Thriller	Michael Jackson	1	5 March 1983	9
	1	Frontiers	Journey	6	19 February 1983	1
26 February 1983	3	Jane Fonda's Workout Record	Jane Fonda	7	5 March 1983	1
5 March 1983	2	Quick Step & Side Kick	Thompson Twins	2	5 March 1983	1
	4	Toto IV	Toto	4	5 March 1983	1
	1	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	9	5 March 1983	1
12 March 1983	7	War	U2	1	12 March 1983	1
	3	Hotline	Various artists	3	12 March 1983	2
	2	Thunder and Lightning	Thin Lizzy	4	12 March 1983	1
	2	Dazzle Ships	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	5	12 March 1983	1
	10	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	Eurythmics	3	26 March 1983	1
	22	True	Spandau Ballet	1	14 May 1983	1
19 March 1983	12	The Hurting	Tears for Fears	1	26 March 1983	1
26 March 1983	5	Chart Runners	Various artists	4	2 April 1983	2
	1	Script for a Jester's Tear	Marillion	7	2 April 1983	1
	3	Deep Sea Skiving	Bananarama	8	26 March 1983	3
	3	The Key	Joan Armatrading	10	26 March 1983	3
2 April 1983	5	The Final Cut	Pink Floyd	1	2 April 1983	2
16 April 1983	6	Faster Than the Speed of Night	Bonnie Tyler	1	16 April 1983	1
	2	Live!	The Kids from "Fame"	8	16 April 1983	1
23 April 1983	18	Let's Dance	David Bowie	1	23 April 1983	3
30 April 1983	2	White Feathers	Kajagoogoo	5	30 April 1983	1
	3	Cargo	Men at Work	8	30 April 1983	1
7 May 1983	11	The Luxury Gap	Heaven 17	4	7 May 1983	2
	2	Midnight at the Lost and Found	Meat Loaf	7	7 May 1983	1
14 May 1983	2	Power, Corruption & Lies	New Order	4	14 May 1983	1
	2	Night Dubbing	Imagination	9	14 May 1983	2
21 May 1983	2	Dressed for the Occasion	Cliff Richard	7	21 May 1983	1
28 May 1983	3	Piece of Mind	Iron Maiden	3	28 May 1983	1
	6	Twice As Kool (The Hits of Kool & the Gang)	Kool & the Gang	4	4 June 1983	3
	3	Chart Encounters of the Hit Kind	Various artists	5	11 June 1983	1
	3	Confrontation	Bob Marley & the Wailers	5	4 June 1983	1
4 June 1983	7	Crises	Mike Oldfield	6	2 July 1983	1
11 June 1983	6	Too Low for Zero	Elton John	7	18 June 1983	2
18 June 1983	5	In Your Eyes	George Benson	3	18 June 1983	1
	2	Oil on Canvas	Japan	5	18 June 1983	1
	1	Plays Live	Peter Gabriel	8	18 June 1983	1
	1	What Is Beat? – The Best of The Beat	The Beat	10	18 June 1983	1
25 June 1983	8	Synchronicity	The Police	1	25 June 1983	2
	4	Body Wishes	Rod Stewart	5	25 June 1983	3
	1	Chart Stars	Various artists	7	25 June 1983	1
2 July 1983	2	Secret Messages	Electric Light Orchestra	4	2 July 1983	1
9 July 1983	20	Fantastic	Wham!	1	9 July 1983	2
	4	Julio	Julio Iglesias	5	16 July 1983	1
16 July 1983	6	You and Me Both	Yazoo	1	23 July 1983	2
	2	Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture	Various artists	9	16 July 1983	2
23 July 1983	4	The Principle of Moments	Robert Plant	7	20 August 1983	1
30 July 1983	9	The Very Best of The Beach Boys	The Beach Boys	1	6 August 1983	3
	31	No Parlez	Paul Young	1	17 September 1983	5
	2	The Look	Shalamar	7	30 July 1983	1
	9	18 Greatest Hits	Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5	1	20 August 1983	3
6 August 1983	14	The Crossing	Big Country	3	24 September 1983	3
13 August 1983	3	Punch the Clock	Elvis Costello and The Attractions	3	13 August 1983	1
20 August 1983	2	Alpha	Asia	5	20 August 1983	1
3 September 1983	2	Flick of the Switch	AC/DC	4	3 September 1983	1
	3	Construction Time Again	Depeche Mode	6	3 September 1983	1
	3	Standing in the Light	Level 42	9	3 September 1983	2
17 September 1983	2	Headline Hits	Various artists	5	17 September 1983	1
24 September 1983	9	Labour of Love	UB40	1	24 September 1983	1
	2	Born Again	Black Sabbath	4	24 September 1983	1
1 October 1983	2	The Hit Squad - Chart Tracking	Various artists	4	1 October 1983	1
	2	Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole	Johnny Mathis and Natalie Cole	5	1 October 1983	1
8 October 1983	1	Lick It Up	Kiss	7	8 October 1983	1
15 October 1983	9	Genesis	Genesis	1	15 October 1983	1
	2	Silver	Cliff Richard	7	15 October 1983	1
	1	A Touch More Magic	Barry Manilow	10	15 October 1983	1
22 October 1983	17	Colour by Numbers	Culture Club	1	22 October 1983	5
	4	Snap!	The Jam	2	22 October 1983	2
	4	Voice of the Heart	The Carpenters	6	22 October 1983	2
29 October 1983	49	Can't Slow Down	Lionel Richie	1	12 November 1983	3
	4	The Two of Us	Various artists	3	12 November 1983	1
	1	Monument: The Soundtrack	Ultravox	9	29 October 1983	1
	1	North of a Miracle	Nick Heyward	10	29 October 1983	1
12 November 1983	7	Pipes of Peace	Paul McCartney	4	12 November 1983	2
	1	Infidels	Bob Dylan	9	12 November 1983	1
19 November 1983	2	Undercover	The Rolling Stones	3	19 November 1983	1
	33	An Innocent Man ♦	Billy Joel	2	23 June 1984	1
26 November 1983	7	Stages	Elaine Paige	2	10 December 1983	1
	2	Chart Hits '83	Various artists	6	26 November 1983	1
	11	Touch ♦	Eurythmics	1	4 February 1984	2
3 December 1983	5	Seven and the Ragged Tiger	Duran Duran	1	3 December 1983	1
	8	Under a Blood Red Sky	U2	2	3 December 1983	1
	1	Back to Back	Status Quo	9	3 December 1983	1
10 December 1983	11	Now That's What I Call Music!	Various artists	1	17 December 1983	5
17 December 1983	4	Chas'n'Dave's Knees Up Jamboree Bag No. 2	Chas & Dave	7	24 December 1983	2
24 December 1983	2	Formula 30	Various artists	6	24 December 1983	2

See also

• 1983 in British music
• List of number-one albums from the 1980s (UK)

References

General

• "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Specific

1. "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 December 2014.
2. Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN   1-904994-00-8.
3. "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News . 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

External links

• 1983 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)