BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1983
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month 1 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-MARCH 4978 2 CAN'T SLOW DOWN-LIONEL RICHIE-December 3232 3 SYNCHRONICITY-POLICE-August 2450 4 PYROMANIA-DEF LEPPARD-May 2094 5 AN INNOCENT MAN-BILLY JOEL-October 2058 6 BUSINESS AS USUAL-MEN AT WORK-January 1996 7 H20-DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES-February 1992 8 FLASHDANCE SOUNDTRACK-June 1488 9 FRONTIERS-Journey-April 1360 10 BUILT FOR SPEED-Stray Cats-January 1162 11 Metal Health-Quiet Riot-November 1066 12 Let's Dance-David Bowie-June 924 13 Kilroy Was Here-Styx-April 852 14 Cargo-Men At Work-May 802 15 The Distance-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band-March 786 16 The Wild Heart-Stevie Nicks-August 774 17 Eliminator-ZZ Top-November 738 18 Get Nervous-Pat Benatar-January 706 19 Combat Rock-Clash-January 674 20 Rio-Duran Duran-March 650 21 Reach The Beach-The Fixx-October 622 22 Eyes That See In The Dark-Kenny Rogers-November 576 23 Hello I Must Be Going-Phil Collins-February 564 24 1999-Prince-July 546 25 Long After Dark-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-January 536 26 Genesis-Genesis-December 528 27 Greatest Hits-Air Supply-October 470 28 Cuts Like A Knife-Bryan Adams-June 446 29 Keep It Up-Loverboy-August 444 30 The Principle Of Moments-Robert Plant-October 438 31 Faster Than The Speed Of Night-Bonnie Tyler-October 428 32 The Final Cut-Pink Floyd-May 390 33 Kissing To Be Clever-Culture Club-April 340 34 Coda-Led Zeppelin-January 328 35 Undercover-Rolling Stones-December 324 36 Staying Alive Soundtrack-September 324 37 Lawyers In Love-Jackson Browne-September 294 38 Alpha-Asia-September 284 39 Another Page-Christopher Cross-March 236 40 Powerlight-Earth,Wind & Fire-March 224 41 Killer On The Rampage-Eddy Grant-July 206 42 She Works Hard For The Money-Donna Summer-August 190 43 Rhythm Of Youth-Men Without Hats-October 176 44 Records-Foreigner-February 168 45 Duran Duran-Duran Duran-August 156 46 The Closer You Get-Alabama-April 154 47 Living In Oz-Rick Springfield-June 150 48 Live From Earth-Pat Benatar-November 140 49 Golden Age Of The Wireless-Thomas Dolby-June 140 50 Speak Of The Devil-Ozzy Osbourne-January 136 51 State Of Confusion-Kinks-July 110 52 War-U2-May 74 53 Jarreau-Al Jarreau-May 72 54 Rant 'n' Rave With The Stray Cats-October 68 55 Too-Re-Ay-Dexys Midnight Runners-April 68 56 Piece Of Mind-Iron Maiden-August 34