Editing 1981 in music (section)

===June===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[The Baron (album)|The Baron]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
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| style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Somewhere in England]]'' || [[George Harrison]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Season of Glass (album)|Season of Glass]]'' || [[Yoko Ono]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Black & White (Pointer Sisters album)|Black & White]]'' || [[The Pointer Sisters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Duran Duran (1981 album)|Duran Duran]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Love Songs (Cliff Richard album)|Love Songs]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Made in America (The Carpenters album)|Made in America]]'' || [[The Carpenters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Jumpin' Jive (Joe Jackson album)|Jumpin' Jive]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Juju (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Juju]]'' || [[Siouxsie & the Banshees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Only a Lad]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Kim Wilde (album)|Kim Wilde]]'' || [[Kim Wilde]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[As Far as Siam]]'' || [[Red Rider]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Breakin' Away (album)|Breakin' Away]]'' || [[Al Jarreau]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[The Visitor (Mick Fleetwood album)|The Visitor]]'' || [[Mick Fleetwood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Sleep 'til Hammersmith]]'' || [[Motörhead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2]]'' || [[Boney M.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Magic, Murder and the Weather]]'' || [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cut Lunch]]'' || [[Models (band)|Models]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Deuce (Kurtis Blow album)|Deuce]]'' || [[Kurtis Blow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fire of Unknown Origin]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places]]'' || [[Kid Creole and the Coconuts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Here Comes the Night (David Johansen album)|Here Comes the Night]]'' || [[David Johansen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Pocket (Commodores album)|In the Pocket]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I've Got the Rock'n'Rolls Again]]'' || [[The Joe Perry Project]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Party (Iggy Pop album)|Party]]'' || [[Iggy Pop]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Product Of... (Participation)]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reflector (Pablo Cruise album)|Reflector]]'' || [[Pablo Cruise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Renaissance (Village People album)|Renaissance]]'' || [[Village People]] ||-
|-
| ''[[RocKihnRoll]]''  || [[The Greg Kihn Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Share Your Love]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Six Pack (EP)|Six Pack]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Some Days Are Diamonds (album)|Some Days Are Diamonds]]'' || [[John Denver]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wanted Dread And Alive]]'' || [[Peter Tosh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wha'ppen?]]'' || [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What's THIS For...!]]'' || [[Killing Joke]] ||-
|}