Editing 1982 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music from 1982, a year in which [[Madonna]] made her debut and [[Michael Jackson]] released ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'', which holds the title for the world's best selling album.

==Specific locations==
*[[1982 in British music]]
*[[1982 in Japanese music]]
*[[1982 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1982 in country music]]
*[[1982 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1982 in hip-hop|1982 in hip hop music]]
*[[1982 in jazz]]

== Events ==
=== January–March ===
*[[January 15]] – [[K.C. and the Sunshine Band]]'s [[Harry Wayne Casey]] is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
*[[January 20]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance in [[Des Moines, Iowa]]. He thought it was rubber.<ref>[http://www.upvenue.com/article/1437-top-10-crazy-music-myths.html Top 10 crazy music myths]</ref>
*[[January 21]] – [[B. B. King]] donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the [[University of Mississippi]]'s Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
*[[January 22]] – [[Tommy Tucker (singer)|Tommy Tucker]], writer of "[[Hi-Heel Sneakers]]", dies of [[carbon tetrachloride]] poisoning sustained while finishing floors in his home.
*[[February 13]] – A 300-pound (136&nbsp;kg) gravestone from the grave of [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] singer [[Ronnie Van Zant]] is stolen from an [[Orange Park, Florida]], cemetery. Police find the gravestone two weeks later in a dry river bed.
*[[February 19]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] is arrested after urinating on [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|The Alamo]], in [[San Antonio]], Texas.
*[[February 20]] – [[Pat Benatar]] marries her guitarist, [[Pat Benatar#Band|Neil Giraldo]], on the Hawaiian island of [[Maui]].
*[[February 24]] – The [[24th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Quincy Jones]] (who wins a total of five awards). [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]]'s ''[[Double Fantasy]]'' (the final album released by Lennon in his lifetime) wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while [[Kim Carnes]]' "[[Bette Davis Eyes]]" wins both [[Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Sheena Easton]] wins [[Best New Artist]].
*[[February 27]] – The [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] gives its final performance at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] after more than 110 years.
*[[March 3]] – [[The Mamas & the Papas]] begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End with original members [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] and [[Denny Doherty]], along with [[Mackenzie Phillips]] and [[Spanky and Our Gang|Spanky McFarlane]] replacing [[Michelle Gilliam]] and [[Mama Cass]] respectively.
*[[March 4]] – [[Frank Zappa]]'s son [[Dweezil]] and daughter [[Moon Unit]] form [[Fred Zeppelin]].
*[[March 5]] – Comedian and [[The Blues Brothers|Blues Brother]] [[John Belushi]] is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the [[Chateau Marmont]] in Los Angeles.
*[[March 18]] – [[Teddy Pendergrass]] is severely injured in a car accident in [[Philadelphia]]. Pendergrass's injuries result in him being paralyzed from the chest down.
*[[March 19]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s lead guitarist, [[Randy Rhoads]], is killed in a freak accident in [[Leesburg, Florida]], when the plane in which he is riding buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
* [[March 22]] – [[Iron Maiden]] release [[The Number of the Beast (album)|''The Number of the Beast'']], the critically acclaimed yet controversial album often hailed as Iron Maiden's greatest.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} This was Iron Maiden's first album to feature singer [[Bruce Dickinson]] and their first to hit number one in the UK charts.
*[[March 28]] – In Los Angeles, [[David Crosby]] is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of [[cocaine]] and carrying a concealed weapon.

=== April–August ===
*[[April 13]] – David Crosby is arrested on drug charges for the second time in three weeks when [[Dallas]] police catch him preparing cocaine backstage before a show.
*[[April 15]] – [[Billy Joel]] is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in [[Long Island, New York]]. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
*[[April 17]] – [[Johnny Cash]] hosts ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' with Cash and [[Elton John]] and his classic band as the musical guests. Cash sings ''I Walk The Line'', ''Folsom Prison Blues'', ''Ring of Fire'' and ''Sunday Morning Coming Down''. John sings ''[[Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)]]'' and ''Ball and Chain''. The latter would not appear on the NBC show again until 2011.
*[[April 24]] – [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest|Germany]] wins the 27th annual [[Eurovision Song Contest 1982|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in the [[Harrogate International Centre|Harrogate Conference Centre]], North Yorkshire, with the song "[[Ein bißchen Frieden]]", sung by 17-year-old [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]]. She also records the song in English as "A Little Peace", which becomes the 500th chart-topping single in the UK.
*[[April 26]]
**[[Rod Stewart]] is mugged in Los Angeles. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but is not hurt. The car is recovered several days later.
**[[Joe Strummer]] vanishes, forcing [[The Clash]] to postpone their U.K. tour.
*[[April 30]] – Influential rock journalist [[Lester Bangs]] dies in his New York apartment of an apparent accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
*[[May 10]] – [[The Clash]] drummer [[Topper Headon]] is fired from the band when his heroin addiction became too prevalent.
*[[May 14]] – The first [[Prince's Trust]] charity concert is held at the [[National Exhibition Centre]] in [[Birmingham]]. With the Prince of Wales (later [[Charles III]]) in attendance, [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], becomes the first contemporary band to play to British royalty.
*[[May 18]] – Three weeks after disappearing, [[Joe Strummer]] and his girlfriend are found living in Paris, two days after they ran the [[Paris Marathon]].
*[[May 21]] – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] release their tenth studio album, ''[[Hot Space]]'', to immense critical outcry. The decision to make a [[dance-pop]] album with prominent [[disco]] influences at the height of American backlash against the latter genre renders the band a pariah in the United States, and their shift from traditional rock alienates their fans in the United Kingdom. Queen would not recover from the resulting backlash in the United Kingdom until after their [[Live Aid]] performance in 1985, while they would remain unpopular in the United States until after [[Freddie Mercury]]'s death in 1991.
*[[May 23]] – ''[[Pink Floyd – The Wall]]'', a film adaptation of [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1979 album ''[[The Wall]]'', premieres at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]; the film's wide release would later begin on July 15.
*[[May 26]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] open their European tour in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland.
*[[May 29]] – [[Duran Duran]]'s album ''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]'' peaks at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week on the chart and will remain on the chart for almost two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19319/duran-duran/ |title=Duran Duran |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> 
*[[June 11]] – ''[[Grease 2]]'', starring [[Maxwell Caulfield]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] (in her feature film debut), is released.
*[[June 16]] – [[James Honeyman-Scott]] dies of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance. He is 25 years old.
*[[June 19]] – [[Amy Grant]] marries [[Gary Chapman (musician)|Gary Chapman]].
*July – The first known fully staged performance of [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]]'s ''[[tragédie lyrique]]'' ''[[Les Boréades]]'' (1763) is given by [[John Eliot Gardiner]] at the [[Aix-en-Provence Festival]].<ref>Notes to Gardiner's recording.</ref>
*[[July 3]] – [[ABC (band)|ABC]]'s debut album ''[[The Lexicon of Love]]'' enters the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and remain at the top position for four consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19344/abc/ |title=ABC |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref>
*[[July 4]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] marries his manager [[Sharon Arden]] in [[Maui, Hawaii]].
*[[July 21]] – A second [[Prince's Trust]] charity concert is held at the [[Dominion Theatre]] in London. Performers include [[Pete Townshend]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Madness (band)|Madness]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Joan Armatrading]] and [[Kate Bush]].
*[[August 17]] – In [[Langenhagen]] near [[Hanover]], Germany begins the first mass production of the compact disc.
*[[August 18]] – Four streets in [[Liverpool]] are named after each of [[The Beatles]].
*[[August 31]] – [[Ronnie James Dio]] plays his final show with [[Black Sabbath]] (until 1992).

=== September–December ===
*[[September 3]]–5 – The first [[US Festival]] is held over Labor Day Weekend near [[Devore, California]]. [[The Police]], [[Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Grateful Dead]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[The B-52's]] are among the many performers.
*[[September 22]] – [[The Who]] begin their only formally announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
*[[October 1]] – The first compact discs appear in music stores in Japan.
*October 1 – [[The Nightfly]] by [[Donald Fagen]] is released. The record has since been critically acclaimed,{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} and was nominated for 7 Grammys.
*[[October 6]] – [[Madonna]]'s debut single, "[[Everybody (Madonna song)|Everybody]]", is released on [[Sire Records]].
*[[October 7]] – The musical ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' begins its 18-year run on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].
*[[November 1]] –  The breakup of the band [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] is announced publicly.
*[[November 5]] – The first edition of ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]'' is broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK.  Guests on the first programme include [[The Jam]], making their last live TV appearance together.
*[[November 6]] – [[Tears for Fears]] first hit single "[[Mad World]]" peaks at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart during its 17-week chart run.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25022/tears-for-fears/ |title=Tears for Fears |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref>
*[[November 21]] – [[Joni Mitchell]] marries producer and bassist [[Larry Klein]] in Malibu.
*[[November 25]]–27 – The Jamaica World Music Festival is held in [[Montego Bay]], Jamaica. Acts over the three-day festival include [[Peter Tosh]], [[Rick James]], [[The Clash]], [[Grateful Dead]], [[Aretha Franklin]] and, in their final show before disbanding, [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]].
*[[November 29]] – [[Sena Jurinac]] appears on stage for the last time, with the [[Vienna State Opera]].
*[[November 30]] – [[Michael Jackson]] releases his sixth studio album [[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|''Thriller'']], which would go on to be the greatest selling album of all time at 70&nbsp;million units sold worldwide.
*December – [[Iron Maiden]] drummer [[Clive Burr]] is fired and replaced by [[Nicko McBrain]] formerly of the French band [[Trust (French band)|Trust]].
*[[December 3]] – The most successful group of the 1970s, [[ABBA]], release their final original single "[[Under Attack]]". A split is never officially announced.
*[[December 31]] – The eleventh annual [[New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[The Go-Go's]], [[Hall & Oates]], [[Ronnie Milsap]], [[Barry Manilow]] and [[Jermaine Jackson]].

== Bands formed ==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1982|Musical groups established in 1982]]''

== Bands disbanded ==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1982]]''

== Albums released ==
In the US, the RIAA stated that 2,630 albums, 2,710 cassettes and 2,285 singles were released.

=== January ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|11
|''[[Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?]]''
|[[The Waitresses]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|15
|''[[All for a Song]]''
|[[Barbara Dickson]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|18
|''[[Mystical Adventures]]''
|[[Jean-Luc Ponty]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|19
|''[[How Could Hell Be Any Worse?]]''
|[[Bad Religion]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|27
|''[[Mesopotamia (EP)|Mesopotamia]]''
|[[The B-52's]]
|EP
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|29
|''[[Friends (Shalamar album)|Friends]]''
|[[Shalamar]]
| –
|-
|''[[Picture This (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Picture This]]''
|[[Huey Lewis and the News]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="15"|?
|''[[Another Day/Another Dollar]]''
|[[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Anyone Can See]]''
|[[Irene Cara]]
| –
|-
|''[[Breaking Point (Central Line album)|Breaking Point]]''
|[[Central Line (band)|Central Line]]
| –
|-
|''The David Frizzell and Shelly West Album''
|[[David Frizzell]] and [[Shelly West]]
| –
|-
|''[[Flex Your Head]]''
|Various Artists
| –
|-
|''Kasim''
|[[Kasim Sulton]]
| –
|-
|''[[Objects of Desire]]''
|[[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
| –
|-
|''[[Oriental Beat]]''
|[[Hanoi Rocks]]
| –
|-
|''[[Repercussion (The dB's album)|Repercussion]]''
|[[The dB's]]
| –
|-
|''[[Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album)|Shadows]]''
|[[Gordon Lightfoot]]
| –
|-
|''The Sisters''
|[[Sister Sledge]]
| –
|-
|''[[Somewhere over China]]''
|[[Jimmy Buffett]]
| –
|-
|''Southern Comfort''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
| –
|-
|''Streetheart''
|[[Streetheart (band)|Streetheart]]
| –
|-
|''[[Yes It's You Lady]]''
|[[Smokey Robinson]]
| –
|}

===February===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|5
|''[[Bad Brains (album)|Bad Brains]]''
|[[Bad Brains]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|10
|''[[Bobbie Sue]]''
|[[The Oak Ridge Boys]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|12
|''[[English Settlement]]''
|[[XTC]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|16
|''[[Beautiful Vision]]''
|[[Van Morrison]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Concert in Central Park]]''
|[[Simon & Garfunkel]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[The Blue Mask]]''
|[[Lou Reed]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[Swing to the Right]]''
|[[Utopia (American band)|Utopia]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|25
|''[[Mountain Music (Alabama album)|Mountain Music]]''
|[[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|26
|''[[2XS]]''
|[[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]
| –
|-
|''[[Set (Thompson Twins album)|Set]]''
|[[Thompson Twins]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="16" align="center" |?
|''[[Baal (EP)|Baal]]''
|[[David Bowie]]
|Soundtrack
|-
|''[[Black on Black]]''
|[[Waylon Jennings]]
| –
|-
|''[[Chase the Dragon]]''
|[[Magnum (band)|Magnum]]
| –
|-
|''[[Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty]]''
|[[Felt (band)|Felt]]
| –
|-
|''[[Gamma 3]]''
|[[Gamma (band)|Gamma]]
| –
|-
|''[[Green Light (Bonnie Raitt album)|Green Light]]''
|[[Bonnie Raitt]]
| –
|-
|''Growing in the Dark''
|[[Glass Moon]]
| –
|-
|''[[Just Another Day in Paradise]]''
|[[Bertie Higgins]]
| –
|-
|''[[Mechanix (album)|Mechanix]]''
|[[UFO (band)|UFO]]
| –
|-
|''[[Nick the Knife]]''
|[[Nick Lowe]]
| –
|-
|''[[One from the Heart (album)|One from the Heart]]''
|[[Tom Waits]] and [[Crystal Gayle]]
|Soundtrack
|-
|''[[Pelican West]]''
|[[Haircut One Hundred]]
| –
|-
|''[[Seasons of the Heart (album)|Seasons of the Heart]]''
|[[John Denver]]
| –
|-
|''[[Times of Our Lives (Judy Collins album)|Times of Our Lives]]''
|[[Judy Collins]]
| –
|-
|''[[Weather Report (1982 album)|Weather Report]]''
|[[Weather Report]]
| –
|-
|''[[You Can't Hide Your Love Forever]]''
|[[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]]
| –
|}

=== March ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|5
|''[[Windows (Charlie Daniels album)|Windows]]''
|[[Charlie Daniels Band]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|8
|''[[Blackout (Scorpions album)|Blackout]]''
|[[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]
| –
|-
|''[[Hex Enduction Hour]]''
|[[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|12
|''[[Diamond (Spandau Ballet album)|Diamond]]''
|[[Spandau Ballet]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Gift (The Jam album)|The Gift]]''
|[[The Jam]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|15
|''[[Shoot Out the Lights]]''
|[[Richard and Linda Thompson]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|18
|''[[Asia (Asia album)|Asia]]''
|[[Asia (band)|Asia]]
| Debut
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|19
|''[[Batteries Not Included (After the Fire album)|Batteries Not Included]]''
|[[After the Fire]]
| –
|-
|''[[Five Miles Out]]''
|[[Mike Oldfield]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|22
|''[[Alligator Woman]]''
|[[Cameo (band)|Cameo]]
| –
|-
|''[[Reel Music]]''
|[[The Beatles]]
|Compilation
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet]]''
|[[Rick Springfield]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]''
|[[Talking Heads]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|25
|''[[The Blurred Crusade]]''
|[[The Church (band)|The Church]]
| Australia
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|26
|''[[The Anvil (album)|The Anvil]]''
|[[Visage (band)|Visage]]
| –
|-
|''[[Bill Wyman (album)|Bill Wyman]]''
|[[Bill Wyman]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|29
|''[[The Number of the Beast (album)|The Number of the Beast]]''
|[[Iron Maiden]]
| –
|-
|''[[Angst in My Pants]]''
|[[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="12"|?
|''[[Sonic Youth (EP)|Sonic Youth]]''
|[[Sonic Youth]]
|Debut/EP
|-
|''[[V Deep]]''
|[[The Boomtown Rats]]
| –
|-
|''[[Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson album)|Always on My Mind]]''
|[[Willie Nelson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Branigan (album)|Branigan]]''
|[[Laura Branigan]]
| –
|-
|''[[Brilliance (Atlantic Starr album)|Brilliance]]''
|[[Atlantic Starr]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Early Tapes]]''
|[[Level 42]]
| Recorded in 1980
|-
|''[[Filth Hounds of Hades]]''
|[[Tank (band)|Tank]]
| Debut
|-
|''[[Fun Boy Three (album)|Fun Boy Three]]''
|[[Fun Boy Three]]
| –
|-
|''[[New Britain (album)|New Britain]]''
|[[Whitehouse (band)|Whitehouse]]
| –
|-
|''[[One to One (Carole King album)|One to One]]''
|[[Carole King]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Tunes of Two Cities]]''
|[[The Residents]]
| –
|-
|''[[Walk Among Us]]''
|[[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]]
| Debut
|}

=== April ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|5
|''[[All Four One]]''
|[[The Motels]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|8
|''[[Toto IV]]''
|[[Toto (band)|Toto]]
| –
|-
|''[[D.E. 7th]]''
|[[Dave Edmunds]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|9
|''[[Broadsword and the Beast]]''
|[[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]
|UK
|-
|''[[Jump Up! (Elton John album)|Jump Up!]]''
|[[Elton John]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|12
|''[[American Fool]]''
|[[John Cougar]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|14
|''[[Friends in Love (Dionne Warwick album)|Friends in Love]]''
|[[Dionne Warwick]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|16
|''[[1+9+8+2]]''
|[[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|19
|''[[Diver Down]]''
|[[Van Halen]]
| <ref>{{cite magazine|date=16 April 1982|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-1982-04-16.pdf|magazine=[[FMQB]]|page=34|access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Big Science (Laurie Anderson album)|Big Science]]''
|[[Laurie Anderson]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[Complete Madness]]''
|[[Madness (band)|Madness]]
|Compilation
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|26
|''[[Tug of War (Paul McCartney album)|Tug of War]]''
|[[Paul McCartney]]
| –
|-
|''[[Are You Ready (Bucks Fizz album)|Are You Ready]]''
|[[Bucks Fizz]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|28
|''[[Marshall Crenshaw (album)|Marshall Crenshaw]]''
|[[Marshall Crenshaw]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="19"|?
|''[[Iron Fist (album)|Iron Fist]]''
|[[Motörhead]]
| –
|-
|''[[Jinx (Rory Gallagher album)|Jinx]]''
|[[Rory Gallagher]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Single Factor]]''
|[[Camel (band)|Camel]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.camelproductions.com/CamelTimeline1982_2K_v2.html|title=Camel official site}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Abominog]]''
|[[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]
| –
|-
|''[[Rhythm of Youth]]''
|[[Men Without Hats]]
| –
|-
|''Atkins''
|Atkins
| –
|-
|''[[Circus Animals]]''
|[[Cold Chisel]]
| –
|-
|''[[Extraterrestrial Live]]''
|[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|Live
|-
|''[[A Flock of Seagulls (album)|A Flock of Seagulls]]''
|[[A Flock of Seagulls]]
| –
|-
|''[[Four Cuts EP]]''
|[[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]]
|EP
|-
|''[[Heartbreak Express]]''
|[[Dolly Parton]]
| –
|-
|''[[High Notes]]''
|[[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
| –
|-
|''Ladies of the Eighties''
|[[A Taste of Honey (band)|A Taste of Honey]]
| –
|-
|''[[Maybe It's Live]]''
|[[Robert Palmer]]
|Live +4 studio tracks
|-
|-
|''The Other Woman''
|[[Ray Parker Jr.]]
| –
|-
|''The Slide Area''
|[[Ry Cooder]]
| –
|-
|''[[Straight Between the Eyes]]''
|[[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]]
| –
|-
|''[[Time and Tide (Split Enz album)|Time and Tide]]''
|[[Split Enz]]
| –
|-
|''[[White Eagle (album)|White Eagle]]''
|[[Tangerine Dream]]
| –
|}

=== May ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|1
| ''[[Age to Age]]''
| [[Amy Grant]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|3
|''[[Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch]]''
|[[Frank Zappa]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="4"|4
|''[[Hot Space]]''
|[[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/3001-1614-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium]]''
|[[Stevie Wonder]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[After the Snow]]''
|[[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]
| –
|-
|''[[Pornography (album)|Pornography]]''
|[[The Cure]]
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thecure.com/release/pornography/ | title=The Cure Official Site }}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|7
|''[[Wiped Out (Raven album)|Wiped Out]]''
|[[Raven (band)|Raven]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|10
|''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]''
|[[Duran Duran]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Eagle Has Landed (album)|The Eagle Has Landed]]''
|[[Saxon (band)|Saxon]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Junkyard (album)|Junkyard]]''
|[[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|13
|''[[The Golden Age of Wireless]]''
|[[Thomas Dolby]]
| –
|-
|''[[Throwin' Down]]''
|[[Rick James]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|14
|''[[Sulk]]''
|[[The Associates (band)|The Associates]]
| –
|-
|''[[Combat Rock]]''
|[[The Clash]]
| –
|-
|''[[Church of Hawkwind]]''
|[[Hawkwind]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|20
|''[[Private Audition]]''
|[[Heart (band)|Heart]]
| <ref>{{cite magazine|date=7 May 1982|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-1982-05-07.pdf|magazine=[[FMQB]]|page=40|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[The Hunter (Blondie album)|The Hunter]]''
|[[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|26
|''[[3rd from the Sun]]''
|[[Chrome (band)|Chrome]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|28
|''[[Avalon (Roxy Music album)|Avalon]]''
|[[Roxy Music]]
| –
|-
|''[[I Paralyze]]''
|[[Cher]]
| –
|-
|''[[No Fun Aloud]]''
|[[Glenn Frey]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="23"|?
|''[[Animation (Jon Anderson album)|Animation]]''
|[[Jon Anderson]]
| <ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/925/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=925 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
|-
|''[[D. Train (album)|D. Train]]''
|[[D Train (music group)|D. Train]]
| –
|-
|''Death in the Nursery''
|Legend
| –
|-
|''[[Eye in the Sky (album)|Eye in the Sky]]''
|[[The Alan Parsons Project]]
| –
|-
|''[[Sheffield Steel]]''
|[[Joe Cocker]]
| –
|-
|''12 Greatest Hits, Vol. II''
|[[Neil Diamond]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Get It on Credit]]''
|[[Toronto (band)|Toronto]]
| –
|-
|''[[Individuals (album)|Individuals]]''
|[[Sunnyboys]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans (Bow Wow Wow EP)|The Last of the Mohicans]]''
|[[Bow Wow Wow]]
|EP
|-
|''[[Let Me Rock You]]''
|[[Peter Criss]]
| –
|-
|''[[Now and Forever (Air Supply album)|Now and Forever]]''
|[[Air Supply]]
| –
|-
|''[[The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away]]''
|[[Bootsy Collins|William Bootsy Collins]]
| –
|-
|''[[One on One (Cheap Trick album)|One on One]]''
|[[Cheap Trick]]
| –
|-
|''Quiet Lies''
|[[Juice Newton]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Record (Fear album)|The Record]]''
|[[Fear (band)|Fear]]
| –
|-
|''[[Special Forces (38 Special album)|Special Forces]]''
|[[38 Special (band)|38 Special]]
| –
|-
|''Street Opera''
|[[Ashford & Simpson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Sweets From a Stranger]]''
|[[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]]
| –
|-
|''[[Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton]]''
|[[Eric Clapton]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Tropical Gangsters]]''
|[[Kid Creole and the Coconuts]]
| –
|-
|''Tuckerized''
|[[Marshall Tucker Band]]
| –
|-
|''[[Vinyl Confessions]]''
|[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]
| –
|-
|''[[World Radio]]''
|[[Leo Sayer]]
|Studio
|}

=== June ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|1
|''[[Still Life (The Rolling Stones album)|Still Life]]''
|[[The Rolling Stones]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|3
|''[[Strait from the Heart]]''
|[[George Strait]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|4
|''[[Three Sides Live]]''
|[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="4"|7
|''[[Battle Hymns (Manowar album)|Battle Hymns]]''
|[[Manowar]]
| –
|-
|''[[Built for Speed (Stray Cats album)|Built for Speed]]''
|[[Stray Cats]]
| –
|-
|''[[Chicago 16]]''
|[[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
| –
|-
|''[[Screaming Blue Murder (Girlschool album)|Screaming Blue Murder]]''
|[[Girlschool]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|8
|''[[Eye of the Tiger (album)|Eye of the Tiger]]''
|[[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|14
|''[[All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes]]''
|[[Pete Townshend]]
| –
|-
|''[[Metal Massacre]]''
|Various Artists
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|15
|''[[Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band album)|Abracadabra]]''
|[[Steve Miller Band]]
| –
|-
|''[[Killers (Kiss album)|Killers]]''
|[[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|18
|''[[Beat (King Crimson album)|Beat]]''
|[[King Crimson]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|21
|''[[The Lexicon of Love]]''
|[[ABC (band)|ABC]]
| –
|-
|''[[Daylight Again]]''
|[[Crosby, Stills & Nash]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|22
|''[[Nothing to Fear (Oingo Boingo album)|Nothing to Fear]]''
|[[Oingo Boingo]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[Stink (EP)|Stink]]''
|[[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]]
|EP
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|28
|''[[Before I Forget (album)|Before I Forget]]''
|[[Jon Lord]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="8"|?
|''[[Good Trouble (album)|Good Trouble]]''
|[[REO Speedwagon]]
| –
|-
|''[[Live It Up (David Johansen album)|Live It Up]]''
|[[David Johansen]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)|Night and Day]]''
|[[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]
| –
|-
|''[[No Control (Eddie Money album)|No Control]]''
|[[Eddie Money]]
| –
|-
|''[[Nugent (album)|Nugent]]''
|[[Ted Nugent]]
| –
|-
|''[[Somewhere in the Stars]]''
|[[Rosanne Cash]]
| –
|-
|''[[Sunshine Dream]]''
|[[The Beach Boys]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Unlimited (Reba McEntire album)|Unlimited]]''
|[[Reba McEntire]]
| –
|}

=== July ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="4"|2
|''[[Mirage (Fleetwood Mac album)|Mirage]]''
|[[Fleetwood Mac]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4293-1472-2|title=BPI certifications}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Screaming for Vengeance]]''
|[[Judas Priest]]
| –
|-
|''[[Pictures at Eleven]]''
|[[Robert Plant]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=British album certifications – Robert Plant – Pictures at Eleven |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5100-2811-2 |website=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=28 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Imperial Bedroom]]''
|[[Elvis Costello]] and the Attractions
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|12
|''[[The Party's Over (Talk Talk album)|The Party's Over]]''
|[[Talk Talk]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|16
|''[[Billy Idol (album)|Billy Idol]]''
|[[Billy Idol]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Envoy (Warren Zevon album)|The Envoy]]''
|[[Warren Zevon]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|19
|''[[Donna Summer (album)|Donna Summer]]''
|[[Donna Summer]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|20
|''[[Vacation (The Go-Go's album)|Vacation]]''
|[[The Go-Go's]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|23
|''[[Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack]]''
|Various Artists
|Soundtrack
|-
|''[[Emotions in Motion]]''
|[[Billy Squier]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|26
|''[[Jump to It]]''
|[[Aretha Franklin]]
| –
|-
|''[[Love and Dancing]]''
|[[The Human League]]
|Remix
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|30
|''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High#Soundtrack|Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]''
|Various Artists
|Soundtrack
|-
| align="center" rowspan="11"|?
|''[[Coney Hatch (album)|Coney Hatch]]''
|[[Coney Hatch]]
| –
|-
|''Highway Song Live''
|[[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Juggernaut (Frank Marino album)|Juggernaut]]''
|[[Frank Marino]]
| –
|-
|''Let Me Tickle Your Fancy''
|[[Jermaine Jackson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Love Will Turn You Around]]''
|[[Kenny Rogers]]
| –
|-
|''[[Psychopathia Sexualis (album)|Psychopathia Sexualis]]''
|[[Whitehouse (band)|Whitehouse]]
| –
|-
|''[[Revelations (Killing Joke album)|Revelations]]''
|[[Killing Joke]]
| –
|-
|''[[So Excited!]]''
|[[Pointer Sisters]]
| –
|-
|''[[Sons of Beaches]]''
|[[Australian Crawl]]
| –
|-
|''[[Under the Big Black Sun]]''
|[[X (American band)|X]]
| –
|}

=== August ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|11
|''[[Vanity 6 (album)|Vanity 6]]''
|[[Vanity 6]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|12
|''[[Rough Diamonds (album)|Rough Diamonds]]''
|[[Bad Company]]
| US
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[I Can't Stand Still]]''
|[[Don Henley]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|17
|''[[Art of Control]]''
|[[Peter Frampton]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|20
|''[[Upstairs at Eric's]]''
|[[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/7922-613-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|21
|''[[Amore (Alessandra Mussolini album)|Amore]]''
|[[Alessandra Mussolini]]
|
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[Hughes/Thrall (album)|Hughes/Thrall]]''
|[[Hughes/Thrall]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[Chronic Town]]''
|[[R.E.M.]]
|EP
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|25
|''[[What Time Is It? (album)|What Time Is It?]]''
|[[The Time (band)|The Time]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|27
|''[[Rock in a Hard Place]]''
|[[Aerosmith]]
| –
|-
|''[[Heartlight (album)|Heartlight]]''
|[[Neil Diamond]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="15"|?
|''[[Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers album)|Bad to the Bone]]''
|[[George Thorogood]] & the Destroyers
| –
|-
|''[[The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|The Cage]]''
|[[Tygers of Pan Tang]]
| –
|-
|''[[View from the Ground]]''
|[[America (band)|America]]
| –
|-
|''[[Fiction (The Comsat Angels album)|Fiction]]''
|[[The Comsat Angels]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Hottest Night of the Year]]''
|[[Anne Murray]]
| –
|-
|''[[If That's What It Takes (Michael McDonald album)|If That's What It Takes]]''
|[[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]
| –
|-
|''[[Metal (Manilla Road album)|Metal]]''
|[[Manilla Road]]
| –
|-
|''[[Music for a New Society]]''
|[[John Cale]]
| –
|-
|''[[Play by Numbers]]''
|[[Little Heroes (band)|Little Heroes]]
| –
|-
|''[[Shango (Santana album)|Shango]]''
|[[Santana (band)|Santana]]
| –
|-
|''[[Talking Back to the Night]]''
|[[Steve Winwood]]
| –
|-
|''[[A Taste of Yesterday's Wine]]''
|[[Merle Haggard]] and [[George Jones]]
| –
|-
|''[[Too-Rye-Ay]]''
|[[Dexy's Midnight Runners]]
| –
|-
|''The Unexpected Guest''
|[[Demon (band)|Demon]]
| –
|}

=== September ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|1
|''[[Garlands (album)|Garlands]]''
|[[Cocteau Twins]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|3
|''[[In the Heat of the Night (Imagination album)|In the Heat of the Night]]''
|[[Imagination (band)|Imagination]]
| <ref>{{citation|title=Imagination Scandalous World Tour 83/84 Programme|date=1983|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/47942378096/in/album-72157708782479348/|via=flickr.com|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|6
|''[[Primitive Man (album)|Primitive Man]]''
|[[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|7
|''[[As One (Kool & the Gang album)|As One]]''
|[[Kool & The Gang]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|8
|''[[Voyeur (Kim Carnes album)|Voyeur]]''
|[[Kim Carnes]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|9
|''[[Signals (Rush album)|Signals]]''
|[[Rush (band)|Rush]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="5"|10
|''[[Peter Gabriel (1982 album)|Peter Gabriel]]''
|[[Peter Gabriel]]
|aka ''Security''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://petergabriel.com/release/peter-gabriel-4/|title=Peter Gabriel|website=PeterGabriel.com}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Something's Going On]]''
|[[Anni-Frid Lyngstad|Frida]]
|  <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=Brit certification}}</ref>
|-
|''[[I, Assassin]]''
|[[Gary Numan]]
| –
|-
|''[[Silk Electric]]''
|[[Diana Ross]]
| –
|-
|''[[Cut (Golden Earring album)|Cut]]''
|[[Golden Earring]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]''
|[[Kate Bush]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|17
|''[[New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)]]''
|[[Simple Minds]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Philip Lynott Album]]''
|[[Philip Lynott]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|21
|''[[Forever, For Always, For Love]]''
|[[Luther Vandross]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[The Nylon Curtain]]''
|[[Billy Joel]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|24
|''[[Love over Gold]]''
|[[Dire Straits]]
| –
|-
|''[[Forever Now (The Psychedelic Furs album)|Forever Now]]''
|[[The Psychedelic Furs]]
| <ref>{{cite magazine|date=4 September 1982|title=News Extra|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-09-04.pdf|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=8|access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|27
|''[[A Broken Frame]]''
|[[Depeche Mode]]
| –
|-
|''[[Room to Live]]''
|[[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|28
|''[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)|Heartbreaker]]''
|[[Dionne Warwick]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|30
|''[[Nebraska (album)|Nebraska]]''
|[[Bruce Springsteen]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="19"|?
|''[[It's Hard]]''
|[[The Who]]
| –
|-
|''[[Acting Very Strange]]''
|[[Mike Rutherford]]
| –
|-
|''[[Under the Blade]]''
|[[Twisted Sister]]
| –
|-
|''[[Janet Jackson (album)|Janet Jackson]]''
|[[Janet Jackson]]
|Debut
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Johnny Cash]]''
|[[Johnny Cash]]
| –
|-
|''[[Death Penalty (album)|Death Penalty]]''
|[[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]]
| –
|-
|''Dream Maker''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
| –
|-
|''[[Get Closer (Linda Ronstadt album)|Get Closer]]''
|[[Linda Ronstadt]]
| –
|-
|''Gowan''
|[[Larry Gowan]]
| –
|-
|''[[High Adventure]]''
|[[Kenny Loggins]]
| –
|-
|''[[Ice Cream for Crow]]''
|[[Captain Beefheart]]
| –
|-
|''[[Madness, Money & Music]]''
|[[Sheena Easton]]
| –
|-
|''[[Magic (Gillan album)|Magic]]''
|[[Gillan (band)|Gillan]]
| –
|-
|''[[Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2]]''
|[[Olivia Newton-John]]
|Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
|''[[Pressin' On]]''
|[[Billy Preston]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Pursuit of Accidents]]''
|[[Level 42]]
| –
|-
|''[[Scandal (EP)|Scandal]]''
|[[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]]
|EP
|-
|''[[UB44]]''
|[[UB40]]
| –
|-
|''[[Zombie Birdhouse]]''
|[[Iggy Pop]]
| –
|}

=== October ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|1
|''[[The Nightfly]]''
|[[Donald Fagen]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|3
|''[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album)|The Message]]''
|[[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|4
|''[[Restless and Wild]]''
|[[Accept (band)|Accept]]
| –
|-
|''[[H2O (Hall & Oates album)|H<sub style="line-height:1;">2</sub>O]]''
|[[Hall & Oates]]
| –
|-
|''[[Winds of Change (Jefferson Starship album)|Winds of Change]]''
|[[Jefferson Starship]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|6
|''[[Lionel Richie (album)|Lionel Richie]]''
|[[Lionel Richie]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|8
|''[[Borrowed Time (Diamond Head album)|Borrowed Time]]''
|[[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Rise & Fall]]''
|[[Madness (band)|Madness]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|11
|''[[Vs. (Mission of Burma album)|Vs.]]''
|[[Mission of Burma]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[Creatures of the Night]]''
|[[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|14
|''[[Zapp II]]''
|[[Zapp (band)|Zapp]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|15
|''[[Quartet (Ultravox album)|Quartet]]''
|[[Ultravox]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|18
|''[[In the Mood for Something Rude]]''
|[[Foghat]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|22
|''[[The Sky's Gone Out]]''
|[[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]]
| <ref>{{cite magazine|date=9 October 1982|title=News|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-10-09.pdf|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=10|access-date=21 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Dollar Album]]''
|[[Dollar (band)|Dollar]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
| ''[[All Fall Down (The Sound album)|All Fall Down]]''
|[[The Sound (band)|The Sound]]
|
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|27
|''[[1999 (Prince album)|1999]]''
|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|29
|''[[...Famous Last Words...]]''
|[[Supertramp]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=BPI certifications}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Choose Your Masques]]''
|[[Hawkwind]]
| –
|-
|''[[Get Nervous]]''
|[[Pat Benatar]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="26"|?
|''[[All by Myself (Rikk Agnew album)|All by Myself]]''
|[[Rikk Agnew]]
| –
|-
|''[[Assault Attack]]''
|[[The Michael Schenker Group]]
| –
|-
|''[[Zipper Catches Skin]]''
|[[Alice Cooper]]
| –
|-
|''[[Beautiful (The Reels album)|Beautiful]]''
|[[The Reels]]
| –
|-
|''Black Pearl''
|[[Pat Travers]]
| –
|-
|''[[Coup d'Etat (Plasmatics album)|Coup d'État]]''
|[[Plasmatics]]
| –
|-
|''[[Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2]]''
|[[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Friend or Foe (album)|Friend or Foe]]''
|[[Adam Ant]]
| –
|-
|''[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)|Heartbreaker]]''
|[[Dionne Warwick]]
| –
|-
|''[[Keep On Doing]]''
|[[The Roches]]
| –
|-
|''[[Kissing to Be Clever]]''
|[[Culture Club]]
| –
|-
|''Last Date''
|[[Emmylou Harris]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Midnight Love]]''
|[[Marvin Gaye]]
| –
|-
|''[[Kim Mitchell (album)|Kim Mitchell]]''
|[[Kim Mitchell]]
| –
|-
|''[[An Officer and a Gentleman#Soundtrack|An Officer and a Gentleman]]''
|Various Artists
|Soundtrack
|-
|''[[Power of the Hunter]]''
|[[Tank (band)|Tank]]
| –
|-
|''Radio Romance''
|[[Eddie Rabbitt]]
| –
|-
|''[[Shabooh Shoobah]]''
|[[INXS]]
| –
|-
|''[[Shuttered Room]]''
|[[The Fixx]]
| –
|-
|''[[Spring Session M]]''
|[[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]
| –
|-
|''[[Strawberries (album)|Strawberries]]''
|[[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]
| –
|-
|''[[Twin Barrels Burning]]''
|[[Wishbone Ash]]
| –
|-
|''[[Wild Things Run Fast]]''
|[[Joni Mitchell]]
| –
|-
|''[[Word of Mouth (Toni Basil album)|Word of Mouth]]''
|[[Toni Basil]]
| –
|-
|''[[WWII (album)|WWII]]''
|[[Waylon Jennings]] and [[Willie Nelson]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Youth of Today]]''
|[[Musical Youth]]
| –
|}

=== November ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2
|''[[Long After Dark]]''
|[[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|5
|''[[Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)|Hello, I Must Be Going!]]''
|[[Phil Collins]]
| –
|-
|''[[A Kiss in the Dreamhouse]]''
|[[Siouxsie and The Banshees]]
| –
|-
|''[[Gone Troppo]]''
|[[George Harrison]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|8
|''[[I Could Rule the World if I Could only Get the Parts]]''
|[[The Waitresses]]
|EP
|-
|''[[The Singles: The First Ten Years]]''
|[[ABBA]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[The John Lennon Collection]]''
|[[John Lennon]]
|Compilation
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2" |12
|''[[Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain]]''
|[[China Crisis]]
|Debut
|-
|''[[Showtime!]]''
|[[The J. Geils Band]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[The Lee Aaron Project]]''
|[[Lee Aaron]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|15
|''[[The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect]]''
|[[Todd Rundgren]]
| –
|-
|''[[Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album)|Saints & Sinners]]''
|[[Whitesnake]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|17
|''[[Chaka Khan (1982 album)|Chaka Khan]]''
|[[Chaka Khan]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[8th Wonder (album)|8th Wonder]]''
|[[The Sugarhill Gang]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|26
|''[[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|Coda]]''
|[[Led Zeppelin]]
|Recorded 1970–'79
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|29
|''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]''
|[[Michael Jackson]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="19" align="center" |?
|''[[Living My Life (album)|Living My Life]]''
|[[Grace Jones]]
| –
|-
|''[[10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]]''
|[[Midnight Oil]]
| –
|-
|''[[Speak of the Devil (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Speak of the Devil]]''/Talk of the Devil (UK)
|[[Ozzy Osbourne]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Absolutely Live (Rod Stewart album)|Absolutely Live]]''
|[[Rod Stewart]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Computer Games (album)|Computer Games]]''
|[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
| –
|-
|''[[Dawn Patrol (album)|Dawn Patrol]]''
|[[Night Ranger]]
| –
|-
|''Don't Play with Fire''
|[[Peabo Bryson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Going Where the Lonely Go]]''
|[[Merle Haggard]]
| –
|-
|''[[Here Comes the Night (Barry Manilow album)|Here Comes the Night]]''
|[[Barry Manilow]]
| –
|-
|''[[The High and the Mighty (album)|The High and the Mighty]]''
|[[Donnie Iris]]
| –
|-
|''[[Identity Crisis (Sweet album)|Identity Crisis]]''
|[[The Sweet|Sweet]]
| –
|-
|''[[It's Alright (I See Rainbows)]]''
|[[Yoko Ono]]
| –
|-
|''[[Killer on the Rampage]]''
|[[Eddy Grant]]
| –
|-
|''[[New Directions (Tavares album)|New Directions]]''
|[[Tavares (band)|Tavares]]
| –
|-
|''[[Oh, No! It's Devo]]''
|[[Devo]]
| –
|-
|''[[Pearls II]]''
|[[Elkie Brooks]]
| –
|-
|''[[Plastic Surgery Disasters]]''
|[[Dead Kennedys]]
| –
|-
|''[[Rip It Up (Orange Juice album)|Rip It Up]]''
|[[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]]
| –
|-
|''[[Run for the Roses (album)|Run for the Roses]]''
|[[Jerry Garcia]]
| –
|-
|}

===December===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|6
|''[[Three Lock Box]]''
|[[Sammy Hagar]]
| <ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 3, 1982|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-Album-1982-12-03.pdf|magazine=[[FMQB]]|page=32|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|10
|''[[Dig the New Breed]]''
|[[The Jam]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[The Distance (Bob Seger album)|The Distance]]''
|[[Bob Seger]] and the Silver Bullet Band
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|29
|''[[Trans (album)|Trans]]''
|[[Neil Young]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|30
|''[[Beatitude (album)|Beatitude]]''
|[[Ric Ocasek]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="5"|?
|''[[Slade on Stage]]''
|[[Slade]]
|Live
|-
|''Out of Reason''
|[[Pel Mel]]
| –
|-
|''[[Virgin Steele (album)|Virgin Steele]]''
|[[Virgin Steele]]
| –
|-
|''[[White Heat (Dusty Springfield album)|White Heat]]''
|[[Dusty Springfield]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Winning Hand]]''
|[[Willie Nelson]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Brenda Lee]] & [[Dolly Parton]]
| –
|}

=== Release date unknown ===
{{div col}}
*''[[2x45]]'' – [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]]
*''[[Album – Generic Flipper]]'' – [[Flipper (band)|Flipper]]
*''[[Ambient 4: On Land]]'' – [[Brian Eno]]
*''And You Thought You Were Normal'' – [[Nash the Slash]]
*''[[Arias & Symphonies]]'' – [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]]
*''[[Back from Samoa]]'' – [[Angry Samoans]]
*''[[Barry Live in Britain]]'' – [[Barry Manilow]] – Live
*''[[Bean-Spill]]'' – [[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] – EP
*''Beasts'' (EP) – [[Sex Gang Children]]
*''Before a Word is Said'' – [[Alan Gowen]], [[Phil Miller]], [[Richard Sinclair]], [[Trevor Tomkins]]
*''[[Black Metal (Venom album)|Black Metal]]'' – [[Venom (band)|Venom]]
*''[[Black Tiger (album)|Black Tiger]]'' – [[Y&T]]
*''Boomerang'' – [[Shoes (band)|Shoes]]
*''[[Breaking the Chains (album)|Breaking the Chains]]'' – [[Dokken]] – original mix
*''[[Call of the West]]'' – [[Wall of Voodoo]]
*''[[Cat People (1982 film)#Soundtrack|Cat People]]'' – [[Giorgio Moroder]] – soundtrack
*''Cha'' – [[Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons]]
*''[[The Changeling (album)|The Changeling]]'' – [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]]
*''[[Chris Rea (album)|Chris Rea]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
*''[[Christ – The Album]]'' – [[Crass]]
*''[[Comeback (Eric Burdon album)|Comeback]]'' – [[Eric Burdon]]
*''[[The Concerts in China]]'' – [[Jean-Michel Jarre]]
*''[[Deliver Us from Evil (Budgie album)|Deliver Us from Evil]]'' – [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]]
*''[[D.M.Z. (Resurrection Band album)|D.M.Z.]]'' – [[Resurrection Band]]
*''Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Vol. 1'' – [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album]]'' – Various Artists
*''D.S. al Coda'' – [[National Health]]
*''[[Echoes of an Era]]'' – [[Chaka Khan]]
*''[[Eddie Murphy (album)|Eddie Murphy]]'' – [[Eddie Murphy]]
*''[[Electric Rendezvous]]'' – [[Al Di Meola]]
*''[[Ella à Nice]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''[[Enter K]]'' – [[Peter Hammill]]
*''[[Farover]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
*''Fast Women and Slow Horses'' – [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]]
*''[[The Fittest of the Fittest]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
*''Flieg' Vogel flieg'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
*''[[Forging Ahead]]'' – [[Bad Manners]]
*''[[Gap Band IV]]'' – [[The Gap Band]]
*''[[Garista]]'' – [[Zoviet France]]
*''[[The Getaway (Chris de Burgh album)|The Getaway]]'' – [[Chris de Burgh]]
*''[[Ghost Town (Poco album)|Ghost Town]]'' – [[Poco (band)|Poco]]
*''[[Glassworks (composition)|Glassworks]]'' – [[Philip Glass]]
*''Good Clean Fun'' – [[Bonnie Hayes]]
*''[[The Great Twenty-Eight]]'' – [[Chuck Berry]] – Compilation
*''[[Groovy Decay]]'' – [[Robyn Hitchcock]]
*''[[Here Today (David Grisman album)|Here Today]]'' – [[David Grisman]]
*''[[Heartbeats and Triggers]]'' – [[Translator (band)|Translator]]
*''[[Homotopy to Marie]]'' – [[Nurse With Wound]]
*''Hour Live'' – [[Toots & The Maytals]]
*''[[Humans Only]]'' – [[Earthstar (band)|Earthstar]]
*''[[...If I Die, I Die]]'' – [[Virgin Prunes]]
*''[[In the Name of Love (Thompson Twins album)|In the Name of Love]]'' – [[Thompson Twins]]
*''[[Inside (Ronnie Milsap album)|Inside]]'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
*''Kansuigyo'' – [[Miyuki Nakajima]]
*''[[Kenny G (album)|Kenny G]]'' – [[Kenny G]]
*''[[Leichenschrei]]'' – [[SPK (band)|SPK]]
*''[[Levon Helm (1982 album)|Levon Helm]]'' – [[Levon Helm]]
*''Life in the Jungle'' – [[The Shadows]]
*''Live at Abbey Road'' – The Shadows
*''[[Love Over and Over]]'' – [[Kate and Anna McGarrigle]]
*''[[Main Attraction (album)|Main Attraction]]'' – [[Suzi Quatro]]
*''[[Man Parrish (album)|Man Parrish]]'' – [[Man Parrish]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/man-parrish-mw0000853693|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|title=Man Parrish – Man Parrish|last=Cooper|first=Sean|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>
*''[[Meat Puppets (album)|Meat Puppets]]'' – [[Meat Puppets]]
*''[[Metal on Metal]]'' – [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]]
*''[[Miami (The Gun Club album)|Miami]]'' – [[The Gun Club]]
*''[[Milo Goes to College]]'' – [[Descendents]]
*''[[Mondialement vôtre]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''[[Money Talks (Trooper album)|Money Talks]]'' – [[Trooper (band)|Trooper]]
* ''[[More Power To Ya]]'' – [[Petra]]
*''Naked'' – [[Sex Gang Children]]
*''[[Night Birds (album)|Night Birds]]'' – [[Shakatak]]
*''[[Night Nurse (album)|Night Nurse]]'' – [[Gregory Isaacs]]
*''[[No Stranger to Danger (Payolas album)|No Stranger to Danger]]'' – [[Payolas]]
*''No Turning Back:Live'' – [[DeGarmo and Key]] – Live
*''Nona'' – [[Nona Hendryx]]
*''[[Nothing Can Stop Us (album)|Nothing Can Stop Us]]'' – [[Robert Wyatt]] – Compilation
*''[[Now Then...]]'' – [[Stiff Little Fingers]]
*''Now You See Me...Now You Don't'' – [[Cliff Richard]]
*''[[Objects of Desire]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
*''[[Off the Record (Neil Innes album)|Off the Record]]'' – [[Neil Innes]]
*''[[Offene Türen]]'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
*''[[Offering (Axe album)|Offering]]'' – [[Axe (band)|Axe]]
*''On Rock'' – [[Daniel Band]]
*''[[One Night at Budokan]]'' – [[Michael Schenker Group]] – Live
*''[[One Vice at a Time]]'' – [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]]
*''[[Only Theatre of Pain]]'' – [[Christian Death]] (debut)
*''[[Opus X]]'' – [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]]
*''The Other Woman'' – [[Ray Parker Jr.]]
*''[[Ping Pong over the Abyss]]'' – [[The 77s]]
*''[[Pleasure Victim]]'' – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
*''[[Poet in My Window]]'' – [[Nanci Griffith]]
*''[[Por Amor (Menudo album)|Por Amor]]'' – [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]
*''[[Power Play (April Wine album)|Power Play]]'' – [[April Wine]]
*''[[Prairie Serenade]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape]]'' – [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] – Live
*''Pure and Natural'' – [[T-Connection]]
*''Rêveries No. 2'' – [[Richard Clayderman]]
*''Ruff Cuts EP'' – [[Twisted Sister]]
*''[[Select (album)|Select]]'' – [[Kim Wilde]]
*''[[Sleepwalking (Gerry Rafferty album)|Sleepwalking]]'' – [[Gerry Rafferty]]
*''[[Song of the Bailing Man]]'' – [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas<br /> & the Pedestrians]]
*''[[Songs of the Free]]'' – [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]]
*''[[Special Beat Service]]'' – [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]]
*''[[Spécial Dalida]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''Speech and Music'' (''Parole et musique'') – [[Pierre Schaeffer]]
*''[[Stand by Your Man (EP)|Stand by Your Man]]'' (EP) – [[Motörhead]] & [[Wendy O. Williams]]
*''Sub Pop 7'' – Various Artists
*''[[Tenebrae (soundtrack)|Tenebrae]]'' – Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli ([[Goblin (band)|Goblin]]) – Soundtrack
*''[[Tough (Kurtis Blow album)|Tough]]'' – [[Kurtis Blow]]
*''Trance'' – [[Chris & Cosey]]
*''[[Troops of Tomorrow]]'' – [[The Exploited]]
*''[[Truce (album)|Truce]]'' – [[Jack Bruce]] and [[Robin Trower]]
*''Turn It Loud'' – [[Headpins]]
*''[[TV Party (EP)|TV Party]]'' (EP) – [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*''Underwater Kites'' – [[The Modern Art]]
*''[[Vandenberg (album)|Vandenberg]]'' – [[Adrian Vandenberg|Vandenberg]]
*''[[The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan]]'' – [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] – Compilation
*''[[Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour]]'' – [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]] – Live
*''[[Wasted Youth (Girl album)|Wasted Youth]]'' – [[Girl (band)|Girl]]
*''[[We Are...The League]]'' – [[Anti-Nowhere League]]
*''[[White Heart (album)|White Heart]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''[[Wild in the Streets (Circle Jerks album)|Wild in the Streets]]'' – [[Circle Jerks]]
*''Windsong'' – [[Randy Crawford]]
*''Word and Music'' – [[Hank Marvin]]
*''[[Work of Heart]]'' – [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]
{{div col end}}

== Biggest hit singles ==
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1982.htm chart positions]
in the charts of 1982.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>#</big>
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1  || [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] || [[Eye of the Tiger]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 - Jul 1982 (27 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jun 1982 (25 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1982, US Radio 1 of 1982 (peak 1 18 weeks), Canada 1 - Jun 1982 (16 weeks), Norway 1 - Aug 1982 (22 weeks), Australia 1 of 1982, Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Sep 1982, Canada RPM 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Sep 1982, Springbok 1 - Jul 1982 (21 weeks), Spain 1 for 1 week - Sep 1982, US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1994), US BB 2 of 1982, ARC 2 of 1982 (peak 1 18 weeks), Holland 2 - Sep 1982 (11 weeks), Austria 2 - Sep 1982 (4 months), Belgium 2 - Oct 1982 (9 weeks), Canada 2 of 1982, South Africa 2 of 1982, Oscar in 1982 (film 'Rocky III') (Nominated), Golden Globe in 1982 (film 'Rocky III') (Nominated), France (SNEP) 3 - Nov 1982 (4 months), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Sep 1982), Sweden (alt) 5 - Aug 1982 (21 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Aug 1982 (31 weeks), France 7 - Jan 1983 (1 week), POP 7 of 1982, WABC NY 12 of 1982, ODK Germany 13 - Sep 1982 (30 weeks), Germany 18 - Jan 1983 (5 months), Scrobulate 20 of 80s, Billboard 50th song 21, Brazil 23 of 1982, Italy 23 of 1982, 55th Billboard 100 23 (1982), Poland 24 - Jul 1982 (4 weeks), Billboard100 24, France (InfoDisc) 32 of the 1980s (peak 3, 38 weeks, 873k sales estimated, 1982), Europe 46 of the 1980s (1982), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 65 - Feb 2013 (3 weeks), OzNet 82, Holland free40 90 of 1982, UKMIX 436, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1982
|-
| 2  || [[Joan Jett & The Blackhearts]] || [[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|US}} || US Billboard 1 - Feb 1982 (20 weeks), Record World 1 - 1982, Canada 1 - Jan 1982 (16 weeks), Holland 1 - Apr 1982 (9 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Jun 1982 (21 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 8 weeks - Mar 1982, Canada 1 of 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - May 1982, Springbok 1 - Apr 1982 (19 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016 (1982), Poland 2 - May 1982 (8 weeks), Belgium 2 - Apr 1982 (9 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Sep 1982), US BB 3 of 1982, Switzerland 3 - Mar 1982 (11 weeks), UK 4 - Apr 1982 (10 weeks), ARC 4 of 1982 (peak 1 17 weeks), US Radio 4 of 1982 (peak 1 14 weeks), POP 4 of 1982, US CashBox 5 of 1982, Austria 5 - May 1982 (2 months), Germany 6 - Apr 1982 (4 months), ODK Germany 6 - Apr 1982 (23 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), France (SNEP) 7 - Jul 1982 (2 months), Australia 7 of 1982, South Africa 7 of 1982, WABC NY 9 of 1982, France 10 - Mar 1982 (1 week), nuTsie 20 of 1980s, Brazil 35 of 1982, Billboard 50th song 56, 55th Billboard 100 65 (1982), Billboard100 68, KROQ 71 of 1982, France (InfoDisc) 166 of the 1990s (peak 4, 29 weeks, 900k sales estimated, 1982), RIAA 177, Acclaimed 295 (1982), Germany 348 of the 1980s (peak 6 12 weeks), TheQ 463, Rolling Stone 484, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jun 1982), Party 80 of 1999, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
|-
| 3  || [[Culture Club]] || [[Do You Really Want to Hurt Me]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 - Sep 1982 (19 weeks), Canada 1 - Dec 1982 (17 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Dec 1982 (17 weeks), Austria 1 - Jan 1983 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Nov 1982 (14 weeks), Belgium 1 - Nov 1982 (8 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1983 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Nov 1982 (26 weeks) (7 weeks at number 1) (15 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 1 week - Oct 1982, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1983, Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Dec 1982, Europe 1 for 5 weeks - Jan 1983, France 1 for 4 weeks - Feb 1983, Germany 1 for 7 weeks - Dec 1982, US Billboard 2 - Dec 1982 (24 weeks), Holland 2 - Oct 1982 (10 weeks), France (SNEP) 2 - Dec 1982 (4 months), Norway 2 - Dec 1982 (17 weeks), Poland 2 - Jan 1983 (8 weeks), Canada 2 of 1983, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Oct 1982), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1983), France 8 - Jan 1983 (1 week), US CashBox 10 of 1983, US BB 11 of 1983, Springbok 11 - Feb 1983 (11 weeks), KROQ 11 of 1983, Italy 13 of 1983, ARC 16 of 1983 (peak 2 16 weeks), US Radio 16 of 1983 (peak 2 12 weeks), Brazil 20 of 1983, POP 20 of 1983, Australia 22 of 1983, France (InfoDisc) 24 of the 1980s (peak 1, 25 weeks, 1,040k sales estimated, 1982), Germany 24 of the 1980s (peak 1 17 weeks), nuTsie 95 of 1980s, Acclaimed 476 (1982), UKMIX 646, RYM 93 of 1982, Guardian Pop 61
|-
| 4  || [[Paul McCartney]] & [[Stevie Wonder]] || [[Ebony and Ivory]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|US}} {{flagicon|UK}}|| UK 1 - Apr 1982 (10 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Apr 1982 (19 weeks), Canada 1 - Apr 1982 (14 weeks), Norway 1 - Apr 1982 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1982 (10 weeks), Germany 1 - May 1982 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - May 1982 (22 weeks) (5 weeks at number 1) (13 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Apr 1982, Canada RPM 1 for 5 weeks - May 1982, Germany 1 for 5 weeks - Jun 1982, Spain 1 for 1 week - Jun 1982, Sweden (alt) 2 - Apr 1982 (21 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Apr 1982 (12 weeks), Grammy in 1982 (Nominated), Holland 3 - Apr 1982 (9 weeks), Austria 3 - May 1982 (5 months), Canada 3 of 1982, Springbok 3 - May 1982 (13 weeks), US BB 4 of 1982, US CashBox 4 of 1982, Poland 4 - May 1982 (7 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1982), UK Gold (certified by BPI in May 1982), WABC NY 5 of 1982, France (SNEP) 5 - Jun 1982 (2 months), ARC 7 of 1982 (peak 1 16 weeks), US Radio 7 of 1982 (peak 1 12 weeks), Italy 9 of 1982, Switzerland 10 of 1982, Brazil 12 of 1982, Australia 20 of 1982, Germany 49 of the 1980s (peak 1 16 weeks), Billboard 50th song 59, 55th Billboard 100 69 (1982), Billboard100 73, Holland free40 100 of 1982, France (InfoDisc) 149 of the 1980s (peak 5, 26 weeks, 377k sales estimated, 1982), RYM 156 of 1982
|-
| 5  || [[The Human League]] || [[Don't You Want Me]] || 1981 || {{flagicon|UK}}|| UK 1 - Dec 1981 (13 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Mar 1982 (28 weeks), Norway 1 - Feb 1982 (14 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jan 1982 (9 weeks), Eire 1 for 1 week - Dec 1981, Canada RPM 1 for 1 week - May 1982, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - May 1982, Canada 2 - Feb 1982 (16 weeks), France 2 - Jan 1982 (3 weeks), Springbok 2 - Mar 1982 (13 weeks), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1982), Sweden (alt) 3 - Feb 1982 (14 weeks), Switzerland 4 - Mar 1982 (6 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 1982), Holland 5 - Jan 1982 (8 weeks), ODK Germany 5 - Feb 1982 (19 weeks) (4 weeks in top 10), UK sales 5 of the 1980s (1,430 k in 1981), KROQ 5 of 1982, US BB 6 of 1982, US CashBox 6 of 1982, ARC 6 of 1982 (peak 1 20 weeks), Germany 6 - Feb 1982 (3 months), Canada 8 of 1982, US Radio 9 of 1982 (peak 1 15 weeks), nuTsie 9 of 1980s, France (SNEP) 15 - May 1982 (1 month), South Africa 16 of 1982, UK Songs 2013-23 peak 19 - Mar 2014 (1 week), Holland free40 25 of 1982, POP 28 of 1982, Italy 33 of 1982, Scrobulate 34 of 80s, Brazil 45 of 1982, Virgin 46, 93 in 2FM list, Japan (Tokyo) 100 - Dec 1995 (1 week), Acclaimed 175 (1981), UKMIX 654, OzNet 741, RYM 18 of 1981, Guardian Pop 58, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
|}

== Chronological table of US and UK and Japan number one hit singles ==
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!UK number one singles and artist<br />(weeks at number one)
!U.S. number one singles and artist<br />(weeks at number one)
|-
|style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;width:50%;"|
"[[Don't You Want Me]]" – [[The Human League]] (3 weeks in 1981 + 2 weeks in 1982)
<br />"[[Land of Make Believe (song)|Land of Make Believe]]" – [[Bucks Fizz]] (2)
<br />"[[Oh Julie (Shakin' Stevens song)|Oh Julie]]" – [[Shakin' Stevens]] (1)
<br />"[[The Model]]" – [[Kraftwerk]] (1)
<br />"[[Town Called Malice]]" – [[The Jam]] (3)
<br />"[[The Lion Sleeps Tonight]]" – [[Tight Fit]] (3)
<br />"[[Seven Tears (song)|Seven Tears]]" – [[Goombay Dance Band]] (3)
<br />"[[My Camera Never Lies]]" – [[Bucks Fizz]] (1)
<br />"[[Ebony and Ivory]]" – [[Paul McCartney]] & [[Stevie Wonder]] (3)
<br />"[[A Little Peace]]" – [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]] (2) ''500th UK No. 1 single''
<br />"[[House of Fun]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]] (2)
<br />"[[Goody Two Shoes]]" – [[Adam Ant]] (2)
<br />"[[I've Never Been to Me]]" – [[Charlene (singer)|Charlene]] (1)
<br />"[[Happy Talk (song)|Happy Talk]]" – [[Captain Sensible]] (2)
<br />'''"[[Come on Eileen]]" – [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] (4) best selling single of the year'''
<br />"[[Eye of the Tiger]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] (4)
<br />"[[Pass the Dutchie]]" – [[Musical Youth]] (3)
<br />"[[Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?]]" – [[Culture Club]] (3)
<br />"[[I Don't Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant song)|I Don't Wanna Dance]]" – [[Eddy Grant]] (3)
<br />"[[Beat Surrender]]" – [[The Jam]] (2)
<br />"[[Save Your Love (Renée and Renato song)|Save Your Love]]" – [[Renée and Renato]] (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)

|style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;width:50%;"|

'''"[[Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)|Physical]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]] (6 weeks in 1981 + 4 weeks in 1982) best selling single of the year'''
<br />"[[I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)]]" – [[Daryl Hall & John Oates]] (1)
<br />"[[Centerfold (song)|Centerfold]]" – [[The J. Geils Band]] (6)
<br />"[[I Love Rock 'N Roll]]" – [[Joan Jett]] & The Blackhearts (7)
<br />"Titles" – [[Vangelis]] (1)
<br />"Ebony And Ivory" – [[Paul McCartney]] & [[Stevie Wonder]] (7)
<br />"[[Don't You Want Me]]" – [[The Human League]] (3)
<br />"[[Eye Of The Tiger]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] (6)
<br />"[[Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band song)|Abracadabra]]" – [[Steve Miller Band]] (2)
<br />"[[Hard To Say I'm Sorry]]" – [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] (2)
<br />"[[Jack And Diane]]" – [[John Cougar]] (4)
<br />"[[Who Can It Be Now?]]" – [[Men at Work]] (1)
<br />"[[Up Where We Belong]]" – [[Joe Cocker]] & [[Jennifer Warnes]] (3)
<br />"[[Truly (Lionel Richie song)|Truly]]" – [[Lionel Richie]] (2)
<br />"[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]" – [[Toni Basil]] (1)
<br />"[[Maneater (Hall & Oates song)|Maneater]]" – [[Daryl Hall & John Oates]] (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)
<br />''Or see: [[Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982]]''
|}

'''Japanese Oricon number one singles and artist'''<br>  (weeks at number one)
{{main|List of Oricon number-one singles of 1982}}
{{div col}}
*"{{illm|Sailor Fuku to Kikanjū (song)|lt=Sailor Fuku to Kikanjū|ja|セーラー服と機関銃 (曲)}}" – [[Hiroko Yakushimaru]] (2 weeks 1981 + 3 weeks 1982)
*"{{ill|Jōnetsu Neppū Serenade|ja|情熱☆熱風☽せれなーで}}" – [[Masahiko Kondō]] (2)
*"{{ill|Akai Sweet Pea|ja|赤いスイートピー}}"  – [[Seiko Matsuda]] (3)
*"{{ill|Kokoro no Iro|ja|心の色}}" – [[Masatoshi Nakamura]] (5)
*"{{ill|Ikenai Rouge Magic|ja|い・け・な・いルージュマジック}}" – [[Kiyoshiro Imawano]] & [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] (1)
*"{{ill|Furarete Banzai|ja|ふられてBANZAI}}" – Masahiko Kondō (4)
*"{{ill|Nagisa no Balcony|ja|渚のバルコニー}}" – Seiko Matsuda (1)
*"{{ill|Harajuku Kiss|ja|原宿キッス}}" – [[Toshihiko Tahara]] (3)
*"{{ill|Madonna-tachi no Lullaby|ja|聖母たちのララバイ}}" – [[Hiromi Iwasaki]] (4)
*"{{ill|Hyakuman Dollar Baby|ja|$百萬BABY}}" – {{illm|Johnny (Yokohama Ginbae singer)|lt=Johnny|ja|Johnny}} (1)
*"{{ill|Highteen Boogie|ja|ハイティーン・ブギ (曲)}}" – Masahiko Kondō (5)
*"{{ill|Komugi Iro no Mermaid|ja|小麦色のマーメイド}}" – Seiko Matsuda (1)
*"[[Kurayami wo Buttobase]]" (暗闇をぶっとばせ) – [[Daisuke Shima]] (1)
*"[[Matsu wa]]" – [[Aming]] (6)
*"{{ill|Horeta ze! Kanpai|ja|ホレたぜ!乾杯}}" – Masahiko Kondō (2)
*"{{ill|Yūwaku Suresure|ja|誘惑スレスレ}}" – Toshihiko Tahara (2)
*"{{ill|Nobara no Etude|ja|野ばらのエチュード}}" – Seiko Matsuda (3)
*"[[Second Love (song)|Second Love]]" – [[Akina Nakamori]] (3)
*"{{ill|3 Nenme no Uwaki|ja|3年目の浮気}}" – {{ill|Hiroshi & Kibo|ja|ヒロシ&キーボー}} (2 weeks 1982 + 2 weeks 1983)
{{div col end}}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[1999 (Prince song)|1999]]" || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || {{Date table sorting|091982}}|September 1982 || 44 || n/a || 44 (United States) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs) – 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles) –  46 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) ''The 1983 re-release would result in better chart performance''
|-
|| "[[867-5309/Jenny]]" || [[Tommy Tutone]] || {{Date table sorting|041982}}|April 1982 || 4 || n/a || 2 Canada) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 5 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 22 (Australia) – 32 (New Zealand)
|-
|| "[[Africa (Rose Laurens song)|Africa]]" || [[Rose Laurens]] || {{Date table sorting|101982}}|October 1982 || n/a || n/a/ || 1 (Austria) || 2 (Norway, Switzerland) – 3 (Germany)
|-
|| "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]" || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] || {{Date table sorting|061982}}|June 1982 || 1 || 3 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Africa (Toto song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy]]" || [[Kid Creole & the Coconuts]] || {{Date table sorting|091982}}|September 1982 || n/a || 2 || 2 (United Kingdom) || [[Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|-
||"[[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)#Laura Branigan version|Gloria]]" || [[Laura Branigan]] || {{Date table sorting|061982}}|June 1982 || 2 || 6 || 1 (Australia, Canada) || [[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song)|Gypsy]]" || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || {{Date table sorting|081982}}|August 1982 || 12 || 46 || 12 (United States) || [[Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Hey Little Girl]]" || [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]] || {{Date table sorting|111982}}|November 1982 || n/a || 17 || 2 (Switzerland) || [[Hey Little Girl#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Solid Rock (Goanna song)|Solid Rock]]" || [[Goanna (band)|Goanna]] || {{Date table sorting|091982}}|September 1982 || 61 || n/a || 2 (Australia) || n/a
|-
||"[[Somebody's Baby]]" || [[Jackson Browne]] || {{Date table sorting|071982}}|July 1982 || 7 || n/a || 7 (United States) || 4 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 5 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 14 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 6 (Canada) – 26 (Australia)
|-
||"[[You Should Hear How She Talks About You]]" || [[Melissa Manchester]] || {{Date table sorting|051982}}|May 1982 || 5 || n/a || 4 (Australia) || 1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) – 4 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 5 (Canada) – 10 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 20 (New Zealand)
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[3×3]]" (EP) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[All Quiet on the Western Front (song)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Almost with You]]" – [[The Church (band)|The Church]] ''(# 21 Australia)''
*"[[Another Sleepless Night (Anne Murray song)|Another Sleepless Night]]" – [[Anne Murray]] (# 44 US)
*"[[Back on the Chain Gang]]" – [[The Pretenders]]
*"[[Being Boiled]]" – [[Human League]]
*"[[Best Years of Our Lives (song)|Best Years of Our Lives]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"[[Blue Eyes (Elton John song)|Blue Eyes]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Body + Soul" – [[Jo Kennedy]] (#5 Australia)
*"[[Body Language (Queen song)|Body Language]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (#3 Canada, Poland)
*"[[Break It to Me Gently]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Cat People (Putting Out Fire)]]" – [[David Bowie]] (#1 Finland, Norway, Sweden, NZ
*"[[Caught Up in You]]" – [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] (#9 Canada, #10 US)
*"[[Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"Confidences sur la Fréquence" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Countdown (Rush song)|Countdown]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Crimson and Clover]]" – [[Joan Jett]] & The Blackhearts (#4 Canada, #6 Australia)
*"[[Dancing in the Street]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"Danza" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[The Day Before You Came]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)|Dirty Laundry]]" – [[Don Henley]]
*"[[Do Ya Wanna Funk]]" – [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]]
*"[[Do You Believe in Love]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"Don't Leave Me Now" – Supertramp
*"[[Don't Stop Believin']]" (1981) – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]" – [[Men At Work]]
*"[[Džuli]]" (English language version "Julie") – [[Daniel Popović]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Vuletić | first=Dean |editor1-first=Ivan |editor1-last=Raykoff |editor2-first=Robert Deam |editor2-last=Tobin |title=A Song for Europe: Popular Music and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq7nilnv93cC&pg=PA92 |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |year=2007 |pages=83–98|access-date=2009-12-05 |location=[[Burlington, Vermont]] |isbn=978-0-7546-5879-5}}</ref>
*"[[Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Enough Is Enough" – [[April Wine]]
*"[[Everybody (Madonna song)|Everybody]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Fantastic Day]]" – [[Haircut One Hundred]] (#9 UK)
*"[[Fool (If You Think It's Over)]]" – [[Elkie Brooks]]
*"[[Forever Now (Cold Chisel song)|Forever Now]]" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"[[Forget Me Nots]]" – [[Patrice Rushen]]
*"[[Freeze Frame (song)|Freeze Frame]]" (1981) – [[J. Geils Band]]
*"[[Ghosts (Japan song)|Ghosts]]" – [[Japan (band)|Japan]]
*"[[Girls on Film]]" (1981) – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Glittering Prize]]" – [[Simple Minds]]
*"[[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)|Gloria]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Goin' Down (Greg Guidry song)|Goin' Down]]" – [[Greg Guidry]]
*"[[Great Southern Land]]" – [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
*"[[Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song)|Gypsy]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"Hand to Hold On To" – [[John Cougar]]
*"[[Harden My Heart]]" (1981) – [[Quarterflash]]
*"[[Head over Heels (ABBA song)|Head over Heels]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Heart Attack (Olivia Newton-John song)|Heart Attack]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"Heart of the Night" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick song)|Heartbreaker]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]]
*"[[Heartlight (song)|Heartlight]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]
*"[[Heat of the Moment (Asia song)|Heat of the Moment]]" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"[[Here Is the News]]/[[Ticket to the Moon]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[Hey Little Girl]]" – [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
*"[[Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[Hot in the City]]" – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]" – [[Duran Duran]] (#1 Canada, #3 US)
*"[[Hurts So Good]]" – [[John Cougar]]
*"[[I Can Make You Feel Good]]" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[I Love It Loud]]" – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
*"[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]]" (1981) – [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]]
*"[[I Melt with You]]" – [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]
*"[[I Ran (So Far Away)]]" – [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
*"[[I Want Candy]]" – [[Bow Wow Wow]] 
*"[[I Will Always Love You]]" – [[Dolly Parton]]
*"[[If You Can't Stand the Heat (song)|If You Can't Stand the Heat]]" – [[Bucks Fizz]]
*"[[Iron Fist (song)|Iron Fist]]" – [[Motörhead]]
*"Irmão De Côr" – Catui
*"[[It's Gonna Take a Miracle]]" – [[Deniece Williams]]
*"[[It's Raining Again]]" – [[Supertramp]]
*"[[It's Raining Men]]" – [[The Weather Girls]]
*"[[Jack and Diane]]" – [[John Cougar]]
*"[[Jambo Bwana]]" – [[Them Mushrooms]]
*"Jouez Bouzouki" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song)|Landslide]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Let's Get It Up]]" – [[AC/DC]]
*"Listen" – [[Stiff Little Fingers]]
*"Little Town – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Living on the Ceiling]]" – [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]]
*"[[Love Come Down]]" – [[Evelyn "Champagne" King]]
*"[[Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[Love My Way (song)|Love My Way]]" – [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
*"[[Love Will Turn You Around (song)|Love Will Turn You Around]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*"[[Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)|Maid Of Orleans]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]]
*"[[Make a Move on Me]]" (1981) – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Man on the Corner]]" (1981) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Memory (Cats song)|Memory]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]]
*"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" – [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]
*"[[Mexican Radio]]" – [[Wall of Voodoo]]
*"[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]" – [[Toni Basil]]
*"[[Mirror Man (The Human League song)|Mirror Man]]" – [[Human League]] (charted in late-1983 in the U.S.)
*"[[Mirror Mirror (Diana Ross song)|Mirror Mirror]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"[[Muscles (song)|Muscles]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"[[Never Give Up on a Good Thing]]" – [[George Benson]]
*"[[Never Say Never (Romeo Void song)|Never Say Never]]" – [[Romeo Void]]
*"[[New World Man]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Nobody (Sylvia song)|Nobody]]" – [[Sylvia (singer)|Sylvia]]
*"[[Nova Heart]]" – [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]]
*"[[The Number of the Beast (song)|The Number of the Beast]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"Old Town" – [[Phil Lynott]]
*"One Perfect Day" – Little Heroes
*"[[Only the Lonely (The Motels song)|Only the Lonely]]" – [[The Motels]]
*"[[Only Time Will Tell (song)|Only Time Will Tell]]" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"The Only Way Out" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"Party Fears Two" – [[Associates (band)|The Associates]]
*"[[Personally (Karla Bonoff song)|Personally]]" – [[Karla Bonoff]]
*"[[Planet Rock (song)|Planet Rock]]" – [[Afrika Bambaataa]]
*"[[Pressure (Billy Joel song)|Pressure]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Oh, Pretty Woman|Pretty Woman]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"Princess" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Promised You a Miracle]]" – [[Simple Minds]] (charted in 1983 in the U.S.)
*"Restless" – [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]]
*"[[Right Before Your Eyes]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"[[Rio (song)|Rio]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Rock the Casbah]]" – [[The Clash]]
*"[[Roll Me Away]]" – [[Bob Seger]]
*"[[Run to the Hills]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"[[The Safety Dance]]" – [[Men Without Hats]] (charted in 1983 in the U.S.)
*"[[Save a Prayer]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Say Hello Wave Goodbye]]" – [[Soft Cell]]
*"[[Senses Working Overtime]]" – [[XTC]]
*"[[She's Got a Way]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]" – The Clash
*"[[Shy Boy]]" – [[Bananarama]]
*"[[Since You're Gone]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"Situation" – [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
*"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" – [[Split Enz]]
*"Sole Survivor" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"[[Solid Rock (Goanna song)|Solid Rock]]" – [[Goanna (band)|Goanna]]
*"[[Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[Somebody's Baby]]" – [[Jackson Browne]]
*"[[Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash song)|Southern Cross]]" – [[Crosby, Stills, and Nash]]
*"Spread a Little Happiness" – [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
*"[[State of Independence]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song)|Steppin' Out]]" – [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]
*"Still They Ride" (1981) – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Sweet Dreams (Air Supply song)|Sweet Dreams]]" (1981) – [[Air Supply]]
*"[[That Girl (Stevie Wonder song)|That Girl]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
*"[[Theme from Hill Street Blues]]" – [[Mike Post]] and [[Larry Carlton]]
*"[[Theme from Harry's Game]]" – [[Clannad]]
*"Theme from 'Missing'" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[There It Is (Shalamar song)|There It Is]]" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[Thru These Walls]]" – [[Phil Collins]]
*"Time (Clock of the Heart)" – [[Culture Club]]
*"Tony" – [[Dalida]]
*"Treat Me Nice" – [[The Shadows]]
*"Trouble" (1981) – [[Lindsey Buckingham]]
*"The One Thing" – [[INXS]]
*"The Trouble with Me Is You" – [[Hank Marvin]]
*"[[Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)]]" – [[Golden Earring]]
*"[[Under Pressure]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] and [[David Bowie]]
*"[[US Forces (song)|US Forces]]" – [[Midnight Oil]]
*"[[Vacation (The Go-Go's song)|Vacation]]" – [[The Go-Go's]]
*"[[Valley Girl (song)|Valley Girl]]" – [[Frank Zappa]]
*"[[View from a Bridge]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[Waiting for a Girl Like You]]" – [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]
*"[[What About Me (Moving Pictures song)|What About Me]]" – [[Moving Pictures (band)|Moving Pictures]]
*"[[When the Tigers Broke Free]]" – [[Pink Floyd]]
*"When The War Is Over" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"Where Do We Go from Here" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"White Boy" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[White Wedding (song)|White Wedding]]" – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Why (Carly Simon song)|Why]]" – [[Carly Simon]]
*"[[Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)]]" by [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
*"[[Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)]]" – [[Franke and the Knockouts]]
*"Work That Body" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"Yellow Pearl" – [[Phil Lynott]]
*"[[Yesterday's Songs]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]
*"[[You and I (Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle song)|You and I]]" – [[Eddie Rabbitt]] and [[Crystal Gayle]]
*"[[You Can Do Magic (song)|You Can Do Magic]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"[[You Can't Hurry Love]]" – [[Phil Collins]]
*"You Don't Want Me Anymore" – [[Steel Breeze]]
*"[[You Dropped a Bomb on Me]]" – [[The Gap Band]]
*"[[You Got Lucky]]" – [[Tom Petty]]
*"[[You Need a Friend]]" – [[Sunnyboys]]
*"[[You Should Hear How She Talks About You]]" – [[Melissa Manchester]]
*"[[Young Guns (Go for It)]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Young Turks (song)|Young Turks]]" (1981) – [[Rod Stewart]]
}}

==Notable singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
|"[[A Celebration]]" || [[U2]] || {{Date table sorting|031982}}|March 1982 || 15 (Irish Singles Chart) – 47 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
|"[[Don't Change]]" || [[INXS]] || {{Date table sorting|101982}}|October 1982 || 14 (Australia) – 17 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 80 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
|-
|"Everywhere That I'm Not" b/w "Current Events" || [[Translator (band)|Translator]] || {{Date table sorting|101982}}|October 1982 || n/a
|- 
|"[[Glittering Prize]]" || [[Simple Minds]] || {{Date table sorting|081982}}|August 1982 || [[Glittering Prize|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]" || [[Duran Duran]] || {{Date table sorting|051982}}|May 1982 || [[Hungry Like the Wolf#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)]]" || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||  {{Date table sorting|011982}}|January 1982 || [[Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" || [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]] || {{Date table sorting|071982}}|July 1982 || [[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Mexican Radio]]" || [[Wall of Voodoo]] || {{Date table sorting|091982}}|September 1982 || 18 (Canada) – 21 (New Zealand) – 33 (Australia) – 64 (UK Singles Chart) – 58 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
|-
|"[[Never Say Never (Romeo Void song)|Never Say Never]]" || [[Romeo Void]] || {{Date table sorting|111982}}|November 1982 || 27 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock)
|-
|"[[Nova Heart]]" || [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]] || {{Date table sorting|051982}}|May 1982 || 40 (Canada)
|-
|"[[The One Thing (song)|The One Thing]]" || [[INXS]] || {{Date table sorting|071982}}|July 1982 || [[The One Thing (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Promised You a Miracle]]" || [[Simple Minds]] || {{Date table sorting|041982}}|April 1982 || [[Promised You a Miracle#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Senses Working Overtime]]" || [[XTC]] || {{Date table sorting|011982}}|January 1982 || [[Senses Working Overtime#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|-
|"[[Six Months in a Leaky Boat]]" || [[Split Enz]] || {{Date table sorting|051982}}|May 1982 || [[Six Months in a Leaky Boat#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Solid Rock (Goanna song)|Solid Rock]]" || [[Goanna (band)|Goanna]] || {{Date table sorting|091982}}|September 1982 || 2 (Australia) – 61 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
|-
|"[[US Forces (song)|US Forces]]" || [[Midnight Oil]] || {{Date table sorting|111982}}|November 1982 || 20 (Australia)
|-
|"[[Valley Girl (song)|Valley Girl]]" || [[Frank Zappa|Frank]] and [[Moon Unit Zappa]] || {{Date table sorting|061982}}|June 1982 || 12 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) – 18 (Canada) – 32 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[The Boiler]]" – [[Special AKA]]
*"[[Dirty Creature]]" – [[Split Enz]]
*"I Didn't Mean To Be Mean" – [[Mental As Anything]]
*"Private Life" – [[Oingo Boingo]]
*"[[Someone Somewhere in Summertime]]" – [[Simple Minds]]
*"The Telephone Always Rings" – [[Fun Boy Three]]
*"The More I See (The Less I Believe)" – [[Fun Boy Three]]
*"Vanessa Vacillating" – [[Slow Children]]
*"[[You Need a Friend]]" – [[Sunnyboys]]
}}

== Published popular music ==
* [[How Do You Keep the Music Playing?]] w. [[Alan Bergman]] & [[Marilyn Bergman]] m. [[Michel LeGrand]].  From the film ''Best Friends''.
* "[[Key Largo (song)|Key Largo]]" w.m. [[Sonny Limbo]] & [[Bertie Higgins]]
*"Let's Go to the Movies" w. [[Martin Charnin]] m. [[Charles Strouse]] from the film version of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''
*"Sandy (Dumb Dog)" w. [[Martin Charnin]] m. [[Charles Strouse]] from the film version of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''
*"Sign!" w. [[Martin Charnin]] w. [[Martin Charnin]] m. [[Charles Strouse]] from the film version of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''
*"[[St. Elsewhere]] theme song" m. [[Dave Grusin]]
* "[[Up Where We Belong]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Will Jennings]] m. [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] & [[Jack Nitzsche]]
*"We Got Annie" w. [[Martin Charnin]] m. [[Charles Strouse]] from the film version of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''
*"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" w.m. Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy, theme from the TV series ''[[Cheers]]''
*"Without Us" w. Tom Scott m. [[Jeff Barry]], theme from the TV series ''[[Family Ties]]''

== [[Classical music]] ==
*[[Hans Abrahamsen]] – ''Nacht und Trompeten''
*[[George Crumb]]
**''Pastoral Drone'' for organ
**Trio for Strings
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – String Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
*[[Ross Edwards (composer)|Ross Edwards]] – Piano Concerto in A
*[[Morton Feldman]]
**''Three Voices''
**''For John Cage'', for violin and piano
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
**''Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn)''
**''My Blues''
**''Respiri''
**''Soleils''
*[[Daron Hagen]] – ''Echo's Songs''
*[[Rudolf Komorous]] – Serenade for Strings
*[[György Ligeti]] – [[Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (Ligeti)|Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano]]
*[[Mel Powell]] – String Quartet
*[[Poul Ruders]]
**''Manhattan Abstraction'' for orchestra
**''Greeting Concertino''
**Piano Sonata No. 2
*[[Robert Simpson (composer)|Robert Simpson]] – String Quartet no. 9, ''32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn''
*[[Tōru Takemitsu]]
**''Rain Coming'' for chamber orchestra
**''Rain Spell'' for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
*[[Jay Ungar]] – ''[[Ashokan Farewell]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Allen|title=Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra: pt. 1. The teaching of music. A pedagogical model for beginning string class instruction : revisited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I24JAQAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=GIA Publications|isbn=978-1-57999-277-4|page=222}}</ref>

== Ballet ==
''See [[List of 1982 ballet premieres]]''

== Opera ==
*[[Thea Musgrave]] – ''[[An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (opera)|An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge]]''
*[[Stephen Paulus]] – ''The Postman Always Rings Twice''
*[[Peter Sculthorpe]] – ''Quiros''

== [[Jazz]] ==
{{Main|1982 in jazz}}

== [[Musical theater]] ==
* ''[[Andy Capp]]'' ([[Alan Price]]) – London production opened at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] on September 28 and ran for 99 performances
* ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on October 7 and ran for 7485 performances, the longest run in the history of Broadway to date
* ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Royale Theatre]] on January 27 and ran for 747 performances
* ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical play)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' – off-Broadway production opened at the [[Orpheum Theatre (East Village, New York)|Orpheum Theatre]] on July 27 and ran for 2209 performances
* ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[46th Street Theatre]] on May 9 and ran for 729 performances
* ''[[Pirates Of Penzance]]'' – London revival
* ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)|Seven Brides For Seven Brothers]]'' ([[Saul Chaplin]], [[Gene de Paul]] and [[Johnny Mercer]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on July 8 and ran for 5 performances
* ''[[Song and Dance]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]) – London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on April 7 and ran for 781 performances

== [[Musical film]]s ==
* ''[[Alice (1982 film)|Alice]]''
* ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]''
* ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)|The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]''
* ''[[Disco Dancer]]''
* ''[[Grease 2]]''
* ''[[One from the Heart]]''
* ''[[Parsifal (1982 film)|Parsifal]]''
* ''[[Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu]]''
* ''[[Pink Floyd – The Wall]]''
* ''[[Starstruck (1982 film)|Starstruck]]''
* ''[[Une chambre en ville]]''
* ''[[Victor/Victoria]]''
* ''[[Yes, Giorgio]]''

== Musical television ==
* ''[[Live at Austin City Limits]]''
* ''[[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]''
* ''[[Liquid Sky]]''

== Births == 
*[[January 3]] – [[Chisu]], Finnish singer-songwriter<ref>Me Naiset -magazine 7.6.2012, pp. 8–9</ref>
*[[January 4]] - [[Kang Hye-jung]], South Korean actress and singer 
*[[January 6]] – [[Morgan Lander]], Canadian musician ([[Kittie]])
*[[January 9]] – [[Isaac Delahaye]],  Belgian guitarist and composer
*[[January 10]] – [[Ana Layevska]], Ukrainian–born, Mexican singer and actress
*[[January 11]] – [[Ashley Taylor Dawson]], English actor and singer ([[allSTARS*]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Nicole Morier]],  American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[January 14]] – [[Caleb Followill]], American musician ([[Kings of Leon]])
*[[January 15]] – [[Ari Pulkkinen]], Finnish pianist and composer
*[[January 17]] – [[Alex Varkatzas]], Greek-American metalcore lead vocalist ([[Atreyu]])
*[[January 18]]
**[[Quinn Allman]], guitarist ([[The Used]])
**[[Joanna Newsom]], American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/joanna_caroline_newsom_born_1982_15501579|title=The Birth of Joanna Newsom|publisher=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|access-date= August 8, 2017 |archive-date= March 22, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160322083437/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/joanna_caroline_newsom_born_1982_15501579 |url-status=live|quote=Joanna Caroline Newsom was born on January 18, 1982 in Nevada County, California}}</ref>
*[[January 19]] – [[Angela Chang]], Taiwanese singer and actress
*[[January 21]] – André Lousada, Portuguese conductor
*[[January 23]] – [[Statik Selektah]], American DJ and record producer
*[[January 24]] – [[Daveed Diggs]], American rapper, actor and singer ([[clipping.]])
*[[January 25]] 
** [[Noemi (singer)|Noemi]], Italian singer
** [[Sho Sakurai]], Japanese singer
*[[January 26]] - [[KCM (singer)|KCM]], South Korean singer 
*[[January 28]] – [[Ryan Sheridan (musician)|Ryan Sheridan]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[January 29]] – [[Adam Lambert]], American singer, songwriter, stage actor, ''[[American Idol 8]]'' finalist ([[Queen + Adam Lambert]]) 
*[[January 31]] 
** [[Elena Paparizou]], Greek-Swedish singer
** [[Yukimi Nagano]], Swedish singer and songwriter (Little Dragon) 
*[[February 1]] – [[Kim Jong-wook]], South Korean singer
*[[February 2]] - [[Kan Mi-youn]], South Korean singer ([[Baby Vox]])
*[[February 3]] – [[Jessica Harp]], American singer and guitarist (The Wreckers)
*[[February 4]] – [[Kimberly Wyatt]], American singer, dancer (The Pussycat Dolls)
*[[February 5]] - [[Wheesung]], South Korean R&B singer
*[[February 7]] – [[Delia Matache]], Romanian singer
*[[February 9]] – [[Ami Suzuki]], Japanese singer
*[[February 10]] – [[Darren McMullen]], British-Australian ''The Voice'' TV host, actor, music critic and music journalist 
*[[February 16]]
** [[Conway the Machine]], American rapper
** [[Lupe Fiasco]], American rapper
*[[February 17]] – [[Daniel Merriweather]], British R&B musician
*[[February 17]] – [[February 18]] – [[Nervo (DJs)]], Australian twin sister DJs 
*[[February 18]] – [[Juelz Santana]], American rapper from [[Harlem, New York]], and member of [[The Diplomats]]
*[[February 20]] - [[Chang Kiha]], South Korean singer-songwriter
*[[February 22]] – [[Danja (record producer)|Danja]], American record producer and songwriter ([[Britney Spears]], [[Nelly Furtado]], [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Joe Jonas]]) 
*[[February 25]] – [[Bert McCracken]], lead singer of American rock band [[The Used]]
*[[February 26]] – [[Nate Ruess]], American singer-songwriter
*[[March 1]] - [[Kim Min-hee (actress, born 1982)|Kim Min-hee]], South Korean actress
*[[March 2]] – [[Jessica Biel]], American actress, model, voice actress, producer and singer
*[[March 4]] – [[Amanda Shires]],  American singer-songwriter and violin player.
*[[Ha Seok-jin]], South Korean actor
*[[March 13]] – [[Darbuka Siva]], Indian percussionist and composer
*[[March 14]] – [[Kate Maberly]], English actress, director, writer, producer and musician
*[[March 17]] – [[Herman Sikumbang]], Indonesian guitarist (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[March 19]] – [[Hana Kobayashi]], Venezuelan singer of Japanese descent.
*[[March 20]] – [[Nick Wheeler (musician)|Nick Wheeler]], rock guitarist ([[The All-American Rejects]])
*[[March 21]] 
** [[Jocie Kok]], Chinese-Singaporean singer
** [[Santino Fontana]], American actor and singer 
*[[March 22]] 
** [[Pete Bennett]], English rock singer (Daddy Fantastic) and television personality (''Big Brother 2006'')
** [[Chris Wallace (musician)|Chris Wallace]], American musician and singer 
*[[March 24]] - [[Nivea (singer)]], American R&B singer 
*[[April 3]] – [[Cobie Smulders]], Canadian singer and actress
*[[April 5]] – Pretty Sly, American R&B singer ([[Git Fresh]])
*[[April 7]] – [[Kelli Young]], English pop singer ([[Liberty X]])
*[[April 8]] – [[Keegan DeWitt]], American singer-songwriter and actor ([[Wild Cub]])
*[[April 10]] – [[Nadia Meikher]], Ukrainian singer-songwriter
*[[April 12]] – [[Easton Corbin]], American country music singer
*[[April 13]]
** [[Janice Vidal]], Hong Kong singer and actress
** [[Jill Vidal]], Hong Kong singer and actress
** [[Ty Dolla Sign]], American singer, songwriter and rapper
** [[Nellie McKay]], English–American singer, songwriter and activist<ref>{{cite web|last1=VanAirsdale|first1=S.T.|title=Nellie McKay: The Musician, the Myth, the{{nbsp}}... Movie Star?|url=http://movieline.com/2012/04/17/nellie-mckay-the-musician-the-myth-the-movie-star|website=Movieline|date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>
*[[April 17]] - [[Lee Joon-gi]], South Korean actor, singer, dancer and model
*[[April 18]] – [[Marie-Élaine Thibert]], Canadian singer
*[[April 21]] – [[Lynn Hilary]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Celtic Woman]] and [[Anúna]])
*[[April 24]] – [[Kelly Clarkson]], American singer, songwriter, actress and author, first ''[[American Idol]]'' winner
*[[April 26]]
**[[Nadja Benaissa]], German pop singer
**[[Jon Lee (singer)|Jon Lee]], English singer ([[S Club 7]])
*[[April 28]] – [[Nikko Smith]], American singer
*[[April 30]] 
** [[Lloyd Banks]], African American/Puerto Rican rapper<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/165_lloyd_banks.html |title=Lloyd Banks Biography |publisher=[[AskMen.com]] |access-date=July 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824061413/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/165_lloyd_banks.html |archive-date=August 24, 2010 }}</ref>
** [[Drew Seeley]], Canadian actor, singer-songwriter and dancer
** [[Kirsten Dunst]], American actress, model and singer 
*[[May 4]] – [[Vera Schmidt]], Hungarian singer-songwriter
*[[May 10]] - [[Boom (entertainer)|Boom]], South Korean rapper
*[[May 11]] – [[Cory Monteith]], Canadian actor and musician (d. 2013) 
*[[May 14]] – [[Dan Nigro]], American songwriter and producer (As Tall As Lions) 
*[[May 15]] 
** [[Layal Abboud]], Lebanese singer
** [[Jessica Sutta]], American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress and choreographer (The Pussycat Dolls)
*[[May 16]]
** [[Billy Crawford]], Filipino-American singer
** [[Dimitri Vegas]], Belgian DJ, producer and half of [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
*[[May 23]] – [[Tristan Prettyman]], American singer-songwriter, musician and Foxy Model
*[[May 27]] – [[Louis Bell]], American musician, record producer and mixer
*[[May 31]] – [[Casey James]], American singer
*[[June 2]] – [[Jewel Staite]], Canadian actress and singer
*[[June 3]] – [[Dihan Slabbert]], South African singer-songwriter and producer
*[[June 4]] – [[Jin Au-Yeung]], Chinese-American rapper
*[[June 5]] – [[Scott Speer]],  American filmmaker, music video director, television director and novelist.
*[[June 7]] – [[Amy Nuttall]], British actress and opera singer
*[[June 13]] – [[Jessica Caban]], American fashion model, actress, musician and muse of [[Bruno Mars]]
*[[June 14]] 
** [[Freddie Gibbs]], American rapper ([[Freddie Gibbs & Madlib]])
** [[Lang Lang]], Chinese concert pianist<ref>{{cite book|author=Kerry Brown|title=Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography Volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbvBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235|date=1 May 2015|publisher=Berkshire Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-61472-900-6|pages=235}}</ref>
*[[June 15]] – [[Haley Scarnato]], American singer and ''American Idol'' finalist
*[[June 17]] – [[Arthur Darvill]], English actor and musician (Doctor Who) 
*[[June 19]] - [[Jessica Betts]], American singer and actress
*[[June 21]] – [[Jussie Smollett]], American singer, actor, activist, director and photographer
*[[June 23]] – [[Candice Alley]], Australian singer-songwriter ("[[Falling (Candice Alley song)|Falling]]", ''[[Colorblind (Candice Alley album)|Colorblind]]'') 
*[[June 25]] – [[Lola Ponce]], Argentinian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
*[[July 5]] – [[Dave Haywood]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Lady Antebellum]])
*[[July 6]] – [[Tay Zonday]], American musician and voice actor
*[[July 7]] 
** [[Cassidy (rapper)|Cassidy]], American hip hop recording artist and rapper
** [[Julien Doré]], French singer-songwriter, musician and actor
*[[July 10]] – [[Alex Arrowsmith]], American rock musician
*[[July 12]] 
** [[Mahalia Barnes]], Australian singer-songwriter and manager, (Jimmy Barnes, Reece Mastin) 
** [[Walter Perez (actor)|Walter Perez]], American actor and musician
*[[July 15]] – [[Carl Espen]], Norwegian singer and songwriter
*[[July 17]] – [[Natasha Hamilton]], English pop singer-songwriter([[Atomic Kitten]])
*[[July 18]] 
** [[Ryan Cabrera]], American singer-songwriter and musician ([[Ashlee Simpson]], [[Lisa Origliasso]], [[Riley Keough]], [[Audrina Patridge]]) 
** [[Priyanka Chopra]],  Indian actress, singer, film producer and philanthropist
*[[July 19]] – [[Christopher Bear]], American drummer ([[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]])
*[[July 23]] 
** [[Claudette Ortiz]], American soul singer
** [[Ricky Reed]],  American artist, music producer, singer, songwriter and founder
*[[July 26]] – [[Alex Scally]], American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter ([[Beach House]])
*[[July 27]] – [[Westside Gunn]], American rapper
*[[July 30]] – [[Rebecca Stephens (singer)|Rebecca Stephens]], English singer (The Pipettes)
*[[August 1]] – [[Orelsan]], French rapper
*[[August 4]] – [[Quindon Tarver]], American singer (d. 2021)
*[[August 6]] – [[Spice (musician)|Spice]], Jamaican dancehall singer and songwriter
*[[August 7]] – [[Abbie Cornish]], Australian actress and rapper under the pseudonym "Dusk"  
*[[August 8]] – [[Raef (singer)|Raef]], [[Egyptian-American]] singer and songwriter
*[[August 10]] – [[Vincent Rodriguez III]], American actor, singer and dancer
*[[August 16]] – [[Ummet Ozcan]], Dutch-Turkish DJ and producer
*[[August 19]] 
** [[Willy Denzey]], French singer
** [[Erika Christensen]], American actress and singer<ref name="TVG">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/erika-christensen/bio/149547/|title=Erika Christensen|website=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
*[[August 22]] – [[Boys Noize]], German EDM DJ and producer
*[[August 27]] – [[Duke Dumont]], British record producer, songwriter, musician and DJ
*[[August 28]] – [[LeAnn Rimes]], American singer, songwriter, actress and author<ref>{{cite book|author1=Martin Charles Strong|author2=Brendon Griffin|title=Lights, Camera, Sound Tracks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSYKAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Canongate|isbn=978-1-84767-003-8|page=76}}</ref>
*[[August 29]] – [[Mayana Moura]], Brilizian singer, actress and model
*[[September 3]]
**[[Andrew McMahon]], American musician
**[[Kaori Natori]], Japanese singer and model
* [[September 4]] - [[Drapht]]. Australian hip-hop artist from Perth, Western Australia
*[[September 5]] – [[Cyndi Wang]], Taiwanese singer and actress
*[[September 7]] – [[Race Wong]], Hong Kong singer/actress (2R)
*[[September 9]] – [[Ai Otsuka]], Japanese singer
*[[September 14]] – [[Wes Carr]], Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (''Australian Idol 8'') 
*[[September 17]] – [[Wade Robson]], American choreographer, producer, songwriter and dancer ([[Britney Spears]], [[Justin Timberlake]]) 
*[[September 19]] – [[Skepta]],  British grime MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer. 
*[[September 20]] – [[Ian Kirkpatrick (record producer)]], American songwriter and record producer (worked with Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez, Britney Spears) 
*[[September 22]] – [[Billie Piper]], British singer and actress<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/billie-piper/bio/192300 |title=Billie Piper: Biography |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref>
*[[September 27]] 
** [[Anna Camp]], American actress-singer ([[Pitch Perfect]])
** [[Jon McLaughlin (musician)|Jon McLaughlin]], American pop rock singer-songwriter, producer and pianist
** [[Lil Wayne]], American rapper
*[[September 28]] – [[St. Vincent (musician)]], American singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and guitar designer
*[[September 29]] – [[Stephen "tWitch" Boss]], American hip hip dancer, DJ, actor and entertainer 
*[[October 1]] – [[Sandra Oxenryd]], Swedish pop singer
*[[October 6]] – [[MC Lars]], American rapper
*[[October 7]] – [[Lockett Pundt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Deerhunter]])
*[[October 15]] – [[Paulini]], Fijian-born Australian singer, songwriter and actress
*[[October 19]] – [[Hiromi Hayakawa]], Japanese-born Mexican actress and singer (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[October 25]] – [[Eman Lam]], Hong Kong singer
*[[October 27]] 
** [[Keri Hilson]], American singer
** [[Jessy Matador]], Congolese-French singer
*[[October 28]] – [[Mai Kuraki]], Japanese singer
*[[November 3]] - [[Raquel del Rosario]], Spanish singer and was the lead vocalist of the band El Sueño de Morfeo (Morpheus' Dream). 
*[[November 6]] – [[Sowelu]], Japanese singer
*[[November 12]] – [[Anne Hathaway]], American actress, musical star and singer
*[[November 13]]
**[[Michael Copon]], American actor model and singer
**[[Kumi Koda]], Japanese singer
*[[November 14]] – [[Joy Williams (singer)]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite journal |page=24 |first=Kerry |last=Maffeo |title=Opening Acts: Get to Know Joy Williams |url=http://ht.salemweb.net/ccm/ccmmagazine/pdf/200110.pdf |journal=[[CCM Magazine]] |access-date=December 12, 2015 |date=October 1, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510232314/http://ht.salemweb.net/ccm/ccmmagazine/pdf/200110.pdf |archive-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref>
*[[November 15]] – [[Jenifer (singer)]], French singer and actress
*[[November 18]] – [[Aoife O'Donovan]], Irish-American singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistskr/p/Aoife-Odonovan.htm |title=Aoife O'Donovan (of Crooked Still)|author=Kim Ruehl |work=Aoife O'Donovan – Biography and Profile |publisher=About.com |access-date=June 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928170259/http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistskr/p/Aoife-Odonovan.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[November 21]] – [[Ryan Starr]], American singer
*[[November 22]] 
** [[Charlene Choi]], Hong Kong singer and actress ([[Twins (group)|Twins]])
**[[Steve Angello]], Greek Swedish DJ, music producer and 
*[[November 23]] – [[Leah Jenner]], American musician
*[[December 1]] – [[Riz Ahmed]], British actor, rapper, and activist<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA580|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=580}}</ref>
*[[December 3]] – [[Jaycee Chan]], Hong Kong actor and singer
*[[December 5]] – [[Keri Hilson]], American singer, songwriter and actress
*[[December 6]] – [[Ulysses Owens]], American jazz drummer and percussionist
*[[December 7]] – [[Chrispa]], Greek singer and actress
*[[December 8]]
** [[Chrisette Michele]], American R&B singer-songwriter
** [[Nicki Minaj]], American rapper and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/nicki-minaj-579574|title=Nicki Minaj Biography: Rapper (1982–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV channel)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref>
** [[Serena Ryder]], Canadian musician
*[[December 13]] – [[Anthony Callea]], Australian singer-songwriter, stage actor and activist 
*[[December 14]] – [[Anthony Way]], British singer and actor
*[[December 16]]
** [[Frankie Ballard]], American country music singer-songwriter
** [[Mei Finegold]], Israeli singer
** [[Anna Sedokova]], Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
*[[December 20]]
**[[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]], American singer
**[[Jason Zhang]], Chinese pop singer
*[[December 23]] 
**[[Beatriz Luengo]], Spanish singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and entrepreneur
**[[Toru Kitajima]], Japanese singer ([[Ling Tosite Sigure]])
*[[December 24]] 
** [[Masaki Aiba]], Japanese singer
** [[Robert Carmine]], vocalist ([[Rooney (band)|Rooney]])
*[[December 27]] – [[Terji Skibenæs]], Faroese guitarist (Týr)
*Undated
** [[Guanqun Yu]], Chinese operatic soprano
** [[Mai Khôi]], Vietnamese singer and political dissident
** [[Caroline Shaw]], American composer, violinist and singer
** [[Sonia Paço-Rocchia]], Canadian composer, bassoon free-improviser

== Deaths ==
*January – [[Sudhin Dasgupta]], music director, lyricist, and singer, 52
*[[January 16]] – [[Harald Agersnap]], Danish classical musician, 92
*[[January 17]] – [[Tommy Tucker (singer)|Tommy Tucker]], songwriter, 48 (carbon tetrachloride poisoning)
*[[January 19]] – [[Elis Regina]], Brazilian singer, 36 (drug/alcohol overdose)<ref>{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Morricone, Ennio – Rich Kids|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQ0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=MUZE|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|page=837}}</ref>
*[[January 30]]
**[[Stanley Holloway]], English actor and singer, 91
**[[Lightnin' Hopkins]], blues singer, 69
*[[February 4]] – [[Alex Harvey (musician)|Alex Harvey]], rock singer and guitarist, 46
*[[February 17]] – [[Thelonious Monk]], jazz pianist, 64
*[[February 18]] – [[Nathaniel Shilkret]], composer and musician, 92
*[[February 21]] – [[Murray the K]], disc jockey, 60
*[[February 25]] – [[Chao Yuen Ren]], composer, 89
*[[March 5]] – [[John Belushi]], entertainer of ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'' fame, 33 (drug overdose)
*[[March 19]] – [[Randy Rhoads]], guitarist, 25 (plane crash)
*[[March 24]] – [[Aileen Stanley]], singer, 84 or 85
*[[March 26]] – [[Ferdinando Garimberti]], violin maker, 88
*[[March 29]] – [[Carl Orff]], German [[composer]], famous for the choral work ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'', 86
*[[April 2]] – [[Sam Coslow]], songwriter and singer, 79
*[[April 30]] – [[Lester Bangs]], American music journalist, 33<ref>{{cite web |title = The Life and Work of Lester Bangs |work = The Guardian |url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/12/artsfeatures.music |date=April 12, 2002|access-date = July 31, 2014 |first = Nick |last = Kent}}</ref>
*[[May 1]] – [[William Primrose]], violist, 77
*[[May 5]] – [[Cal Tjader]], Latin jazz musician, 56
*[[May 8]] – [[Neil Bogart]], owner of [[Casablanca Records]], 39 (cancer)
*[[May 12]] – [[Humphrey Searle]], composer, 66
*[[May 13]] – [[Renzo Rossellini (composer)|Renzo Rossellini]], film composer, 74
*[[May 15]] – [[Joëlle Mogensen]], French singer, 29 (drug overdose)
*[[May 16]] – [[Adriano Correia de Oliveira]], Portuguese composer and singer, 40
*[[May 26]] – [[Nanny Larsén-Todsen]], operatic soprano, 97
*[[May 30]] – [[Leon René]], songwriter, 80
*[[June 15]] – [[Art Pepper]], jazz saxophonist, 56 (brain hemorrhage)
*[[June 16]] – [[James Honeyman-Scott]], guitarist, 25 (heart failure from cocaine use)
*[[July 8]] – [[Aino Seep]], Estonian singer and actress, 57
*[[July 9]] – [[Wingy Manone]], jazz trumpeter, 82
*[[July 10]] – [[Maria Jeritza]], operatic soprano, 96
*[[July 15]] – [[Bill Justis]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer, 55 (cancer)
*[[July 15]] – [[Lionel Daunais]], Canadian baritone and composer, 80
*[[July 22]] – [[Sonny Stitt]], jazz saxophonist, 58
*[[July 28]] – [[Keith Green]], gospel singer, 28 (plane crash)
*[[July 28]] – [[Nick Lucas]] Jazz Guitarist, Musician, 84
*[[August 13]] – [[Joe Tex]], Southern soul singer, 49
*[[August 25]] – [[Anna German]], Polish singer, 46<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hopetv.org/news/article/go/2013-05-27/going-where-the-people-are/|title=Going Where The People Are|last=Fowler-Kline|first=Fylvia|date=2013-05-27|website=[[Hope Channel]]|access-date=2020-09-25|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419223451/https://www.hopetv.org/news/article/go/2013-05-27/going-where-the-people-are/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[September 1]] – [[Clifford Curzon]], pianist, 75
*[[September 12]] – [[Federico Moreno Torroba]], composer, 91
*[[September 14]] – [[Christian Ferras]], French violinist, 49 (suicide)
*[[September 17]] – [[Manos Loïzos]], Greek composer, 44
*[[September 23]] – [[Jimmy Wakely]], American Country-Western singer and actor, 68<ref>{{cite book|last1=Krampert|first1=Peter|title=The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica|date=2016|publisher=Mel Bay Publications|isbn=9781619115774|page=179|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRsxDwAAQBAJ&q=%22James+Clarence+Wakely%22&pg=PA179|access-date=25 December 2017|language=en}}</ref>
*[[September 29]] – [[A. L. Lloyd]], folk song collector, 74
*[[October 4]] – [[Glenn Gould]], pianist, 50 (stroke)
*[[October 16]]
**<!--October 16-->[[Jakov Gotovac]], composer and conductor, 87
**<!--October 16-->[[Mario del Monaco]], operatic tenor, 67
*[[October 21]] – [[Radka Toneff]], Norwegian jazz singer, 30
*[[October 29]] – [[William Lloyd Webber]], British organist and composer, 68
*[[November 16]] – [[Al Haig]], jazz pianist, 58
*[[December 2]] – [[David Blue (musician)|David Blue]], folk singer, 41
*[[December 8]] – [[Marty Robbins]], country singer, 57
*[[December 10]] – [[Roy Webb]], film composer, 94<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank N. Magill|title=Magill's Cinema Annual 1983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXAsctC3wasC|date=December 1983|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-89356-402-5|page=554}}</ref>

== Awards ==
=== [[Grammy]] Awards ===
*[[Grammy Awards of 1982]]

=== [[Country Music Association]] Awards ===
*[[1982 Country Music Association Awards]]

=== [[Eurovision Song Contest]] ===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1982]]

== Charts ==
=== [[List of Number 1 Hits (United States)|List of No. 1 Hits]] ===
*[[Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982]]

== See also ==
* [[1982 in British music|1982 in music (UK)]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1982|Record labels established in 1982]]
* [[Timeline of musical events|List of years in music]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1982 in music| ]]
[[Category:20th century in music]]
[[Category:Music by year]]