Editing 1983 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.
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==Specific locations==
*[[1983 in British music]]
*[[1983 in Japanese music]]
*[[1983 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1983 in country music]]
*[[1983 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1983 in hip-hop|1983 in hip hop music]]
*[[1983 in jazz]]

==Trends==
* [[Compact disc|CDs]] become popular among [[classical music]] listeners.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/19/arts.digitalmedia|newspaper=The Guardian|title=CDs, downloads ... and now band launches the memory-stick single|first=Bobbie|last=Johnson|date=19 October 2006|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>

==Events==
===January–April===
*[[January 1]]
**[[ZTT Records]] is founded.
**The [[Merchant Ivory Productions|Merchant Ivory]] film ''[[Heat and Dust (film)|Heat and Dust]]'' is released. On the soundtrack, composed by [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], Ivory is featured on [[tanpura]] with Hussain (who also appears in the film) on [[tabla]].
*[[January 8]] – The [[UK singles chart]] is tabulated from this week forward by [[Gallup, Inc.|The Gallup Organization]]. In 1984 electronic terminals will be used in selected stores to gather sales information, and the old "sales diary" method will be gradually phased out over the next few years.
*January – [[Surtitles]] are first used in a live opera performance at a [[Canadian Opera Company]] production of ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Reich|first=Howard|date=1986-10-19|title=Queen of captions|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-queen-of-captions-by-how/159615760/|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-queen-of-captions-by-how/159616094/ 12-13]|access-date=2024-11-23|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*[[February 2]] – "Menudomania" comes to New York as 3,500 screaming girls crowd [[Kennedy Airport]] to catch a glimpse of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] boy band [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]], who are playing six sold-out shows at the [[Felt Forum]].
*[[February 11]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] concert film ''[[Let's Spend the Night Together (film)|Let's Spend the Night Together]]'' opens in New York.
*[[February 13]] – [[Marvin Gaye]] performs "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" before the [[1983 NBA All-Star Game|NBA All-Star Game]].
*[[February 23]] – The [[25th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[John Denver]]. [[Toto (band)|Toto]] win both [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] (for ''[[Toto IV]]'') and [[Record of the Year]] (for "[[Rosanna (song)|Rosanna]]"), while [[Willie Nelson]]'s cover of "[[Always on My Mind#Willie Nelson version|Always on My Mind]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Men at Work]] win [[Best New Artist]].
*[[February 26]] – [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'' album hits #1 on the US charts, the first of thirty-seven (non-consecutive) weeks it would spend there on its way to becoming the biggest-selling album of all time.
*[[February 28]] – [[U2]] release their 3rd album [[War (U2 album)|War]] which debuts at #1 in the UK and produces the band's first international [[New Year's Day (U2 song)|hit single]].
*[[March 2]] – [[Compact disc]]s go on sale in the United States. They had first been released in Japan the previous October.
*[[March 4]] – [[Neil Young]] cancels the remainder of his tour after collapsing backstage in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], United States, after playing for seventy-five minutes.
*[[March 5]] – [[Thompson Twins]] have their first chart success as "[[Love on Your Side]]" enters the Top 10 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19863/thompson-twins/ |title=Thompson Twins |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref>
*[[March 26]] 
**[[Duran Duran]] enter the UK Singles Chart at number 1 with their first UK number 1 single "[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19830320/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 20 March 1983 – 26 March 1983 |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref>
**[[Tears for Fears]] debut album ''[[The Hurting]]'' reaches number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19830320/7502/ |title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 20 March 1983 – 26 March 1983 |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref> 
*[[April 5]]
**''A Generative Theory of Tonal Music'' by [[Fred Lerdahl]] and [[Ray Jackendoff]] is published.
**US Interior Secretary [[James G. Watt]] causes controversy when he effectively bans the [[Beach Boys]] from a return performance at the Fourth of July festivities in Washington, announcing that [[Wayne Newton]] would perform instead. Watt claims that rock bands attract "the wrong element". That same week President Reagan, himself an avowed Beach Boys fan, presents Watt with a plaster foot with a hole in it.<ref name="Clines, 1983">{{cite news|last1=Clines|first1=Francis X.|title=Watt Reverses Ban on Rock Music at Concert|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/08/us/watt-reverses-ban-on-rock-music-at-concert.html|access-date=10 July 2017|work=The New York Times|date=8 April 1983}}</ref>
*[[April 9]] – [[David Bowie]] achieves his fourth UK number 1 single with "[[Let's Dance (David Bowie song)|Let's Dance]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19138/david-bowie/ |title=David Bowie |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref> 
*[[April 11]] – [[Dave Mustaine]] is fired from [[Metallica]] just as the band is set to begin recording its début album. He is replaced by [[Kirk Hammett]].
*[[April 14]] – [[David Bowie]] releases ''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]'', his first album since parting ways with [[RCA Records]] and his fifteenth studio album overall. With its deliberate shift to mainstream [[dance-rock]], it would become Bowie's biggest commercial success, at 10.7 million copies sold worldwide.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*[[April 18]] – [[Ellen Taaffe Zwilich]] becomes the first woman to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]].
*[[April 23]] – French singer [[Corinne Hermès]], representing [[Luxembourg]], wins the 28th annual [[Eurovision Song Contest 1983|Eurovision Song Contest]], held at [[Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle]] in [[Munich]], with the song "[[Si la vie est cadeau]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/munich-1983/final|title=Official Eurovision Song Contest 1983 scoreboard|website=[[Eurovision Song Contest]]}}</ref>

===May–August===
*[[May 16]]
**Singer [[Anna Vissi]] marries composer [[Nikos Karvelas]].
**The ''[[Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever|Motown 25 Special]]'' airs on NBC, celebrating a quarter century of Motown Records. Michael Jackson unveils his [[moonwalk (dance)|moonwalk]] dance move during a performance of "[[Billie Jean]]".
*[[May 28]] – [[June 4]] – The second [[US Festival]] is held at Glen Helen Park in California.
*[[June 3]] – American rock drummer [[Jim Gordon (musician)|Jim Gordon]] commits [[matricide]] during a [[schizophrenic]] episode.
*[[June 18]]–19 – [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]] make their second visit to New York. The band plays four shows at [[Madison Square Garden]] and all 80,000 tickets sell out within three days of going on sale.
*[[June 20]] – [[Catalunya Ràdio]] begins broadcasting.
*[[July 1]] – Chilean Band [[Los Prisioneros]] debut at the Miguel Leon Prado High School Song festival. They will come to personify the rebellion of young Chileans leading to protests against [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref name="Beyond 'Protest Song': Popular Music in Pinochet's Chile (1973-1990) By Daniel Party Ph.D.">{{cite book|editor1-last=Illiano|editor1-first=Roberto|editor2-last=Sala|editor2-first=Massimiliano|title=Music and dictatorship in Europe and Latin America|publisher=Brepols|location=Turnhout|isbn=978-2-503-52779-6|pages=671–684|url=https://sites.google.com/site/dparty/publications-1/beyondprotest|access-date=11 October 2014|year=2009}}</ref>
*[[July 6]] – As a statement of protest against [[music piracy]] in the form of [[home taping]], [[Jean-Michel Jarre]] releases only one pressing of his latest album "[[Music for Supermarkets]]", which is sold at an auction to a French real estate dealer for 69,000 francs (about US$8960). The auction is broadcast live on [[Radio Luxembourg]] which also plays the album in full for the first and only time.
*[[July 19]] – [[Simon and Garfunkel]] begin their North American summer tour in [[Akron, Ohio]].
*[[July 21]] – [[Diana Ross]] performs a filmed concert in [[Central Park]] in heavy rain; eventually the storm forces her to postpone the rest of the concert until next day.
*[[July 29]] – ''[[Friday Night Videos]]'' is broadcast for the first time on NBC.
*[[August 16]]
**<!--August 16-->[[Johnny Ramone]] suffers a near-fatal head injury during a fight over a girl in front of his East Village apartment.
**<!--August 16-->Singer [[Paul Simon]] marries actress [[Carrie Fisher]].
*[[August 20]] – The Rolling Stones sign a new $28 million contract with [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]], the largest recording contract in history up to this time.

===September–December===
*[[September 1]] – [[Joe Strummer]] and [[Paul Simonon]] of [[The Clash]] issue a press statement announcing [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]] has been fired from the group.
*[[September 4]] – [[Phil Lynott]] performs his final show with [[Thin Lizzy]] in [[Nuremberg]], Germany.
*[[September 18]] – The members of [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] show their faces without their makeup for the first time on MTV, simultaneously with the release of their album ''[[Lick It Up]]''.
*[[September 20]] – The first [[ARMS Charity Concert]] is held at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London.
*[[November 12]] – [[Duran Duran]] start their SING BLUE SILVER World Tour. The tour begins with sold-out shows in Australia
*[[November 26]] – [[Quiet Riot]]'s ''[[Metal Health]]'' album tops the US album charts, the first [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] album to hit #1 in America.
*[[December 2]]
**The Uday-Ustav Festival, a tribute to [[Uday Shankar]], is staged at the instigation of Uday's younger brother, [[Ravi Shankar]].
**[[Michael Jackson]]'s 14-minute music video for ''[[Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)|Thriller]]'' is premiered on [[MTV]].
**[[Phish]] play their first show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phish.net/setlists/?d=1983-12-02|title=Dec 02, 1983 Setlist|website=phish.net}}</ref>
*[[December 25]] – [[Marvin Gaye]] gives his father, as a Christmas present, an unlicensed [[Smith & Wesson]] [[.38 special]] caliber pistol so that Gaye could protect himself from intruders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/celebrity/marvin_gaye/13.html |title=The Domestic Dispute that ended the life of Marvin Gaye |work=trutv.com |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> A few months later, Gaye Sr would use it to shoot his son dead.
*[[December 31]] – The twelfth annual [[New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Culture Club]], [[Rick James]], [[Laura Branigan]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[Mary Jane Girls]] and [[David Frizzell]].

==Bands formed==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1983|Musical groups established in 1983]]''

==Bands disbanded==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1983|Musical groups disestablished in 1983]]''

==Bands reformed==
* [[The Animals]]
* [[The Everly Brothers]]

==Albums released==
===January===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"  |4
| ''[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (album)|Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"  |10
| ''[[ExtendedancEPlay]]'' || [[Dire Straits]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Trans (album)|Trans]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"  |14
| ''[[Feline (The Stranglers album)|Feline]]'' || [[The Stranglers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nena (album)|Nena]]'' || [[Nena (band)|Nena]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"  |17
| ''[[Trouble in Paradise (Randy Newman album)|Trouble in Paradise]]'' || [[Randy Newman]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"  |18
| ''[[Cuts Like a Knife]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"  |20
| ''[[American Made (The Oak Ridge Boys album)|American Made]]'' || [[The Oak Ridge Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pyromania (album)|Pyromania]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"  |21
| ''[[The Law of Devil's Land]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"  |28
| ''[[Never Surrender (album)|Never Surrender]]'' || [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"  |31
| ''[[Money and Cigarettes]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] || US
|-
| ''[[Another Page]]'' || [[Christopher Cross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"  |?
| ''[[Making Contact (album)|Making Contact]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Art of Falling Apart]]'' || [[Soft Cell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Evil (Black Sabbath album)|Live Evil]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Touch the Sky (Smokey Robinson album)|Touch the Sky]]'' || [[Smokey Robinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What Makes a Man Start Fires?]]'' || [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What's Funk?]]'' || [[Grand Funk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[G Force]]'' || [[Kenny G]] ||-
|-
|}

===February===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[[Powerlight]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |4
| ''[[All the Best (Stiff Little Fingers album)|All the Best]]'' || [[Stiff Little Fingers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Porcupine (album)|Porcupine]]'' || [[Echo & The Bunnymen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
| ''[[Michael W. Smith Project]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |11
| ''[[Lucky (Marty Balin album)|Lucky]]'' || [[Marty Balin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |18
| ''[[Somewhere in Afrika]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[Kilroy Was Here (album)|Kilroy Was Here]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Subterranean Jungle]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |28
| ''[[Metal Health]]'' || [[Quiet Riot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[War (U2 album)|War]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| ''So Fired Up'' || [[Le Roux (band)|Le Roux]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Key (Joan Armatrading album)|The Key]]'' || [[Joan Armatrading]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |?
| ''[[Frontiers (Journey album)|Frontiers]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Confusion Is Sex]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Kihnspiracy]]'' || [[The Greg Kihn Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quick Step and Side Kick/Side Kicks]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock Goddess (album)|Rock Goddess]]'' || [[Rock Goddess]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seal in Red]]'' || [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strong Stuff]]'' || [[Hank Williams Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waiting (Fun Boy Three album)|Waiting]]'' || [[Fun Boy Three]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Youngblood (Carl Wilson album)|Youngblood]]'' || [[Carl Wilson]] ||-
|-
|}

===March===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
| ''[[Dazzle Ships (album)|Dazzle Ships]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thunder and Lightning (album)|Thunder and Lightning]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[True (Spandau Ballet album)|True]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |7
| ''[[Cool Kids (album)|Cool Kids]]'' || [[Kix (band)|Kix]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hurting]]'' || [[Tears For Fears]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Deep Sea Skiving]]'' || [[Bananarama]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |11
| ''[[No Rest for the Wicked (Helix album)|No Rest for the Wicked]]'' || [[Helix (band)|Helix]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[Europe (Europe album)|Europe]]'' || [[Europe (band)|Europe]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Script for a Jester's Tear]]'' || [[Marillion]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Outside Inside (The Tubes album)|Outside Inside]]'' || [[The Tubes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[The Final Cut (album)|The Final Cut]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Eliminator (album)|Eliminator]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |28
| ''[[Baby Snakes (soundtrack)|Baby Snakes]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Jarreau (album)|Jarreau]]'' || [[Al Jarreau]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Man from Utopia]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |31
| ''Dancing With Danger'' || [[Streetheart (band)|Streetheart]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" align="center" |?
| ''[[Power & the Glory]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Legendary Hearts]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If You Leave Me Now (album)|If You Leave Me Now]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Local Hero (album)|Local Hero]]'' || [[Mark Knopfler]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Abominable Showman]]'' || [[Nick Lowe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Branigan 2]]'' || [[Laura Branigan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dig That Groove Baby]]'' || [[Toy Dolls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The High Road (EP)|The High Road]]'' || [[Roxy Music]] || Live EP
|-
| ''[[Inarticulate Speech of the Heart]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''Julio'' || [[Julio Iglesias]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Burning Bridges (Naked Eyes album)|Naked Eyes]]'' || [[Naked Eyes]] || Titled "Burning Bridges" in the UK
|-
| ''[[No Guts...No Glory (Molly Hatchet album)|No Guts...No Glory]]'' || [[Molly Hatchet]] ||-
|-
|}

=== April ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[Havana Moon]]'' || [[Carlos Santana]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Faster Than the Speed of Night]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Luxury Gap]]'' || [[Heaven 17]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |11
| ''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flashdance (soundtrack)|Flashdance]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Sirens (Savatage album)|Sirens]]'' || [[Savatage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Style (Cameo album)|Style]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Murmur (album)|Murmur]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |13
| ''[[Mary Jane Girls (album)|Mary Jane Girls]]'' || [[Mary Jane Girls]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Violent Femmes (album)|Violent Femmes]]'' || [[Violent Femmes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Rock for Light]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |18
| ''[[It (Pulp album)|It]]'' || [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[White Feathers]]'' || [[Kajagoogoo]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Headhunter (album)|Headhunter]]'' || [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''[[Whammy!]]'' || [[The B-52s]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |29
| ''[[Cargo (album)|Cargo]]'' || [[Men At Work]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Listen (A Flock of Seagulls album)|Listen]]'' || [[A Flock of Seagulls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hootenanny (The Replacements album)|Hootenanny]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" align="center" |?
| ''[[You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[Twisted Sister]] ||UK; US release in June
|-
| ''[[Midnight at the Lost and Found]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fastway (album)|Fastway]]'' || [[Fastway (band)|Fastway]] ||-
|-
| ''[[High Land, Hard Rain]]'' || [[Aztec Camera]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Outer Space]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Information (Dave Edmunds album)|Information]]'' || [[Dave Edmunds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Only Rock & Roll (Waylon Jennings album)|It's Only Rock & Roll]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living in Oz]]'' || [[Rick Springfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Madness (Madness album)|Madness]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] || US Compilation
|-
| ''[[Michael Bolton (album)|Michael Bolton]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out of Step (album)|Out of Step]]'' || [[Minor Threat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pride (Robert Palmer album)|Pride]]'' || [[Robert Palmer]]
|-
| ''[[Scoop (album)|Scoop]]'' || [[Pete Townshend]] || Compilation of unreleased tracks
|-
| ''[[Take It to the Limit (Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings album)|Take It to the Limit]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] with [[Waylon Jennings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Steve Miller Band Live!]]'' || [[Steve Miller Band]] || Live
|-
|}

=== May ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
| ''[[Burlap & Satin]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Power, Corruption & Lies]]'' || [[New Order (band)|New Order]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic (album)|"Weird Al" Yankovic]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] ||-
|-
|10
| ''[[With Sympathy]]''|| [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |11
| ''[[Zig-Zag Walk]]'' || [[Foghat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Piece of Mind]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |18
| ''[[In Your Eyes (George Benson album)|In Your Eyes]]'' || [[George Benson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Confrontation (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)|Confrontation]]'' || [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Holy Diver]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''[[Crises (Mike Oldfield album)|Crises]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Duck Rock]]'' || [[Malcolm McLaren]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |31
| ''[[Too Low for Zero]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wrap Your Arms Around Me]]'' || [[Agnetha Fältskog]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" align="center" |?
| ''[[Another Perfect Day]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/569/mode/1up?q=Lemmy+Kilmister&view=theater|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=569 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Private Collection (Jon and Vangelis album)|Private Collection]]'' || [[Jon and Vangelis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feast (The Creatures album)|Feast]]'' || [[The Creatures]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reach the Beach]]'' || [[The Fixx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[The Who]] || US Compilation
|-
| ''[[Ring of Changes]]'' || [[Barclay James Harvest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Bought It, You Name It]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] ||debut
|-
| ''[[Back to Mystery City]]'' || [[Hanoi Rocks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bruiseology]]'' || [[The Waitresses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[C'est C Bon]]'' || [[Carlene Carter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Eleventh Hour (Magnum album)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The First Flower]]'' || [[Play Dead (band)|Play Dead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Head First (Uriah Heep album)|Head First]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Learning to Cope with Cowardice]]'' || [[Mark Stewart (English musician)|Mark Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mama Africa (Peter Tosh album)|Mama Africa]]'' || [[Peter Tosh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Net (album)|The Net]]'' || [[Little River Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Siogo]]'' || [[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]] ||-
|-
|}

=== June ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)|Speaking in Tongues]]'' || [[Talking Heads]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[[Your Move]]'' || [[America (band)|America]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |6
| ''[[Plays Live]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Allies (Crosby, Stills & Nash album)|Allies]]'' || [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] || Live +2 new studio tracks
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |9
| ''[[London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ross (1983 album)|Ross]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |10
| ''[[Body Wishes]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metal Magic]]'' || [[Pantera]] || debut
|-
| ''[[Mommy's Little Monster (album)|Mommy's Little Monster]]'' || [[Social Distortion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oil on Canvas]]'' || [[Japan (band)|Japan]] || Live
|-
| ''[[State of Confusion]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Means War (Tank album)|This Means War]]'' || [[Tank (band)|Tank]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wild Heart (album)|The Wild Heart]]'' || [[Stevie Nicks]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |13
| ''[[Texas Flood]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] || debut
|-
| ''[[She Works Hard for the Money (album)|She Works Hard for the Money]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Escapade (Tim Finn album)|Escapade]]'' || [[Tim Finn]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Old Wave]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |17
| ''[[Synchronicity (The Police album)|Synchronicity]]'' || [[The Police]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |24
| ''[[Secret Messages]]'' || [[Electric Light Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Keep it Up]]'' || [[Loverboy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center" |?
| ''[[Works (Pink Floyd album)|Works]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain]]'' || [[Kevin Ayers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Farewell Tour (Doobie Brothers album)|Farewell Tour]]'' || [[Doobie Brothers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Field Day (Marshall Crenshaw album)|Field Day]]'' || [[Marshall Crenshaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fugitive (album)|The Fugitive]]'' || [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Girl at Her Volcano]]'' || [[Rickie Lee Jones]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Hand of Kindness]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sound Elixir]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Staying Alive (soundtrack)|Staying Alive]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess]]'' || [[Yello]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Variations on a Theme (David Thomas album)|Variations on a Theme]]'' || [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas<br /> & the Pedestrians]] ||-
|}

=== July ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| ''[[Fantastic (Wham! album)|Fantastic]]'' || [[Wham!]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Into Glory Ride]]'' || [[Manowar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[You and Me Both]]'' || [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |5
| ''[[Suicidal Tendencies (album)|Suicidal Tendencies]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |11
| ''[[The Look (album)|The Look]]'' || [[Shalamar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Get It Right (album)|Get It Right]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |15
| ''[[The Principle of Moments]]'' || [[Robert Plant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Burning from the Inside]]'' || [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fire Dances]]'' || [[Killing Joke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Waterboys (album)|The Waterboys]]'' || [[The Waterboys]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Burning Farm]]'' || [[Shonen Knife]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[No Parlez]]'' || [[Paul Young]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Kill 'em All]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[Good for Your Soul]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |27
| ''[[Everybody's Rockin']]'' || [[Neil Young|Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Your Night]]'' || [[James Ingram]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Madonna (Madonna album)|Madonna]]'' || [[Madonna]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |29
| ''[[The Crossing (Big Country album)|The Crossing]]'' || [[Big Country]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" |?
| ''[[Album (Joan Jett album)|Album]]'' || [[Joan Jett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All of the Good Ones Are Taken]]'' || [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)|Close to the Bone]]'' || [[Tom Tom Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Butthole Surfers (EP)|Butthole Surfers]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] || Debut EP
|-
| ''[[Drastic Measures]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Outta Hand]]'' || [[Coney Hatch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out for Blood (Lita Ford album)|Out For Blood]]'' || [[Lita Ford]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Real Macaw]]'' || [[Graham Parker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Salute (Gordon Lightfoot album)|Salute]]'' || [[Gordon Lightfoot]] ||-
|-
| ''Works'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] || Compilation
|-
|}

=== August ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[No Frills (Bette Midler album)|No Frills]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2
| ''[[Lawyers in Love]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''[[Cold Blooded (Rick James album)|Cold Blooded]]'' || [[Rick James]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Punch the Clock]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] [[The Attractions|and the Attractions]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[An Innocent Man]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Script of the Bridge]]'' || [[The Chameleons]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Ark (The Animals album)|Ark]]'' || [[The Animals]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''[[Stompin' at the Savoy]]'' || [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Alpha (Asia album)|Alpha]]'' || [[Asia (band)|Asia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Queensrÿche (EP)|Queensrÿche]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2"align="center" |15
| ''[[Next Position Please]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats]]'' || [[The Stray Cats]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[Flick of the Switch]]'' || [[AC/DC]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[Construction Time Again]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Ratt (EP)|Ratt]]'' || [[Ratt]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[Standing in the Light]]'' || [[Level 42]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Level+42&titel=Standing+In+The+Light&cat=a|title=Level 42 albums}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Mummer (album)|Mummer]]'' || [[XTC]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |31
| ''[[Eyes That See in the Dark]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hello Big Man]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |?
| ''[[The Present (Moody Blues album)|The Present]]'' || [[Moody Blues]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All for One (Raven album)|All for One]]'' || [[Raven (band)|Raven]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Passionworks]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dirty Looks (album)|Dirty Looks]]'' || [[Juice Newton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Future Shock (Herbie Hancock album)|Future Shock]]'' || [[Herbie Hancock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Crackdown]]'' || [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Torment and Toreros]]'' || [[Marc and the Mambas]] ||-
|-
|}

=== September ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[Swordfishtrombones]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2
| ''[[Built to Destroy (Michael Schenker Group album)|Built to Destroy]]'' || [[Michael Schenker Group]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Born Again (Black Sabbath album)|Born Again]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Heads or Tales]]'' || [[Saga (band)|Saga]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Labour of Love]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Commodores 13]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Sports]]'' || [[Huey Lewis and the News]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |16
| ''[[Warriors (Gary Numan album)|Warriors]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Little Robbers]]'' || [[The Motels]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[Lick It Up]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Kiss&ti=Lick+It+Up&format=Album&type=#search_section|title=RIAA certifications|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Shout at the Devil]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |26
| ''[[The Golden Section]]'' || [[John Foxx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Into Battle with the Art of Noise]]'' || [[Art of Noise]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Live in Tokyo (Public Image Limited album)|Live in Tokyo]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd.]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |28
| ''[[How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Righeira (album)|Righeira]]'' || [[Righeira]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="17" align="center" |?
| ''[[Bent Out of Shape]]'' || [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Breaking the Chains (Dokken album)|Breaking the Chains]]'' || [[Dokken]] || US Remix
|-
| ''[[Born to Laugh at Tornadoes]]'' || [[Was (Not Was)]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Canterbury (album)|Canterbury]]'' || [[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard (Gang of Four album)|Hard]]'' || [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Heat (The Romantics album)|In Heat]]'' || [[The Romantics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Johnny 99]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Land (The Comsat Angels album)|Land]]'' || [[The Comsat Angels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mean Streak (album)|Mean Streak]]'' || [[Y & T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mike's Murder (soundtrack)|Mike's Murder]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[More Fun in the New World]]'' || [[X (American band)|X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker]]'' || [[The Joe Perry Project]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Particular Harbour]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||-
|-
| ''Pitt Street Farmers'' || [[The Reels]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Subject...Aldo Nova]]'' || [[Aldo Nova]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Windows in the Jungle]]'' || [[10cc]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What's New (Linda Ronstadt album)|What's New]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||-
|}

=== October ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[[Genesis (Genesis album)|Genesis]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |6
| ''[[Right or Wrong (George Strait album)|Right or Wrong]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''[[Colour by Numbers]]'' || [[Culture Club]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |13
| ''[[Whodini (album)|Whodini]]'' || [[Whodini]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |14
| ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' || [[Cyndi Lauper]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)|Can't Slow Down]]'' || [[Lionel Richie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Snap! (The Jam album)|Snap!]]'' || [[The Jam]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |18
| ''[[Rock 'n Soul Part 1]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Voice of the Heart]]'' || [[The Carpenters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[Deliver (Oak Ridge Boys album)|Deliver]]'' || [[Oak Ridge Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[Silver (Cliff Richard album)|Silver]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul Mining]]'' || [[The The]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |24
| ''[[Head over Heels (Cocteau Twins album)|Head over Heels]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Without a Song (album)|Without a Song]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Uh-Huh]]'' || [[John Cougar Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[Midnight Madness (album)|Midnight Madness]]'' || [[Night Ranger]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''[[Infidels (Bob Dylan album)|Infidels]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |28
| ''[[North of a Miracle]]'' || [[Nick Heyward]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Zones (album)|Zones]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |31
| ''[[Pipes of Peace]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Star Fleet Project]]'' || [[Brian May]] + Friends ||EP
|-
| ''[[Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two]]'' || [[China Crisis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" align="center" |?
| ''[[Live from Earth]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] || Live +2 new studio tracks
|-
| ''[[No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[Alcatrazz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life (Thin Lizzy album)|Life]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Ziggy Stardust – The Motion Picture]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Live 1973
|-
| ''[[Melissa (Mercyful Fate album)|Melissa]]'' || [[Mercyful Fate]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feel My Soul]]'' || [[Jennifer Holliday]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1st (album)|1st]]'' || [[Streets (band)|Streets]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Alive, She Cried]]'' || [[The Doors]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Caught in the Game]]'' || [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hell Hath No Fury (Rock Goddess album)|Hell Hath No Fury]]'' || [[Rock Goddess]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Man of Steel (album)|Man of Steel]]'' || [[Hank Williams Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metal Circus]]'' || [[Hüsker Dü]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Never Let You Go (album)|Never Let You Go]]'' || [[Rita Coolidge]] ||-
|-
|}

=== November ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[Break Out (Pointer Sisters album)|Break Out]]'' || [[Pointer Sisters]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Pointer+Sisters&ti=Break+Out&format=Album&type=#search_section|title=RIAA|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2
| ''[[What a Feelin']]'' || [[Irene Cara]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |4
| ''[[DaDa]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electric Universe (album)|Electric Universe]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Have You Ever Been in Love (album)|Have You Ever Been In Love]]'' || [[Leo Sayer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hearts and Bones]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |7
| ''[[90125]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/discography.asp?qrtypeid=1&ftype=1&qreleaseid=15|title=90125|accessdate=7 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Undercover (The Rolling Stones album)|Undercover]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strip (Adam Ant album)|Strip]]'' || [[Adam Ant]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |8
| ''[[Play Dirty (album)|Play Dirty]]'' || [[Girlschool]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Revölution by Night]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yentl (soundtrack)|Yentl]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''[[Rebel Yell (album)|Rebel Yell]]'' || [[Billy Idol]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |11
| ''[[First Offense]]'' || [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |14
| ''[[Beauty Stab]]'' || [[ABC (band)|ABC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Believer (Chic album)|Believer]]'' || [[Chic (band)|Chic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Touch (Eurythmics album)|Touch]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |15
| ''[[It's About Time (John Denver album)|It's About Time]]'' || [[John Denver]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |18
| ''[[Walk Into Light]]'' || [[Ian Anderson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[Seven and the Ragged Tiger]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under a Blood Red Sky]]'' || [[U2]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |25
| ''[[Back to Back (Status Quo album)|Back to Back]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'm in Love Again]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nocturne (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Nocturne]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] || Live
|-
| ''[[You Broke My Heart in 17 Places]]'' || [[Tracey Ullman]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |28
| ''[[Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)|Now That's What I Call Music]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Into the Unknown (Bad Religion album)|Into the Unknown]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |?
| ''Cloak and Dagger'' || [[Witchfynde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Conflicting Emotions]]'' || [[Split Enz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits Volume II (Barry Manilow album)|Greatest Hits Volume II]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Music For Films Volume 2]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] ||-
|-
| ''Clics Modernos'' || [[Charly Garcia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Politics of Dancing (Re-Flex album)|The Politics of Dancing]]'' || [[Re-Flex]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Treeless Plain]]'' || [[The Triffids]] ||-
|-
|}

=== December ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |2
| ''[[The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome]]'' || [[Slade]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Show No Mercy]]'' || [[Slayer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bark at the Moon]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |5
| ''[[Balls to the Wall (album)|Balls to the Wall]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood]]'' || [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perverted By Language]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Service (album)|Service]]'' || [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Japanese Whispers]]'' || [[The Cure]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish]]'' || [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |?
| ''Statues In Motion'' || Statues In Motion ||-
|}

===Release date unknown===
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*''[[21 Years On]]'' – [[The Dubliners]] (live)
*''[[Ageless Medley]] EP'' – [[Amy Grant]]
*''Ain't It Good to Be Free'' – [[Bo Diddley]]
*''All Alone with Friends'' – [[Hank Marvin]]
*''[[Amore (The Hooters album)|Amore]]'' – [[The Hooters]]
*''[[Angstlos]]'' – [[Nina Hagen]]
*''[[Bad Influence (Robert Cray album)|Bad Influence]]'' – [[Robert Cray]]
*''[[Bay of Kings]]'' – [[Steve Hackett]]
*''[[Beat Street (album)|Beat Street]]'' – [[Prism (band)|Prism]]
*''[[Before Hollywood]]'' – [[The Go-Betweens]]
*''Behind the Scenes'' – [[Reba McEntire]]
*''[[The Belle Stars (album)|The Belle Stars]]'' – [[The Belle Stars]] (debut)
*''The Blasting Concept'' – Various Artists
*''The Brightest Smile in Town (Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Vol. 2)'' – [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat]]'' – [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]
*''[[A Call to Us All]]'' – [[Teri Desario]]
*''[[Catch as Catch Can (album)|Catch as Catch Can]]'' – [[Kim Wilde]]
*''[[Chazablanca]]'' – [[Chaz Jankel]]
*''[[A Child's Adventure]]'' – [[Marianne Faithfull]]
*''Chimera'' – [[Bill Nelson (musician)|Bill Nelson]]
*''A Christmas Album'' – [[Amy Grant]]
*''[[Come Away with ESG]]'' – [[ESG (band)|ESG]]
*''[[Crystal Logic]]'' – [[Manilla Road]]
*''Dagger and Guitar'' – [[Sort Sol]]
*''Dancing for Mental Health'' – [[Will Powers]] (actually Lynn Goldsmith)
*''[[David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas]]'' – [[David Grisman]]
*''[[Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass]]'' – [[David Grisman]]
*''[[Desperate (Divinyls album)|Desperate]]'' – [[Divinyls]]
*''Dressed for the Occasion'' – [[Cliff Richard]] and The London Philharmonic Orchestra (Live)
*''[[Doot-Doot]]'' – [[Freur]]
*''Emergency Third Rail Power Trip'' – [[Rain Parade]]
*''Even the Strong Get Lonely'' – [[Tammy Wynette]]
*''[[Everywhere at Once (The Plimsouls album)|Everywhere at Once]]'' – [[The Plimsouls]]
*''[[Fall in a Hole]]'' – [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]
*''[[Feeding the Flame]]'' – [[Sad Lovers and Giants]]
*''[[The First Four Years (album)|The First Four Years]]'' – [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*''[[The Fittest of the Fittest]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
*''[[The Fugitive (album)|The Fugitive]]'' – [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]]
*''[[Forged in Fire (album)|Forged in Fire]]'' – [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]]
*''[[Fortune 410]]'' – [[Donnie Iris]]
*''[[Friends of Hell]]'' – [[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]]
*''[[Golden Shower of Hits]]'' – [[Circle Jerks]]
*''[[Good as Gold (Red Rockers album)|Good as Gold]]'' – [[Red Rockers]]
*''Good Love & Heartbreak'' – [[Tammy Wynette]]
*''Heart to Heart'' – [[Merle Haggard]]
*''[[Ich halt zu Dir]]'' – [[Die Flippers]]
*''Imagination'' – [[Helen Reddy]]
*''[[Introducing The Style Council]]'' – [[The Style Council]]
*''[[Jonathan Sings!]]'' – [[Jonathan Richman]]
*''Killer Dwarfs'' – [[Killer Dwarfs]] (Debut)
*''[[The Kitchen Tapes (The Raincoats album)|The Kitchen Tapes]]'' – [[The Raincoats]]
*''[[Klass (album)|Klass]]'' – [[Bad Manners]]
*''Lesson Well Learned EP'' – [[Armored Saint]]
*''[[Let's Go (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)|Let's Go]]'' – [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
*''[[Let's Start a War]]'' – [[The Exploited]]
*''[[Love Is the Law (Toyah album)|Love Is the Law]]'' – [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]]
*''Merry Twistmas'' – Conway Twitty
*''[[Music for the Hard of Thinking]]'' – [[Doug and the Slugs]]
*''[[Naked (Kissing the Pink album)|Naked]]'' – [[Kissing the Pink]]
*''[[Night Dubbing]]'' – [[Imagination (band)|Imagination]]
*''[[Not of this World (album)|Not of this World]]'' – [[Petra (band)|Petra]]
*''[[One Night with a Stranger]]'' – [[Martin Briley]]
*''Over the Edge'' – [[Wipers (band)|Wipers]]
*''[[Party Tonight]]'' – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*''[[Passionfruit (album)|Passionfruit]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
*''[[Platinum Blonde (album)|Platinum Blonde]]'' – [[Platinum Blonde (band)|Platinum Blonde]] (debut EP)
*''[[Playback (SSQ album)|Playback]]'' – [[SSQ (band)|SSQ]]
*''[[Privilege (Ivor Cutler album)|Privilege]]'' – [[Ivor Cutler]]
*''[[Prodigal Sons]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
*''[[Neruda (album)|Neruda]]'' – [[Red Rider]]
*''[[Riding with the King (John Hiatt album)|Riding with the King]]'' – [[John Hiatt]]
*''[[Secretos]]'' – [[José José]]
*''[[Shine On (George Jones album)|Shine On]]'' – [[George Jones]]
*''[[Shock Troops (album)|Shock Troops]]'' – [[Cock Sparrer]]
*''[[Sleep in Safety]]'' – [[45 Grave]]
*''[[Song and Legend]]'' – [[Sex Gang Children]]
*''[[The Southern Death Cult]]'' – [[Southern Death Cult]]
*''[[Speeding Time]]'' – [[Carole King]]
*''The Spell'' – [[Syreeta Wright]]
*''[[Stages (Elaine Paige album)|Stages]]'' – [[Elaine Paige]]
*''[[Star People]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
*''[[Steeler (American band album)|Steeler]]'' – [[Steeler (American band)|Steeler]] (Yngwie Malmsteen & Ron Keel's 1st band, This band's only release)
*''[[Strive to Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible]]'' – [[Flux of Pink Indians]]
*''[[Struggle for Pleasure]]'' – [[Wim Mertens]]
*''Sub Pop 9'' – Various Artists
*''[[Syncro System]]'' – [[King Sunny Ade]] and his African Beats
*''[[Tales from the Lush Attic]]'' – [[IQ (band)|IQ]]
*''[[Thank You for the Music (album)|Thank You for the Music]]'' – [[ABBA]] – compilation
*''[[That's the Way Love Goes (Merle Haggard album)|That's the Way Love Goes]]'' – [[Merle Haggard]]
*''[[Third Generation (album)|Third Generation]]'' – [[Hiroshima (band)|Hiroshima]]
*''[[A Todo Rock]]'' – [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]
*''[[Tougher Than Leather (Willie Nelson album)|Tougher Than Leather]]'' – [[Willie Nelson]]
*''[[Travels (Pat Metheny Group album)|Travels]]'' – [[The Pat Metheny Group]]
*''[[Trick of the Light (album)|Trick of the Light]]'' – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*''[[Urban Dancefloor Guerillas]]'' – [[P-Funk All-Stars]]
*''[[Visions (Gladys Knight & the Pips album)]]'' – [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]
*''[[Water Sign (Chris Rea album)|Water Sign]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
*''[[We Are One (Maze album)|We Are One]]'' – [[Maze (band)|Maze]] featuring [[Frankie Beverly]]
*''[[Weeds & Water]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[We've Got Tonight (Kenny Rogers album)|We've Got Tonight]]'' – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*''[[When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (album)|When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going]]'' – [[Bow Wow Wow]]
*''[[Words and Music (Tavares album)|Words and Music]]'' – [[Tavares (band)|Tavares]]
*''XXV'' – [[The Shadows]]
*''[[Yes Sir, I Will]]'' – [[Crass]]
*''Yokan (Hunch)'' – [[Miyuki Nakajima]]
*''[[You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (album)|You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet]]'' – [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]] – compilation
*''[[Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.]]'' (Drawings of Patient O. T.) – [[Einstürzende Neubauten]]
{{colend}}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1983.htm chart positions]
in the charts of 1983.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>#</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1 || [[Irene Cara]] || "[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]" || 1983 || {{flagicon|US}} || US Billboard 1 - Apr 1983 (25 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1983, US Radio 1 of 1983 (peak 1 16 weeks), Canada 1 - May 1983 (13 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1983 (28 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - Sep 1983 (4 months), France 1 - Jul 1983 (5 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Jun 1983 (26 weeks), Switzerland 1 of 1983, Norway 1 - Jun 1983 (20 weeks), Italy 1 of 1983, Italy 1 for 9 weeks - Nov 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - May 1983, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1983, Japan 1 for 2 weeks - Aug 1983, Australia 1 for 7 weeks - Jul 1983, Springbok 1 - Jul 1983 (18 weeks), France 1 for 7 weeks - Oct 1983, Oscar in 1983 (film 'Flashdance'), Golden Globe in 1983 (film 'Flashdance'), UK 2 - Jun 1983 (14 weeks), ARC 2 of 1983 (peak 1 21 weeks), Australia 2 of 1983, Grammy in 1983 (Nominated), US BB 3 of 1983, ODK Germany 3 - Jul 1983 (31 weeks) (14 weeks in top 10), POP 3 of 1983, Austria 4 - Aug 1983 (7 months), Germany 4 - Jun 1983 (6 months), Canada 4 of 1983, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1983), Japan 7 of all time (international songs) (sales 0.75), France (InfoDisc) 9 of the 1980s (peak 1, 28 weeks, 1,365k sales estimated, 1983), South Africa 9 of 1983, Holland 13 - Apr 1983 (6 weeks), Belgium 20 - May 1983 (4 weeks), Poland 21 - Jul 1983 (6 weeks), Brazil 23 of 1983, nuTsie 26 of 1980s, Billboard 50th song 26, 55th Billboard 100 30 (1983), Billboard100 31, Scrobulate 31 of gay, AFI 55, Germany 57 of the 1980s (peak 3 22 weeks), OzNet 243, RIAA 256, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jul 1983), RYM 121 of 1983
|-
| 2 || [[The Police]] || "[[Every Breath You Take]]" || 1983 || {{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 - May 1983 (11 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jun 1983 (22 weeks), US BB 1 of 1983, ARC 1 of 1983 (peak 1 20 weeks), Canada 1 - May 1983 (17 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - May 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Jun 1983, Canada 1 of 1983, Springbok 1 - Jul 1983 (22 weeks), Spain 1 for 1 week - Aug 1983, Top Song of 1983 of the Billboard 50th list, US CashBox 2 of 1983, US Radio 2 of 1983 (peak 1 16 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 - Jun 1983 (28 weeks), Norway 2 - Jun 1983 (15 weeks), nuTsie 2 of 1980s, Grammy in 1983 (Nominated), MTV Video of the year 1984 (Nominated), KROQ 3 of 1983, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1983), Poland 5 - Jun 1983 (12 weeks), South Africa 5 of 1983, Holland 6 - May 1983 (9 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Jul 1983 (6 weeks), Brazil 7 of 1983, Austria 8 - Aug 1983 (3 months), Belgium 8 - Jun 1983 (7 weeks), Germany 8 - Jun 1983 (4 months), ODK Germany 8 - Jun 1983 (19 weeks) (6 weeks in top 10), France (SNEP) 9 - Sep 1983 (1 month), France 10 - May 1983 (1 week), Australia 10 of 1983, Italy 10 of 1983, Virgin 12, Scrobulate 13 of 80s, DMDB 16 (1983), Billboard 50th song 25, 55th Billboard 100 28 (1983), Billboard100 29, Holland free40 33 of 1983, Europe 33 of the 1980s (1983), Acclaimed 38 (1983), OzNet 38, Japan (Tokyo) 41 - Nov 1988 (3 weeks), RIAA 44, POP 49 of 1983, Poland 68 of all time, TheQ 76, Rolling Stone 84, 90 in 2FM list, Vinyl Surrender 97 (1983), Belgium 110 of all time, WXPN 216, UK Silver (certified by BPI in May 1983), RYM 16 of 1983, BBC Rich Song 8 (songwriter royalties $22.3M), one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
|-
| 3 || [[Michael Jackson]] || "[[Billie Jean]]" || 1983 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 - Jan 1983 (30 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jan 1983 (24 weeks), Canada 1 - Feb 1983 (16 weeks), Sweden 1 - Jul 2009 (15 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Mar 1983 (33 weeks), Belgium 1 - Feb 1983 (12 weeks), Italy 1 for 7 weeks - May 1983, Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Apr 1983, Europe 1 for 3 weeks - Mar 1983, France 1 for 3 weeks - May 1983, nuTsie 1 of 1980s, US BB 2 of 1983, Holland 2 - Jan 1983 (19 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 - Mar 1983 (22 weeks), France (SNEP) 2 - Feb 1983 (4 months), France 2 - Jan 1983 (2 weeks), Brazil 2 of 1983, ODK Germany 2 - Feb 1983 (40 weeks) (11 weeks in top 10), Springbok 2 - Apr 1983 (17 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1989), US CashBox 3 of 1983, ARC 3 of 1983 (peak 1 18 weeks), Austria 3 - Apr 1983 (5 months), Poland 3 - Feb 1983 (14 weeks), Germany 3 - Mar 1983 (4 months), Australia 4 of 1983, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 1983), POP 4 of 1983, Norway 5 - Apr 1983 (17 weeks), US Radio 7 of 1983 (peak 1 12 weeks), Switzerland 7 of 1983, Italy 8 of 1983, Canada 9 of 1983, US Songs 2014-23 peak 14 - Jun 2014 (1 week), South Africa 15 of 1983, 15 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 16 of pop, DMDB 23 (1983), Vinyl Surrender 30 (1982), Acclaimed 33 (1982), Europe 40 of the 1980s (1983), Rolling Stone 58, Billboard 50th song 71, 55th Billboard 100 81 (1983), Billboard100 83, France (InfoDisc) 96 of the 1980s (peak 1, 22 weeks, 1,089k sales estimated, 1983), Germany 139 of the 1980s (peak 2 15 weeks), OzNet 249, WXPN 620, RYM 4 of 1983, Guardian Pop 63, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1983, Party 53 of 2007, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
|-
| 4 || [[Culture Club]] || "[[Karma Chameleon]]" || 1983 || {{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 - Sep 1983 (21 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Dec 1983 (21 weeks), Canada 1 - Dec 1983 (13 weeks), Holland 1 - Sep 1983 (11 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1983 (20 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Oct 1983 (14 weeks), Norway 1 - Oct 1983 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 - Oct 1983 (11 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Sep 1983, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1984, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks - Oct 1983, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1983, Springbok 1 - Dec 1983 (22 weeks), Europe 1 for 12 weeks - Oct 1983, Spain 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1983, Brit best song 1984, ODK Germany 2 - Sep 1983 (20 weeks) (9 weeks in top 10), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1983), ARC 3 of 1984 (peak 1 16 weeks), France (SNEP) 3 - Nov 1983 (4 months), Austria 3 - Nov 1983 (4 months), Germany 3 - Jan 1984 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1984), Switzerland 5 of 1983, Canada 5 of 1984, UK sales 7 of the 1980s (1,400 k in 1983), South Africa 7 of 1984, Poland 8 - Sep 1983 (6 weeks), Australia 8 of 1983, US BB 10 of 1984, US Radio 13 of 1984 (peak 1 12 weeks), US CashBox 14 of 1984, POP 15 of 1984, Italy 16 of 1983, KROQ 25 of 1983, Brazil 34 of 1984, Scrobulate 71 of 80s, nuTsie 89 of 1980s, Holland free40 93 of 1983, UKMIX 148, Germany 159 of the 1980s (peak 2 14 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 227 of the 1980s (peak 5, 29 weeks, 720k sales estimated, 1983), OzNet 979, RYM 49 of 1983
|-
| 5 || [[Michael Jackson]] || "[[Beat It]]" || 1983 || {{flagicon|US}} || US Billboard 1 - Feb 1983 (25 weeks), Holland 1 - Apr 1983 (11 weeks), France (SNEP) 1 - Jun 1983 (4 months), France 1 - May 1983 (4 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1983 (12 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Apr 1983, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - May 1983, Europe 1 for 1 week - Jun 1983, Grammy in 1983, Canada 2 - Mar 1983 (17 weeks), Switzerland 2 - May 1983 (24 weeks), Germany 2 - May 1983 (3 months), ODK Germany 2 - May 1983 (35 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 1989), UK 3 - Apr 1983 (21 weeks), US BB 5 of 1983, US Radio 6 of 1983 (peak 1 15 weeks), Austria 6 - Jul 1983 (3 months), US CashBox 7 of 1983, ARC 8 of 1983 (peak 1 19 weeks), Brazil 8 of 1983, Norway 8 - Sep 1983 (10 weeks), Canada 8 of 1983, Springbok 8 - Jul 1983 (12 weeks), Australia 9 of 1983, Poland 13 - Apr 1983 (5 weeks), Scrobulate 13 of pop, Germany 2000s 14 - Jul 2009 (26 weeks), POP 17 of 1983, Sweden (alt) 19 - Aug 1983 (2 weeks), nuTsie 23 of 1980s, Sweden 37 - Oct 2009 (2 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 63 of the 1980s (peak 2, 27 weeks, 1,182k sales estimated, 1983), Europe 68 of the 1980s (1983), Italy 71 of 1983, RIAA 76, Acclaimed 154 (1982), OzNet 158, Germany 280 of the 1980s (peak 2 12 weeks), Rolling Stone 337, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Apr 1983), RYM 14 of 1983, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
|}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{{See also|Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1983}}
{| 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|011983}}|January 1983 || 12 || 25 || 2 (Australia) || [[1999 (Prince song)#Charts|See chart performance entry ''1982 overlap'']]
|-
|| "[[2000 Miles]]" || [[The Pretenders]] || {{Date table sorting|111983}}|November 1983 || n/a || 15 || 11 (Belgium) || 13 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) – 14 (Ireland) – 30 (Australia) – 36 (New Zealand)   
|-
|| "[[99 Luftballons]]" || [[Nena (band)|Nena]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Brent Mann|title=99 Red Balloons: And 100 Other All Time Great One-Hit Wonders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDUGbT9d4hcC|year=2003|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=978-0-8065-2516-7|page=46}}</ref> || {{Date table sorting|031983}}|March 1983 || 2 || n/a || [[99 Luftballons#Charts and certifications|(11 countries)]] || [[99 Luftballons#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[The One Thing (song)|The One Thing]]" || [[INXS]] || {{Date table sorting|031983}}|March 1983 || 30 || n/a || 14 (Australia) || 2 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) – 30 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 31 (Canada) ''1982 overlap''
|-
|| "[[All Night Long (All Night)]]" || [[Lionel Richie]] || {{Date table sorting|091983}}|September 1983 || 1 || 2 || 1 [[All Night Long (All Night)#Charts|(6 countries)]] || [[All Night Long (All Night)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[All Time High]]" || [[Rita Coolidge]] || {{Date table sorting|061983}}|June 1983 || 36 || 75 || 36 (United States) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 1 (Canada Adult Contemporary) – 38 (Canada) – 80 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Almost Over You]]" || [[Sheena Easton]] || {{Date table sorting|121983}}|December 1983 || 25 || 89 || 23 (United States) || 1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) – 4 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 23 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 35 (Canada) – 68 (Australia) – 86 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs)
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

*"A Volar" – [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]
*"[[Australiana (song)|Australiana]]" – [[Austen Tayshus]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/austen-tayshus-sends-a-postcard-from-the-edge/story-e6frg7eo-1226544570936|title=Austen Tayshus sends a postcard from the edge|first=Ross|last=Fitzgerald|authorlink=Ross Fitzgerald|newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date=29 December 2012|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> (# 1 Australia)
*"[[Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)|Baby Jane]]" – [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[Bad Boys (Wham! song)|Bad Boys]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Beat It]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Big Log]]" – [[Robert Plant]]
*"[[Billie Jean]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
*"[[Bop Girl]]" – [[Pat Wilson]]<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives|year=1993|page=341|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
*"[[Boxerbeat]]" – [[JoBoxers]]
*"[[Breakaway (Tracey Ullman song)|Breakaway]]" – [[Tracey Ullman]]
*"[[Buffalo Soldier (song)|Buffalo Soldier]]" – [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]]
*"[[Burning Down the House]]" – [[Talking Heads]]
*"[[Calling Your Name]]" – [[Marilyn (singer)|Marilyn]]
*"[[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]" – [[New Edition]]<ref>{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 423}}</ref>
*"[[Can't Get Used to Losing You]]" – [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]]
*"[[Change (Tears for Fears song)|Change]]" – [[Tears for Fears]]
*"[[China Girl (song)|China Girl]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Church of the Poison Mind]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[Club Tropicana]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Come Back and Stay]]" – [[Paul Young]]
*"[[Come On Eileen]]" – [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Communication (Spandau Ballet song)|Communication]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"Countdown/[[New World Man]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Crumblin' Down]]" – [[John Mellencamp]]
*"[[Dancing in the Dark (Kim Wilde song)|Dancing in the Dark]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"Dead Giveaway" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[Dear Prudence]]" – [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]
*"[[Delirious (Prince song)|Delirious]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[Der Alpen-Rap]]" – [[Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung]]
*"[[Der Kommissar (song)|Der Kommissar]]" – [[After the Fire]]
*"[[Din Daa Daa]]" – [[George Kranz]]<ref name="Inc.1998">{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=The Perfect Beats|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4|date=17 October 1998|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=4}}</ref>
*"[[Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)|Dirty Laundry]]" – [[Don Henley]]<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Whitburn, Joel]]|year=2004|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition|publisher=Billboard Publications|page=282}}</ref>
*"[[Do You Really Want to Hurt Me]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[Don't Let It End]]" – [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
*"[[Double Dutch (song)|Double Dutch]]" – [[Malcolm McLaren]]
*"[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]" – [[Men at Work]]
*"[[Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive (Men at Work song)|Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive]]" – [[Men At Work]]
*"[[Drop the Pilot]]" – [[Joan Armatrading]]
*"[[Electric Avenue (song)|Electric Avenue]]" – [[Eddy Grant]]
*"[[Every Breath You Take]]" – [[The Police]]
*"[[Everything Counts]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Family Man (Mike Oldfield song)|Family Man]]" – [[Hall & Oates]]
*"[[Faithfully (song)|Faithfully]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"Femme" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Gimme All Your Lovin']]" – [[ZZ Top]]
*"[[Give It Up (KC and the Sunshine Band song)|Give It Up]]" – [[KC and the Sunshine Band]]
*"[[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)|Gloria]]" – [[Laura Branigan]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Gold (Spandau Ballet song)|Gold]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"[[Guardian Angel (Drafi Deutscher song)|Guardian Angel]]" – [[Drafi Deutscher|Masquerade]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report }}</ref>
*"[[Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis and the News song)|Heart and Soul]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[High Life (song)|High Life]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"[[Holiday (Madonna song)|Holiday]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[How Am I Supposed to Live Without You]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Human Nature (Michael Jackson song)|Human Nature]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]" (1982) – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues]]" – [[Elton John]] (feat. [[Stevie Wonder]])
*"[[I'm Still Standing]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[In a Big Country]]" – [[Big Country]]
*"[[I.O.U. (Freeez song)|I.O.U.]]" – [[Freeez]]
*"[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Islands in the Stream (song)|Islands in the Stream]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]] and [[Dolly Parton]]
*"[[It's a Mistake]]" – [[Men At Work]]
*"[[Jeopardy (song)|Jeopardy]]" – [[The Greg Kihn Band]]
*"[[Johnny B. Goode]]" – [[Peter Tosh]]
*"[[Karma Chameleon]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[King of Pain]]" – [[The Police]]
*"Kiss the Bride" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Let the Music Play (song)|Let The Music Play]]" – [[Shannon (American singer)|Shannon]]
*"[[Let's Dance (David Bowie song)|Let's Dance]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Little Red Corvette]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[Long Hot Summer (The Style Council song)|Long Hot Summer]]" – [[The Style Council]]
*"[[The Love Cats (song)|The Love Cats]]" – [[The Cure]]
*"[[Love Is a Battlefield]]" – [[Pat Benatar]]
*"[[Love Is a Stranger]]" – [[Eurythmics]]
*"[[Love of the Common People]]" – [[Paul Young]]
*"[[Love On Your Side (song)|Love On Your Side]]" – [[Thompson Twins]]
*"[[Mad World]]"- [[Tears For Fears]]
*"[[Major Tom (Coming Home)]]" – [[Peter Schilling]]
*"[[Mama (Genesis song)|Mama]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]" – [[Michael Sembello]]
*"[[Many Rivers to Cross]]" – [[UB40]]
*"Marguerita Time" – [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
*"[[Modern Love (David Bowie song)|Modern Love]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Mon ami m'a quittée]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
*"[[Moonlight Shadow]]" – [[Mike Oldfield]]
*"[[Mr. Roboto]]" – [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
*"[[My Oh My (Slade song)|My Oh My]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[Nasty Girl (Vanity 6 song)|Nasty Girl]]" – [[Vanity 6]]
*"[[Never Gonna Let You Go (Sérgio Mendes song)|Never Gonna Let You Go]]" – [[Sergio Mendes]]
*"[[New Song (Howard Jones song)|New Song]]" – [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]]
*"[[New Year's Day (U2 song)|New Year's Day]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Nobody's Diary]]" – [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
*"[[Oblivious (Aztec Camera song)|Oblivious]]" – [[Aztec Camera]]
*"[[One on One (song)|One on One]]" – [[Hall & Oates]]
*"[[One Thing Leads to Another]]" – [[The Fixx]]
*"[[Only for Love]]" – [[Limahl]]
*"[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" – Various
*"[[Our House (Madness song)|Our House]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*"[[Our Lips Are Sealed]]" – [[Fun Boy Three]]
*"[[Over and Over (Shalamar song)|Over and Over]]" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[Overkill (Men at Work song)|Overkill]]" – [[Men at Work]]
*"[[Owner of a Lonely Heart]]" – [[Yes (band)|Yes]]
*"[[Pale Shelter]]" – [[Tears for Fears]]
*"[[Photograph (Def Leppard song)|Photograph]]" – [[Def Leppard]]
*"Physical Attraction"- [[Madonna]]
*"[[Pink Houses]]" – [[John Mellencamp]]
*"[[Pipes of Peace (song)|Pipes Of Peace]]" – [[Paul McCartney]]
*"[[Power and the Passion (song)|Power and the Passion]]" – [[Midnight Oil]]
*"[[Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)|Pride and Joy]]" – [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]]
*"[[Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes song)|Promises, Promises]]" – [[Naked Eyes]]
*"[[Puttin' on the Ritz]]" – [[Taco (musician)|Taco]]
*"[[P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)]]" (1982) – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Queen of the Broken Hearts]]" – [[Loverboy]]
*"[[Radio Free Europe (song)|Radio Free Europe]]" (I.R.S. version) – [[R.E.M.]]
*"Rainbow in the Dark" – [[Dio (band)|Dio]]
*"[[Rio (song)|Rio]]" (1982) – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Orange Juice (band)|Rip It Up]]" – [[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]]
*"[[Rock 'n' Roll Is King]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[Rock of Ages (Def Leppard song)|Rock of Ages]]" – [[Def Leppard]]
*"[[Rock the Casbah]]" – [[The Clash]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Rockit (song)|Rockit]]" – [[Herbie Hancock]]
*"[[Run Runaway]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[Runaway (Bon Jovi song)|Runaway]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[The Safety Dance]]" – [[Men Without Hats]]
*"[[Saved by Zero]]" – [[The Fixx]]
*"[[Say Say Say]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
*"Screaming for Vengeance" (1982) – [[Judas Priest]]
*"[[Send Her My Love]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Sex (I'm a ...)]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
*"[[Shame on the Moon]]" – [[Bob Seger]]
*"[[Sharp Dressed Man]]" – [[ZZ Top]]
*"[[She Blinded Me with Science]]" – [[Thomas Dolby]] (released in 1982)
*"[[She Works Hard for the Money]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[She's a Beauty]]" – [[The Tubes]]
*"[[Shipbuilding (song)|Shipbuilding]]" – [[Robert Wyatt]]
*"[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]" – [[The Clash]]
*"[[Shout at the Devil (song)|Shout at the Devil]]" – [[Mötley Crüe]]
*"[[Si la vie est cadeau]]" – [[Corinne Hermès]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/munich-1983|title=Munich 1983|website=Eurovision Song Contest|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>
*"[[Solitaire (Laura Branigan song)|Solitaire]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Speak Like a Child (song)|Speak Like a Child]]" – [[The Style Council]]
*"[[Stand Back]]" – [[Stevie Nicks]]
*"[[Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song)|Steppin' Out]]" – [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]
*"[[Straight from the Heart (Bryan Adams song)|Straight from the Heart]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Suddenly Last Summer (song)|Suddenly Last Summer]]" – [[The Motels]]
*"[[The Sun and the Rain]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*"[[The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)]]" – [[Level 42]]
*"[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]" – [[Eurythmics]]
*"[[Synchronicity II]]" – [[The Police]]
*"[[Talking in Your Sleep (The Romantics song)|Talking in Your Sleep]]" – [[The Romantics]]
*"[[Tell Her About It]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Tell Her No]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]" – [[Heaven 17]]
*"Tender Is the Night" – [[Jackson Browne]]
*"[[Thank You For The Music]]" – [[ABBA]] (released in 1977)
*"[[That's All (Genesis song)|That's All]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[That's Love (Jim Capaldi song)|That's Love]]" – [[Jim Capaldi]]
*"[[Always Something There to Remind Me]]" – [[Naked Eyes]]
*"[[They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song)|They Don't Know]]" – [[Tracey Ullman]]
*"[[This Charming Man]]" – [[The Smiths]]
*"[[This Time (Bryan Adams song)|This Time]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"Thunder And Lightning" – [[Thin Lizzy]]
*"[[Time (Clock of the Heart)]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[Tonight I Celebrate My Love]]" – [[Peabo Bryson]] and [[Roberta Flack]]
*"[[Too Low For Zero]]" – [[Elton John]] (in US & Australia; not released in the rest of UK and Europe until 1985/86)
*"[[Too Shy]]" – [[Kajagoogoo]]
*"[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" – [[Bonnie Tyler]]
*"[[Tour de France (song)|Tour de France]]" – [[Kraftwerk]]
*"[[The Trooper]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"[[True (Spandau Ballet song)|True]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"[[Twilight Zone (1982 song)|Twilight Zone]]" – [[Golden Earring]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Twist of Fate (Olivia Newton-John song)|Twist of Fate]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Twisting by the Pool]]" – [[Dire Straits]]
*"[[Under Attack]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Undercover of the Night]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[Union of the Snake]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Up Where We Belong]]" – [[Joe Cocker]] and [[Jennifer Warnes]]
*"[[Uptown Girl]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Vamos a la playa (Righeira song)|Vamos a la playa]]" – [[Righeira]]
*"[[Walking in the Rain (Modern Romance song)|Walking in the Rain]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"[[Wanna Be Startin' Somethin']]" (1982) – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[The Way He Makes Me Feel]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]]
*"[[We Are Detective]]" – [[Thompson Twins]]
*"[[We've Got Tonight]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]] and [[Sheena Easton]]
*"[[What Is Love (Howard Jones song)|What Is Love?]]" – [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]]
*"[[Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)]]" – [[Paul Young]]
*"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" – [[Grandmaster Flash|Grandmaster]] and [[Melle Mel]]
*"[[Why Me? (Irene Cara song)|Why Me?]]" – [[Irene Cara]]
*"[[Wings of a Dove (Madness song)|Wings of a Dove]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*"[[Wishing on a Star]]" – [[Rose Royce]]
*"[[The Word Is Out]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
*"[[Wrapped Around Your Finger]]" – [[The Police]]
*"[[You Are (Lionel Richie song)|You Are]]" – [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[You Can't Hurry Love]]" – [[Phil Collins]] (released in 1982)
*"[[Gravity Talks]]" – [[Green On Red]]
*"[[Seance]]" – [[The Church (band)|The Church]]
*"[[Fervor EP|Fervor]]" – [[Jason & The Scorchers]]
}}

==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>
|-
|"[[Cattle and Cane]]" || [[The Go-Betweens]] || {{Date table sorting|021983}}|February 1983 || 4 (UK INdie Charts)
|-
|"[[Original Sin (INXS song)|Original Sin]]" || [[INXS]] || {{Date table sorting|121983}}|December 1983 || [[Original Sin (INXS song)#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Radio Free Europe (song)|Radio Free Europe]]" || [[R.E.M.]] || {{Date table sorting|041983}}|April 1983 || 25 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 78 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
|-
|"[[Rip It Up (Orange Juice song)|Rip It Up]]" || [[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]] || {{Date table sorting|021983}}|February 1983 || 8 (UK Single Charts) – 23 (Ireland) – 42 (New Zealand)
|-
|"[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]" || [[U2]] || {{Date table sorting|031983}}|March 1983 || 3 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]/[Single Top 100]) – 7 (U.S. Billboard Top Tracks) – 11 (Belgium)
|-
|"[[Synchronicity II]]" || [[The Police]] || {{Date table sorting|101983}}|October 1983 || 12 (Ireland) – 15 (U.S. Cashbox) – 16 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) – 17 (UK Singles Chart) – 21 (Canada)
|-
|"[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]" || [[Heaven 17]] || {{Date table sorting|041983}}|April 1983 || [[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[This Charming Man]]" || [[The Smiths]] || {{Date table sorting|101983}}|October 1983 || 1 (UK Indie Charts) – 15 (New Zealand) – 25 (UK Singles Chart) – 52 (Australia)
|-
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Crafty Fag" b/w "How to Age" – [[The Nightingales]]
*"Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me)" b/w Sleep" – [[Pete Wylie|Wah!]]
*"[[I Hear Motion]]" – [[Models (band)|Models]]
*"[[Listening (song)|Listening]]" – [[Pseudo Echo]]
*"Nag" b/w "Bits and Pieces" – [[Joan Jett]] and the Blackhearts
}}

==Published popular music==
* "[[I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues]]" w. [[Bernie Taupin]] m. [[Elton John]]
* "[[An Innocent Man (song)|An Innocent Man]]" w.m. [[Billy Joel]]
* "[[Karma Chameleon]]" w.m. [[George O'Dowd]], [[Jon Moss]], [[Roy Hay (musician)|Roy Hay]], [[Mikey Craig]] & Phil Rickett
* "[[Uptown Girl]]" w.m. [[Billy Joel]]
* "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" – w.m. [[Jim Steinman]]

==Classical music==
===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Sortable table
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[György Ligeti|Ligeti, György]] || [[Sonata for Solo Cello (Ligeti)|Sonata for Solo Cello]] || 1983-10-24 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris]] || [[Manfred Stilz|Stilz]]<ref>
|-
[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/1/show,38212.html Schott Music]</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Vyacheslav Artyomov]] – ''Tristia'' for solo piano, organ, trumpet, vibraphone and strings
*Jean-Baptiste Barrière – Chreode I
*[[John Cage]] – Thirty Pieces for String Quartet
*[[Friedrich Cerha]] – ''Requiem für Hollensteiner''
*[[George Crumb]] – ''Processional'' for piano
*[[Jean Daetwyler]] – Concerto for Alphorn, Flute, Saxophone and Strings No. 2
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Romancero'', for soprano, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin and violoncello
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
**''Ellipse'' for flute
**''Onde'' for guitar
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]] – ''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|Aquarius I (Voorspel)—L'ère du Verseau]]'', for orchestra
*[[Jacques Hétu]] – Clarinet Concerto
*[[Simeon ten Holt]] – ''Lemniscaat'', for keyboard (1982–1983)
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – [[fanfare]] ''Victoria'' for mixed choir and orchestra
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Lutosławski)|Symphony No. 3]] (1972–83)
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – Viola Concerto
*[[John Pickard (composer)|John Pickard]] – ''Nocturne in Black and Gold''
*[[Peter Sculthorpe]] – Piano concerto
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Samstag aus Licht#Scene 3: Luzifers Tanz|Luzifers Tanz]]'', for wind orchestra
*[[Iannis Xenakis]] – ''Shaar''
*[[Morton Feldman]] – ''Crippled Symmetry''

==Opera==
*[[Robert Ashley]] – ''Perfect Lives'' (An opera for television)
*[[Leonard Bernstein]] – ''A Quiet Place''
*[[Oliver Knussen]] – ''Where the Wild Things Are'' (children's)
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Saint François d'Assise]]''
*[[Per Nørgård]] – ''Det guddommelige Tivoli (The Divine Circus)''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1983 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage aux Folles]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]] and ran for 1781 performances
* ''[[Doonesbury (musical)|Doonesbury]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre|Biltmore Theatre]] and ran for 104 performances
* ''[[Mame (musical)|Mame]]'' ([[Jerry Herman]]) – Broadway revival
* ''[[Merlin (musical)|Merlin]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] and ran for 199 performances
* ''[[Oliver!]]'' ([[Lionel Bart]]) – London revival
* ''[[On Your Toes]]'' – Broadway revival
* ''[[My One and Only (musical)|My One and Only]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] and ran for 767 performances
* ''[[Singin' in the Rain (musical)|Singin' in the Rain]]'' – London production
* ''[[The Tap Dance Kid]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] and ran for 699 performances
* ''[[Zorba (musical)|Zorba]]'' – Broadway revival

==Musical films==
* ''[[Carmen (1983 film)|Carmen]]''
* ''[[Eddie and the Cruisers]]''
* ''[[Flashdance]]''
* ''[[Le Bal (1983 film)|Le Bal]]''
* ''[[Mangammagari Manavadu]]''
* ''[[Narcissus (1983 film)|Narcissus]]''
* ''[[Neti Bharatam]]''
* ''[[The Pirates of Penzance (1983 film)|The Pirates of Penzance]]''
* ''[[Rock & Rule]]''
* ''[[Staying Alive (1983 film)|Staying Alive]]''
* ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]''

==Musical television==
* ''[[Salad Days (musical)|Salad Days]]''

==Births==
{{Births and deaths ToC|births|January–April births|May–August births|September–December births|unknown=yes}}

===January–April births===
====January====
*[[1 January]] – [[Jona Weinhofen]], Australian musician 
*[[January 7]] – [[Tosin Abasi]], Nigerian-American musician ([[Animals As Leaders]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Seun Kuti]], Nigerian musician and singer 
*[[January 13]] – [[William Hung]], American musician
*[[January 14]] – [[Takako Uehara]], Japanese singer
*[[January 16]] – [[SYML]], SYML is the solo venture of Brian Fennell,
*[[January 18]] 
**[[Samantha Mumba]], Irish singer and actress
**Mike Ezay, American R&B singer ([[Git Fresh]])
**[[Katie White]], British singer ([[The Ting Tings]])
*[[January 19]] – [[Hikaru Utada]], Japanese singer and songwriter
*[[January 20]] – [[Mari Yaguchi]], Japanese singer ([[Morning Musume]]) and host
*[[January 21]] – [[Rapsody]], American rapper
*[[January 24]] – [[Frankie Grande]], American actor, singer, and dancer
*[[January 25]] – [[Andrée Watters]], Canadian singer
*[[January 27]] – [[John Lundvik]], British-Swedish singer-songwriter
*[[January 30]] – [[Ella Hooper]], Australian rock singer-songwriter, musician, radio presenter and TV personality ([[Killing Heidi]] + [[The Verses]])

====February births====
*[[February 1]] – [[Andrew VanWyngarden]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[MGMT]])
*[[February 3]] 
** [[Gilad Hekselman]], Israeli guitarist and composer
** [[Linus Wiklund]], Swedish songwriter and music producer
*[[February 5]] – [[Baby K (artist)|Baby K]], Singaporean-Italian singer-songwriter
*[[February 8]] – [[Jim Verraros]], American singer
*[[February 10]] – Bless, Canadian rapper
*[[February 13]] – [[Joel Little]], New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter (Lorde, Taylor Swift)
*[[February 14]] – [[Davidior]], a Korean-American record producer, audio engineer, musician, songwriter and singer. 
*[[February 17]] – [[Kevin Rudolf]], American record producer and musician
*[[February 19]] – [[Mika Nakashima]], Japanese singer and actress
*[[February 28]] – [[Linda Király]], Hungarian-American singer-songwriter

====March births====
*[[March 8]] – [[Piano Squall]], American pianist
*[[March 9]] – [[Mayte Perroni]], Mexican singer and actress
*[[March 10]] – [[Carrie Underwood]], American singer/songwriter
*[[March 11]] – [[Thiaguinho (singer)|Thiaguinho]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
*[[March 14]] – [[Taylor Hanson]] American band member ([[Hanson (band)|Hanson]])
*[[March 15]] – [[Florencia Bertotti]], Argentine actress and singer
*[[March 19]] – [[Ana Rezende]] ([[CSS (band)|Cansei de Ser Sexy]]), Brazilian
*[[March 29]]
**[[Luiza Sá]] ([[CSS (band)|Cansei de Ser Sexy]]), Brazilian
**[[Jamie Woon]], British singer, songwriter and record producer,
*[[March 30]] – [[Hebe Tian]], member of the Taiwanese girl-group [[S.H.E]]
*[[March 31]] 
**[[40 (record producer)|40]], Canadian record producer, songwriter, record executive, advocate, and former child actor from Toronto, Ontario. 
**[[Christian Scott (musician)|Christian Scott]] aTunde Adjuah, American trumpeter

====April births====
*[[April 4]] – [[Tei (singer)|Tei]], Korean ballad singer
*[[April 8]] - [[Jay]], South Korean singer ([[TRAX (band)|TRAX]])
*[[April 15]] – [[Margo Price]], American singer-songwriter
*[[April 16]] – [[Marié Digby]], American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist
*[[April 18]]
:*[[Ameerah (singer)|Ameerah]], Belgian singer-songwriter
:*[[Reeve Carney]], American singer-songwriter and actor
*[[April 20]] – [[Sebastian Ingrosso]], Swedish DJ, actor and record producer
*[[April 21]] – [[Lily Chan]], Chinese singer

===May–August births===
====May births====
*[[May 8]]
**[[Bondan Prakoso]], Indonesian singer
**[[Matt Willis]], British musician ([[Busted (band)|Busted]]) and presenter
*[[May 10]] – [[Moshe Peretz]], Israeli musician
*[[May 11]] – [[Holly Valance]], Australian actress, singer and model.
*[[Park Hee-von]], South Korean singer ([[Milk]])
*[[May 14]] – [[Anahí]], Mexican singer and actress
*[[May 15]] – [[Devin Bronson]], American guitarist, songwriter and producer
*[[May 23]] - [[Heidi Range]], English singer
* [[May 27]] – [[Sean Douglas (songwriter)|Sean Douglas]], American songwriter and record producer
* [[May 31]]
**[[David Hernandez (singer)|David Hernandez]], American singer
**[[Michael Lynche]], American singer

====June births====
*[[June 2]] – [[Brooke White]], American singer
*[[June 3]] – [[Kelela]], American singer and songwriter.
*[[June 7]] – [[Indiggo]], Romanian-born American twin sisters, singer-songwriters, and reality TV personalities
*[[June 8]] – [[Lee Harding]], Australian singer
*[[June 9]] – [[Marina Lizorkina]], Russian singer 
*[[June 10]] – [[Jason Evigan]], American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. 
*[[June 15]] – [[Laura Imbruglia]], Australian indie rock singer-songwriter.
*[[June 16]] – [[Jen Majura]], German guitarist, bassist and singer.
*[[June 17]]
**[[Connie Fisher]], British actress and singer
**[[Lee Ryan]], British singer
**[[Magnus Skylstad]],  Norwegian musician and record producer (Frequent collaborator with Aurora) 
*[[June 24]] – [[Shermain Jeremy]], Antiguan singer and beauty pageant contestant
*[[June 27]] – [[Evan Taubenfeld]], American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Avril Lavigne)
*[[June 30]]
**[[Patrick Wolf]], English singer-songwriter
**[[Cheryl Cole|Cheryl]], former member of [[Girls Aloud]], British singer-songwriter and television personality

====July births====
*[[July 1]]
**[[Leeteuk]], South Korean singer-songwriter and actor.
**[[Marit Larsen]], Norwegian musician ([[M2M (band)|M2M]])
**[[Jang Jin-young]], South Korean singer ([[Black Beat]])
*[[July 2]] – [[Michelle Branch]], American singer-songwriter and musician ([[The Wreckers]])
*[[July 3]]
**[[Matt Papa]], American singer-songwriter
*[[July 4]]
**[[Ben Jorgensen]], American singer, guitarist, member of [[Armor For Sleep]]
**[[Andrew Mrotek]], American drummer ([[The Academy Is...]])
** [[Melanie Fiona]], Canadian singer-songwriter 
*[[July 7]] – [[Ciara Newell]], Irish singer ([[Bellefire]])
*[[July 9]] – [[Lucia Micarelli]], American violinist and actress
*[[July 10]] – [[Heechul]], South Korean singer, songwriter
*[[July 11]]
**[[Megan Marie Hart]], American opera singer
**[[Marie Serneholt]], Swedish singer and model ([[A*Teens]])
*[[July 14]] – [[Khalil Fong]], Hong Kong singer/songwriter and producer (d. 2025)
*[[July 17]] – [[Joker Xue]], Chinese singer-songwriter
*[[July 18]] – [[Aaron Gillespie]], American drummer ([[Underoath]])
*[[July 20]] – [[Jason Chan (singer)|Jason Chan]], Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor
*[[July 21]] – [[Eivør Pálsdóttir]], [[Faroese people|Faroese]] singer and composer
*[[July 22]] – [[Sharni Vinson]], Australian dancer, actor and television personality 
*[[July 23]] – [[Bec Hewitt]], Australian singer, dancer, and actor
*[[July 24]] – [[Morgan Sorne]], American singer-songwriter and multi-media artist
*[[July 31]] – [[Yola (singer)|Yola]], English singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

====August births====
*[[August 7]] – [[Christian Chávez]], Mexican singer and actor
*[[August 8]] – [[Vanessa Amorosi]], Australian singer/songwriter
*[[August 9]] – [[Ashley Johnson]], American actress and singer
*[[August 14]] – [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], playback singer
*[[August 18]]
**[[Danny!]], American record producer/recording artist
**[[Mika (singer)|Mika]], British singer
**[[Emma McKenna]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[August 19]]
**[[Tammin Sursok]], South African-born Australian actress and singer.
**[[Missy Higgins]], Australian singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
*[[August 21]] – [[Brody Jenner]], American dj
*[[August 25]] – [[James Righton]], English musician, multi instrumentalist
*[[August 28]] – [[Alfonso Herrera]], Mexican singer and actor<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lifeandstyle.expansion.mx/entretenimiento/2020/11/17/entrevista-la-travesia-de-alfonso-herrera|title=Entrevista: la travesía de Alfonso Herrera|publisher=[[Expansión (Mexico)|Expansión]]|date=November 17, 2020|access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>
*[[August 30]] – [[Jun Matsumoto]], Japanese singer and actor

===September–December births===
====September births====
*[[September 2]] – [[Aimee Osbourne]], English actress and singer
*[[September 12]]
**[[Frank Dukes]], Canadian record producer and dj
**[[Carly Smithson]], Irish singer
*[[September 14]] – [[Amy Winehouse]], English soul, jazz, blues and rnb singer-songwriter (died 2011)
*[[September 17]] – [[Jennifer Peña]], American singer and actress
*[[September 20]] – [[A-Lin]], Taiwanese singer
*[[September 25]] – [[Donald Glover]], American actor, comedian, writer, director, rapper, and DJ
*[[September 30]] – [[T-Pain]], American rapper & singer-songwriter

====October births====
*[[October 7]] – [[Flying Lotus]], American rapper and producer, founded [[Brainfeeder]]
*[[October 10]]
**[[Alyson Hau]], Hong Kong radio DJ
**[[Jack Savoretti]], English acoustic artist (Kylie Minogue)
**[[Lzzy Hale]], American singer, songwriter, and musician. (Halestorm)
*[[October 16]] – [[Loreen]], Swedish singer-songwriter and two time winner of [[Eurovision Song Contest]]
*[[October 20]] – [[Alona Tal]], Israeli singer and actress.
*[[October 22]] – [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]], English hip hop rapper
*[[Byul]], South Korean singer
*[[October 24]] – [[Adrienne Bailon]], American singer and actress
*[[October 26]] – [[Houston (singer)|Houston]], American R&B singer
*[[October 29]]
**[[Amit Sebastian Paul]], Swedish singer ([[A-Teens]])
**[[Richard Brancatisano]], Australian actor/musician
*[[October 30]] – [[Diana Karazon]], Jordanian singer

====November births====
*[[November 7]] – [[Forrest Kline]], American singer and songwriter ([[Hellogoodbye]])
*[[November 10]] – [[Miranda Lambert]], American country musician
*[[November 14]]
**[[Lil Boosie]], American rapper
**[[Chelsea Wolfe]], American singer-songwriter
*[[November 16]]
**[[Fallon Bowman]], South African–born guitarist ([[Kittie]])
**[[K (singer)|K]], South Korean singer
*[[November 17]] – [[El Guincho]], a Spanish musician, singer, and record producer
*[[November 22]] – [[Xiao Yu (singer)|Xiao Yu]], Taiwanese singer and songwriter <!-- "Xiao" is surname -->
*[[November 23]] – [[Tristen Gaspadarek]], American singer-songwriter and musician 
*[[November 24]] – [[Adam22]], American hip hop podcaster
*[[November 27]] – [[Nyla]], Jamaican singer and songwriter ([[Brick & Lace]])
*[[November 28]]
**[[Rostam Batmanglij]],  American record producer, musician, singer, songwriter, and composer ([[Vampire Weekend]])
**Tyler Glenn, American alternative singer ([[Neon Trees]])

====December births====
*[[December 3]] – [[Sherri DuPree]], American singer-songwriter
*[[December 12]] – [[Katrina Elam]], American country singer-songwriter
*[[December 15]] – [[Brooke Fraser]], New Zealand singer-songwriter, musician
*[[December 17]] 
** [[Kosuke Saito]], Japanese DJ
** [[Domino Kirke]],  British-American singer, doula, and actress
*[[December 29]] – [[Jessica Andrews]], American country music singer
*[[December 31]] – [[Sayaka Ichii]], Japanese singer ([[Morning Musume]])

===Birth date unknown===
*unknown
**[[Dan Sultan]], Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist
**[[Joseph Tawadros]], Egyptian-born Australian oud virtuoso
** [[Riopy]], French-born British pianist and composer. (worked with [[Lana Del Rey]])

==Deaths==
{{Births and deaths ToC|deaths|January–April deaths|May–August deaths|September–December deaths|unknown=yes}}

===January–April deaths===
====January deaths====
*[[January 5]] – [[Amy Evans]], operatic soprano and actress, 98
*[[January 7]] – [[Edith Coates]], operatic mezzo-soprano, 74
*[[January 12]] - [[Rebop Kwaku Baah]], rock and jazz percussionist with [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] and [[Can (band)|Can]], 38
*[[January 28]] – [[Billy Fury]], singer, 42 (heart attack)
*[[January 31]] – [[Lorraine Ellison]], soul singer, 51

====February deaths====
*[[February 4]] – [[Karen Carpenter]], singer and drummer, 32 (cardiac arrest due to [[anorexia nervosa]])
*[[February 8]]
**[[Charles Kullman]], operatic tenor, 80
**[[Alfred Wallenstein]], cellist, 84
*[[February 12]] – [[Eubie Blake]], pianist, 96
*[[February 18]] – [[Leopold Godowsky, Jr.]], violinist and chemist, 82
*[[February 22]] – Sir [[Adrian Boult]], conductor, 93
*[[February 23]] – [[Herbert Howells]], organist and composer, 90
*[[February 28]] – [[Winifred Atwell]], Trinidadian pianist, 69

====March deaths====
*[[March 6]] – [[Cathy Berberian]], singer and composer, 57
*[[March 7]]
**<!--March 7-->[[Igor Markevitch]], Ukrainian composer and conductor, 70
**<!--March 7-->[[William Walton]], British composer, 80

====April deaths====
*[[April 4]] – [[Danny Rapp]] ([[Danny and the Juniors]]), 41 (suicide by gunshot)
*[[April 5]] – [[Cliff Carlisle]], country and blues singer, 79
*[[April 13]] – [[Dolo Coker]], jazz pianist and composer, 55
*[[April 14]] – [[Pete Farndon]] ([[The Pretenders]]), English bassist, 30 (drug overdose)
*[[April 17]] – [[Felix Pappalardi]], American producer and bassist, 43 (gunshot)
*[[April 23]] – [[Earl Hines]], American jazz pianist, 79
*[[April 30]]
**<!--April 30-->[[Muddy Waters]], blues singer and guitarist, 70 (heart attack)
**<!--April 30-->[[George Balanchine]], Russian-American choreographer, 79

===May–August deaths===
====May deaths====
*[[May 23]]
**[[George Bruns]], film composer, 68
**[[Finn Mortensen]], composer and music critic, 61
*[[May 25]] – [[Paul Quinichette]], saxophonist, 67

====June deaths====
*[[June 2]] – [[Stan Rogers]], folk musician, 33
*[[June 25]] – [[Alberto Ginastera]], Argentine composer, 67<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Ginastera {{!}} Argentine composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Ginastera |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

====July deaths====
*[[July 4]] – [[Claus Adam]], cellist, 66
*[[July 5]] – [[Harry James]], bandleader, 67
*[[July 12]] – [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]], rock musician, 39
*[[July 23]] – [[Georges Auric]], French composer, member of ''[[Les Six]]'', 84
*[[July 27]] – [[Jerome Moross]], composer, conductor and orchestrator, 69
*[[July 30]] – [[Howard Dietz]], lyricist, 86

====August deaths====
*[[August 2]] – [[James Jamerson]], bassist, 47
*[[August 3]] – [[Helge Bonnén]], pianist and composer, 87
*[[August 6]] – [[Klaus Nomi]], singer, 39 (complications from AIDS)
*[[August 13]] – [[Zdeněk Liška]], Czech film composer, 61
*[[August 14]] – [[Omer Létourneau]], pianist, organist, composer and conductor, 92
*[[August 17]] – [[Ira Gershwin]], American lyricist, 86
*[[August 24]] – [[Arkady Filippenko]], composer, 71

===September–December deaths===
====September deaths====
*[[September 5]] – [[John Gilpin (dancer)|John Gilpin]], dancer, 53 (heart attack)
*[[September 24]] – [[Isobel Baillie]], operatic soprano, 88
*[[September 25]] – [[Paul Jacobs (pianist)|Paul Jacobs]], American pianist, 53 (complications from AIDS)

====October deaths====
*[[October 16]]
**[[Øivin Fjeldstad]], violinist and conductor, 80
**[[George Liberace]], violinist and arranger, 72

====November deaths====
*[[November 3]] – [[Alfredo Antonini]], conductor, 82
*[[November 7]] – [[Germaine Tailleferre]], composer, only female member of ''Les Six'', 88<ref>{{cite book|first=Lindsey C.|last=Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music: The Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary for Students and Professionals|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Alfred Publishing Co.|year=1997|page=260|isbn=978-0-88284-728-3}}</ref>
*[[November 15]] – [[John Grimaldi]], English keyboard player and songwriter ([[Argent (band)|Argent]]), 28
*[[November 19]] – [[Tom Evans (musician)|Tommy Evans]], bassist of the rock group [[Badfinger]], 36 (suicide)

====December deaths====
*[[December 6]] – [[Lucienne Boyer]], French singer, 80
*[[December 11]] – [[Simon Laks]], Polish composer and violinist, 82
*[[December 28]] – [[Dennis Wilson]], American singer, songwriter and drummer, 39 (drowned)

===Death date unknown===
*''date unknown''
**[[Antonio Mairena]], Andalusian [[flamenco]] singer, 73 or 74
**[[Pat Smythe (pianist)|Pat Smythe]], Scottish-born jazz pianist, 59 or 60

==Awards==
===Grammy Awards===
*[[Grammy Awards of 1983]]

===Country Music Association Awards===
*[[1983 Country Music Association Awards]]

===Eurovision Song Contest===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1983]]

==Charts==
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983|List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983]]
* [[1983 in British music#Charts]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1983]]
* [[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1983]]

==See also==
* [[Ronald Reagan in music]]

==References==
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