BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1983

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