THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z) (Website) CHART'S TOP ALBUMS FOR 1983

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 LET'S DANCE-DAVID BOWIE-MAY
  2 THRILLER-MICHAEL JACKSON-June
  3 TRUE-SPANDAU BALLET-September
  4 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)-EURYTHMICS-August
  5 LOVE OVER GOLD-DIRE STRAITS-January
  6 PRIMITIVE MAN-ICEHOUSE-February
  7 LIVING MY LIFE-GRACE JONES-February
  8 SYNCHRONICITY-The Police-August
  9 LIONEL RICHIE-Lionel Richie-May
 10 GREATEST HITS-Little River Band-March
 11 Too Low For Zero-Elton John-December
 12 War-U2-May
 13 Fantastic-Wham!-September
 14 Speaking In Tongues-Talking Heads-November
 15 Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart-Van Morrison-June
 16 Flashdance OST-Various Artists-September
 17 Principle Of Moments-Robert Plant-October
 18 Cargo-Men at Work-May
 19 The Final Cut-Pink Floyd-April
 20 The Key-Joan Armatrading-June
 21 Billy Idol-Billy Idol-November
 22 Escapade-Tim Finn-August
 23 Quick Step And Side Kick-Thompson Twins-May
 24 1999-Prince-September
 25 Faster Than The Speed Of Night-Bonnie Tyler-July
 26 Air Supply Greatest Hits-Air Supply-October
 27 Foreign Affairs-Sharon O'Neill-July 
 28 H2O-Daryl Hall & John Oates-February
 29 An Innocent Man-Billy Joel-December 
 30 Concert In Central Park-Simon & Garfunkel-February
 31 You And Me Both-Yazoo-October
 32 Enz OF An Era-Split Enz-January
 33 Power,Corruption And Lies-New Order-June
 34 Business As Usual-Men at Work-January
 35 Nightclubbing-Grace Jones-January
 36 Making Movies-Dire Straits-March
 37 Colour By Numbers-Culture Club-November
 38 Rio-Duran Duran-July
 39 Eliminator-ZZ Top-December  
 40 Crises-Mike Oldfield-September
 41 Labour Of Love-UB40-November
 42 Night And Day-Joe Jackson-April
 43 Bite-Altered Images-October
 44 Jane Fonda's Workout Record-Jane Fonda-August
 45 The Wayward Wind-James Galway-May
 46 No Parlez-Paul Young-December
 47 Tropical Gangsters-Kid Creole & The Coconuts-January
 48 Duck Rock-Malcolm McLaren-February
 49 Live At Mainstreet-Dance Exponents/Legion-July
 50 New Gold Dreams-Simple Minds-October