#1 Albums of 1983: Side-by-Side Charts

Week	Billboard	Cash Box	Rolling Stone
January 1	Business as Usual Men at Work	Business as Usual Men at Work	Business as Usual Men at Work
January 8
January 15
January 22			Built for Speed Stray Cats
January 29
February 5			Business as Usual Men at Work
February 12
February 19
February 16	Thriller Michael Jackson	Thriller Michael Jackson
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30			Thriller Michael Jackson
May 7
May 14			Business as Usual Men at Work
May 21
May 28			Thriller Michael Jackson
June 4
June 11			The Final Cut Pink Floyd
June 18
June 25	Flashdance Soundtrack		Let's Dance David Bowie
July 2
July 9	Thriller Michael Jackson
July 16
July 23	Synchronicity The Police	Synchronicity The Police
July 30
August 6			Synchronicity The Police
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10	Thriller Michael Jackson
September 17	Synchronicity The Police
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26	Metal Health Quiet Riot	Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie
December 3	Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie
December 10
December 17
December 24	Thriller Michael Jackson
December 31		Thriller Michael Jackson
Week	Billboard	Cash Box	Rolling Stone

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