List of Billboard #1 Rock Albums of 1981

Beginning with the March 21, 1981 issue, Billboard published a weekly list of the 50 top rock albums.  Billboard put the chart together as a self-described "compilation of Rock Radio Airplay as indicated by the nation's leading Album oriented and Rock Tracks stations."  210 albums made the rock albums chart in 1981; here's the 10 albums that hit the #1 spot that year:

Week Ending	Album	Artist
January 10	No chart
January 17
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21	Paradise Theater	Styx
March 28	Hi Infidelity	REO Speedwagon
April 4	Another Ticket	Eric Clapton
April 11	Face Dances	The Who
April 18
April 25	Another Ticket	Eric Clapton
May 2	Face Dances	The Who
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30	Hard Promises	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25	Long Distance Voyager	Moody Blues
August 1	4	Foreigner
August 8
August 15	Escape	Journey
August 22	4	Foreigner
August 29	Escape	Journey
September 5	4	Foreigner
September 12	Escape	Journey
September 19	Tattoo You	The Rolling Stones
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14
November 21	Abacab	Genesis
November 28
December 5	Tattoo You	The Rolling Stones
December 12
December 19
December 26

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