List of Billboard #1 Rock Albums of 1982

In 1982, Billboard published a weekly Rock Albums list with 50 albums ranked.  A total of 263 albums charted in 1982; here's a chart of the #1 rock albums of that year:

Week Ending	Album	Artist
January 9	Tattoo You	The Rolling Stone
January 16
January 23	Freeze-Frame	The J. Geils Band
January 30
February 6
February 13
February 20
February 27
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10	Standing Hampton	Sammy Hagar
April 17
April 24	Asia	Asia
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19	American Fool	John Cougar
June 26	Asia	Asia
July 3
July 10
July 17
July 24	Pictures at Eleven	Robert Plant
July 31
August 7
August 14
August 21	Mirage	Fleetwood Mac
August 28	Pictures at Eleven	Robert Plant
September 4	Emotions in Motion	Billy Squier
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2	It's Hard	The Who
October 9
October 16	Signals	Rush
October 23
October 30
November 6	I Can't Stand Still	Don Henley
November 13	It's Hard	The Who
November 20	Get Nervous	Pat Benatar
November 27	Long After Dark	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25

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