List of Billboard #1 Rock Albums of 1983

In 1983, Billboard published a weekly Rock Albums list with 50 albums ranked.  A total of 266 albums charted in 1983.  Here's a chart of the #1 rock albums of that year:

Week Ending	Album	Artist
January 7	Long After Dark	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
January 15
January 22
January 29
February 5
February 12	The Distance	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
February 19
February 26	Frontiers	Journey
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16	Pyromania	Def Leppard
April 23
April 30	War	U2
May 7	Cargo	Men at Work
May 14
May 21	War	U2
May 28	Cargo	Men at Work
June 4
June 11	"Every Breath You Take" (45 single)	The Police
June 18
June 25	Reach the Beach	The Fixx
July 2
July 9	Synchronicity	The Police
July 16
July 23
July 30
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29	Live from Earth	Pat Benatar
November 5	Genesis	Genesis
November 12
November 19	Uh-Huh	John Cougar Mellencamp
November 26	Undercover	The Rolling Stones
December 3
December 10	Genesis	Genesis
December 17
December 24	90125	Yes

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