List of number-one albums of 1982 (U.S.)

The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Billboard estimated the sales for the album charts from a representative sampling of record stores nationwide, which was gathered by telephone, fax or messenger service.[1] The data was based on reports from record stores, who ranked the popularity of the best-selling records but did not provide an actual sales figures.[2][3]

Albums

Issue Date Album Artist Reference
January 2 For Those About to Rock We Salute You AC/DC [4]
January 9 [5]
January 16 4 Foreigner [6]
January 23 [7]
January 30 [8]
February 6 Freeze Frame The J. Geils Band [9]
February 13 [10]
February 20 [11]
February 27 [12]
March 6 Beauty and the Beat The Go-Go's [13]
March 13 [14]
March 20 [15]
March 27 [16]
April 3 [17]
April 10 [18]
April 17 Chariots of Fire Vangelis / Soundtrack [19]
April 24 [20]
May 1 [21]
May 8 [22]
May 15 Asia Asia [23]
May 22 [24]
May 29 Tug of War Paul McCartney [25]
June 5 [26]
June 12 [27]
June 19 Asia Asia [28]
June 26 [29]
July 3 [30]
July 10 [31]
July 17 [32]
July 24 [33]
July 31 [34]
August 7 Mirage Fleetwood Mac [35]
August 14 [36]
August 21 [37]
August 28 [38]
September 4 [39]
September 11 American Fool John Cougar [40]
September 18 [41]
September 25 [42]
October 2 [43]
October 9 [44]
October 16 [45]
October 23 [46]
October 30 [47]
November 6 [48]
November 13 Business as Usual Men at Work [49]
November 20 [50]
November 27 [51]
December 4 [52]
December 11 [53]
December 18 [54]
December 25 [55]

See also

References

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