List of top 25 albums for 1983 in Australia information
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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1983. These were the best charting albums in Australia for 1983. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".
#
Title
Artist
Highest pos. reached
weeks at No. 1
1.
Thriller
Michael Jackson
1
11 (pkd #1 in 1983 & 84)
2.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Midnight Oil
3
3.
Too Low for Zero
Elton John
2
4.
Let's Dance
David Bowie
1
1
5.
Flashdance
Original Soundtrack
1
3
6.
Love Over Gold
Dire Straits
1
14 (pkd #1 in 1982 & 83)
7.
The Key
Joan Armatrading
4
8.
Spirit of Place
Goanna
2
9.
Synchronicity
The Police
1
3
10.
True
Spandau Ballet
4
11.
An Innocent Man
Billy Joel
3
12.
Business as Usual
Men At Work
1
9 (pkd #1 in 1981 & 82)
13.
Greatest Hits vol 3
Olivia Newton-John
1
2
14.
Cargo
Men at Work
1
2
15.
The Breakers '83
Various Artists
1
2
16.
Making Love... The Very Best of Air Supply
Air Supply
1
1
17.
Desperate
Divinyls
5
18.
1983 The Hot Ones
Various Artists
1
4
19.
Sweet Dreams
Eurythmics
5
20.
Escapade
Tim Finn
8
21.
IV
Toto
1
1
22.
Shabooh Shoobah
INXS
5
23.
The John Lennon Collection
John Lennon
1
5
24.
Faster Than the Speed of Night
Bonnie Tyler
3
25.
Colour by Numbers
Culture Club
1
7 (pkd #1 in 1983 & 84)
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 albums for each week.
source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"
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Number-one albums
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Genre charts (Number-ones)
Country
2001
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2007
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2021
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Urban
2001
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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2011
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2014
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2017
2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
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Other charts (Number-ones)
Digital
2009
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Artists who have reached number-one
Best selling albums
Singles
Number-one singles
By decade
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
By year
2000
2001
2002
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1968
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1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
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1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
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Genre charts (Number-ones)
Club
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Dance
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Urban
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Other charts (Number-ones)
Digital
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Streaming
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Artists who have reached number-one
Best selling singles
Chart achievements and milestones
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