List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1982

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 any actual sales figures.[2][3]

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 1982

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Reference
January 2	For Those About to Rock We Salute You	AC/DC	Atlantic	[4]
January 9				[5]
January 16	4	Foreigner	Atlantic	[6]
January 23				[7]
January 30				[8]
February 6	Freeze Frame	The J. Geils Band	EMI America	[9]
February 13				[10]
February 20				[11]
February 27				[12]
March 6	Beauty and the Beat	Go-Go’s	I.R.S.	[13]
March 13				[14]
March 20				[15]
March 27				[16]
April 3				[17]
April 10				[18]
April 17	Chariots of Fire	Vangelis	Polydor	[19]
April 24				[20]
May 1				[21]
May 8				[22]
May 15	Asia	Asia	Geffen	[23]
May 22				[24]
May 29	Tug of War	Paul McCartney	Columbia	[25]
June 5				[26]
June 12				[27]
June 19	Asia	Asia	Geffen	[28]
June 26				[29]
July 3				[30]
July 10				[31]
July 17				[32]
July 24				[33]
July 31				[34]
August 7	Mirage	Fleetwood Mac	Warner Bros.	[35]
August 14				[36]
August 21				[37]
August 28				[38]
September 4				[39]
September 11	American Fool	John Cougar	Riva	[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	Columbia	[49]
November 20				[50]
November 27				[51]
December 4				[52]
December 11				[53]
December 18				[54]
December 25				[55]

See also

• Hot 100 number-one hits of 1982 (United States)
• 1982 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

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