Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them
The page sets one kind of bullet from this week. From 10/11/1980 until 6/18/1983 Billboard starred its bulleted records two ways: an outline “superstar” for the products with the greatest airplay and sales gains, and a solid star for the others demonstrating significant gains. The archive shows a superstar’s ring filled in. From this issue every bulleted record carries the same mark, awarded for the greatest airplay and sales gains, as it does for the rest of the archive.
| This week | Last week | 2 wks ago | Wks. on chart | Title Artist Label | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
★★ NO. 1 ★★5 weeks at No. One
Casablanca 811440-7/PolyGram
|
1 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Virgin/Epic 34-03796
|
2 |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
Portrait/Ice 37-03793/Epic
|
3 |
| 4 | 14 | 25 | 4 |
A&M 2542
|
4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
EMI-America 8158
|
1 |
| 6 | 10 | 13 | 9 |
RCA 13507
|
6 |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
A&M 2543
|
7 |
| 8 | 13 | 15 | 11 |
A&M 2540
|
8 |
| 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
RCA 13497
|
9 |
| 10 | 15 | 17 | 10 |
EMI-America 8161
|
10 |
| 11 | 11 | 6 | 18 |
Epic 34-03759
|
1 |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Columbia 38-03840
|
12 |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
EMI-America 8155
|
8 |
| 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
Capitol 5217
|
14 |
| 15 | 17 | 19 | 5 |
Epic 34-03914
|
15 |
| 16 | 18 | 18 | 8 |
Geffen 7-29639/Warner Bros.
|
16 |
| 17 | 19 | 22 | 8 |
Arista 1054
|
17 |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
Columbia 38-03795
|
3 |
| 19 | 21 | 26 | 8 |
Geffen 7-29668/Warner Bros.
|
19 |
| 20 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
Motown 1677
|
5 |
| 21 | 25 | 28 | 10 |
Gordy 1660/Motown
|
21 |
| 22 | 22 | 24 | 8 |
Capitol 5231
|
22 |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 13 |
Columbia 38-03563
|
23 |
| 24 | 24 | 27 | 6 |
RSO 813173-7/PolyGram
|
24 |
| 25 | 32 | 44 | 4 |
Capitol 5233
|
25 |
| 26 | 27 | 32 | 5 |
Warner Bros. 7-29608
|
26 |
| 27 | 36 | 47 | 4 |
Modern 7-99863/Atco
|
27 |
| 28 | 28 | 30 | 9 |
Atlantic 7-89849
|
28 |
| 29 | 30 | 40 | 7 |
Jive/Arista 2006
|
29 |
| 30 | 34 | 42 | 5 |
Mercury 812370-7/PolyGram
|
30 |
| 31 | 33 | 35 | 5 |
Capitol 5235
|
31 |
| 32 | 37 | 46 | 7 |
RCA 13533
|
32 |
| 33 | 39 | 52 | 4 |
Warner Bros. 7-29896
|
33 |
| 34 | 20 | 7 | 19 |
Capitol 5204
|
5 |
| 35 | 35 | 39 | 9 |
A&M 2511
|
35 |
| 36 | 26 | 14 | 18 |
Warner Bros. 7-29746
|
6 |
| 37 | 29 | 21 | 16 |
A&M 2536
|
10 |
| 38 | 42 | 48 | 6 |
Chrysalis 4-42697
|
38 |
| 39 | 31 | 20 | 15 |
Atlantic 7-89868
|
7 |
| 40 | 52 | 69 | 3 |
A&M 2553
|
40 |
| 41 | 45 | 54 | 5 |
A&M 2547
|
41 |
| 42 | 46 | 53 | 5 |
MCA 52213
|
42 |
| 43 | 59 | — | 2 |
Geffen 7-29603/Warner Bros.
|
43 |
| 44 | 51 | 66 | 4 |
Atlantic 7-89819
|
44 |
| 45 | 50 | 60 | 3 |
Columbia 38-03941
|
45 |
| 46 | 48 | 51 | 8 |
Streetwise 2208
|
46 |
| 47 | 47 | 50 | 7 |
Qwest 7-29618/Warner Bros.
|
47 |
| 48 | 58 | 71 | 4 |
Casablanca 812516-7/PolyGram
|
48 |
| 49 | 43 | 45 | 7 |
Warner Bros. 7-29649
|
43 |
| 50 | 53 | 56 | 7 |
Columbia 38-03877
|
50 |
| This week | Last week | 2 wks ago | Wks. on chart | Title Artist Label | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 56 | 68 | 4 |
EMI-America 8165
|
51 |
| 52 | 54 | 62 | 6 |
Mercury 812165-7/PolyGram
|
52 |
| 53 | 55 | 58 | 5 |
MCA 51299
|
53 |
| 54 | 61 | 75 | 3 |
Mercury 812604-7/PolyGram
|
54 |
| 55 | 38 | 38 | 8 |
RCA 13524
|
38 |
| 56 | 41 | 29 | 16 |
Mercury 811 215-7/PolyGram
|
12 |
| 57 | NEW▶ | 1 |
Jet 4-03964/Epic
|
57 | |
| 58 | 44 | 36 | 14 |
RCA 13470
|
23 |
| 59 | 64 | 70 | 4 |
Beserkley 7-69820/Elektra
|
59 |
| 60 | 40 | 33 | 8 |
Warner Bros. 7-29662
|
33 |
| 61 | 66 | 80 | 4 |
Columbia 38-03786
|
61 |
| 62 | 57 | 31 | 16 |
Columbia 38-03597
|
10 |
| 63 | 75 | 89 | 3 |
Full Moon/Warner Bros. 7-29611
|
63 |
| 64 | 69 | 73 | 5 |
Geffen 7-29638/Warner Bros.
|
64 |
| 65 | 49 | 49 | 11 |
Atlantic 7-89866
|
49 |
| 66 | 82 | — | 2 |
Capitol 5236
|
66 |
| 67 | 78 | — | 2 |
Arista 1-9022
|
67 |
| 68 | 60 | 37 | 9 |
Liberty 1495
|
37 |
| 69 | 76 | 79 | 6 |
Columbia 38-03761
|
69 |
| 70 | NEW▶ | 1 |
Atlantic 7-89812
|
70 | |
| 71 | 81 | — | 2 |
Capitol 5238
|
71 |
| 72 | NEW▶ | 1 |
RCA 13549
|
72 | |
| 73 | 70 | 65 | 23 |
Epic 34-03509
|
1 |
| 74 | 83 | 87 | 3 |
Atco 7-99895
|
74 |
| 75 | NEW▶ | 1 |
RCA 50727
|
75 | |
| 76 | NEW▶ | 1 |
Mirage 7-99862/Atco
|
76 | |
| 77 | 84 | — | 2 |
Elektra 7-69817
|
77 |
| 78 | 79 | 83 | 5 |
A&M 2538
|
78 |
| 79 | 95 | — | 2 |
Jive/Arista 1-9036
|
79 |
| 80 | 80 | 85 | 4 |
Love Is The KeyMAZE featuring FRANKIE BEVERLY
Capitol 5221
|
80 |
| 81 | 92 | — | 2 |
Epic 34-03578
|
81 |
| 82 | 85 | 92 | 4 |
21 Records 1-104/PolyGram
|
82 |
| 83 | 88 | — | 2 |
Island 7-99866/Atco
|
83 |
| 84 | 86 | — | 2 |
Warner Bros. 7-29624
|
84 |
| 85 | 90 | — | 2 |
Columbia 38-03897
|
85 |
| 86 | 63 | 41 | 20 |
Epic 34-03559
|
5 |
| 87 | 65 | 43 | 22 |
Beserkley 7-69847/Elektra
|
2 |
| 88 | 89 | — | 2 |
Boardwalk 121777
|
88 |
| 89 | 62 | 34 | 14 |
Atco 7-99905
|
30 |
| 90 | NEW▶ | 1 |
Backstreet 52232/MCA
|
90 | |
| 91 | 71 | 67 | 15 |
Warner Bros. 7-29720
|
21 |
| 92 | 77 | 59 | 6 |
Backstreet 52215/MCA
|
59 |
| 93 | NEW▶ | 1 |
Solar 7-69819/Elektra
|
93 | |
| 94 | 68 | 55 | 9 |
Arista 1056
|
45 |
| 95 | 73 | 64 | 13 |
Columbia 38-03615
|
59 |
| 96 | 67 | 57 | 10 |
Chrysalis 4-42688/Epic
|
39 |
| 97 | 87 | 74 | 23 |
Mercury 76189/Polygram
|
1 |
| 98 | 72 | 63 | 13 |
Capitol 5215
|
14 |
| 99 | 74 | 61 | 7 |
Capitol 5199
|
61 |
| 100 | 91 | 76 | 10 |
Asylum 7-69838/Elektra
|
54 |
Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.