List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983
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These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is "Every Breath You Take" by the Police at eight weeks.
That year, 9 acts reached number one for the first time: Toto, Patti Austin, James Ingram, Dexys Midnight Runners, Irene Cara, The Police, Eurythmics, Michael Sembello, and Bonnie Tyler. Michael Jackson was the only act to hit number one more than once, with three.
Chart history
| The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1983 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526 | January 1[a] | "Maneater" | Daryl Hall and John Oates | [1] |
| January 8 | [2] | |||
| 527 | January 15 | "Down Under" | Men at Work | [3] |
| January 22 | [4] | |||
| January 29 | [5] | |||
| 528 | February 5 | "Africa" | Toto | [6] |
| re | February 12 | "Down Under" | Men at Work | [7] |
| 529 | February 19 | "Baby, Come to Me" | Patti Austin and James Ingram | [8] |
| February 26 | [9] | |||
| 530 | March 5 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson | [10] |
| March 12 | [11] | |||
| March 19 | [12] | |||
| March 26 | [13] | |||
| April 2 | [14] | |||
| April 9 | [15] | |||
| April 16 | [16] | |||
| 531 | April 23 | "Come On Eileen" | Dexys Midnight Runners | [17] |
| 532 | April 30 | "Beat It" | Michael Jackson | [18] |
| May 7 | [19] | |||
| May 14 | [20] | |||
| 533 | May 21 | "Let's Dance" | David Bowie | [21] |
| 534 | May 28 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | [22] |
| June 4 | [23] | |||
| June 11 | [24] | |||
| June 18 | [25] | |||
| June 25 | [26] | |||
| July 2 | [27] | |||
| 535 | July 9 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police | [28] |
| July 16 | [29] | |||
| July 23 | [30] | |||
| July 30 | [31] | |||
| August 6 | [32] | |||
| August 13 | [33] | |||
| August 20 | [34] | |||
| August 27 | [35] | |||
| 536 | September 3 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eurythmics | [36] |
| 537 | September 10 | "Maniac" | Michael Sembello | [37] |
| September 17 | [38] | |||
| 538 | September 24 | "Tell Her About It" | Billy Joel | [39] |
| 539 | October 1 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Bonnie Tyler | [40] |
| October 8 | [41] | |||
| October 15 | [42] | |||
| October 22 | [43] | |||
| 540 | October 29 | "Islands in the Stream" | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | [44] |
| November 5 | [45] | |||
| 541 | November 12 | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie | [46] |
| November 19 | [47] | |||
| November 26 | [48] | |||
| December 3 | [49] | |||
| 542 | December 10 | "Say Say Say" | Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson | [50] |
| December 17 | [51] | |||
| December 24 | [52] | |||
| December 31[a] | [53] | |||
Notes
- This was an unpublished week, due to a special double issue that Billboard published in print the previous week, for the year-end charts, and covered two weeks; all Billboard weekly charts were "frozen" during the break.
Number-one artists
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Jackson | 14 |
| 2 | The Police | 8 |
| 3 | Irene Cara | 6 |
| 4 | Men at Work | 4 |
| Bonnie Tyler | ||
| Lionel Richie | ||
| Paul McCartney | ||
| 8 | Daryl Hall and John Oates | 2 |
| Patti Austin | ||
| James Ingram | ||
| Michael Sembello | ||
| Kenny Rogers | ||
| Dolly Parton | ||
| 14 | Toto | 1 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | ||
| David Bowie | ||
| Eurythmics | ||
| Billy Joel |