List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1983

These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that have reached number-one in 1983.

Issue date Album Artist(s)
January 1 Midnight Love Marvin Gaye
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29 Thriller Michael Jackson
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23 Between the Sheets The Isley Brothers
July 30 Thriller Michael Jackson
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17 Cold Blooded Rick James
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie
December 3
December 10
December 17
December 24
December 31

See also