| 1 | Glass Houses | Billy Joel | |
| 2 | Just One Night | Eric Clapton | |
| 3 | McCartney II | Paul McCartney | |
| 4 | The Empire Strikes Back | Soundtrack | |
| 5 | Empty Glass | Pete Townshend | |
| 6 | Let's Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson | |
| 7 | Heroes | Commodores | |
| 8 | Emotional Rescue | The Rolling Stones | |
| 9 | Urban Cowboy | Soundtrack | |
| 10 | Hold Out | Jackson Browne | |
| 11 | Duke | Genesis | |
| 12 | Diana | Diana Ross | |
| 13 | 21 At 33 | Elton John | |
| 14 | The Rose | Soundtrack | |
| 15 | Against The Wind | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | |
| 16 | The Wall | Pink Floyd | |
| 17 | The Blues Brothers | Soundtrack | |
| 18 | Off The Wall | Michael Jackson | |
| 19 | One For The Road | The Kinks | |
| 20 | The Game | Queen | |
| 21 | Mouth To Mouth | Lipps Inc. | |
| 22 | Scream Dream | Ted Nugent | |
| 23 | Middle Man | Boz Scaggs | |
| 24 | After Midnight | Manhattans | |
| 25 | S.O.S. | The S.O.S. Band | |
| 26 | Roses In The Snow | Emmylou Harris | |
| 27 | Sweet Sensation | Stephanie Mills | |
| 28 | Heaven And Hell | Black Sabbath | |
| 29 | The Glow Of Love | Change | |
| 30 | Trilogy: Past Present And Future | Frank Sinatra | |
| 31 | Saved | Bob Dylan | |
| 32 | Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere | Rossington Collins Band | |
| 33 | Peter Gabriel (Melt) | Peter Gabriel | |
| 34 | British Steel | Judas Priest | |
| 35 | Cameosis | Cameo | |
| 36 | Music Man | Waylon Jennings | |
| 37 | Firin' Up | Pure Prairie League | |
| 38 | Kiss Unmasked | Kiss | |
| 39 | Found All The Parts | Cheap Trick | |
| 40 | There And Back | Jeff Beck | |
| 41 | Christopher Cross | Christopher Cross | |
| 42 | Me Myself I | Joan Armatrading | |
| 43 | Naughty | Chaka Khan | |
| 44 | Fame | Soundtrack | |
| 45 | Pearls - Songs Of Goffin & King | Carole King | |
| 46 | Mad Love | Linda Ronstadt | |
| 47 | Pretenders | Pretenders | |
| 48 | About Love | Gladys Knight & The Pips | |
| 49 | Women And Children First | Van Halen | |
| 50 | This Time | Al Jarreau | |
