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]
† | Indicates best performing album of 1982 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
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] |