List of number-one R&B albums of 1982 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1982:
See also: 1982 in music
, R&B number-one hits of 1982 (USA)
See also: 1982 in music
1982 in music
This is a list of notable events in music from 1982. 1982 was a big year in music with Madonna making her debut as well as the year that Michael Jackson released Thriller which became the world's best selling album and it still holds that title today....
, R&B number-one hits of 1982 (USA)
R&B number-one hits of 1982 (USA)
These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1982:See also: 1982 in music, List of number-one R&B hits -Chart comparisons:*"I Can't Go for That" was the only song that year to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart....
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 2 | Raise! Raise! Raise! is the eleventh studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and released in 1981 on ARC/Columbia Records. Raise! has been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA. Raise! was the bestselling R&B album of 1982. The album featured... |
Earth, Wind and Fire |
| January 9 | Raise! | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| January 16 | Raise! | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| January 23 | Raise! | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| January 30 | Raise! | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| February 6 | Skyy Line Skyy Line Skyy Line is the fourth album by New York City based group Skyy released in 1981 on Salsoul Records.-Track listing:#Let's Celebrate - 5:32#Call Me - 6:21#Girl In Blue - 4:24... |
Skyy Skyy (band) Skyy was an American R&B/funk/disco band based in New York. They are perhaps best known for their 1982 hit, "Call Me," as well as their 1989 "comeback" hits, "Start of a Romance" and "Real Love."-Career:... |
| February 13 | Skyy Line | Skyy |
| February 20 | The Poet The Poet (album) The Poet is a 1981 album by Bobby Womack. The album reached the top of the Billboard Top Black Albums chart due to the success of the single, "If You Think You're Lonely Now, which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.... |
Bobby Womack Bobby Womack Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40... |
| February 27 | The Poet | Bobby Womack |
| March 6 | The Poet | Bobby Womack |
| March 13 | The Poet | Bobby Womack |
| March 20 | The Poet | Bobby Womack |
| March 27 | Skyy Line | Skyy |
| April 3 | Skyy Line | Skyy |
| April 10 | Skyy Line | Skyy |
| April 17 | Love Is Where You Find It Love Is Where You Find It Love Is Where You Find It is an album by The Whispers released in 1981. This album reached number-one on the Billboard Soul Albums chart.-Track listing:#"In the Raw" 5:56... |
The Whispers The Whispers The Whispers are a long-established R&B-dance vocal group from Los Angeles, California, with a consistent track record of hit records dating back to the late 1960s.-Career:... |
| April 24 | Friends Friends (Shalamar album) Friends is the sixth album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1982 on the SOLAR label. The album, which features the 'classic' Shalamar line-up , topped the R&B chart and peaked at #35 on the Billboard chart.In the United Kingdom Friends gained impetus from a now-legendary demonstration... |
Shalamar Shalamar Shalamar was an American music group, primarily of the 1970s and 1980s, that was originally a disco-driven vehicle created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey and show creator Don Cornelius. They went on to be an influential dance trio, masterminded by Soul Train producer Don Cornelius... |
| May 1 | Friends | Shalamar |
| May 8 | Brilliance Brilliance (Atlantic Starr album) Brilliance is the fourth studio album by Atlantic Starr. This album featured hit singles "Love Me Down" and "Circles."-Tracklisting:# "Love Me Down" # "Sexy Dancer" # "Love Moves"... |
Atlantic Starr Atlantic Starr Atlantic Starr was a 1980s R&B band. Among their biggest hits were "Always" and "Secret Lovers."- History :The group was started in 1976 in White Plains, New York by trumpeter Duke Jones , drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussionist and flautist Joseph Phillips, and three... |
| May 15 | Brilliance | Atlantic Starr |
| May 22 | Brilliance | Atlantic Starr |
| May 29 | That Other Woman | Ray Parker, Jr. Ray Parker, Jr. Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and... |
| June 5 | Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
| June 12 | Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | Stevie Wonder |
| June 19 | Keep It Live | Dazz Band Dazz Band The Dazz Band is an American funk music band that was most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning "Let It Whip" , "Joystick" , and "Let It All Blow"... |
| June 26 | Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | Stevie Wonder |
| July 3 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| July 10 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| July 17 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| July 24 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| July 31 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| August 7 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| August 14 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| August 21 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| August 28 | The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band |
| September 4 | Jump to It Jump to It Jump To It is a Gold-certified*, chart-topping Aretha Franklin album, produced by the late Luther Vandross and originally released in the summer of 1982.... |
Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All... |
| September 11 | Jump to It | Aretha Franklin |
| September 18 | Jump to It | Aretha Franklin |
| September 25 | Jump to It | Aretha Franklin |
| October 2 | Jump to It | Aretha Franklin |
| October 9 | Jump to It | Aretha Franklin |
| October 16 | Jump to It | Aretha Franklin |
| October 23 | Get Loose | Evelyn "Champagne" King |
| October 30 | Get Loose | Evelyn "Champagne" King |
| November 6 | Forever, For Always, For Love Forever, For Always, For Love Forever, For Always, For Love is the second studio album by American R&B/soul singer Luther Vandross, released in September 1982 . It was certified platinum by the RIAA, and earned Vandross was nominated for the 1983 Grammy Award for "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male"... |
Luther Vandross Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times... |
| November 13 | Forever, For Always, For Love | Luther Vandross |
| November 20 | Forever, For Always, For Love | Luther Vandross |
| November 27 | Lionel Richie Lionel Richie (album) Lionel Richie is the debut solo album by R&B singer Lionel Richie. It was released in 1982 on Motown Records. The first single, "Truly", topped the Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up single "You Are" reached number four, and "My Love" reached number five... |
Lionel Richie Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records... |
| December 4 | Midnight Love Midnight Love Midnight Love is the final studio album recorded and issued by American soul singer Marvin Gaye and was the singer's first release from Columbia months after leaving his longtime label, Motown. It claimed the number one slot on NME Album of the Year.... |
Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range.... |
| December 11 | Midnight Love | Marvin Gaye |
| December 18 | Midnight Love | Marvin Gaye |
| December 25 | Midnight Love | Marvin Gaye |