# List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1983

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

Key :
* The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1983 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 526 | January 1* | "Maneater" | Daryl Hall and John Oates |
| 526 | January 8 | "Maneater" | Daryl Hall and John Oates |
| 527 | January 15 | "Down Under" | Men at Work |
| 527 | January 22 | "Down Under" | Men at Work |
| 527 | January 29 | "Down Under" | Men at Work |
| 528 | February 5 | "Africa" | Toto |
| re | February 12 | "Down Under" | Men at Work |
| 529 | February 19 | "Baby, Come to Me" | Patti Austin and James Ingram |
| 529 | February 26 | "Baby, Come to Me" | Patti Austin and James Ingram |
| 530 | March 5 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson |
| 530 | March 12 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson |
| 530 | March 19 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson |
| 530 | March 26 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson |
| 530 | April 2 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson |
| 530 | April 9 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson |
| 530 | April 16 | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson |
| 531 | April 23 | "Come On Eileen" | Dexys Midnight Runners |
| 532 | April 30 | "Beat It" | Michael Jackson |
| 532 | May 7 | "Beat It" | Michael Jackson |
| 532 | May 14 | "Beat It" | Michael Jackson |
| 533 | May 21 | "Let's Dance" | David Bowie |
| 534 | May 28 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara |
| 534 | June 4 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara |
| 534 | June 11 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara |
| 534 | June 18 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara |
| 534 | June 25 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara |
| 534 | July 2 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara |
| 535 | July 9 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
| 535 | July 16 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
| 535 | July 23 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
| 535 | July 30 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
| 535 | August 6 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
| 535 | August 13 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
| 535 | August 20 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
| 535 | August 27 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
| 536 | September 3 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eurythmics |
| 537 | September 10 | "Maniac" | Michael Sembello |
| 537 | September 17 | "Maniac" | Michael Sembello |
| 538 | September 24 | "Tell Her About It" | Billy Joel |
| 539 | October 1 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Bonnie Tyler |
| 539 | October 8 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Bonnie Tyler |
| 539 | October 15 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Bonnie Tyler |
| 539 | October 22 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Bonnie Tyler |
| 540 | October 29 | "Islands in the Stream" | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton |
| 540 | November 5 | "Islands in the Stream" | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton |
| 541 | November 12 | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie |
| 541 | November 19 | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie |
| 541 | November 26 | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie |
| 541 | December 3 | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie |
| 542 | December 10 | "Say Say Say" | Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson |
| 542 | December 17 | "Say Say Say" | Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson |
| 542 | December 24 | "Say Say Say" | Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson |
| 542 | December 31* | "Say Say Say" | Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | Michael Jackson | 14 |
| 2 | The Police | 8 |
| 3 | Irene Cara | 6 |
| 4 | Men at Work | 4 |
| 4 | Bonnie Tyler | 4 |
| 4 | Lionel Richie | 4 |
| 4 | Paul McCartney | 4 |
| 8 | Daryl Hall and John Oates | 2 |
| 8 | Patti Austin | 2 |
| 8 | James Ingram | 2 |
| 8 | Michael Sembello | 2 |
| 8 | Kenny Rogers | 2 |
| 8 | Dolly Parton | 2 |
| 14 | Toto | 1 |
| 14 | Dexys Midnight Runners | 1 |
| 14 | David Bowie | 1 |
| 14 | Eurythmics | 1 |
| 14 | Billy Joel | 1 |