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List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982

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American country band Alabama (pictured in 2014) charted the most number-one singles in the chart for 1982, with three

In 1982, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the adult contemporary category in Canada. The chart, entitled Contemporary Adult, has undergone numerous name changes and has become Adult Contemporary from 1984 to September 1988, and May 1989 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1982, 35 individual songs topped the chart, which contained 30 positions and is based on record sales and adult contemporary radio station playlist submissions.

Chart history

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An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts.

Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 2* "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" Barbra Streisand
January 9*
January 16 "Yesterday's Songs" Neil Diamond [1]
January 23 [2]
January 30 "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" Ronnie Milsap [3]
February 6 "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" Juice Newton [4]
February 13 "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" Hall & Oates [5]
February 20 "Perhaps Love" John Denver and Plácido Domingo [6]
February 27 [7]
March 6 "Leader of the Band" Dan Fogelberg [8]
March 13 "Bobbie Sue" Oak Ridge Boys [9]
March 20 [10]
March 27 "Love in the First Degree" Alabama [11]
April 3 [12]
April 10 "Key Largo" Bertie Higgins [13]
April 17 [14]
April 24 "Another Sleepless Night" Anne Murray [15]
May 1 "Chariots of Fire" Vangelis [16]
May 8 [17]
May 15 "On the Way to the Sky" Neil Diamond [18]
May 22 "Shanghai Breezes" John Denver [19]
May 29 "Mountain Music" Alabama [20]
June 5 "I've Never Been to Me" Charlene [21]
June 12 [22]
June 19 "Run for the Roses" Dan Fogelberg [23]
June 26 "Any Day Now" Ronnie Milsap [24]
July 3 [25]
July 10 [26]
July 17 "When He Shines" Sheena Easton [27]
July 24 "Even the Nights Are Better" Air Supply [28]
July 31 "Island of Lost Souls" Blondie [29]
August 7 [30]
August 14 "Take Me Down" Alabama [31]
August 21 [32]
August 28 "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago [33]
September 4 "Love Will Turn You Around" Kenny Rogers [34]
September 11 [35]
September 18 "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" Melissa Manchester [36]
September 25 [37]
October 2 "Hey Baby" Anne Murray [38]
October 9 "Blue Eyes" Elton John [39]
October 16 "Heartlight" Neil Diamond [40]
October 23 "Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band [41]
October 30 "I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton [42]
November 6 "Heartlight" Neil Diamond [43]
November 13 [44]
November 20 "Let It Be Me" Willie Nelson [45]
November 27 "Break It to Me Gently" Juice Newton [46]
December 4 "Southern Cross" Crosby, Stills and Nash [47]
December 11 [48]
December 18 "The Girl Is Mine" Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney [49]
December 25 "You and I" Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle [50]

References

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  1. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: January 16, 1982". RPM.
  2. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: January 23, 1982". RPM.
  3. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: January 30, 1982". RPM.
  4. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: February 6, 1982". RPM.
  5. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: February 13, 1982". RPM.
  6. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: February 20, 1982". RPM.
  7. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: February 27, 1982". RPM.
  8. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: March 6, 1982". RPM.
  9. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: March 13, 1982". RPM.
  10. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: March 20, 1982". RPM.
  11. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: March 27, 1982". RPM.
  12. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 3, 1982". RPM.
  13. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 10, 1982". RPM.
  14. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 17, 1982". RPM.
  15. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 24, 1982". RPM.
  16. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 1, 1982". RPM.
  17. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 8, 1982". RPM.
  18. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 15, 1982". RPM.
  19. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 22, 1982". RPM.
  20. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 29, 1982". RPM.
  21. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: June 5, 1982". RPM.
  22. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: June 12, 1982". RPM.
  23. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: June 19, 1982". RPM.
  24. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: June 26, 1982". RPM.
  25. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 3, 1982". RPM.
  26. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 10, 1982". RPM.
  27. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 17, 1982". RPM.
  28. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 24, 1982". RPM.
  29. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 31, 1982". RPM.
  30. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: August 7, 1982". RPM.
  31. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: August 14, 1982". RPM.
  32. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: August 21, 1982". RPM.
  33. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: August 28, 1982". RPM.
  34. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: September 4, 1982". RPM.
  35. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: September 11, 1982". RPM.
  36. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: September 18, 1982". RPM.
  37. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: September 25, 1982". RPM.
  38. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 2, 1982". RPM.
  39. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 9, 1982". RPM.
  40. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 16, 1982". RPM.
  41. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 23, 1982". RPM.
  42. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 30, 1982". RPM.
  43. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: November 6, 1982". RPM.
  44. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: November 13, 1982". RPM.
  45. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: November 20, 1982". RPM.
  46. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: November 27, 1982". RPM.
  47. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 4, 1982". RPM.
  48. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 11, 1982". RPM.
  49. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 18, 1982". RPM.
  50. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 25, 1982". RPM.
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