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List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983

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Lionel Richie (pictured in 2011) had the most number-one singles in the 1983 RPM Contemporary Adult charts, with "You Are", "My Love" and "All Night Long (All Night)".

In 1983, 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 1983, 39 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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Toto (band pictured in 2010) had two number-one singles in 1983 with "I Won't Hold You Back" and "Waiting for Your Love".
Michael Jackson spent two weeks at number one with "Human Nature".
Dutch-Indonesian musician Taco (pictured in 2012) topped the charts with covers of "Puttin' On the Ritz" and "Singin' in the Rain".

An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts.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 1* "You and I" Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
January 8*
January 15 "It's Raining Again" Supertramp [1]
January 22 "Too Beautiful to Cry" Ronnie Milsap [2]
January 29 "On the Wings of Love" Jeffrey Osborne [3]
February 5 "Someone's Already Saying Goodbye" Anne Murray [4]
February 12 "Maneater" Hall & Oates [5]
February 19 "You Are" Lionel Richie [6]
February 26 [7]
March 5 "Shame on the Moon" Bob Seger [8]
March 12 "Heart to Heart" Kenny Loggins [9]
March 19 "We've Got Tonight" Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton [10]
March 26 [11]
April 2 "All Right" Christopher Cross [12]
April 9 "I'm Alive" Neil Diamond [13]
April 16 "Midnight Blue" Louise Tucker [14]
April 23 "Make Love Stay" Dan Fogelberg [15]
April 30 "It Might Be You" Stephen Bishop [16]
May 7 "Take the Short Way Home" Dionne Warwick [17]
May 14 "Somebody Loves You" Kamahl [18]
May 21 "I Won't Hold You Back" Toto [19]
May 28 "Puttin' On the Ritz" Taco [20]
June 4 [21]
June 11 "My Love" Lionel Richie [22]
June 18 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara [23]
June 25 [24]
July 2 [25]
July 9 [26]
July 16 [27]
July 23 "The Woman in You" Bee Gees [28] [A]
July 30 "Straight from the Heart" Bryan Adams [29]
August 6 "The Closer You Get" Alabama [30]
August 13 "Hold Me 'til the Mornin' Comes" Paul Anka [31]
August 20 "The Border" America [32]
August 27 "All Time High" Rita Coolidge [33]
September 3 "Waiting for Your Love" Toto [34]
September 10 "Stand By" Roman Holliday [35]
September 17 "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Laura Branigan [36]
September 24 "Human Nature" Michael Jackson [37]
October 1 [38]
October 8 "Singin' in the Rain" Taco [39]
October 15 "Maniac" Michael Sembello [40]
October 22 "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" Air Supply [41]
October 29 "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" Sheena Easton [42]
November 5 [43]
November 12 "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie [44]
November 19 [45]
November 26 "Islands in the Stream" Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton [46]
December 3 "Uptown Girl" Billy Joel [47]
December 10 [48]
December 17 "The Way He Makes Me Feel" Barbra Streisand [49]
December 24 [50]
December 31 "What's New" Linda Ronstadt [51]
A Due to a publishing error, this chart was dated June 23, 1983.

References

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  1. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: January 15, 1983". RPM.
  2. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: January 22, 1983". RPM.
  3. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: January 29, 1983". RPM.
  4. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: February 5, 1983". RPM.
  5. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: February 12, 1983". RPM.
  6. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: February 20, 1983". RPM.
  7. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: February 26, 1983". RPM.
  8. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: March 5, 1983". RPM.
  9. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: March 12, 1983". RPM.
  10. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: March 19, 1983". RPM.
  11. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: March 26, 1983". RPM.
  12. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 2, 1983". RPM.
  13. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 9, 1983". RPM.
  14. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 16, 1983". RPM.
  15. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 23, 1983". RPM.
  16. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: April 30, 1983". RPM.
  17. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 7, 1983". RPM.
  18. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 14, 1983". RPM.
  19. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 21, 1983". RPM.
  20. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: May 28, 1983". RPM.
  21. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: June 4, 1983". RPM.
  22. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: June 11, 1983". RPM.
  23. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: June 18, 1983". RPM.
  24. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: June 25, 1983". RPM.
  25. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 2, 1983". RPM.
  26. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 9, 1983". RPM.
  27. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 16, 1983". RPM.
  28. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 23, 1983". RPM.
  29. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: July 30, 1983". RPM.
  30. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: August 6, 1983". RPM.
  31. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: August 13, 1983". RPM.
  32. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: August 20, 1983". RPM.
  33. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: August 27, 1983". RPM.
  34. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: September 3, 1983". RPM.
  35. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: September 10, 1983". RPM.
  36. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: September 17, 1983". RPM.
  37. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: September 24, 1983". RPM.
  38. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 1, 1983". RPM.
  39. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 8, 1983". RPM.
  40. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 15, 1983". RPM.
  41. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 22, 1983". RPM.
  42. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: October 29, 1983". RPM.
  43. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: November 5, 1983". RPM.
  44. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: November 12, 1983". RPM.
  45. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: November 19, 1983". RPM.
  46. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: November 26, 1983". RPM.
  47. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 3, 1983". RPM.
  48. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 10, 1983". RPM.
  49. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 17, 1983". RPM.
  50. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 24, 1983". RPM.
  51. ^ "RPM Contemporary Adult: December 31, 1983". RPM.
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