Top New Zealand Albums - Year-end 1983

The best selling album in 1983 in New Zealand was LET'S DANCE by DAVID BOWIE.

Rank	Artist	Album	Released
1	DAVID BOWIE	LET'S DANCE	1983
2	MICHAEL JACKSON	THRILLER	1982
3	SPANDAU BALLET	TRUE	1983
4	EURYTHMICS	SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)	1983
5	DIRE STRAITS	LOVE OVER GOLD	1982
6	ICEHOUSE	PRIMITIVE MAN	1982
7	GRACE JONES	LIVING MY LIFE	1982
8	THE POLICE	SYNCHRONICITY	1983
9	LIONEL RICHIE	LIONEL RICHIE	1982
10	LITTLE RIVER BAND	GREATEST HITS	1982
11	ELTON JOHN	TOO LOW FOR ZERO	1983
12	U2	WAR	1983
13	WHAM!	FANTASTIC	1983
14	TALKING HEADS	SPEAKING IN TONGUES	1983
15	VAN MORRISON	INARTICULATE SPEECH OF THE HEART	1983
16	SOUNDTRACK	FLASHDANCE	1983
17	ROBERT PLANT	THE PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS	1983
18	MEN AT WORK	CARGO	1983
19	PINK FLOYD	THE FINAL CUT	1983
20	JOAN ARMATRADING	THE KEY	1983
21	BILLY IDOL	BILLY IDOL	1982
22	TIM FINN	ESCAPADE	1983
23	THE THOMPSON TWINS	QUICK STEP AND SIDE KICK	1983
24	PRINCE	1999	1982
25	BONNIE TYLER	FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF NIGHT	1983
26	AIR SUPPLY	AIR SUPPLY GREATEST HITS	1983
27	SHARON O'NEILL	FOREIGN AFFAIRS	1983
28	HALL & OATES	H2O	1982
29	BILLY JOEL	AN INNOCENT MAN	1983
30	SIMON & GARFUNKEL	THE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK	1982
31	YAZOO	YOU AND ME BOTH	1983
32	SPLIT ENZ	ENZ OF AN ERA	1982
33	NEW ORDER	POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES	1983
34	MEN AT WORK	BUSINESS AS USUAL	1981
35	GRACE JONES	NIGHTCLUBBING	1981
36	DIRE STRAITS	MAKING MOVIES	1980
37	CULTURE CLUB	COLOUR BY NUMBERS	1983
38	DURAN DURAN	RIO	1982
39	ZZ TOP	ELIMINATOR	1983
40	MIKE OLDFIELD	CRISES	1983
41	UB40	LABOUR OF LOVE	1983
42	JOE JACKSON	NIGHT AND DAY	1982
43	ALTERED IMAGES	BITE	1983
44	JANE FONDA	JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT RECORD	1981
45	JAMES GALWAY	THE WAYWARD WIND	1983
46	PAUL YOUNG	NO PARLEZ	1983
47	KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS	TROPICAL GANGSTERS	1982
48	MALCOLM MCLAREN	DUCK ROCK	1983
49	THE EXPONENTS & THE LEGIONNAIRES	LIVE AT MAINSTREET	1983
50	SIMPLE MINDS	NEW GOLD DREAM (81, 82, 83, 84)	1982

Source: Recorded Music New Zealand