List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1981

The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Billboard estimated the sales for the album charts from a representative sampling of record stores nationwide, which was gathered by telephone, fax or messenger service.[1] The data was based on reports from record stores, who ranked the popularity of the best-selling records but did not provide an actual sales figures.[2][3]

Chart history
Key
Indicates best performing album of 1981
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Reference
January 3Double FantasyJohn Lennon and Yoko OnoGeffen[4]
January 10[5]
January 17[6]
January 24[7]
January 31[8]
February 7[9]
February 14[10]
February 21Hi Infidelity REO SpeedwagonEpic[11]
February 28[12]
March 7[13]
March 14[14]
March 21[15]
March 28[16]
April 4Paradise TheaterStyxA&M[17]
April 11[18]
April 18Hi Infidelity REO SpeedwagonEpic[19]
April 25[20]
May 2[21]
May 9Paradise TheaterStyxA&M[22]
May 16Hi Infidelity REO SpeedwagonEpic[23]
May 23[24]
May 30[25]
June 6[26]
June 13[27]
June 20[28]
June 27Mistaken IdentityKim CarnesEMI America[29]
July 4[30]
July 11[31]
July 18[32]
July 25Long Distance VoyagerThe Moody BluesThreshold[33]
August 1[34]
August 8[35]
August 15Precious TimePat BenatarChrysalis[36]
August 224ForeignerAtlantic[37]
August 29[38]
September 5Bella DonnaStevie NicksModern[39]
September 12EscapeJourneyColumbia[40]
September 19Tattoo YouThe Rolling StonesRolling Stones[41]
September 26[42]
October 3[43]
October 10[44]
October 17[45]
October 24[46]
October 31[47]
November 7[48]
November 14[49]
November 214ForeignerAtlantic[50]
November 28[51]
December 5[52]
December 12[53]
December 19[54]
December 26For Those About to Rock We Salute YouAC/DCAtlantic[55]

See also
  • List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1981
  • 1981 in music
  • List of number-one albums (United States)

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