| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | Jack & Diane | ▲ | 1 |  |
| John Cougar |
| 1 | 2 | Somebody's Baby | 1 | 2 | |
| Jackson Browne |
| 4 | 3 | You've Got Another Thing Comin' | 2 | |
| Judas Priest |
| 8 | 4 | Athena | 1 | 23 | |
| The Who |
| 7 | 5 | Gypsy | ▲ | 1 | |
| Fleetwood Mac |
| - | 6 | New World Man | 1 | 26 | |
| Rush |
| 5 | 7 | Electricland | 3 | |
| Bad Company |
| 11 | 8 | Don't Fight It | 5 | 6 | |
| Kenny Loggins With Steve Perry |
| 2 | 9 | Everybody Wants You | 1 | |
| Billy Squier |
| 13 | 10 | Emotions In Motion | ▲ | |
| Billy Squier |
| - | 11 | Dirty Laundry | 1 | 2 | |
| Don Henley |
| 10 | 12 | Eye In The Sky | 7 | 2 | |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
| 15 | 13 | Shakin' | 10 | |
| Eddie Money |
| 6 | 14 | Still In The Game | 3 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 18 | 15 | Bad To The Bone | 6 | |
| George Thorogood And The Destroyers |
| 16 | 16 | Hold On | 9 | 9 | |
| Santana |
| 14 | 17 | Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) | 14 | |
| Joan Jett And The Blackhearts |
| - | 18 | You Keep Runnin' Away | 6 | 20 | |
| 38 Special |
| - | 19 | Sirius | ▲ | |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
| - | 20 | Valerie | 10 | 4 | |
| Steve Winwood |
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