brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 26 | Rapture | 13 | 1 | Mar 1981 |  |
| Blondie |
| 27 | Angel Of The Morning | 2 | Apr 1981 | |
| Juice Newton |
| 28 | I Don't Need You | 1 | Aug 1981 | |
| Kenny Rogers |
| 29 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | 1 | Aug 1981 | |
| Commodores |
| 30 | Young Turks | 20 | 1 | Dec 1981 | |
| Rod Stewart |
| 31 | Stop Draggin' My Heart Around | 1 | 1 | Sep 1981 | |
| Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| 32 | The Night Owls | 4 | Oct 1981 | |
| Little River Band |
| 33 | For Your Eyes Only | 3 | Oct 1981 | |
| Sheena Easton |
| 34 | Take It On The Run | 2 | 2 | May 1981 | |
| REO Speedwagon |
| 35 | Medley: Intro Venus-Sugar Sugar-No Reply-I'll Be Back-Drive My Car-Do You Want To Know A Secret-We Can Work It Out-I Should Have Known Better-Nowhere Man-You're Going To Lose That Girl-Stars On 45 | 1 | Jun 1981 | |
| Stars On 45 |
| 36 | Living Inside Myself | 2 | May 1981 | |
| Gino Vannelli |
| 37 | All Those Years Ago | 8 | 1 | Jun 1981 | |
| George Harrison |
| 38 | Hearts | 2 | Aug 1981 | |
| Marty Balin |
| 39 | (There's) No Gettin' Over Me | 4 | Aug 1981 | |
| Ronnie Milsap |
| 40 | Urgent | 1 | 2 | Aug 1981 | |
| Foreigner |
| 41 | While You See A Chance | 1 | 3 | Apr 1981 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 42 | Hey Nineteen | 1 | 3 | Feb 1981 | |
| Steely Dan |
| 43 | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | 1 | 2 | Nov 1981 | |
| The Police |
| 44 | Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) | 2 | Nov 1981 | |
| Air Supply |
| 45 | Step By Step | 3 | Sep 1981 | |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
| 46 | Oh No | 1 | Dec 1981 | |
| Commodores |
| 47 | Harden My Heart | 5 | 4 | Dec 1981 | |
| Quarterflash |
| 48 | Watching The Wheels | 6 | 2 | May 1981 | |
| John Lennon |
| 49 | Hard To Say | 19 | 1 | Oct 1981 | |
| Dan Fogelberg |
| 50 | Hello Again | 2 | Mar 1981 | |
| Neil Diamond |