These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1982:
Chart history Issue date Album Artist January 2 Raise! Earth, Wind and Fire January 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 Skyy Line Skyy February 13 February 20 The Poet Bobby Womack February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 Skyy Line Skyy April 3 April 10 April 17 Love Is Where You Find It The Whispers April 24 Friends Shalamar May 1 May 8 Brilliance Atlantic Starr May 15 May 22 May 29 The Other Woman Ray Parker Jr. June 5 Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I Stevie Wonder June 12 June 19 Keep It Live Dazz Band June 26 Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I Stevie Wonder July 3 Gap Band IV The Gap Band July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 September 4 Jump to It Aretha Franklin September 11 September 18 September 25 October 2 October 9 October 16 October 23 Get Loose Evelyn "Champagne" King October 30 November 6 Forever, For Always, For Love Luther Vandross November 13 November 20 November 27 Lionel Richie Lionel Richie December 4 Midnight Love Marvin Gaye December 11 December 18 December 25
See also 1982 in music R&B number-one hits of 1982 (USA)
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