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The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 18:02, 14 February 2009 [1].

List of number-one albums of 1983 (U.S.)[edit]

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I am nominating this list for FLC because I believe it meets the FL criteria. Thank you. Frcm1988 (talk) 04:45, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment I think the reference titles should be changed a bit. Right now all of the last half of references on that page say The Billboard 200. For example this link is about the Week Of Jan 01 1983. but all of your references from 17-69 say The Billboard 200. I think for all those reference titles should include the week for reference title. So for example, change "The Billboard 200" forJanuary 1 column to --> "The Billboard 200 for The Week of Jan 01, 1983" and so on for every other citation. --Gman124 talk 05:24, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I feel some of the information on Thriller is more relevant to the 1984 page, not this page. For example, only 6 of the 7 singles were released in 1983. "Thriller" was released in 1984 and was one of the reasons the album spent 15 weeks at number one in 1984. His Grammy awards are more relevant to the 1984 page because they helped the album sell well in 1984.
  • I agree with you in the singles part, since you know more about Jackson than me, did you have any suggestions for any relevant information about the album for this year? In the awards part, it may helped the album sell in 1984, but the 26th Grammy Awards are for accomplishments from the year 1983.
    • Nothing really, you can take any relevant information from Michael Jackson or Thriller (album) if you want it. I think you have the main points, just that some of them are more relevant to the 1984 page, which currently lacks info on why the album was the best selling of 84 as well. Note that his visit to the White house also boosted sales in 84.
  • Ok I will changed the singles part an mention that 6 singles were released in 1983 and 2 of them reached number-one, and I will remove the part of the 7 singles and put it in the 1984 list. Frcm1988 (talk) 20:31, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I fixed that part, and I will put the removed information in the 1984 list. Frcm1988 (talk) 18:46, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Inconsistency with the number formatting in the lead (and caption).
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  • I can still see examples where where you have twenty-two and then 25.
  • Sorry I missed that one
  • Is there a reason that you mention none US act's nationalities but don't do the same for American act's?
  • In the list for 1999 another reviewer told me to remove the American nationalities since the list is American
  • Personally I don't think nationality needs mentioning at all, but it's no big issue.
    • I'll add more as I see it. — R2 12:24, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Truco

Comments from Truco (talk · contribs)

  • There were six number-one albums on this chart in 1983, including the debut album of the Australian band Men at Work, Business as Usual, which spent the last seven weeks of 1982 and the first eight weeks of 1983 at number one and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1984. - either place a comma before and was certified or replace that and with a semi colon and start the next part of that sentence with "it was"
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  • It peaked at number one for twenty-two non-consecutive weeks in 1983, with the seven singles released from the album hitting the top ten on the singles chart. - hitting-->"ranking on"
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  • Two of them: "Billie Jean" and "Beat It", reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, - the top ____?
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  • In 2008, 25 years after its release, the record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and, a few weeks later, was among twenty-five recordings preserved by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry as "culturally significant". - 1)the comma should be before and not after it 2)add "it" before was
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  • The two singles released from the album: "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara, and "Maniac" by Michael Sembello reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. - change the colon to a comma and add a comma after Sembello
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  • British band The Police were the year's most influential rock band, with Australian, British and American bands copying the white-reggae formula of their earlier successes. - comma before and
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  • The group released their fifth and final studio album, Synchronicity in 1983. - comma after the album name
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  • The album, a varied accomplished blend of rock, funk and third-world rhythms, - comma before and
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  • ..stayed at number one for seventeen weeks and was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA in 1984. - quadruple would be better worded as "four times"
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  • Checks out fine.
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  • Michael Jackson's sixth album Thriller, spent 22 weeks at number one, sold more than 15 million copies becoming the best-selling album of 1983 and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. - remove the comma after the album name and reword the middle part of the sentence to .."to become the best-selling"... Also, add a comma before and--TRUCO 17:30, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
One last comment
Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:01, 3 February 2009 (UTC) [reply]
Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

  • "with the seven singles released from the album ranking on the top ten on the singles chart" The noun + -ing sentence construction is awkward and ungrammatical.
  • I will change the sentence, some information belong to 1984.
  • Ok I changed the singles part a bit. Frcm1988 (talk) 18:46, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • "to have seven top ten singles" I think "spawn" would be better and stronger than "have".
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  • "British band The Police were the year's most influential rock band, with Australian, British, and American bands copying the white-reggae formula of their earlier successes." This is too subjective to be a flat-out statement. Maybe "British band The Police were considered by [insert whoever said that here] to the year's most influential rock band; Australian, British, and American bands copyed the white-reggae formula of their earlier successes."
  • Do you think that the author of the article should be mentioned or is fine with just The New York Times
  • "which remained three weeks at the top"-->which spent three weeks at the top
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  • "Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie," No comma necessary.

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:01, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • The ref dates are inconsistently formatted. I will fix these myself, so this is just a note. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:51, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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