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These are the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' '''[[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]''' number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is "[[Every Breath You Take]]" by [[The Police]] at eight weeks.
These are the '''[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]''' number one hits of 1983. The longest running number-one single of 1983 is "[[Every Breath You Take]]" by [[the Police]] at eight weeks.


That year, 9 acts reached number one for the first time: [[Toto (band)|Toto]], [[Patti Austin]], [[James Ingram]], [[Dexys Midnight Runners]], [[Irene Cara]], [[The Police]], [[Eurythmics]], [[Michael Sembello]], and [[Bonnie Tyler]]. [[Michael Jackson]] was the only act to hit number one more than once, with three.

== Chart history ==
[[File:ThePolice_2007.jpg|thumb|[[The Police]] scored a number-one hit with "[[Every Breath You Take]]" for eight straight weeks.]]
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|style="background-color:#FFFF99"|The yellow background indicates the #1 song on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983|1983 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles]].
|style="background-color:#FFFF99"|The yellow background indicates the #1 song on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]