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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.

==Specific locations==
*[[1984 in British music]]
*[[1984 in Japanese music]]
*[[1984 in Norwegian music]]
*[[1984 in Scandinavian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1984 in country music]]
*[[1984 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1984 in hip-hop|1984 in hip hop music]]
*[[1984 in jazz]]
*[[Timeline_of_progressive_rock_(1980–1989)#1984|1984 in progressive rock]]

==Events==
===January–March===
* In January 1984, [[Big Bang (British band)|Iain Williams]] & the 1984 Project recorded the dance track [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3COk-P2w0M&app=desktop Love Is Suicide]<ref name="soundcloud.com">{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/big-bang-british-band/love-is-by-iain-williams-ft-vocals-by-lelo|title=Love Is – Iain Williams & the 1984 Project (ft. vocals by Lelo)|accessdate=28 February 2018}}</ref> at [[Trident Studios]] in [[Soho]], [[London]]. The track features [[Hans Zimmer]] on [[Fairlight CMI|Fairlight]] CM and [[Alan Murphy]] on guitar.
*[[January 11]] – BBC Radio 1 DJ [[Mike Read]] announces on air that he will not play the single "[[Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|Relax]]" by [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] because of its suggestive lyrics.  The BBC places a total ban on the record at about the same time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-16 |title=Why did the BBC ban Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 'Relax'? |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bbc-ban-frankie-goes-to-hollywood-relax-homosexual-lyrics/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[January 17]] – The SING BLUE SILVER tour continues on to Japan and North America as [[Duran Duran]] becomes the first act to utilize live video cameras and screens in their show. They break every existing merchandise record during this tour.
*[[January 21]] – "[[Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|Relax]]" reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite the BBC ban; it will spend a total of 42 weeks in the Top 40.
*[[January 27]] – [[Michael Jackson]]'s scalp is burned during the filming of a [[Pepsi]] commercial and he is admitted to hospital. Around this time, Jackson also releases the [[Thriller (song)|title track]] from his album ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]'' as the LP's final single.
*[[February 14]]
**[[Elton John]] marries studio engineer Renate Blauel.
**[[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]] and [[Brad Whitford]] attend an [[Aerosmith]] concert and re-join the band, which embarks on a reunion tour "Back in the Saddle" later in the year.
*[[February 16]] – [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] surrenders to federal authorities on charges of income tax evasion. Lewis is later acquitted.
*[[February 25]] – [[Thompson Twins]] debuts at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with ''[[Into the Gap]]''. The album would also top the chart the two following weeks and remain on the chart for 38 consecutive weeks until November.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19863/thompson-twins/ |title=Thompson Twins |publisher=Official Charts Company }}</ref>  
*[[February 28]]
** Recovering from the scalp burns sustained a month earlier, Michael Jackson wins eight [[Grammy Awards]] out of twelve nominations at the [[26th Annual Grammy Awards]], breaking the record for the most Grammys won in a single year. He wins seven for the album [[Thriller (album)|''Thriller'']] (including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Record of the Year]] for "[[Beat It]]") and one for his work on the audiobook for the film ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''.
** Hosted by [[John Denver]], this year's Grammys ceremony receives the highest ratings in the awarding body's history, a record currently unmatched. Along with the awards received by [[Michael Jackson]], [[The Police]]'s "[[Every Breath You Take]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]], while [[Culture Club]] win [[Best New Artist]].
*[[February 29]] – German [[industrial music|industrial]] band [[KMFDM]] is founded, and holds its first performance at the [[Grand Palais]] in Paris, France.
*[[March 1]] 
**Sting plays his last concerts with [[The Police]] at the end of the Synchronicity tour; the band takes a "pause" after the tour and only play a few special events together after this, until 2007, when they would organize a reunion tour.
**[[Alice Cooper]], who has not toured for his last two albums, parts ways with his longtime label [[Warner Bros.]] and goes on hiatus from the music industry. Cooper begins mulling over plans for a comeback, which he would carry out in 1986.

===April–June===
*[[April 1]] 
**New York rock and roll magazine ''[[Trouser Press]]'' folds after a decade, publishing its 96th and final issue.
**In Los Angeles, [[Marvin Gaye]] is shot and killed during an argument with his father.
*[[May 1]] – [[Mick Fleetwood]], of [[Fleetwood Mac]], files for bankruptcy in the United States.
*[[May 2]] – [[Lionel Richie]]'s hit "[[Hello (Lionel Richie song)|Hello]]" becomes [[Motown]]'s first ever UK million-selling single.
*[[May 5]]
**[[Duran Duran]] achieve their second UK number 1 single with "[[The Reflex]]" and remain at number 1 for four consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19319/duran-duran/ |title=Duran Duran |publisher=Official Charts Company }}</ref>  
**[[The Pretenders]] singer [[Chrissie Hynde]] marries [[Simple Minds]] singer [[Jim Kerr]].
**In Luxembourg, the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1984]] is won by the Swedish entry, "[[Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley]]", performed by the [[Herreys]].
*[[June 8]] – [[Billy Joel]] performs at [[Wembley Arena]]; the concert is later broadcast on [[BBC Television]] in two parts.
*[[June 16]] – [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] begin a nine-week stay at the top of the UK singles chart with "Two Tribes".
*[[June 18]] – At the climax of a [[Judas Priest]] concert at [[Madison Square Garden]], fans begin ripping out the cushions from the seats and throwing them on stage. Judas Priest pay damages through insurance and are banned from Madison Square Garden for life over the incident.
*[[June 23]] – [[Duran Duran]] earn their first US number 1 single with "[[The Reflex]]", making it their first single to top both the UK and US charts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/duran-duran-reflex-hot-100-anniversary/ |title=30 Years Ago Today: Duran Duran's 'The Reflex' Hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard }}</ref>
*[[June 25]] – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] releases his sixth album [[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]; the album sells over 20 million copies and gives Prince two US number one singles with "[[When Doves Cry]]" and "[[Let's Go Crazy]]".

===July–September===
*[[July 1]] – During his performance at the first ever [[Cornerstone Festival]] in [[Grayslake, Illinois]], [[Steve Taylor]] jumps off the stage, breaking his ankle. Taylor hops back on stage and finishes his show. The next few shows on Taylor's tour were performed from a wheel chair.
*[[July 10]] – The last original member of [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]], [[Ricky Meléndez]], leaves the group and is replaced by [[Ricky Martin]]. Meanwhile, ''Menudomania'' reaches Asia in 1984.
*[[July 14]]
**[[Eddie Van Halen]] makes a special guest appearance at a concert by [[The Jacksons]] in [[Dallas]], Texas, playing the guitar solo for "[[Beat It]]" live.
**[[Selena y los Dinos]] release their first album ''Mis Primeras Grabaciones''.
**[[Boothill Foottappers]] enter the [[UK singles chart]] with their [[Single (music)|single]] released on the [[Go! Discs]] [[record label|label]].
*[[August 9]] – [[Iron Maiden]] kicks off the [[World Slavery Tour]] in [[Warsaw]], Poland, with shows in [[Hungary]] and [[Yugoslavia]] soon to follow. This marks the first time a Western band has ever brought a full concert production behind the [[Iron Curtain]].
*[[August 10]] – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] release their debut album [[The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album)|The Red Hot Chili Peppers]].
*[[August 25]] – [[Kathleen Battle]] makes her solo recital debut at the [[Salzburg Festival]].
*[[August 31]] – Canadian music video channel [[MuchMusic]] begins broadcasting. The first video played is [[Rush (band)|Rush]]'s "The Enemy Within".
*[[September 2]] – [[Van Halen]] concludes its 1984 world tour with a show in [[Nuremberg]], Germany as part of the [[Monsters of Rock]] festival tour. This would be the band's last concert with [[David Lee Roth]] as lead singer until 2007.
*[[September 7]] – [[Janet Jackson]] elopes with fellow singer [[James DeBarge]]. The marriage would be annulled in 1985.
*[[September 11]] – Country singer [[Barbara Mandrell]] suffers serious injuries in a head-on automobile collision on a [[Tennessee]] highway. She will make a comeback after spending over a year rehabilitating.
*[[September 14]] – The first annual [[MTV Video Music Awards]] are held in New York City. [[Herbie Hancock]] wins the most awards with five, and [[The Cars]] take the highest prize of [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video Of The Year]] for "[[You Might Think]]". Much attention is garnered by [[Madonna]]'s controversial performance of her hit single "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" in which she rolls around on the stage, revealing lacy stockings and garters, and grinds her crotch against her veil.
*[[September 21]] – The first compact disc manufacturing plant in North America opens in [[Terre Haute, Indiana]]. CDs have previously had to be expensively imported from Japan or West Germany. [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]'' is designated as the first CD ever made in the United States.

===October–December===
*[[October 1]] – The Canadian music video series ''[[Video Hits (Canadian TV series)|Video Hits]]'' premieres on CBC Television.
*[[October 23]] – A report on the Ethiopian famine by BBC journalist [[Michael Buerk]] is broadcast in the UK and receives an unprecedented public response.  Among those watching is [[Bob Geldof]], who is inspired to release a charity record to raise money to help with famine relief.
*[[October 26]] – [[Turner Broadcasting System]] launches [[Cable Music Channel]], a music video channel intended to compete directly with MTV. The first video played is "[[I Love L.A.]]" by [[Randy Newman]]. The channel would only last 34 days.
*[[November 5]] – [[Bryan Adams]] releases his breakout album called ''[[Reckless (Bryan Adams album)|Reckless]]'', spawning multiple hit singles, achieving diamond certification in [[Canada]] and topping the charts in the United States.
*[[November 10]] – The [[OTI Festival 1984|13th OTI Festival]], held at the [[Auditorio Nacional (Mexico)|National Auditorium]] in [[Mexico City]], Mexico, is won by the song "{{lang|es|Agualuna|i=no}}", written and performed by [[Fernando Ubiergo]] representing [[Chile in the OTI Festival|Chile]].
*[[November 20]] – [[Michael Jackson]] receives a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] directly in front of [[Mann's Chinese Theater]]. Jackson leaves after only three minutes at the request of security, as the crush of 5,000 onlookers becomes a safety concern.
*[[November 23]] – [[Tears for Fears]] releases the single [[Shout (Tears for Fears song)|Shout]], from their second studio album, [[Songs From the Big Chair]]. [[Shout (Tears for Fears song)|Shout]] hit the US 1# [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in [[August]] [[1985]].
*[[November 25]] – The [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is recorded at SARM Studios in Notting Hill, London, by a gathering of performers that includes [[Paul Young]], [[Simon Le Bon]], [[Bono]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Paul Weller]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Boy George]] and [[Tony Hadley]].
*[[November 28]] – The [[Bring Me Sunshine (1984)|Bring Me Sunshine]] charity concert at the London Palladium, in memory of [[Eric Morecambe]], includes musical performances by Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, [[Des O'Connor]] and [[Ernie Wise]].
*December – [[Tipper Gore]] forms the [[Parents Music Resource Center]] (PMRC) in response to the "filth" she hears on her daughter's copy of [[Prince (artist)|Prince]]'s ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]''.
*[[December 1]] – [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] become the first act to take their first three singles to the UK #1 position since [[Gerry & The Pacemakers]] in 1963, when "The Power of Love" tops the chart.
*[[December 3]] – [[Bob Geldof]] and [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] release the single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which becomes the fastest-selling single of all time in the UK.
*[[December 8]] 
**[[Razzle (musician)|Razzle]] (Nicholas Dingley) of [[Hanoi Rocks]] is killed in a car crash. [[Mötley Crüe]] member [[Vince Neil]] was the driver of the car and was drunk at the time.
**[[Cyndi Lauper]], with the fourth single from her 1983 debut ''[[She's So Unusual]]'', "[[All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper song)|All Through the Night]]", becomes the first woman in the 26-year history of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] to have four singles from one album in the top five.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/1984-12-08/hot-100 Week of December 8, 1984: Cyndi Lauper makes history on the chart]</ref>
*[[December 9]] – [[The Jacksons]] conclude their [[Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)|Victory Tour]] with the last of six concerts at [[Dodger Stadium]] in Los Angeles. At the end of their final show, lead singer [[Michael Jackson]] surprises not only his fans, but also his band members with the announcement that he would be permanently leaving the Jacksons, stating that this would be the last time that they all performed together. The tour, which consisted of 55 shows over five months, has reportedly grossed $75 million, a new industry record. As for the Jacksons, they would release [[2300 Jackson Street|one more album]] in 1989 before splitting up, occasionally regrouping in the years afterward for reunion performances with and without Michael.
* [[December 11]] – While on tour, [[Bucks Fizz]]'s tour bus crashes. All members of the group are injured and member [[Mike Nolan (singer)|Mike Nolan]] suffers brain damage after falling into a coma.
*[[December 13]] – [[George Harrison]] makes a rare public appearance, joining [[Deep Purple]] on stage in Sydney, Australia for their encore rendition of "[[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]]".
*[[December 31]]
**[[Def Leppard]]'s drummer [[Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen]] loses his left arm in a car wreck.
**The thirteenth annual [[New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Jermaine Jackson]], [[Ronnie Milsap]], [[Night Ranger]], [[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]], [[John Waite]] and [[Barry Manilow]].
**UK singles sales this year are the second highest ever, after 1978.

==Bands formed==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1984|Musical groups established in 1984]]''

==Bands disbanded==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1984|Musical groups disestablished in 1984]]''

==Bands on hiatus==
*[[Black Sabbath]]

==Bands reformed==
*[[Deep Purple]]

==Albums released==
===January===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[1984 (Van Halen album)|1984]]'' || [[Van Halen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |13
| ''[[Learning to Crawl]]'' || [[The Pretenders]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/3770-1896-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[She's Strange]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[Oblivion (Utopia album)|Oblivion]]'' || [[Utopia (American band)|Utopia]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[Defenders of the Faith]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Disillusion (album)|Disillusion]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Bon Jovi (album)|Bon Jovi]]'' || [[Bon Jovi]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |27
| ''[[Footloose (1984 soundtrack)|Footloose soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Milk and Honey (album)|Milk and Honey]]'' || [[John Lennon]] & [[Yoko Ono]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Moving (The Raincoats album)|Moving]]'' || [[The Raincoats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Christine McVie (album)|Christine McVie]]'' || [[Christine McVie]] ||US
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |30
| ''[[Slide It In]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Crusader (Saxon album)|Crusader]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Somebody's Watching Me (album)|Somebody's Watching Me]]'' || [[Rockwell (musician)|Rockwell]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Software (album)|Software]]'' || [[Grace Slick]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |?
| ''[[Fistful of Metal]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Flex-Able]]'' || [[Steve Vai]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Just a Little Love]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lady of the Stars]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Europe '83]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Mother's Spiritual]]'' || [[Laura Nyro]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Roll On (Alabama album)|Roll On]]'' || [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All the Rage (General Public album)|All the Rage]]'' || [[General Public]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Tour de Force (38 Special album)|Tour de Force]]'' || [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] ||-
|-
|}

=== February ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |6
| ''[[Sparkle in the Rain]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ricochet Days]]'' || [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''[[The Flat Earth]]'' || [[Thomas Dolby]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |13
| ''[[It's My Life (album)|It's My Life]]'' || [[Talk Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love at First Sting]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Declaration (The Alarm album)|Declaration]]'' || [[The Alarm]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Mister Heartbreak]]'' || [[Laurie Anderson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |17
| ''[[Out of the Cellar]]'' || [[Ratt]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Great White (album)|Great White]]'' || [[Great White]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Parting Should Be Painless]]'' || [[Roger Daltrey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Budapest Live]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Into the Gap]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |20
| ''[[The Smiths (album)|The Smiths]]'' || [[The Smiths]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Keep Moving (Madness album)|Keep Moving]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Rhyme & Reason (Missing Persons album)|Rhyme & Reason]]'' || [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Michael W. Smith 2]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |24
| ''[[N.E.W.S. (Golden Earring album)|N.E.W.S.]]'' || [[Golden Earring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wings of Tomorrow]]'' || [[Europe (band)|Europe]] ||-
|-
| ''Metal Queen'' || [[Lee Aaron]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |27
| ''[[The Works (Queen album)|The Works]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dead Can Dance (album)|Dead Can Dance]]'' || [[Dead Can Dance]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Human Racing]]'' || [[Nik Kershaw]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |28
| ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" |?
| ''[[Ammonia Avenue]]'' || [[The Alan Parsons Project]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Points on the Curve]]'' || [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Penetrator (album)|Penetrator]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hail to England]]'' || [[Manowar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Animal Grace]]'' || [[April Wine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Great Pretender (Dolly Parton album)|The Great Pretender]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mystery Walk]]'' || [[M + M]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! (compilation)|Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!]]'' || [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]] || Compilation
|-
|}

=== March ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2
| ''[[This Is Spinal Tap (album)|This Is Spinal Tap]]'' || [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]] || soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''[[About Face (album)|About Face]]'' || [[David Gilmour]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rising Force]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |9
| ''[[Human's Lib]]'' || [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stoneage Romeos]]'' || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |12
| ''[[Fugazi (album)|Fugazi]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Life (Berlin album)|Love Life]]'' || [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heartbeat City]]'' || [[The Cars]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Body and Soul (Joe Jackson album)|Body and Soul]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |16
| ''[[Alchemy: Dire Straits Live]]'' || [[Dire Straits]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Café Bleu]]'' || [[The Style Council]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[Talk Show (The Go-Go's album)|Talk Show]]'' || [[The Go-Go's]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[The Swing (INXS album)|The Swing]]'' || [[INXS]] || Australia
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[The Dungeons Are Calling]]'' || [[Savatage]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |23
| ''[[Three of a Perfect Pair]]'' || [[King Crimson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Icicle Works (album)|The Icicle Works]]'' || [[The Icicle Works]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''Now That's What I Call Music II'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''[[Run-D.M.C. (album)|Run-D.M.C.]]'' || [[Run-DMC]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |?
| ''[[Against All Odds (soundtrack)|Against All Odds soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Psalm 9 (album)|Psalm 9]]'' || [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My War]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Those Wasted Years]]'' || [[Hanoi Rocks]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Burning the Witches]]'' || [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deià...Vu]]'' || [[Kevin Ayers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Meltdown (Steve Taylor album)]]'' || [[Steve Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Minor Threat (album)|Minor Threat]]'' || [[Minor Threat]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Texas Fever]]'' || [[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]] ||-
|-
|}

=== April ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
| ''[[Caught in the Act (Styx album)|Caught in the Act]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply]]'' || [[Slade]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[Vengeance (New Model Army album)|Vengeance]]'' || [[New Model Army (band)|New Model Army]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |5
| ''[[Street Talk]]'' || [[Steve Perry]] || Solo Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |6
| ''[[Lament (Ultravox album)|Lament]]'' || [[Ultravox]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Reckoning (R.E.M. album)|Reckoning]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Grace Under Pressure (Rush album)|Grace Under Pressure]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Bananarama (album)|Bananarama]]'' || [[Bananarama]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Variety (Mariya Takeuchi album)|Variety]]'' || [[Mariya Takeuchi]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |30
| ''[[Junk Culture]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking]]'' || [[Roger Waters]] || Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[The Top (album)|The Top]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Sensations]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |?
| ''[[Jermaine Jackson (album)|Jermaine Jackson]]'' || [[Jermaine Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[At War with Satan]]'' || [[Venom (band)|Venom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[99 Luftballons (album)|99 Luftballons]]'' || [[Nena (band)|Nena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eye for an Eye (Corrosion of Conformity album)|Eye for an Eye]]'' || [[Corrosion of Conformity]] ||-
|-
|''[[History, Mystery & Prophesy]]'' || [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Self Control (album)|Self Control]]'' || [[Laura Branigan]] ||-
|-
|}

=== May ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[Ocean Rain]]'' || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |6
| ''[[Mirror Moves]]'' || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |7
| ''[[Hysteria (The Human League album)|Hysteria]]'' || [[The Human League]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Legend (Bob Marley & The Wailers album)|Legend]]'' || [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
| ''[[Farewell My Summer Love]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |10
| ''[[Stay Hungry (album)|Stay Hungry]]'' || [[Twisted Sister]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[Chicago 17]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hallowed Ground (Violent Femmes album)|Hallowed Ground]]'' || [[Violent Femmes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[Couldn't Stand the Weather]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vices (Kick Axe album)|Vices]]'' || [[Kick Axe]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[All Over the Place (The Bangles album)|All Over the Place]]'' || [[The Bangles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |25
| ''[[A Little Spice]]'' || [[Loose Ends (band)|Loose Ends]] || UK debut
|-
| ''[[Slades Greats]]'' || [[Slade]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |29
| ''[[Private Dancer]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Pagan Place]]'' || [[The Waterboys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fat Boys (album)|Fat Boys]]'' || [[The Fat Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Nuclear Furniture]]'' || [[Jefferson Starship]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" align="center" |?
| ''[[Live Sentence]]'' || [[Alcatrazz]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Civilized Man]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
|-
| ''The Box'' || [[The Box (band)|The Box]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Breaking Curfew]]'' || [[Red Rider]] ||-
|-
| ''[[From the Promised Land]]'' || [[Play Dead (band)|Play Dead]] ||-
|-
| ''Give 'Em The Axe'' || [[Lizzy Borden (band)|Lizzy Borden]] || EP
|-
| ''[[In the Long Grass]]'' || [[The Boomtown Rats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Major Moves]]'' || [[Hank Williams, Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mange Tout]]'' || [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Man on the Line]]'' || [[Chris de Burgh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit (album)|Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit]]'' || [[Nick Lowe]] ||-
|-
| ''Russ Ballard'' || [[Russ Ballard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Russians and Americans]]'' || [[Al Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stealing Fire (Bruce Cockburn album)|Stealing Fire]]'' || [[Bruce Cockburn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten Thousand Lightyears]]'' || [[Boney M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Touch Dance]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] || Remix EP
|-
| ''[[Through the Fire (Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve album)|Through the Fire]]'' || Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve ([[Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve|HSAS]]) ||-
|-
|}

=== June ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
| ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Glamorous Life (album)|The Glamorous Life]]'' || [[Sheila E.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eden (Everything but the Girl album)|Eden]]'' || [[Everything but the Girl]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Hyæna]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghostbusters#Music|Ghostbusters Soundtrack]]'' || [[Various Artists]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[No Brakes]]'' || [[John Waite]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Studio]]'' || [[The Specials]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |18
| ''[[Breaking Hearts]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Camouflage (Rod Stewart album)|Camouflage]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[From Her to Eternity]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Cruel World (Elvis Costello album)|Goodbye Cruel World]]'' || [[Elvis Costello and the Attractions]] ||-
|- 
| rowspan="2" align="center" |19
| ''[[The Allnighter (album)|The Allnighter]]'' || [[Glenn Frey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?]]'' || [[Art of Noise]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[Mask (Roger Glover album)|Mask]]'' || [[Roger Glover]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |25
| ''[[Discovery (Mike Oldfield album)|Discovery]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Parade (Spandau Ballet album)|Parade]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'' || [[Prince (artist)|Prince]] [[The Revolution (band)|and The Revolution]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Brilliant Trees]]'' || [[David Sylvian]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[Sidewalk (album)|Sidewalk]]'' || [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Rock Will Never Die]]'' || [[Michael Schenker Group]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Rewind (1971–1984)]]'' || [[the Rolling Stones]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
|}

=== July ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
| ''[[The Last in Line]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Victory (The Jacksons album)|Victory]]'' || [[The Jacksons]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[[Zen Arcade]]'' || [[Hüsker Dü]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |6
| ''[[New Edition (album)|New Edition]]'' || [[New Edition]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |7
| ''[[Icon (Icon album)|Icon]]'' || [[Icon (band)|Icon]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Ice Cream Castle]]'' || [[The Time (band)|The Time]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |16
| ''[[Diamond Life]]'' || [[Sade (band)|Sade]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Primitive (Neil Diamond album)|Primitive]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[The Yellow and Black Attack]]'' || [[Stryper]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |23
| ''[[Hard to Hold]]'' || [[Rick Springfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[VOA (Sammy Hagar album)|VOA]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |27
| ''[[Ride the Lightning]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Condition Critical]]'' || [[Quiet Riot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Projects in the Jungle]]'' || [[Pantera]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |30
| ''[[Go Insane]]'' || [[Lindsey Buckingham]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Right By You]]'' || [[Stephen Stills]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" |?
| ''[[Honour & Blood]]'' || [[Tank (band)|Tank]] ||-
|-
| ''All Fired Up'' || [[Fastway (band)|Fastway]] ||-
|-
| ''[[City of New Orleans (album)|City of New Orleans]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Double Nickels on the Dime]]'' || [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Rock We Trust]]'' || [[Y&T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[King of the Dead (album)|King of the Dead]]'' || [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Las Vegas Story (album)|The Las Vegas Story]]'' || [[The Gun Club]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 3'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Signs of Life (Billy Squier album)|Signs of Life]]'' || [[Billy Squier]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Walkin' the Razor's Edge]]'' || [[Helix (band)|Helix]] ||-
|-
|}

=== August ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |4
| ''[[Haunting the Chapel]]'' || [[Slayer]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |10
| ''[[The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album)|The Red Hot Chili Peppers]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[War and Pain]]'' || [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |17
| ''[[W.A.S.P. (album)|W.A.S.P.]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[The Story of a Young Heart]]'' || [[A Flock of Seagulls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Warrior (Scandal album)|Warrior]]'' || [[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[Evolución (Menudo album)|Evolución]]'' || [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |27
| ''[[Soda Stereo (album)|Soda Stereo]]'' || [[Soda Stereo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |28
| ''[[The Woman in Red (soundtrack)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |31
| ''[[Dreamtime (The Cult album)|Dreamtime]]'' || [[The Cult]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |?
| ''[[Where the Beat Meets the Street]]'' || [[Bobby and the Midnites]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of Kansas]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Blitz (Krokus album)|The Blitz]]'' || [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[L.A. Is My Lady]]'' || [[Frank Sinatra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phantoms (The Fixx album)|Phantoms]]'' || [[The Fixx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Steps from the Move]]'' || [[Hanoi Rocks]] ||-
|-
|}

=== September ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |3
| ''[[Powerslave]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sentence of Death]]'' || [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] || Debut/EP
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |7
| ''[[Don't Break the Oath]]'' || [[Mercyful Fate]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Remorse (Motörhead album)|No Remorse]]'' || [[Motörhead]] || Compilation + 4 new tracks
|-
| ''[[The Warning (Queensrÿche album)|The Warning]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Under Wraps (Jethro Tull album)|Under Wraps]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Like This (album)|Like This]]'' || [[The dB's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Suddenly (Billy Ocean album)|Suddenly]]'' || [[Billy Ocean]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |13
| ''[[Animalize]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Swept Away (Diana Ross album)|Swept Away]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |17
| ''[[Tooth and Nail (Dokken album)|Tooth and Nail]]'' || [[Dokken]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |20
| ''[[Live PCPPEP]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] || Live / EP
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[A Private Heaven]]'' || [[Sheena Easton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perspective (America album)|Perspective]]'' || [[America (band)|America]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |24
| ''[[Some Great Reward]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tonight (David Bowie album)|Tonight]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''[[Forever Young (Alphaville album)|Forever Young]]'' || [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Sign In Please]]'' || [[Autograph (American band)|Autograph]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="22" align="center" |?
| ''[[Stop Making Sense (album)|Stop Making Sense]]'' || [[Talking Heads]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1984 album)|Bachman–Turner Overdrive]]'' || [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]] ||-
|-
| ''Bewitched'' || [[Andy Summers]] & [[Robert Fripp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dream Street (Janet Jackson album)|Dream Street]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Catch (album)|The Catch]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cats Without Claws]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eyes of Innocence (Miami Sound Machine album)|Eyes of Innocence]]'' || [[Miami Sound Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How Men Are]]'' || [[Heaven 17]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Desert Moon (album)|Desert Moon]]'' || [[Dennis DeYoung]] ||-
|-
| ''Don't Stop'' || [[Jeffrey Osborne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Family Man (Black Flag album)|Family Man]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Magazine (album)|The Magazine]]'' || [[Rickie Lee Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night on Bröcken]]'' || [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Tellin' Lies]]'' || [[Zebra (American band)|Zebra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reflections (Rick James album)|Reflections]]'' || [[Rick James]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Riddles in the Sand]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Riff Raff (album)|Riff Raff]]'' || [[Dave Edmunds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spring Hill Fair]]'' || [[The Go-Betweens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Plan (Tubeway Army album)|The Plan]]'' || [[Tubeway Army]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Till We Have Faces (Steve Hackett album)|Till We Have Faces]]'' || [[Steve Hackett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vital Signs (Survivor album)|Vital Signs]]'' || [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What About Me? (Kenny Rogers album)|What About Me?]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||-
|}

=== October ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |1
| ''[[The Unforgettable Fire]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Feel for You (album)|I Feel for You]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Apollonia 6 (album)|Apollonia 6]]'' || [[Apollonia 6]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[In the Eye of the Storm (Roger Hodgson album)|In the Eye of the Storm]]'' || [[Roger Hodgson]] ||Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Too Tough to Die]]'' || the [[Ramones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Want Moore!]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Red Sails in the Sunset (album)|Red Sails in the Sunset]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth]]'' || [[Joan Jett|Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2
| ''[[Let It Be (The Replacements album)|Let It Be]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''[[True Colours (Level 42 album)|True Colours]]'' || [[Level 42]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd]]'' || [[The J. Geils Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |8
| ''[[Shout (Devo album)|Shout]]'' || [[Devo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wonderful and Frightening World Of...]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It'll End in Tears]]'' || [[This Mortal Coil]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |9
| ''[[Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)|Emotion]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||-
|-
| ''[[March of the Saint]]'' || [[Armored Saint]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Big Bam Boom]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rattlesnakes (album)|Rattlesnakes]]'' || [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |15
| ''[[The Age of Consent (Bronski Beat album)|The Age of Consent]]'' || [[Bronski Beat]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[The Big Express]]'' || [[XTC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sign of the Hammer]]'' || [[Manowar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Valotte]]'' || [[Julian Lennon]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Geffery Morgan]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |17
| ''[[Escape (Whodini album)|Escape]]'' || [[Whodini]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |18
| ''[[Isolation (Toto album)|Isolation]]'' || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] ||Released in Europe on 5 November
|-
| ''[['74 Jailbreak]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || EP recorded 1974–76
|-
| ''[[Chinese Wall (album)|Chinese Wall]]'' || [[Philip Bailey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Them or Us]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[Steeltown]]'' || [[Big Country]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| ''[[Waking Up with the House on Fire]]'' || [[Culture Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |24
| ''[[Hajimemashite (Miyuki Nakajima album)|Hajimemashite]]'' || [[Miyuki Nakajima]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |29
| ''[[Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple album)|Perfect Strangers]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome]]'' || [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |31
| ''[[Wheels Are Turnin']]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |?
| ''[[Bathory (album)|Bathory]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Gates to Purgatory]]'' || [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Heavy Metal Breakdown]]'' || [[Grave Digger (band)|Grave Digger]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Italian X Rays]]'' || [[Steve Miller Band]] ||-
|-
| ''At the Feet of the Moon'' || [[The Parachute Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Girls with Guns (album)|Girls with Guns]]'' || [[Tommy Shaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music from Songwriter]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] & [[Willie Nelson]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Why Not Me (The Judds album)|Why Not Me]]'' || [[The Judds]] ||-
|-
|}

=== November ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| ''[[Tropico (Pat Benatar album)|Tropico]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Treasure (Cocteau Twins album)|Treasure]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2
| ''[[Bad Attitude (album)|Bad Attitude]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] ||UK
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |5
| ''[[Make It Big]]'' || [[Wham!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reckless (Bryan Adams album)|Reckless]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Teases & Dares]]'' || [[Kim Wilde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Alf (album)|Alf]]'' || [[Alison Moyet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Aural Sculpture]]'' || [[The Stranglers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Berserker (Gary Numan album)|Berserker]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |12
| ''[[Like a Virgin (album)|Like a Virgin]]'' || [[Madonna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Arena (Duran Duran album)|Arena]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hatful of Hollow]]'' || [[The Smiths]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Honeydrippers: Volume One]]'' || [[The Honeydrippers|Robert Plant]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Treasure (Cocteau Twins album)|Treasure]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[2:00 AM Paradise Cafe]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Emergency (Kool & the Gang album)|Emergency]]'' || [[Kool & the Gang]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Zoolook]]'' || [[Jean-Michel Jarre]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |19
| ''[[Building the Perfect Beast]]'' || [[Don Henley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fried (album)|Fried]]'' || [[Julian Cope]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Riddle (album)|The Riddle]]'' || [[Nik Kershaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thunder Seven]]'' || [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Word of Mouth (The Kinks album)|Word of Mouth]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Francesco Zappa (album)|Francesco Zappa]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |22
| ''[[See Ya 'Round]]'' || [[Split Enz]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |26
| ''[[The Killing Fields (album)|The Killing Fields]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |29
| ''[[Real Live]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |30
| ''[[Black Cars]]'' || [[Gino Vannelli]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rough Cutt (album)|Rough Cutt]]'' || [[Rough Cutt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" align="center" |?
| ''[[Morbid Tales]]'' || [[Celtic Frost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Something Heavy Going Down]]'' || [[Golden Earring]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Who's Last]]'' || [[The Who]] || Live
|-
| ''[[This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Brewing Up with Billy Bragg]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Deed Is Done]]'' || [[Molly Hatchet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So-Lo]]'' || [[Danny Elfman]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Hits 1]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs]]'' || [[Boney M.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Lay Down the Law (Keel album)|Lay Down the Law]]'' || [[Keel (band)|Keel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lush Life (Linda Ronstadt album)|Lush Life]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Method to Our Madness]]'' || [[The Lords of the New Church]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 4'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Orange Juice]]'' || [[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]] || Final album
|-
| ''Planetary Invasion'' || [[Midnight Star (band)|Midnight Star]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Minute Warning (album)|Two Minute Warning]]'' || [[The Angels (Australian band)|The Angels]] ||-
|-
|}

=== December ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Deep Breakfast]]'' || [[Ray Lynch]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |14
| ''[[Agent Provocateur (album)|Agent Provocateur]]'' || [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |21
| ''[[Thing-Fish]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |?
| ''[[Beverly Hills Cop (soundtrack)|Beverly Hills Cop]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Slip It In]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live '84]]'' || [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Boney M.]]'' || [[Boney M.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Remission (EP)|Remission]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] || EP
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
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*''1984'' – [[Ebiet G. Ade]]
*''[[Acousticity (David Grisman album)|Acousticity]]'' – [[David Grisman]]
*''[[Aimless Love]]'' – [[John Prine]]
*''[[Animotion (album)|Animotion]]'' – [[Animotion]]
*''[[Akimbo Alogo]]'' – [[Kim Mitchell]] 
*''American Band-ages'' – [[Nash the Slash]]
*''The Art of Defense'' – [[Nona Hendryx]]
*''[[Back & Forth (EP)|Back & Forth]]'' – [[Skinny Puppy]]
*''[[Born in Captivity]]'' – [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]
*''Box of Frogs'' – [[Box of Frogs]]
*''[[Cal (album)|Cal]]'' – [[Mark Knopfler]] – Soundtrack
*''Can't Wait All Night'' – [[Juice Newton]]
*''[[Caribbean Sunset]]'' – [[John Cale]]
*''[[Centipede (album)|Centipede]]'' – [[Rebbie Jackson]]
*''Change Your Mind'' – [[Raf (singer)|Raf]]
*''[[Cinema (Elaine Paige album)|Cinema]]'' – [[Elaine Paige]]
*''[[Climate of Hunter]]'' – [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]]
*''Country Boy'' – [[Ricky Skaggs]]
*''[[Dali (Dalida album)|Dali]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''[[Dancin' on the Edge]]'' – [[Lita Ford]]
*''A Dancing Foot and a Praying Knee Don't Belong on the Same Leg'' – [[Scattered Order]]
*''[[E2-E4]]'' – [[Manuel Göttsching]]
*''[[E.M.F. (album)|E.M.F]]'' – [[GG Allin]]
*''[[EB 84]]'' – [[The Everly Brothers]]
*''[[Electric Eye (album)|Electric Eye]]'' – [[Prodigal (band)|Prodigal]]
*''[[Every Man Has a Woman]]'' – Various Artists – [[Yoko Ono]] tribute
*''[[Faith (H2O album)|Faith]]'' – [[H2O (Scottish band)|H<sub>2</sub>O]]
*''[[Fans (album)|Fans]]'' – [[Malcolm McLaren]]
*''[[Flex-Able]]'' – [[Steve Vai]]
*''[[Folk of the 80s (Part III)]]'' – [[Men Without Hats]]
*''[[Ghostbusters#Music|Ghostbusters Soundtrack]]'' – Various Artists 
*''[[Gone Fishin' (Flipper album)|Gone Fishin']]'' – [[Flipper (band)|Flipper]]
*''[[The Grapes of Wrath (album)|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' – [[The Grapes of Wrath (band)|The Grapes of Wrath]]
*''Greatest Hits'' – [[Juice Newton]]
*''[[Greatest Love Classics]]'' – [[Andy Williams]]
*''Guardian Angel'' – [[The Shadows]]
*''[[Gum Tree Canoe]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
*''[[Heart Don't Lie]]'' – [[La Toya Jackson]]
*''[[Heart over Mind (Anne Murray album)|Heart over Mind]]'' – [[Anne Murray]]
*''[[Heavy Heart (album)|Heavy Heart]]'' – [[Carla Bley]]
*''[[Hits Out of Hell]]'' – [[Meat Loaf]]
*''[[Honeymoon Suite (album)|Honeymoon Suite]]'' – [[Honeymoon Suite]] 
*''Horizen'' – [[Jade Warrior (band)|Jade Warrior]]
*''[[Hostage (Rez Band album)|Hostage]]'' – [[Rez Band]]
*''[[How Will the Wolf Survive?]]'' – [[Los Lobos]]
*''[[I Often Dream of Trains]]'' – [[Robyn Hitchcock]]
*''If the Price is Right'' – [[Bonnie Pointer]]
*''Inside the Fire'' – [[Rita Coolidge]]
*''Intellectuals Are The Shoeshine Boys Of The Ruling Elite'' – [[Killdozer (band)|Killdozer]]
*''[[It's All in the Game (Merle Haggard album)|It's All in the Game]]'' – [[Merle Haggard]]
*''[[The Las Vegas Story (album)|The Las Vegas Story]]'' – [[The Gun Club]]
*''[[John Parr (album)|John Parr]]'' – [[John Parr]] (debut)
*''[[Knights of the New Thunder]]'' – [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]]
*''[[Legend (Robin of Sherwood soundtrack)|Legend]]'' – [[Clannad]] (soundtrack)
*''[[Lights Out (Peter Wolf album)|Lights Out]]'' – [[Peter Wolf]] (debut)
*''[[Live Bootleg (Resurrection Band album)|Live Bootleg]]'' – [[Rez Band]]
*''[[Live at the Inferno]]'' – [[Raven (band)|Raven]]
{{col-2}}
*''Mama'' – Becket
*''Mast Nazren -Ecstatic Glances Live in London, 1984'' – [[Ghulam Ali (Ghazal singer)|Ghulam Ali]]
*''[[Meat Puppets II]]'' – [[Meat Puppets]]
*''[[Meeting in the Ladies Room]]'' – [[Klymaxx]]
*''Nave Maria'' – [[Tom Zé]]
*''[[Neil's Heavy Concept Album]]'' – [[Nigel Planer]]
*''[[No Brakes]]'' – [[John Waite]]
*''[[No Kinda Dancer]]'' – [[Robert Earl Keen]]
*''[[Once in a Very Blue Moon]]'' – [[Nanci Griffith]]
*''Only You'' – [[Steve Monite]]
*''[[Opium (KMFDM album)|Opium]]'' – [[KMFDM]] (debut)
*''[[Optimystique]]'' – [[Yanni]]
*''[[Plain Dirt Fashion]]'' – [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
*''[[The Politics of Time]]'' – [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]
*''[[Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat]]'' – [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]
*''[[Reflexiones (José José album)|Reflexiones]]'' – [[José José]]
*''Read My Lips'' – [[Fee Waybill]]
*''[[Remote Luxury (album)|Remote Luxury]]'' – [[The Church (band)|The Church]]
*''[[Riders in the Sky, Live]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[Rita Mitsouko (album)|Rita Mitsouko]]'' – [[Rita Mitsouko]]
*''The Rock Connection'' – [[Cliff Richard]]
*''[[Scatology (album)|Scatology]]'' – [[Coil (band)|Coil]]<!--A date is given by copyright; in fact, it was released in early '85-->
*''Schizophrenic Circus'' – [[Red Rockers]]
*''Seasons'' – [[Dion DiMucci]]
*''[[Sonic Death]]'' – [[Sonic Youth]]
*''Songs from Our TV Shows'' – [[The Chipmunks]] – Soundtrack
*''[[The Splendour of Fear]]'' – [[Felt (band)|Felt]]
*''Starchild'' – [[Teena Marie]]
*''[[The Stockholm Concert, 1966]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Duke Ellington]]
*''[[Straight Ahead (Amy Grant album)|Straight Ahead]]'' – [[Amy Grant]]
*''[[The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories]]'' – Felt
*''[[These Things Happen (David Van Tieghem album)|These Things Happen]]'' – [[David Van Tieghem]]
*''[[Tocsin (album)|Tocsin]]'' – [[Xmal Deutschland]]
*''[[Touch Sensitive (album)|Touch Sensitive]]'' – [[Bruce Foxton]]
*''[[United States Live]]'' – [[Laurie Anderson]] – Live
*''[[Velocity (album)|Velocity]]'' – [[The Vels]]
*''[[Victim in Pain]]'' – [[Agnostic Front]] (debut)
*''[[Vital Signs (White Heart album)]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''[[The Voice (Bobby McFerrin album)|The Voice]]'' – [[Bobby McFerrin]]
*''[[Youth Anthems for the New Order]]'' – [[Reagan Youth]]
*''[[Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man]]'' – [[Guadalcanal Diary (band)|Guadalcanal Diary]]
*''Walpurgis Night'' – [[Stormwitch]]
*''[[We Hate You South African Bastards!]]'' – [[Microdisney]]
*''[[When in Rome Do as The Vandals]]'' – [[The Vandals]]
*''[[Windows and Walls]]'' – [[Dan Fogelberg]] 
*''[[Wired to the Moon]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
*''Wonderful World'' – [[Telex (band)|Telex]]
*''[[Work Resumed on the Tower]]'' – [[News from Babel]]
*''[[World Shut Your Mouth (album)|World Shut Your Mouth]]'' – Julian Cope
{{col-end}}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest [https://tsort.info/music/yr1984.htm chart positions]
in the charts of 1984.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>#</big>
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart entries
|-
| 1  || [[George Michael]] || [[Careless Whisper]] || 1984 || {{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 - Aug 1984 (21 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Dec 1984 (20 weeks), US BB 1 of 1985, US Radio 1 of 1985 (peak 1 12 weeks), Canada 1 - Dec 1984 (12 weeks), Holland 1 - Aug 1984 (14 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Sep 1984 (17 weeks), Poland 1 - Mar 1983 (44 weeks), Italy 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1985, Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Aug 1984, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks - Sep 1984, Springbok 1 - Nov 1984 (21 weeks), Top Song of 1985 of the Billboard 50th list, ASCAP song of 1984, ARC 2 of 1985 (peak 1 16 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 - Sep 1984 (21 weeks), France 2 - Aug 1984 (3 weeks), Austria 2 - Nov 1984 (4 months), Norway 2 - Aug 1984 (16 weeks), Belgium 2 - Sep 1984 (12 weeks), Italy 2 of 1984, Canada 2 of 1985, US Platinum (certified by RIAA in May 1992), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Sep 1984), Sweden 3 - Sep 1984 (13 weeks), Germany 3 - Sep 1984 (3 months), ODK Germany 3 - Sep 1984 (21 weeks) (8 weeks in top 10), South Africa 3 of 1985, Brazil 4 of 1985, Australia 4 of 1984, US CashBox 5 of 1985, France (SNEP) 7 - Dec 1984 (1 month), UK sales 8 of the 1980s (1,360 k in 1984), Switzerland 9 of 1984, Scrobulate 13 of soft rock, POP 20 of 1985, Europe 30 of the 1980s (1984), US Songs 2014-23 peak 33 - Jan 2017 (1 week), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 44 - Jan 2017 (2 weeks), nuTsie 94 of 1980s, France (InfoDisc) 112 of the 1980s (peak 2, 35 weeks, 585k sales estimated, 1984), OzNet 183, Germany 250 of the 1980s (peak 3 12 weeks), UKMIX 297, Acclaimed 2242 (1984), RYM 37 of 1984, Guardian Pop 67
|-
| 2  || [[Stevie Wonder]] || [[I Just Called to Say I Love You]] || 1984 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 - Aug 1984 (39 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Aug 1984 (25 weeks), Canada 1 - Sep 1984 (16 weeks), Holland 1 - Aug 1984 (17 weeks), Sweden 1 - Sep 1984 (8 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Aug 1984 (23 weeks), Austria 1 - Oct 1984 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Sep 1984 (21 weeks), Norway 1 - Sep 1984 (17 weeks), Poland 1 - Jan 1984 (26 weeks), Belgium 1 - Sep 1984 (20 weeks), Italy 1 of 1984, Italy 1 for 8 weeks - Nov 1984, Germany 1 - Sep 1984 (4 months), ODK Germany 1 - Sep 1984 (24 weeks) (6 weeks at number 1) (13 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 5 weeks - Sep 1984, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Oct 1984, Canada 1 of 1984, New Zealand 1 for 8 weeks - Oct 1984, Australia 1 for 8 weeks - Oct 1984, Springbok 1 - Oct 1984 (25 weeks), Europe 1 for 14 weeks - Sep 1984, Germany 1 for 6 weeks - Sep 1984, Spain 1 for 2 weeks - Nov 1984, Oscar in 1984 (film 'The Woman In Red'), Golden Globe in 1984 (film 'The Woman in Red'), France (SNEP) 2 - Oct 1984 (3 months), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Sep 1984), Brazil 3 of 1984, UK sales 3 of the 1980s (1,780 k in 1984), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Nov 1984), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1984), Australia 6 of 1984, US Radio 8 of 1984 (peak 1 12 weeks), US CashBox 9 of 1984, Switzerland 11 of 1984, ARC 12 of 1984 (peak 1 15 weeks), US BB 25 of 1984, POP 26 of 1984, France (InfoDisc) 30 of the 1980s (peak 1, 31 weeks, 926k sales estimated, 1984), Germany 52 of the 1980s (peak 1 15 weeks), UKMIX 63, Scrobulate 100 of r & b, NY Daily Love list 4
|-
| 3  || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || [[When Doves Cry]] || 1984 || {{flagicon|US}} || US Billboard 1 - Jun 1984 (21 weeks), US BB 1 of 1984, US CashBox 1 of 1984, ARC 1 of 1984 (peak 1 16 weeks), US Radio 1 of 1984 (peak 1 14 weeks), Canada 1 - Jun 1984 (15 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Jul 1984, Australia 1 for 1 week - Aug 1984, Top Song of 1984 of the Billboard 50th list, Golden Globe in 1984 (film 'Purple Rain') (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Aug 1984), nuTsie 3 of 1980s, UK 4 - Jun 1984 (15 weeks), Holland 5 - Jul 1984 (12 weeks), Belgium 6 - Aug 1984 (9 weeks), Springbok 6 - Sep 1984 (12 weeks), US Songs 2014-23 peak 8 - May 2016 (2 weeks), Sweden 9 - Sep 1984 (3 weeks), Scrobulate 9 of funk, Norway 10 - Sep 1984 (1 week), Canada 10 of 1984, Poland 14 - Jul 1984 (10 weeks), Australia 14 of 1984, ODK Germany 16 - Aug 1984 (19 weeks), Switzerland 17 - Aug 1984 (9 weeks), Sweden (alt) 18 - Aug 1984 (2 weeks), Austria 19 - Oct 1984 (1 month), Germany 22 - Aug 1984 (2 months), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 26 - May 2016 (1 week), Holland free40 27 of 1984, KROQ 39 of 1984, Acclaimed 40 (1984), Brazil 44 of 1984, Rolling Stone 52, POP 57 of 1984, 59 in 2FM list, Vinyl Surrender 69 (1984), DMDB 81 (1984), Europe 98 of the 1980s (1984), OzNet 206, Belgium 259 of all time, WXPN 564, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Aug 1984), RYM 1 of 1984, Guardian Pop 65, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
|-
| 4  || [[Band Aid (band)| Band Aid]] || [[Do They Know It's Christmas?]] || 1984 ||{{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 - Dec 1984 (49 weeks), Canada 1 - Dec 1984 (8 weeks), Holland 1 - Dec 1984 (9 weeks), Sweden (alt) 1 - Dec 1984 (19 weeks), Austria 1 - Jan 1985 (2 months), Switzerland 1 - Dec 1984 (14 weeks), Norway 1 - Jan 1985 (17 weeks), Belgium 1 - Dec 1984 (7 weeks), Italy 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1985, ODK Germany 1 - Dec 1984 (36 weeks) (2 weeks at number 1) (8 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 5 weeks - Dec 1984, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1984, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks - Jan 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks - Jan 1985, Europe 1 for 4 weeks - Jan 1985, Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1985, UK sales 1 of the 1980s (3,550 k in 1984), Germany 2 - Jan 1985 (3 months), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1984), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 1984), Scrobulate 6 of christmas, Poland 8 - Dec 1984 (6 weeks), US Billboard 13 - Dec 1984 (8 weeks), Springbok 13 - Feb 1985 (5 weeks), Australia 19 of 1985, Italy 19 of 1985, Sweden 23 - Dec 2007 (4 weeks), KROQ 25 of 1984, Switzerland 29 of 1985, Canada 40 of 1985, Holland free40 50 of 1985, Japan (Tokyo) 62 - Dec 1988 (2 weeks), US CashBox 73 of 1985, Europe 78 of the 1980s (1984), US Radio 122 of 1985 (peak 13 4 weeks), UKMIX 183, OzNet 301, Germany 325 of the 1980s (peak 1 8 weeks), RYM 24 of 1984, Guardian Pop 68, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1984
|-
| 5  || [[Tina Turner]] || [[What's Love Got to Do with It (song)|What's Love Got to Do with It]] || 1984 ||{{flagicon|US}} || US Billboard 1 - May 1984 (28 weeks), Canada 1 - Jul 1984 (13 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Aug 1984, Australia 1 for 1 week - Sep 1984, Grammy in 1984, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012 (1984), US BB 2 of 1984, US CashBox 2 of 1984, ARC 2 of 1984 (peak 1 18 weeks), Springbok 2 - Sep 1984 (19 weeks), UK 3 - Jun 1984 (16 weeks), Canada 3 of 1984, Sweden (alt) 4 - Sep 1984 (12 weeks), Austria 4 - Nov 1984 (3 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1984), US Radio 5 of 1984 (peak 1 13 weeks), Sweden 5 - Sep 1984 (4 weeks), ODK Germany 7 - Aug 1984 (24 weeks) (5 weeks in top 10), France 8 - Aug 1984 (1 week), Switzerland 8 - Aug 1984 (17 weeks), Germany 8 - Aug 1984 (4 months), Norway 10 - Nov 1984 (1 week), nuTsie 11 of 1980s, France (SNEP) 14 - Nov 1984 (1 month), South Africa 14 of 1985, POP 14 of 1984, Holland 15 - Sep 1984 (7 weeks), Poland 20 - Aug 1984 (6 weeks), Australia 22 of 1984, Belgium 23 - Oct 1984 (2 weeks), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 35 - Jun 2023 (2 weeks), RIAA 38, Brazil 53 of 1984, Italy 100 of 1984, OzNet 221, Rolling Stone 309, Acclaimed 359 (1984), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Aug 1984), RYM 57 of 1984
|}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK singles chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
| "[[2 Minutes to Midnight]]" || [[Iron Maiden]] || {{Date table sorting|081984}}|August 1984 || n/a || 11 || 11 (United Kingdom) || 10 (Ireland) – 70 (Germany)
|-
| "[[Aces High (song)|Aces High]]" || [[Iron Maiden]] || {{Date table sorting|101984}}|October 1984 || n/a || 20 || 20 (United Kingdom) || 29 (Ireland)
|-
| "[[Agadoo]]" || [[Black Lace]] || {{Date table sorting|051984}}|May 1984 || n/a || 2 || 2 (United Kingdom) || 3 (South Africa) – 5 (Ireland) – 9 (New Zealand) – 16 (Australia) – 48 (France)
|-
| "[[Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)]]" || [[Phil Collins]] || {{Date table sorting|021984}}|February 1984 || 1 || 2 || [[Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)#Charts|(6 countries)]] || [[Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[All Cried Out (Alison Moyet song)|All Cried Out]]" || [[Alison Moyet]] || {{Date table sorting|091984}}|September 1984 || n/a || 8 || 6 (New Zealand) || [[All Cried Out (Alison Moyet song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[All Join Hands]]" || [[Slade]] || {{Date table sorting|111984}}|November 1984 || n/a || 15 || 9 (Ireland) || 19 (Sweden)
|-
| "[[All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper song)|All Through the Night]]" || [[Cyndi Lauper]] || {{Date table sorting|091984}}|September 1984 || 5 || 64 || 5 (United States) || 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary) – 5 (Austria) – 5 (Chile) – 7 (Canada) – 16 (Switzerland) – 17 (Australia) – 19 (New Zealand) – 35 (Germany) – 38 (U.S. ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Chart)
|-
| "[[Automatic (Pointer Sisters song)|Automatic]]" || [[Pointer Sisters]] || {{Date table sorting|011984}}|January 1984 || 5 || 2 || 1 (Ireland) || [[Automatic (Pointer Sisters song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[It's a Miracle (Culture Club song)|It's a Miracle]]" || [[Culture Club]] || {{Date table sorting|031984}}|March 1984 || 13 || 4 || 2 (Ireland) || 5 (New Zealand) – 14 (Australia) – 15 (Belgium, Netherlands) – 16 (Canada) – 41 (Germany)
|- 
| "[[Original Sin (INXS song)|Original Sin]]" || [[INXS]] || {{Date table sorting|011984}}|January 1984 || 58 || n/a || 1 (Australia, France) || [[Original Sin (INXS song)#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]] ''1983 overlap''
|-
| "[[Out of Touch]]" || [[Hall & Oates]] || {{Date table sorting|101984}}|October 1984 || 1 || 48 || 1 (United States) || [[Out of Touch#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

*"Baby You're Dynamite"/"Ocean Deep" – [[Cliff Richard]] (released in 1983)
*"Back for More" – [[Ratt]]
*"Be My Number Two" – [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]
*"[[Better Be Good to Me]]" – [[Tina Turner]]
*"[[Big City Nights (song)|Big City Nights]]" – [[Scorpions (band)|The Scorpions]]
*"[[Big in Japan (Alphaville song)|Big In Japan]]" – [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]]
*"[[Grace Under Pressure (Rush album)|The Body Electric]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Borderline (Madonna song)|Borderline]]" (1983) – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Born in the U.S.A. (song)|Born in the U.S.A.]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Blue Jean]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Breakdance (song)|Breakdance]]" – [[Irene Cara]]
*"[[Breakin'... There's No Stoppin' Us]] – [[Ollie & Jerry]]
*"[[Break My Stride]]" – [[Matthew Wilder]]
*"[[Careless Whisper]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)]]" – [[Billy Ocean]]
*"[[Catch My Fall]] – [[Billy Idol]]
*"Centipede" – [[Rebbie Jackson]]
*"[[Cherry Oh Baby]]" – [[UB40]]
*"[[Cool It Now]]" – [[New Edition]]
*"[[Cover Me (Bruce Springsteen song)|Cover Me]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Crazy (Kenny Rogers song)|Crazy]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*"[[Cruel Summer (Bananarama song)|Cruel Summer]]" – [[Bananarama]]
*"Cry and Be Free" – [[Marilyn (musician)|Marilyn]]
*"[[Dance Hall Days]]" – [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]]
*"Dance Me Up" – [[Gary Glitter]]
*"[[Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)|Dancing in the Dark]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Dancing with Tears in My Eyes]]" – [[Ultravox]]
*"[[Desert Moon (Dennis DeYoung song)|Desert Moon]]" – [[Dennis DeYoung]]
*"[[Distant Early Warning (song)|Distant Early Warning]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Doctor! Doctor!]]" – [[Thompson Twins]]
*"Don't Blame It on Love" – [[Shakatak]]
*"[[Don't Tell Me (Blancmange song)|Don't Tell Me]]" – [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]]
*"Down on the Street" – [[Shakatak]]
*"[[Dr. Beat]]" – [[Miami Sound Machine]]
*"[[Drive (The Cars song)|Drive]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"[[Easy Lover]]" – [[Phillip Bailey]] duet with [[Phil Collins]]
*"[[Eighties (song)|Eighties]]" – [[Killing Joke]]
*"[[Eye to Eye (Go West song)|Eye to Eye]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
*"[[Eyes Without a Face (song)|Eyes Without a Face]]" (1983) – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Fade to Black (Metallica song)|Fade to Black]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[Femme libérée]]" – Cookie Dingler
*"Flame Trees" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"Flesh for Fantasy" (1983) – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Footloose (song)|Footloose]]" – [[Kenny Loggins]]
*"[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[Forest Fire (song)|Forest Fire]]" – [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]]
*"[[Forever Young (Alphaville song)|Forever Young]]" – [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]]
*"[[Freedom (Wham! song)|Freedom]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[The Ghost in You]]" – [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
*"[[Ghostbusters (song)|Ghostbusters]]" – [[Ray Parker Jr.]]
*"[[God Bless the USA]]" – [[Lee Greenwood]]
*"Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)" – [[Roger Hodgson]]
*"Half A Boy Half A Man" – [[Nick Lowe]]
*"[[Hammer to Fall]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"Heart from the Start" – [[Classix Nouveaux]]
*"Heaven's on Fire" – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
*"[[Hello (Lionel Richie song)|Hello]]" (1983) – [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[Here Comes the Rain Again]]" – [[Eurythmics]]
*"High on Emotion" – [[Chris De Burgh]]
*"[[Highly Strung (Spandau Ballet song)|Highly Strung]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"[[The Heart of Rock and Roll]]" (1983) – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[Heaven (Bryan Adams song)|Heaven]]" – [[Bryan Adams]] (charted in 1985 in the U.S.)
*"Heaven (Must Be There)" – [[Eurogliders]]
*"[[Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)|Hold Me Now]]" – [[Thompson Twins]]
*"Hold on to Love" – [[Gary Moore]]
*"[[Hot Water (song)|Hot Water]]" – [[Level 42]]
*"[[House of Salome]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[Human Touch (Rick Springfield song)|Human Touch]]" – [[Rick Springfield]] (released in 1983)
*"[[I Feel for You]]" – [[Chaka Khan]]
*"[[I Just Called to Say I Love You]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
*"I Scare Myself" – [[Thomas Dolby]]
*"[[I Wanna Rock]]" – [[Twisted Sister]]
*"[[I Want a New Drug]]" (1983) – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[I Want to Break Free]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"[[I Want to Know What Love Is]]" – [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] 
*"[[I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me]]" – [[Nik Kershaw]]
*"[[If This Is It (Huey Lewis and the News song)|If This Is It]]" (1983) – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[I'll Fly for You]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"[[I'll Wait]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[Illegal Alien (song)|Illegal Alien]]" (1983) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] 
*"In Jeopardy" – Roger Hodgson
*"In Neon" – [[Elton John]]
*"Infatuation" – [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[An Innocent Man (song)|An Innocent Man]]" (1983) – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Invisible (Alison Moyet song)|Invisible]]" – [[Alison Moyet]]
*"[[It's a Hard Life]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"[[It's My Life (Talk Talk song)|It's My Life]]" – [[Talk Talk]]
*"[[Joanna (Kool & the Gang song)|Joanna]]" – [[Kool & the Gang]]
*"[[Jokerman (song)|Jokerman]]" – [[Bob Dylan]]
*"[[Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[Jump (For My Love)]]" – [[The Pointer Sisters]]
*"[[Jungle Love (The Time song)|Jungle Love]]" – [[The Time (band)|The Time]]
*"[[Just Another Woman in Love]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"Kalimba De Luna" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Karma Chameleon]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[Keeping the Faith (song)|Keeping the Faith]]" (1983) – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[The Killing Moon]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
*"[[Leave a Tender Moment Alone]]" (1983) – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Legs (song)|Legs]]" (1983) – ZZ Top
*"[[Let's Go Crazy]]" – [[Prince (singer)|Prince and the Revolution]]
*"[[Let's Hear It for the Boy]]" – [[Deniece Williams]]
*"[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"Lights Out" – [[Peter Wolf]]
*"L'Innamorata" – [[Dalida]]
*"A Little Love" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)|Locomotion]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]
*"[[The Longest Time]]" (1983) – [[Billy Joel]]
*"Love Somebody" – [[Rick Springfield]]
*"[[Lovergirl]]" – [[Teena Marie]]
*"The Lucky One" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Lucky Star (Madonna song)|Lucky Star]]" (1983) – [[Madonna]]
*"Madam Butterfly" – [[Malcolm McLaren]]
*"[[Magic (The Cars song)|Magic]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"[[Master and Servant]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Message to My Girl]]" – [[Split Enz]]
*"Michael Caine" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
*"[[Middle of the Road (song)|Middle of the Road]]" – [[The Pretenders]]
*"[[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]" – [[John Waite]]
*"[[Missing You (Diana Ross song)|Missing You]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"[[Miss Me Blind]]"- [[Culture Club]]
*"[[Mistake No. 3]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[The More You Live, the More You Love]]" – [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
*"[[Mr. Telephone Man]]" – [[New Edition]]
*"My Ever Changing Moods" – The Style Council
*"[[My Oh My (Slade song)|My Oh My]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[The NeverEnding Story (song)|The NeverEnding Story]]" – [[Limahl]]
*"[[New Moon on Monday]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"No Mercy" – [[The Stranglers]]
*"[[No More Lonely Nights]]" – [[Paul McCartney]]
*"[[Nobody Loves Me Like You Do]]" – [[Anne Murray]] and [[Dave Loggins]]
*"[[Obsession (Animotion song)|Obsession]]" – [[Animotion]]
*"[[Oh Sherrie]]" – [[Steve Perry]]
*"On a Night Like This" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[One Love (Bob Marley song)|One Love]]/People Get Ready" – [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]]
*"[[One Night in Bangkok]]" – [[Murray Head]]
*"[[Only When You Leave]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"[[Original Sin (INXS song)|Original Sin]]" – [[INXS]]
*"[[Out of Touch]]" – [[Hall & Oates]]
*"[[Panama (song)|Panama]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"Passengers" – [[Elton John]]
*"Pearl In The Shell" – [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]]
*"Pearly Dewdrops' Drops" – [[Cocteau Twins]]
*"[[Penny Lover]]" (1983) – [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[People Are People]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Perfect Skin (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions song)|Perfect Skin]]" – [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]]
*"[[I Just Called to Say I Love You|Pour te dire je t'aime]]" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)|The Power of Love]]" – [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
*"[[Pretty in Pink (song)|Pretty in Pink]]" – [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
*"[[Pride (In the Name of Love)]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Purple Rain (song)|Purple Rain]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince and the Revolution]]
*"[[Radio Ga Ga]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"Rattlesnakes" – [[Lloyd Cole and the Commotions]]
*"Read 'Em and Weep" – [[Barry Manilow]]
*"[[Rebel Yell (song)|Rebel Yell]]" (1983) – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Red Sector A]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[The Reflex]]"  – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|Relax]]" – [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
*"[[The Riddle (Nik Kershaw song)|The Riddle]]" – [[Nik Kershaw]]
*"[[Robert De Niro's Waiting...]]" – [[Bananarama]]
*"[[Rock You Like a Hurricane]]" – [[Scorpions (band)|The Scorpions]]
*"[[Round and Round (Spandau Ballet song)|Round and Round]]" – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*"[[Round and Round (Ratt song)|Round and Round]]" – [[Ratt]]
*"[[Run Runaway]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[Runaway (Bon Jovi song)|Runaway]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[Run to You (Bryan Adams song)|Run to You]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Running with the Night]]" (1983) – [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[Sad Songs (Say So Much)]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Saturday Night" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"[[The Second Time]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[Self Control (Raf song)#Laura Branigan version|Self Control]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Seven Seas (song)|Seven Seas]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
*"[[Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (Eurythmics song)|Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)]]" – [[Eurythmics]]
*"[[She Bop]]" (1983) – [[Cyndi Lauper]]
*"[[She Was Hot]]" – [[the Rolling Stones]]
*"Shooting From the Heart" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Shout (Tears for Fears song)|Shout]]" – [[Tears for Fears]]
*"[[Shout to the Top]]" – [[The Style Council]]
*"[[Silver (Echo & the Bunnymen song)|Silver]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
*"[[Sister Christian]]" – [[Night Ranger]]
*"Skin Deep" – [[Stranglers]]
*"[[Soul Kind of Feeling]]" – [[Dynamic Hepnotics]]
*"[[Smalltown Boy]]" – [[Bronski Beat]]
*"[[Smooth Operator]]" – [[Sade Adu|Sade]]
*"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" – R.E.M.
*"[[So Tired (Ozzy Osbourne song)|So Tired]]" – [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
*"Soleil" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Somebody's Watching Me]]" – [[Rockwell (musician)|Rockwell]] featuring Michael Jackson
*"[[Some Guys Have All the Luck]]" – [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[Sounds Like a Melody]]" – [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]]
*"[[Special Girl]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"Standing in the Shadow" – [[Whitesnake]]
*"[[State of the Nation (Industry song)|State of the Nation]]" – [[Industry (American band)|Industry]]
*"[[Stranger in Town (Toto song)|Stranger in Town]]" – [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
*"[[Strut (Sheena Easton song)|Strut]]" – [[Sheena Easton]]
*"[[Stuck on You (Lionel Richie song)|Stuck on You]]" – [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[Sugar Walls]]" – [[Sheena Easton]]
*"[[Summer of '69]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Sunglasses at Night]]" – [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]]
*"[[Take On Me]]" (1984 European version) – [[a-ha]]
*"[[Taking It All Too Hard]]" (1983) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[That's All (Genesis song)|That's All]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] (released in 1983)
*"[[That's Not the Way (It's S'posed to Be)]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[Thieves Like Us (song)|Thieves Like Us]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
*"[[Thin Line Between Love and Hate]]" – [[The Pretenders]]
*"[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]" (1982) – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Ti amo#Laura Branigan version|Ti Amo]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]" (1983) – [[Cyndi Lauper]]
*"[[Tinseltown in the Rain]]" – [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]]
*"[[To All the Girls I've Loved Before]]" – [[Julio Iglesias]] and [[Willie Nelson]]
*"To France" – [[Mike Oldfield]]
*"[[Together in Electric Dreams]]" – [[Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder]]
*"[[Too Young to Fall in Love]]" (1983) – [[Mötley Crüe]]
*"Torture" – [[The Jacksons]]
*"[[The Touch (Kim Wilde song)|The Touch]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[TV Dinners (song)|TV Dinners]]" (1983) – [[ZZ Top]]
*"[[Twist of Fate (Olivia Newton-John song)|Twist of Fate]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Two Tribes]]" – [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
*"[[Up on the Catwalk]]" – [[Simple Minds]]
*"Very Personal" – [[Ian Dury]]
*"[[Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Wanted Man (Ratt song)|Wanted Man]]" – [[Ratt]]
*"[[The War Song]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[We Belong]]" – [[Pat Benatar]]
*"We Rock" – [[Dio (band)|Dio]]
*"[[We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister song)|We're Not Gonna Take It]]" – [[Twisted Sister]]
*"[[What About Me? (Kenny Rogers song)|What About Me?]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Kim Carnes]] and [[James Ingram]]
*"[[What Difference Does It Make?]]" – [[The Smiths]]
*"[[What's Love Got to Do with It (song)|What's Love Got to Do with It]]" – [[Tina Turner]]
*"[[When Am I Going to Make a Living]]" – [[Sade Adu|Sade]]
*"[[When Doves Cry]]" – [[Prince (singer)|Prince]]
*"When Love Breaks Down" – [[Prefab Sprout]]
*[[When the Lady Smiles]]" – [[Golden Earring]]
*"Where the Rose Is Sown" – [[Big Country]]
*"Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)" – [[Icicle Works]]
*"[[White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)]]" – [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]] (released in 1983)
*"Who Wears These Shoes?" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[The Wild Boys (song)|The Wild Boys]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[William, It Was Really Nothing]]" – [[The Smiths]]
*"Wood Beez" – [[Scritti Politti]]
*"[[Wouldn't It Be Good]]" – [[Nik Kershaw]]
*"You Don't Love Me" – [[Marilyn (musician)|Marilyn]]
*"[[You Might Think]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"[[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]]" – [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]]
*"You Think You're a Man" – [[Glen Milstead|Divine]]
*"[[You Were Made for Me (Irene Cara song)|You Were Made for Me]]" – [[Irene Cara]]
*"You're the Best Thing" – [[The Style Council]]
*"Young at Heart" – [[The Bluebells]]
*"[[Your Love Is King]]" – [[Sade Adu|Sade]]
}}

==Notable singles==
[[File:The Replacements (1984 Laura Levine portrait).jpg|right|thumb|[[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] in 1984]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
|"[[A New Day (song)|A New Day]]" || [[Killing Joke]] || {{Date table sorting|071984}}|July 1984 || 56 (UK singles chart)
|-
|"[[Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)]]" || [[The Icicle Works]] || {{Date table sorting|031984}}|March 1984 || 2 (UK Indie Charts) – 13 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Charts) – 19 (Canada) – 37 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) – 90 (UK singles chart) 
|-
|"[[Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody|Blasphemous Rumours" b/w "Somebody]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|061984}}|June 1984 || [[Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Celebrated Summer]]" || [[Hüsker Dü]] || {{Date table sorting|121984}}|December 1984 || n/a
|-
|"[[Dazzle (song)|Dazzle]]" b/w "I Promise" / "Throw Them to the Lions" || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] || {{Date table sorting|051984}}|May 1984 || 33 (UK singles chart)
|-
|"[[Eighties (song)|Eighties]]" || [[Killing Joke]] || {{Date table sorting|041984}}|April 1984 || 60 (UK singles chart)
|-
|"[[Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now]]" b/w "[[Suffer Little Children]]" || [[The Smiths]] || {{Date table sorting|051984}}|May 1984 || 10 (UK singles chart) – 11 (Irish Singles Chart)
|-
|"[[I Will Dare]]" || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] || {{Date table sorting|071984}}|July 1984 || n/a
|-
|"[[It's My Life (Talk Talk song)|It's My Life]]" b/w 	"Does Caroline Know?" || [[Talk Talk]] || {{Date table sorting|011984}}|January 1984 || [[It's My Life (Talk Talk song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[The Killing Moon]]" b/w "Do It Clean" || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] || {{Date table sorting|011984}}|January 1984 || 7 (Irish Singles Chart) – 9 (UK singles chart) – 12 (New Zealand) – 96 (Australia)
|-
|"[[Message to My Girl]]" || [[Split Enz]] || {{Date table sorting|011984}}|January 1984 || 12 (Australia) – 13 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) – 28 (New Zealand)
|-
|"[[Overground (song)|Overground]]" b/w 	"Placebo Effect" || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] || {{Date table sorting|111984}}|November 1984 || 47 (UK singles chart)
|-
|"[[Pink Frost]]" b/w 	"Purple Girl" || [[The Chills]] || {{Date table sorting|061984}}|June 1984 || 17 (New Zealand)  
|-
|"[[Seven Seas (song)|Seven Seas]]" b/w  "All You Need Is Love" || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] || {{Date table sorting|071984}}|July 1984 ||  10 (Irish Singles Chart) – 16 (UK singles chart)
|-
|"[[Silver (Echo & the Bunnymen song)|Silver]]" b/w "Angels and Devils" || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] || {{Date table sorting|041984}}|April 1984 || 14 (Irish Singles Chart) – 30 (UK singles chart) 
|-
|"[[So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)]]" || [[R.E.M.]] || {{Date table sorting|051984}}|May 1984 || 85 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
|-
|"[[Such a Shame]]" b/w "Again, a Game... Again" || [[Talk Talk]] || {{Date table sorting|031984}}|March 1984 || [[Such a Shame#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[What Difference Does It Make?]]" b/w "These Things Take Time" || [[The Smiths]] || {{Date table sorting|011984}}|January 1984 || 12 (United Kingdom, Ireland) 
|-
|"[[William, It Was Really Nothing]]" b/w "[[How Soon Is Now?]]" / "[[Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want]]" 
|| [[The Smiths]] || {{Date table sorting|081984}}|August 1984 || 83 (UK singles chart) 
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Doledrums" – [[The Chills]]
*"Dum Dum Girl" – [[Talk Talk]]
*"[[Part Company]]" – [[The Go-Betweens]]
}}

==Christmas songs==
*"[[Another Rock N' Roll Christmas]]" – [[Gary Glitter]]
*"[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" – [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]]
*"[[Last Christmas]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Thank God It's Christmas]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]

==Published popular music==
* "After All These Years" w. [[Fred Ebb]] m. [[John Kander]] from the musical ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]''
* "[[The Cosby Show]] theme song" m. [[Stu Gardner]] and [[Bill Cosby]]
* "[[Cover Me (Bruce Springsteen song)|Cover Me]]" w.m. [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* "Every Time I Turn Around" w.m. Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy, theme from the TV series ''[[Punky Brewster]]''
* "Friends" m. John Leffler, theme from the TV series ''[[Kate and Allie]]''
* "[[Ghostbusters (song)|Ghostbusters]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Ray Parker Jr.]]
* "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" w.m. [[Leonard Cohen]]
* "[[I Just Called to Say I Love You]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Stevie Wonder]]
* "[[Let's Go Crazy]]" w.m. [[Prince (musician)|Prince and the Revolution]]
* "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" w.m. [[Billy Steinberg]] & [[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]]
* "Lights Out" w.m. [[Peter Wolf]] & [[Don Covay]]
* "[[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]" w.m. [[John Waite]], Chaz Sanford & Mark Leonard
* "[[Murder, She Wrote]] theme song" m. John Addison
* "[[No More Lonely Nights]]" w.m. [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[Rock You Like a Hurricane]]" w.m. [[Rudolf Schenker]], [[Klaus Meine]] & [[Herman Rarebell]]
* "[[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]" w.m. [[Cyndi Lauper]] & [[Rob Hyman]]
* "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Albert Hammond]]
* "[[Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go]]" w.m. [[George Michael]]
* "[[What's Love Got to Do with It (song)|What's Love Got To Do With It?]]" w.m. [[Terry Britten]] & [[Graham Lyle]]
* "[[When Doves Cry]]" w.m. [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]

==Classical music==
*[[Samuel Adler (composer)|Samuel Adler]] – Sonata for viola and piano
*[[Elliott Carter]]
**''Canon for 4, Homage to William'', for flute, bass clarinet, violin and cello
**''Esprit rude/esprit doux'', for flute and clarinet
**''Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi'', for violin
*[[Brian Cherney]] – ''Into the Distant Stillness''
*[[George Crumb]]
**''A Haunted Landscape'' for orchestra
**''The Sleeper'' for soprano and piano
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Divertimento'' for cello and orchestra
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Davies)|Symphony No. 3]]
*[[Ludovico Einaudi]] – ''Altissimo''
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]] 
**''My Blues''
**''Ombres'', for orchestra and live electronics
*[[Frans Geysen]]
**''A + B = A/B'', for keyboard instrument
**''Kataloog in grijs 1'', for marimba
**''Late spiegels'', for flute, oboe, piano and double bass
**''Omtrent a-b-c'', for recorder quintet
**''Tonen-Trappenhuisje voor Hanne'', for keyboard instrument
**''Twee orgels'', for two organs
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]]
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|Aquarius-Tango]]'', for piano
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|Zum Wassermann]]'', for chamber orchestra (14 musicians)
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|De Zang van Aquarius]]'', for 8 bass clarinets
*[[Daron Hagen]] – ''A Walt Whitman Requiem''
*[[John Harbison]] – String Quartet no. 1
*[[Robin Holloway]] – Concerto for Viola
*[[Mauricio Kagel]] – ''Der Eid des Hippokrates'', for piano 3 hands
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Angelus'', cantata for soprano, mixed choir and symphony orchestra
*[[Ian McDougall (musician)|Ian McDougall]] – Concerto for Clarinet
*[[Elizabeth Maconchy]] – String Quartet no. 13, ''Quartetto Corto''
*[[Ingram Marshall]] – ''Voces Resonae''
*[[Henri Pousseur]]
**''Chronique canine'', for 2 pianos
**''Cortège des belles ténébreuses au jardin boréal'', for cor anglais, viola, horn, tuba and 2 percussionists
**''L'étoile des langues'', for narrators and 4 singers
**''Litanie du cristal des fleurs'', for piano left hand
**''Litanie du miel matinal'', for high melody instrument
**''Les noces d'Icare et de Mnémosyne'', for variable forces
**''Patchwork des tribus américaines'', for wind orchestra
**''Sixième vue sur les jardins interdits'', for string trio
**''Sonate des maîtres viennois ('Dicté par ... no.4')'', for piano
**''Tango de Jeanne-la-Sibylle'', for piano left hand
*[[Steve Reich]] – ''[[The Desert Music]]''
*[[Wolfgang Rihm]]
**''Vorgefühle'' for orchestra
**''Schattenstück'' for orchestra
**''Fusées'' for orchestra
**''Blaubuch'': String Quartet No. 6
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – ''Elegy'' for Organ
*[[Tōru Takemitsu]] – ''riverrun'' for piano and orchestra
*[[Robert Ward (composer)|Robert Ward]] – Saxophone Concerto
*[[Malcolm Williamson]]
**''A Pilgrim Liturgy'' – for soloists, mixed choir & orchestra
**''Cortège for a Warrior'' for orchestra
**''Hymna Titu'' for piano solo
**[[Symphony No. 7 (Williamson)|Symphony No. 7]]

==Ballet==
''See [[List of 1984 ballet premieres]]''

==Opera==
*[[Philip Glass]] 
**''[[Akhnaten (opera)|Akhnaten]]''
**''[[The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down|the CIVIL warS (Rome section)]]''
*[[Luigi Nono]] – ''[[Prometeo]]''
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – ''[[The Black Mask]]''
*[[Peter Schickele]] – ''[[The Abduction of Figaro]]'', attributed to [[P. D. Q. Bach]].
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Samstag aus Licht]]'' (produced by [[La Scala]], Milan)

==Jazz==
{{Main|1984 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Starlight Express]]'' – [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Richard Stilgoe]] – London production opened and ran for 7.409 performances
* ''[[Forty-Second Street]]'' – London production
* ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] on February 9 and ran for 233 performances
* ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'' ([[Stephen Sondheim]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Booth Theatre]] on May 2 and ran for 604 performances.

==Musical films==
* ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
* ''[[Asha Jyoti]]''
* ''[[Beat Street]]''
* ''[[Breakin']]''
* ''[[Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo]]''
* ''[[Conexión Caribe]]''
* ''[[The Cotton Club (film)|The Cotton Club]]''
* ''[[Footloose]]''
* ''The Girl from Moonooloo'', TV starring [[Jacki Weaver]] and [[David Atkins]]
* ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street (film)|Give My Regards to Broad Street]]''
* ''[[Hard to Hold (film)|Hard to Hold]]''
* ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''
* ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]''
* ''[[Streets of Fire]]''
* ''[[Sunny (1984 film)|Sunny]]''
* ''[[George Beverly Shea#Then Sings My Soul .281984.29|Then Sings My Soul]]''
* ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]''

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Jocelyn Oxlade]], English-Filipino singer-songwriter and model ([[Kitty Girls]])
*[[January 9]] – [[Drew Brown (musician)|Drew Brown]], American pop rock musician ([[OneRepublic]])
*[[January 17]]
**[[Calvin Harris]], Scottish electronic musician, DJ, producer (Dated and worked with: [[Taylor Swift]], [[Rita Ora]], Worked with:[[Dua Lipa]])
** [[Sharaya J]], Hawaiian-born American female rapper and choreographer. 
*[[January 18]]
**[[Kristy Lee Cook]], ''American Idol'' finalist
**[[Benji Schwimmer]], Winner of ''So You Think You Can Dance 2006''
*[[January 20]] 
[[File:TONI GONZAGA (cropped).jpg|120px|thumb|January 20: [[Toni Gonzaga]]]]
** [[Toni Gonzaga]], Filipina actress and singer
** [[Bonnie McKee]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[January 24]] – [[Witold Kiełtyka]], Polish musician (died 2007)
*[[January 26]] – [[Wu Qian (pianist)|Wu Qian]], pianist
*[[January 27]] – [[Davetta Sherwood]], American actress and singer
*[[January 29]] – [[Diana Rouvas]], Australian singer-songwriter and The Voice Australia contestant, later winner   
*[[January 30]] – [[Kid Cudi]], American rapper
[[File:Hangeng.JPG|120px|thumb|February 9:[[Han Geng]]]]
*[[February 9]] – [[Han Geng]], Chinese singer in Korea ([[Super Junior]])
*[[February 11]] 
**[[Aubrey O'Day]], American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress ([[Danity Kane]], Dumblonde)
**[[Anushka Manchanda]], Indian singer ([[Viva (band)|Viva]])
*[[February 12]] – [[Jamie Scott]], English singer-songwriter
*[[February 14]] – [[Víkingur Ólafsson]], Icelandic pianist
*[[February 15]] – [[Dorota Rabczewska]], Polish singer and model
*[[February 18]] – [[Lina (entertainer) | Lina]], South Korean singer and actress ([[Isak N Jiyeon]])
*[[February 18]] – [[Daniel Cohen (conductor)|Daniel Cohen]], Israeli conductor, music director and violinist
*[[February 19]] – [[Chris Richardson]], American singer
*[[February 20]] – [[Audra Mae]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[February 23]] – [[Grieves]],  American hip hop artist 
*[[February 24]] – [[Brahim Attaeb]], Belgian R&B singer
*[[February 25]] – [[Lovefoxxx]] ([[CSS (band)|Cansei de Ser Sexy]])
*[[February 26]] – [[Natalia Lafourcade]],  Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter
*[[February 29]]
**[[Kiyoe Yoshioka]], Japanese singer ([[ikimono-gakari]])
**[[Mark Foster (musician)|Mark Foster]], American singer and guitarist ([[Foster The People]])
* [[March 2]] – [[Elizabeth Jagger]], American activist, model and actress daughter of [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Bianca Jagger]] 
*[[March 3]] – [[Tim Maddren]], New Zealand entertainer ([[Hi-5 (Australian group)|Hi-5]])
*[[March 4]] – [[Jeremy Loops]], South African singer, songwriter and record producer
*[[March 6]] – [[Chris Tomson]], American drummer ([[Vampire Weekend]])
*[[March 9]] – [[Priscilla Ahn]],  American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
*[[March 12]] – [[Shreya Ghoshal]], Indian singer
*[[March 18]] – [[Vonzell Solomon]], US singer
*[[March 20]] 
**[[Christy Carlson Romano]], American actress and singer
**[[Christian Daniel]], Puerto Rican singer and songwriter
*[[March 24]] 
**[[Evan Felker]],  American singer-songwriter and guitarist
**[[Sadako Pointer]], American singer ([[The Pointer Sisters]]) 
*[[March 25]] – [[Katharine McPhee]], ''[[American Idol]]'' finalist, American singer and actress
*[[March 26]] – [[Stéphanie Lapointe]], Canadian singer
*[[March 29]] – [[Li Martins]], Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress ([[Rouge (group) |Rouge]])
*[[March 31]] – [[Jack Antonoff]], American prolific musician, multi instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and record producer. ([[Taylor Swift]] ([[1989 (Taylor Swift album)|1989]]/ [[Sweeter than Fiction]] onwards), [[Lorde]] (Melodrama, Solar Power),  [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]] (Masseduction, Daddy's Home),  [[Lana Del Rey]](NFR, Chemtrails Over The Country Club, DYKTATUOB), [[Florence And The Machine]] ([[Dance Fever (album)|Dance Fever]])), (Member of [[Bleachers (band)|Bleachers]], [[Fun.]])
*[[April 3]] – [[Chrissie Fit]], American actress and singer
* [[April 5]] – [[Shin Min-a]], South Korean actress and model
*[[April 6]] – [[Max Bemis]], American musician ([[Say Anything (band)|Say Anything]])
*[[April 7]] – [[Belly (rapper)]],  Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian[1] rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.
[[File:Mandy_Moore_at_SXSW_2018_(25904503147)_(cropped).jpg|120px|thumb|April 10: [[Mandy Moore]]]]
*[[April 8]]
** [[Andrew Huang (musician)]],  Canadian YouTube personality, musician, music producer, video producer and music teacher 
** [[Ezra Koenig]], American singer/songwriter ([[Vampire Weekend]])
*[[April 10]] – [[Mandy Moore]], American singer-songwriter, actress and musician
*[[April 11]] – [[Junior Lima]], Brazilian singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, actor and record producer ([[Sandy & Junior]])
*[[April 14]] – [[Adán Sánchez]], American-Mexican musician (d. 2004)
*[[April 22]] – [[Amelle Berrabah]], British singer ([[Sugababes]])
*[[April 23]] 
** [[Lil Eazy-E]], American rapper
** [[Isobel Waller-Bridge]], A British composer who is known for her scores for film, television, and theatre, along with her works for electronic music and contemporary classical music
*[[April 24]] – [[Tyson Ritter]] American singer/songwriter of ([[The All-American Rejects]])
*[[April 26]] – [[Mija Martina]], Bosnian singer and television host
*[[April 27]] – [[Patrick Stump]], American singer, songwriter and musician ([[Fall Out Boy]])
*[[May 1]] – [[Keiichiro Koyama]], Japanese singer (NEWS) and actor
*[[May 2]] – [[Rose Falcon]], American singer-songwriter
*[[May 3]] – [[Cheryl Burke]], American dancer, model and TV host.
*[[May 4]] – [[Little Boots]], British, singer, Musician, DJ, record producer, songwriter
*[[May 5]] 
** [[Wade MacNeil]], Canadian guitarist
** [[Jaime Brooks]],  Canadian-American songwriter and musician. (Elite Gymnastics, Grimes) 
*[[May 10]] – [[Pe'er Tasi]], Israeli singer
*[[May 11]] – [[Gerald Clayton]], Dutch-American pianist and composer ([[The Clayton Brothers]])
*[[May 14]] – [[Olly Murs]], English, singer-songwriter, television presenter and [[X Factor]] competitor 
* [[May 14]] – [[Verena Rehm]], German DJ ([[Groove Coverage]])
*[[May 15]] – [[Mr Probz]], Dutch singer, musician and actor (Robin Schulz)
*[[May 17]] – [[Passenger (singer)|Passenger]], English singer-songwriter 
*[[May 20]] – [[Naturi Naughton]], American singer, songwriter and actress ([[3LW]])
*[[May 25]]
**[[Marion Raven]], Norwegian singer-songwriter ([[M2M (band)|M2M]])
*[[May 27]] – [[Rachel Parris]], British comedian, musician and singer 
*[[May 29]] – [[Ina Wroldsen]], Norwegian singer-songwriter
*[[June 4]] – [[Rainie Yang]], Taiwanese singer
*[[June 11]] – [[Zuzana Smatanová]], Slovak pop-rock singer
*[[June 13]] – [[Luke James (singer)]], American singer-songwriter and actor
*[[June 14]] – [[Siobhán Donaghy]], English singer ([[Sugababes]])
*[[June 17]] – [[John Gallagher, Jr.]], American actor, singer and dancer
*[[June 20]] – [[Sherman Chung]], Hong Kong singer
*[[June 23]] – [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]], Welsh singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite news|last=Shennan|first=Rhona|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/singer-duffy-has-revealed-she-was-drugged-raped-and-held-captive-for-days-1987816|title=Singer Duffy has revealed she was drugged, raped and held captive for days|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|date=26 February 2020|access-date=20 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620133441/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/singer-duffy-has-revealed-she-was-drugged-raped-and-held-captive-days-1987816|archive-date=20 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[June 29]] – [[Han Ji-hye]], Korean actress/singer
*[[June 30]] – [[Fantasia (singer)]], American singer
*[[July 1]] – [[Jason Reeves (songwriter)]], American singer-songwriter and musician
*[[July 2]] – [[Eugent Bushpepa]], Albanian singer, songwriter
*[[July 4]] – [[Gina Glocksen]], ''[[American Idol]]'' finalist
*[[July 5]]
** [[AJ Gil]], American singer
*[[July 7]] – [[Marie-Mai]], Canadian singer
*[[July 9]] – [[Jacob Hoggard]], Canadian singer/lead singer of Hedley
*[[July 12]] 
** [[Gareth Gates]], English singer
** [[Jack Conte]], American musician 
*[[July 15]] – [[Vice Cooler]], American singer-songwriter ([[Hawnay Troof]] and [[XBXRX]])
*[[July 17]] – [[Asami Kimura]], Japanese singer
*[[July 21]] – [[Blake Lewis]], ''[[American Idol]]'' runner- up
*[[July 24]]
**[[Dhani Lennevald]] ([[A*Teens]])
**[[Tyler Kyte]], Canadian actor/singer
*[[July 25]] – [[Dong-Hyek Lim]], pianist
*[[July 26]] 
**[[Alex Parks]], English singer-songwriter
**[[Kristina Dörfer]], German singer ([[Nu Pagadi]])
*[[July 30]] – [[Gina Rodriguez]], American actress, rapper, dancer, model, writer, producer and director.
*[[August 3]] 
** [[Carah Faye Charnow]], American singer for the band [[Shiny Toy Guns]]
** [[Whitney Duncan]], American country music singer and songwriter, Survivor Contestant 
** [[Jon Foster]], American actor
*[[August 5]] 
**[[Helene Fischer]], Soviet-born German singer<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.topnews24.ru/press/aif/12510-khelena-fisher-ja-rodilas-v-sibiri.html |title= Хелена Фишер: "Я родилась в Сибири" /Helene Fischer: "I was born in Siberia" | publisher= TopNews24.ru (Poslednie Novosti) | date=25 February 2009| access-date= June 2, 2017|language=ru|archive-date=October 5, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005073208/http://gazeta.aif.ru/_/online/enisei/585/03_01|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**[[Taylor Locke]] ([[Rooney (band)|Rooney]])
*[[August 20]] – [[Carminho]], a Portuguese fado and popular music singer.
*[[August 21]]
**[[Alizée]],  French singer, dancer and voice actress.
**[[Melissa Schuman]], singer ([[Dream (American group)|Dream]])
*[[August 24]] – [[Yesung]], Korean singer ([[Super Junior]])
*[[August 31]] – [[Will Martin]], New Zealand-born classical crossover singer
*September – [[Di Wu (pianist)|Di Wu]], Chinese-American pianist
*[[September 1]] 
** [[Joe Trohman]], American musician
** [[Ludwig Göransson]],  Swedish composer, conductor, songwriter, and record producer.
*[[September 3]] 
**[[Garrett Hedlund]], American actor, model and singer
**[[Lindsay Dracass]], English singer
**[[Seo In-young]], South Korean dancer, singer, model, television host and actress ([[Jewelry (group)|Jewelry]])
*[[September 10]] – [[How To Dress Well]], Tom Krell, American singer-songwriter 
* [[September 12]] – [[Petra Marklund]], Swedish singer, songwriter, and television presenter
*[[September 16]]
**[[Sabrina Bryan]], American actress and singer
**[[Katie Melua]], Georgian-British singer, songwriter and musician
*[[September 18]] 
**[[Jimmy Napes]], English songwriter and record producer
**[[Dizzee Rascal]], British rapper and songwriter 
*[[September 21]] 
**[[Gabriela Villalba]], Ecuadorian singer and actress ([[Kiruba]])
**[[Wale (rapper)|Wale]], American rapper
*[[September 22]] – [[Theresa Fu]], Hong Kong singer and actress
*[[September 23]] – [[Louie Stephens]], American rock keyboardist (Rooney)
*[[September 26]] – [[Keisha Buchanan]], English singer-songwriter ([[Sugababes]])
*[[September 27]] – [[Avril Lavigne]], Canadian rock singer-songwriter, voice actress and musician
*[[September 28]] 
** [[Melody Thornton]], American singer-songwriter, dancer and television personality ([[The Pussycat Dolls]])
** [[Felix White]], British musician, guitarist from [[The Maccabees (band)|The Maccabees]], (Date(d)(ing)[[Florence Welch]]) 
*[[September 29]] – [[Karen delos Reyes]], Filipino actress and comedian
*[[September 30]] – [[T-Pain]], American singer and rapper
*[[October 3]] – [[Ashlee Simpson]], American singer-songwriter, actress
*[[October 3]] – [[Yoon Eun-hye]], South Korean singer ([[Baby Vox]])
*[[October 4]] – [[Lena Katina]], Russian singer ([[t.A.T.u.]])
*[[October 5]] – [[Naima Adedapo]], American singer
*[[October 8]] – [[Emily Williams]], New Zealand singer, songwriter and actress 
*[[October 10]] – [[Stephanie Cheng]], Cantopop Hong Kong singer
*[[October 12]] – [[Matthew Dewey]], Australian composer
*[[October 13]] – [[Lumidee]], American singer, songwriter and rapper
*[[October 15]] – [[Jessie Ware]], English singer and songwriter
*[[October 16]] – [[Shayne Ward]], English singer and winner of reality TV show ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''
*[[October 20]] – [[Balqees (singer)|Balqees]], Emirati singer
*[[October 25]]
**[[Sara Lumholdt]] ([[A*Teens]])
**[[Katy Perry]], American singer/songwriter, advocate
*[[October 26]] – [[Amanda Overmyer]], American singer
*[[October 27]] – [[Kelly Osbourne]], British singer
*[[October 29]] – [[Chris Baio]], American musician ([[Vampire Weekend]])
*[[November 2]] – [[Anastasia Karpova]], Russian singer 
*[[November 6]] – [[Patina Miller]], American actress and singer
*[[November 7]] – [[Amelia Vega]], Dominician actress, model, author and singer
*[[November 9]]
**[[Delta Goodrem]], Australian singer-songwriter, writer, musician, philanthropist and actress
**[[Seven (South Korean singer)|Se7en]], South Korean singer
**[[French Montana]], Moroccan-American rapper
*[[November 10]] – [[Naoki Kobayashi]], Japanese singer, dancer, actor, choreographer, and model ([[Sandaime J Soul Brothers]])
[[File:Sandara_Park_Paris_Fashion_Week_Spring_Summer_2020.jpg|120px|thumb|November 12: [[Sandara Park]]]]
*[[November 12]] 
**[[Sandara Park]], member of South Korean girl group [[2NE1]], previously actress
**[[Omarion]], American. boy band ([[B2K]])
*[[November 14]] – Luiz Filipe Coelho, violinist
*[[November 14]] – [[Marija Šerifović]], Serbian singer
*[[November 18]] – [[Johnny Christ]], American heavy metal rock bassist (Avenged Sevenfold)
*[[November 21]] 
**[[Lindsey Haun]], American actress and singer
**[[Willy Mason]], American singer-songwriter
*[[November 22]] – [[Scarlett Johansson]], American singer and actress
*[[November 25]] 
**[[Bo Bruce]] (Lady Catherine Anna Brudenell-Bruce), English singer-songwriter
**[[Peter Siddle]], Australian cricketer
**[[Hồ Ngọc Hà]], Vietnamese actress and singer
*[[November 27]] – [[Sanna Nielsen]], Swedish singer
*[[November 28]] – [[Trey Songz]], American singer
*[[December 3]] - [[Jelly Roll (singer)|Jelly Roll]], an American rapper, singer, and songwriter
*[[December 12]] – [[Gabrielle Ruiz]], American actress, Broadway performer and musician ([[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]]) 
*[[December 15]] 
**[[Joshua Hayward]], English rock guitarist (The Horrors)
**[[Murda Mook]], American rapper
*[[December 17]]
**[[Asuka Fukuda]], Japanese singer
**[[Mikky Ekko]], American singer
*[[December 18]] – [[Julia Holter]], American singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and artist
*[[December 20]] – [[David Tavaré]], Spanish singer
[[File:Basshunter, 20 april 2008 in Halmstad.jpg|120px|thumb|December 22: [[Basshunter|Jonas Altberg]]]]
*[[December 22]] – [[Basshunter|Jonas Altberg]], Swedish singer, record producer and DJ
*[[December 23]] – [[Alison Sudol]], American singer-songwriter, actress and writer
*[[December 24]] – [[Jehnny Beth]], a French musician, singer-songwriter, producer, presenter and actress (half of the duo John & Jehn and front woman of the English rock band Savages) 
*[[December 25]] – [[The Veronicas]] ([[Lisa Origliasso|Lisa]] and [[Jess Origliasso]]) Australian singer-songwriters, activists, musicians and advocates
*[[December 29]] – [[Donisha Prendergast]], Jamaican filmaker, activist and actress
*[[December 30]]
**[[Andra Day]], American singer and songwriter
**[[Dalia Stasevska]], Ukrainian-born Finnish conductor

==Deaths==
*[[January 1]] – [[Alexis Korner]], blues musician, 55 (lung cancer)
*[[January 18]] – [[Vassilis Tsitsanis]], Greek composer, 69
*[[January 21]] – [[Jackie Wilson]], singer, 49 (pneumonia)
*[[January 23]] – [[Samuel Gardner]], violinist and composer, 92
*[[January 30]] – [[Luke Kelly]], member of [[The Dubliners]], 43 (brain tumour)
*[[February 1]] – [[Ada "Bricktop" Smith]], singer and dancer, 89
*[[February 15]]
**[[Avon Long]], American actor and singer, 73
**[[Ethel Merman]], singer and actress, 76
*[[March 9]] – [[Imogen Holst]], conductor and composer, 76
*[[April 1]] – [[Marvin Gaye]], singer/songwriter, 44 (gunshot)
*[[April 6]]
**[[Jimmy Kennedy]], Irish-born British songwriter, 81
**[[Hryhory Kytasty]], composer, 77
*[[April 20]] – [[Mabel Mercer]], cabaret singer, 84
*[[April 23]] – [[Juan Tizol]], trombonist and composer, 84
*[[April 26]] – [[Count Basie]], jazz musician, 79
*[[April 27]] – [[Z.Z. Hill]], blues singer, 48
*[[May 1]] – [[Gordon Jenkins]], US conductor, songwriter and pianist, 73
*[[May 29]] – [[Sanford Gold]], jazz pianist, 72
*June – [[Mohamed Mooge Liibaan]], singer and instrumentalist
*[[June 8]] – [[Gordon Jacob]], composer, 88
*[[June 15]] – [[Meredith Willson]], US songwriter, 82
*[[June 28]] – [[Mischa Spoliansky]], Russian born composer and conductor
*[[July 4]] – [[Jimmie Spheeris]], American singer-songwriter, 34
*[[July 14]]
**[[Bill Stapleton (musician)|Bill Stapleton]], jazz trumpeter, 49 (alcohol-related)
**[[Philippé Wynne]], R&B singer, 43
*[[July 19]] – [[Madeleine Sibille]], operatic soprano, 89
*[[July 25]] – [[Big Mama Thornton]], R&B singer, 57
*[[July 29]] – [[Lorenz Fehenberger]], operatic tenor, 71
*[[July 31]] – [[Paul Le Flem]], composer, 103
*[[August 4]] – [[Babe Russin]], saxophonist, 73
*[[August 5]] – [[Tuts Washington]], R&B pianist, 67
*[[August 12]] – [[Margaret Sutherland]], composer, 86
*[[August 30]] – [[Emil Newman]], conductor and composer, 73
*[[August 31]] – [[Carlo Zecchi]], pianist, music teacher and conductor, 81
*[[September 3]]
**[[Dora Labbette]], operatic soprano, 86
**[[Arthur Schwartz]], composer and film producer, 83
*[[September 6]] – [[Ernest Tubb]], country & western musician, 70
*[[September 10]]
**[[Herman Sherman]], jazz saxophonist and bandleader, 61
**[[Trummy Young]], swing trombonist, 72
*[[September 15]] – [[Charles Lynch (pianist)|Charles Lynch]], Irish concert pianist, 77
*[[September 20]] – [[Steve Goodman]], singer/songwriter best known for "City of New Orleans", 36 (leukaemia)
*[[October 3]] 
**[[Lina Bruna Rasa]], operatic soprano, 67
**[[Harrison Potter]], pianist, 93
*[[October 4]] – [[Carl von Garaguly]], violinist and conductor
*[[October 12]] – [[Jesús María Sanromá]], pianist, 81
*[[October 16]] – [[Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter)|Jiří Jelínek]], jazz trumpeter, singer and artist, 62
*[[October 20]] – [[Budd Johnson]], jazz musician, 73
*[[October 26]] – [[John Woods Duke]], composer, 85
*[[November 8]] – [[Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen]], violinist and composer, 81
*[[November 16]] – [[Leonard Rose]], cellist, 66
*[[November 20]] – [[Alexander Moyzes]], Slovak composer, 78
*[[December 2]] – [[Gabrielle Hunt]], operatic contralto and voice teacher, 71<ref>{{cite news|title= Vivian G. F. Kresch, 71, singer and voice teacher|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=December 4, 1984|page=53}}</ref>
*[[December 7]] – [[Jon B. Higgins]], American Carnatic musician, 45 (road accident)
*[[December 9]]
**[[Ivor Moreton]], British pianist, singer and composer, 76
**[[Razzle (musician)|Razzle]] (Nicholas Dingley), drummer of [[Hanoi Rocks]], 24 (car accident)
*[[December 10]] – [[Charlie Teagarden]], jazz trumpeter, 71
*[[December 13]] – [[Max Schönherr]], conductor and composer, 81
*[[December 15]] – [[Jan Peerce]], operatic tenor, 80
*[[December 21]] – [[José Luis Rodríguez Vélez]], [[Panamanian music|Panamanian]] composer, orchestra director, saxophonist, clarinetist and guitarist, 69
*[[December 25]] – Ron Tabak, lead singer of [[Prism (band)|Prism]], 31

==Awards==
===Grammy Awards===
*[[Grammy Awards of 1984]]

===Country Music Association Awards===
*[[1984 Country Music Association Awards]]

===Eurovision Song Contest===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1984]]

==Charts==
===List of no. 1 hits===
*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1984|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number ones of 1984]]
*[[List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1984|List of ''Cashbox'' Top 100 number-one singles of 1984]]
*[[List of UK singles chart number ones of the 1980s]]
*[[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1984]]

===List of no. 1 albums===
*[[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1984|List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 1984]]

==See also==
* [[1984 in heavy metal music]]
* [[1984 in country music]]
* [[1984 in British music]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1984|Record labels established in 1984]]
* [[Timeline of musical events]]
* [[1984]]
* [[Ronald Reagan in music]]

==References==
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