This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1982.
List of Billboard Adult Contemporary top ten singles which peaked in 1982| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | | Singles from 1981 |
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| December 12 | "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" | Juice Newton | 1 | January 30 | 11 |
| December 19 | "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" | Ronnie Milsap | 3 | January 30 | 9 |
| December 26 | "Cool Night" | Paul Davis | 2 | February 7 | 10 |
| Singles from 1982 |
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| January 9 | "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" | Eddie Rabbitt | 10 | January 9 | 5 |
| January 16 | "She's Got a Way" | Billy Joel | 4 | February 7 | 7 |
| "Leader of the Band" | Dan Fogelberg | 1 | February 7 | 8 |
| January 30 | "You Could Have Been with Me" | Sheena Easton | 6 | February 13 | 6 |
| February 6 | "Somewhere Down the Road" | Barry Manilow | 1 | February 20 | 7 |
| "Through the Years" | Kenny Rogers | 1 | March 6 | 8 |
| February 13 | "Sweet Dreams" | Air Supply | 4 | February 27 | 5 |
| February 20 | "Love in the First Degree" | Alabama | 5 | February 27 | 6 |
| February 27 | "Key Largo" | Bertie Higgins | 1 | March 20 | 7 |
| "Open Arms" | Journey | 7 | March 20 | 6 |
| March 6 | "Chariots of Fire" | Vangelis | 1 | April 3 | 11 |
| "When All Is Said and Done" | ABBA | 10 | March 6 | 2 |
| March 13 | "One Hundred Ways" | Quincy Jones & James Ingram | 5 | March 27 | 7 |
| "Daddy's Home" | Cliff Richard | 3 | March 27 | 4 |
| March 20 | "On the Way to the Sky" | Neil Diamond | 4 | March 27 | 5 |
| "My Guy" | Sister Sledge | 2 | April 17 | 7 |
| March 27 | "Shanghai Breezes" | John Denver | 1 | May 8 | 10 |
| April 3 | "Make a Move on Me" | Olivia Newton-John | 6 | April 17 | 6 |
| "Memory" | Barbara Streisand | 9 | April 10 | 3 |
| April 10 | "'65 Love Affair" | Paul Davis | 5 | May 1 | 6 |
| "That Girl" | Stevie Wonder | 10 | April 10 | 2 |
| April 17 | "Always on My Mind" | Willie Nelson | 2 | May 8 | 12 |
| April 24 | "I've Never Been to Me" | Charlene | 7 | May 1 | 5 |
| "Let's Hang On!" | Barry Manilow | 6 | May 8 | 5 |
| "Ebony and Ivory" | Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder | 1 | May 15 | 10 |
| May 1 | "Run for the Roses" | Dan Fogelberg | 3 | May 22 | 6 |
| May 8 | "Making Love" | Roberta Flack | 7 | May 29 | 6 |
| May 15 | "Wake Up Little Susie" | Simon & Garfunkel | 5 | May 22 | 4 |
| May 22 | "Friends in Love" | Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis | 5 | June 12 | 5 |
| "Any Day Now" | Ronnie Milsap | 1 | June 19 | 12 |
| May 29 | "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" | Juice Newton | 4 | July 3 | 9 |
| "I Don't Know Where to Start" | Eddie Rabbitt | 9 | May 29 | 4 |
| June 5 | "Be Mine Tonight" | Neil Diamond | 2 | June 26 | 7 |
| June 12 | "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" | Deniece Williams | 6 | June 26 | 5 |
| "Personally" | Karla Bonoff | 3 | July 3 | 7 |
| June 19 | "Take Me Down" | Alabama | 5 | July 31 | 8 |
| June 26 | "Even the Nights are Better" | Air Supply | 1 | July 24 | 9 |
| "Just Another Day in Paradise" | Bertie Higgins | 10 | June 26 | 2 |
| July 3 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Chicago | 1 | August 21 | 14 |
| July 10 | "Wasted on the Way" | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 2 | August 21 | 13 |
| "If the Love Fits Wear It" | Leslie Pearl | 7 | July 31 | 6 |
| July 17 | "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" | Melissa Manchester | 10 | July 17 | 3 |
| July 24 | "Love Will Turn You Around" | Kenny Rogers | 1 | September 25 | 12 |
| July 31 | "Route 101" | Herb Alpert | 4 | August 28 | 8 |
| "Hold Me" | Fleetwood Mac | 7 | August 21 | 7 |
| August 7 | "Take It Away" | Paul McCartney | 6 | August 28 | 8 |
| August 14 | "Blue Eyes" | Elton John | 1 | September 11 | 11 |
| "American Music" | The Pointer Sisters | 9 | August 21 | 4 |
| August 21 | "What's Forever For" | Michael Martin Murphey | 4 | September 25 | 8 |
| August 28 | "Eye in the Sky" | The Alan Parsons Project | 3 | October 2 | 9 |
| September 11 | "I'm the One" | Roberta Flack | 10 | September 11 | 3 |
| September 18 | "You Can Do Magic" | America | 5 | October 9 | 7 |
| September 25 | "Break It to Me Gently" | Juice Newton | 1 | October 9 | 7 |
| October 2 | "The One You Love" | Glenn Frey | 2 | October 30 | 9 |
| "Heartlight" | Neil Diamond | 1 | October 23 | 8 |
| October 9 | "Up Where We Belong" | Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes | 3 | October 30 | 9 |
| "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" | Michael McDonald | 8 | October 23 | 4 |
| October 16 | "Nobody" | Sylvia | 5 | October 30 | 5 |
| "Gypsy" | Fleetwood Mac | 9 | October 23 | 5 |
| October 30 | "Heartbreaker" | Dionne Warwick | 1 | December 18 | 12 |
| "Southern Cross" | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 6 | November 20 | 6 |
| November 6 | "Truly" | Lionel Richie | 1 | November 20 | 10 |
| "On the Wings of Love" | Jeffrey Osborne | 7 | December 11 | 7 |
| November 13 | "Love Me Tomorrow" | Chicago | 8 | November 13 | 3 |
| November 20 | "The Girl Is Mine" | Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney | 1 | December 25 | 10 |
| "Steppin' Out" | Joe Jackson | 4 | December 11 | 8 |
| November 27 | "Missing You" | Dan Fogelberg | 6 | December 11 | 4 |
| December 4 | "It's Raining Again" | Supertramp | 5 | December 11 | 7 |
| "A Love Song" | Kenny Rogers | 10 | December 4 | 2 |
| December 11 | "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)" | Donald Fagen | 8 | December 11 | 5 |