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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-one singles of 1986. The longest running number-one singles of 1986 are "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends and "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles, which each logged four weeks at number-one. "Walk Like an Egyptian" logged two weeks at number-one in 1986 and two more weeks at number-one in 1987, summing up to four weeks at the top. "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie concluded another four week run that began in 1985. 1986 is the year with the third largest number of number-one songs, with 30 songs reaching the #1 spot.

That year, 20 acts earned their first number one song, such as Heart, Falco, Robert Palmer, Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Steve Winwood, Bananarama, Berlin, Janet Jackson, Boston, Bon Jovi, Amy Grant, Bruce Hornsby & the Range, and The Bangles. Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Michael McDonald, and Peter Cetera, already having hit number one with Gladys Knight & the Pips, Labelle, The Doobie Brothers, and Chicago, respectively, also earn their first number one songs as solo acts. Whitney Houston, Madonna, and Peter Cetera were the only acts to earn more than one number one song, with each of them hitting the top twice.

Chart history

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

Number-one artists

See also

• 1986 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1986
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s

References

1. "Billboard Charts Archive: Hot 100 – 1986 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
2. "January 4, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
3. "January 11, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
4. "January 18, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
5. "January 25, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
6. "February 1, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
7. "February 8, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
8. "February 15, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
9. "February 22, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
10. "March 1, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
11. "March 8, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
12. "March 15, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
13. "March 22, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
14. "March 29, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
15. "April 5, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
16. "April 12, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
17. "April 19, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
18. "April 26, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
19. "May 3, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
20. "May 10, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
21. "May 17, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
22. "May 24, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
23. "May 31, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
24. "June 7, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
25. "June 14, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
26. "June 21, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
27. "June 28, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
28. "July 5, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
29. "July 12, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
30. "July 19, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
31. "July 26, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
32. "August 2, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
33. "August 9, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
34. "August 16, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
35. "August 23, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
36. "August 30, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
37. "September 6, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
38. "September 13, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
39. "September 20, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
40. "September 27, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
41. "October 4, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
42. "October 11, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
43. "October 18, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
44. "October 25, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
45. "November 1, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
46. "November 8, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
47. "November 15, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
48. "November 22, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
49. "November 29, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
50. "December 6, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
51. "December 13, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
52. "December 20, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.
53. "December 27, 1986". Billboard Hot 100.

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

• 1986 record charts
• Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number-one songs