Dionne Warwick (pictured with Pat Nixon ) aged 45 earned her second Hot 100 number-one single with "That's What Friends Are For ", which stayed at the top position for four straight weeks.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Chart history An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.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
References ^ "Billboard Charts Archive: Hot 100 – 1986 Archive". Billboard . Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019 . ^ "January 4, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "January 11, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "January 18, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "January 25, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "February 1, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "February 8, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "February 15, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "February 22, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "March 1, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "March 8, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "March 15, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "March 22, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "March 29, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "April 5, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "April 12, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "April 19, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "April 26, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "May 3, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "May 10, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "May 17, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "May 24, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "May 31, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "June 7, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "June 14, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "June 21, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "June 28, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "July 5, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "July 12, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "July 19, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "July 26, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "August 2, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "August 9, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "August 16, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "August 23, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "August 30, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "September 6, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "September 13, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "September 20, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "September 27, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "October 4, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "October 11, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "October 18, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "October 25, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "November 1, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "November 8, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "November 15, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "November 22, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "November 29, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "December 6, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "December 13, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "December 20, 1986". Billboard Hot 100 . ^ "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.