- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1986 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard adult contemporary chart number-one hits of 1986.
Issue Date Song Artist January 4 "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie January 11 "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder January 18 January 25 "Go Home" Stevie Wonder February 1 "My Hometown" Bruce Springsteen February 8 "The Sweetest Taboo" Sade February 15 "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston February 22 "Sara" Starship March 1 March 8 March 15 "These Dreams" Heart March 22 March 29 April 5 "Secret Lovers" Atlantic Starr April 12 "Overjoyed" Stevie Wonder April 19 April 26 "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston May 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 "Live to Tell" Madonna June 7 June 14 June 21 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean June 28 "No One Is to Blame" Howard Jones July 5 "Your Wildest Dreams" The Moody Blues July 12 July 19 "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 "Words Get in the Way" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine August 30 September 6 "Friends and Lovers" Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson September 13 September 20 "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News September 27 October 4 October 11 "Throwing It All Away" Genesis October 18 October 25 "I'll Be Over You" Toto November 1 November 8 "The Next Time I Fall" Peter Cetera and Amy Grant November 15 November 22 "Love Will Conquer All" Lionel Richie November 29 December 6 "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby and the Range December 13 December 20 "Love Is Forever" Billy Ocean December 27 See also
References
- Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications) ISBN 0823076938
1961–1980 1981–2000 2001–present Categories:- Lists of number-one adult contemporary songs in the United States
- 1986 record charts
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