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The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Billboard estimated the sales for the album charts from a representative sampling of record stores nationwide, which was gathered by telephone, fax or messenger service. [1] The data was based on reports from record stores, who ranked the popularity of the best-selling records but did not provide an actual sales figures. [2] [3]

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best performing album of 1986
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Ref.
January 4 Miami Vice Soundtrack MCA [4]
January 11 [5]
January 18 [6]
January 25 The Broadway Album Barbra Streisand Columbia [7]
February 1 [8]
February 8 [9]
February 15 Promise Sade Portrait [10]
February 22 [11]
March 1 Welcome to the Real World Mr. Mister RCA Victor [12]
March 8 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Arista [13]
March 15 [14]
March 22 [15]
March 29 [16]
April 5 [17]
April 12 [18]
April 19 [19]
April 26 5150 Van Halen Warner Bros. [20]
May 3 [21]
May 10 [22]
May 17 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Arista [23]
May 24 [24]
May 31 [25]
June 7 [26]
June 14 [27]
June 21 [28]
June 28 [29]
July 5 Control Janet Jackson A&M [30]
July 12 [31]
July 19 Winner in You Patti LaBelle MCA [32]
July 26 Top Gun Soundtrack Columbia [33] [34]
August 2
August 9 [35]
August 16 True Blue Madonna Sire [36]
August 23 [37]
August 30 [38]
September 6 [39]
September 13 [40]
September 20 Top Gun Soundtrack Columbia [41]
September 27 Dancing on the Ceiling Lionel Richie Motown [42]
October 4 [43]
October 11 Top Gun Soundtrack Columbia [44]
October 18 Fore! Huey Lewis and the News Chrysalis [45]
October 25 Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi Mercury [46]
November 1 Third Stage Boston MCA [47]
November 8 [48]
November 15 [49]
November 22 [50]
November 29 Live/1975–85 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Columbia [51]
December 6 [52]
December 13 [53]
December 20 [54]
December 27 [55]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ropin' the Charts SoundScan System Good for Music and for Listeners ..." The Fresno Bee. The McClatchy Company. 1991-12-29. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  2. ^ Holden, Stephen (1991-06-22). "Billboard's New Charts Roil the Record Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (1991-09-21). "Hype, Hokey-Pokey and the Hot 100". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  4. ^ "January 4, 1986". Billboard 200.
  5. ^ "January 11, 1986". Billboard 200.
  6. ^ "January 18, 1986". Billboard 200.
  7. ^ "January 25, 1986". Billboard 200.
  8. ^ "February 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
  9. ^ "February 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
  10. ^ "February 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
  11. ^ "February 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
  12. ^ "March 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
  13. ^ "March 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
  14. ^ "March 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
  15. ^ "March 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
  16. ^ "March 29, 1986". Billboard 200.
  17. ^ "April 5, 1986". Billboard 200.
  18. ^ "April 12, 1986". Billboard 200.
  19. ^ "April 19, 1986". Billboard 200.
  20. ^ "April 26, 1986". Billboard 200.
  21. ^ "May 3, 1986". Billboard 200.
  22. ^ "May 10, 1986". Billboard 200.
  23. ^ "May 17, 1986". Billboard 200.
  24. ^ "May 24, 1986". Billboard 200.
  25. ^ "May 31, 1986". Billboard 200.
  26. ^ "June 7, 1986". Billboard 200.
  27. ^ "June 14, 1986". Billboard 200.
  28. ^ "June 21, 1986". Billboard 200.
  29. ^ "June 28, 1986". Billboard 200.
  30. ^ "July 5, 1986". Billboard 200.
  31. ^ "July 12, 1986". Billboard 200.
  32. ^ "July 19, 1986". Billboard 200.
  33. ^ "July 26, 1986". Billboard 200.
  34. ^ "August 2, 1986". Billboard 200.
  35. ^ "August 9, 1986". Billboard 200.
  36. ^ "August 16, 1986". Billboard 200.
  37. ^ "August 23, 1986". Billboard 200.
  38. ^ "August 30, 1986". Billboard 200.
  39. ^ "September 6, 1986". Billboard 200.
  40. ^ "September 13, 1986". Billboard 200.
  41. ^ "September 20, 1986". Billboard 200.
  42. ^ "September 27, 1986". Billboard 200.
  43. ^ "October 4, 1986". Billboard 200.
  44. ^ "October 11, 1986". Billboard 200.
  45. ^ "October 18, 1986". Billboard 200.
  46. ^ "October 25, 1986". Billboard 200.
  47. ^ "November 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
  48. ^ "November 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
  49. ^ "November 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
  50. ^ "November 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
  51. ^ "November 29, 1986". Billboard 200.
  52. ^ "December 6, 1986". Billboard 200.
  53. ^ "December 13, 1986". Billboard 200.
  54. ^ "December 20, 1986". Billboard 200.
  55. ^ "December 27, 1986". Billboard 200.
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