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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
Number-one artists
See also
References
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"Billboard Charts Archive: Hot 100 – 1986 Archive" . Billboard . Archived from
the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019 .
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"January 11, 1986" .
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"January 25, 1986" .
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"March 22, 1986" .
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"March 29, 1986" .
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"April 5, 1986" .
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"April 12, 1986" .
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"April 19, 1986" .
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"April 26, 1986" .
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"May 31, 1986" .
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"June 7, 1986" .
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"June 14, 1986" .
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"June 21, 1986" .
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"June 28, 1986" .
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"July 5, 1986" .
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"July 12, 1986" .
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"July 19, 1986" .
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"July 26, 1986" .
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"August 2, 1986" .
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"August 9, 1986" .
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"August 23, 1986" .
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"August 30, 1986" .
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"September 6, 1986" .
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"September 13, 1986" .
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"September 20, 1986" .
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"September 27, 1986" .
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"October 4, 1986" .
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"October 11, 1986" .
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"October 25, 1986" .
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"November 1, 1986" .
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"November 8, 1986" .
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"November 15, 1986" .
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"November 22, 1986" .
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"November 29, 1986" .
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"December 6, 1986" .
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"December 13, 1986" .
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"December 20, 1986" .
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"December 27, 1986" .
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