List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1986

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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