This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 1988, as published by Music & Media magazine.
Chart history + Key Indicates best-performing single and album of 1988
Issue date Song Artist Album Artist 9 January "Always on My Mind" Pet Shop Boys Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley 16 January colspan="5" 23 January "Always on My Mind" Pet Shop Boys Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley 30 January 6 February "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby 13 February 20 February "Always on My Mind" Pet Shop Boys 27 February 5 March "Tell It to My Heart" Taylor Dayne 12 March 19 March "Together Forever" Rick Astley 26 March "I Should Be So Lucky" Kylie Minogue 2 April Dirty Dancing Soundtrack 9 April "Tell It to My Heart" Taylor Dayne 16 April "I Should Be So Lucky" Kylie Minogue 23 April 30 April "Heart" Pet Shop Boys 7 May 14 May 21 May 28 May Stronger Than Pride Sade 4 June Lovesexy Prince 11 June "Theme from S-Express" S-Express Stronger Than Pride Sade 18 June 25 June "Yéké Yéké" Mory Kanté 2 July 9 July 16 July "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" Glenn Medeiros 23 July "Dirty Diana" Michael Jackson Bad Michael Jackson 30 July 6 August 13 August "Im Nin'alu" Ofra Haza 20 August 27 August "The Loco-Motion" Kylie Minogue 3 September 10 September 17 September "The Only Way Is Up" Yazz and the Plastic Population Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 24 September 1 October 8 October "A Groovy Kind of Love" Phil Collins 15 October "One Moment in Time" Whitney Houston 22 October 29 October Rattle and Hum U2 5 November 12 November 19 November "Girl You Know It's True" Milli Vanilli 26 November "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin 3 December Money for Nothing Dire Straits 10 December 17 December 24 December rowspan="2" colspan="5" 31 December
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