These are the number-one singles of 1986 according to the Top 100 Singles chart in Cash Box magazine. +KeyIndicates best-performing single of 1986
Issue date Song Artist January 4 "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie January 11 January 18 January 25 "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne Warwick & Friends February 1 February 8 February 15 "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean February 22 "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston March 1 "Kyrie" Mr. Mister March 8 March 15 "Sara" Starship March 22 "These Dreams" Heart March 29 "Rock Me Amadeus" Falco April 5 April 12 "Kiss" Prince & Revolution April 19 April 26 "Addicted To Love" Robert Palmer May 3 May 10 "West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys May 17 "Why Can't This Be Love" Van Halen May 24 "Greatest Love Of All" Whitney Houston May 31 June 7 "Live to Tell" Madonna June 14 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald June 21 June 28 July 5 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean July 12 July 19 "Invisible Touch" Genesis July 26 "Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel August 2 August 9 "Glory of Love" Peter CeteraAugust 16 "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna August 23 August 30 "Higher Love" Steve Winwood September 6 September 13 "Take My Breath Away" Berlin September 20 "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News September 27 October 4 October 11 "When I Think Of You" Janet Jackson October 18 October 25 "Typical Male" Tina Turner November 1 "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper November 8 "Amanda" Boston November 15 November 22 November 29 "Human" The Human League December 6 "You Give Love A Bad Name" Bon Jovi December 13 "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & Range December 20 "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles December 27 "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung
See also 1986 in music List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1986 (U.S.)
Sources http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny4/cashbox/1986.html http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1986.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060614052228/http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1986.htm