This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot Black Singles of 1986. The chart is on page 72 of the PDF.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald2 "Do Me, Baby" Meli'sa Morgan3 "Secret Lovers" Atlantic Starr4 "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder (as "Dionne & Friends")5 "Nasty" Janet Jackson 6 "Kiss" Prince and the Revolution7 "Rumors" Timex Social Club8 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean9 "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love" Stephanie Mills10 "I Can't Wait" Nu Shooz11 "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie12 "Your Smile" René & Angela13 "What Have You Done for Me Lately" Janet Jackson14 "All Cried Out" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam15 "Don't Say No Tonight" Eugene Wilde16 "The Rain" Oran "Juice" Jones17 "Word Up!" Cameo18 "Closer than Close" Jean Carne19 "Sweet Love" Anita Baker20 "The Finest" The S.O.S. Band21 "Do You Get Enough Love" Shirley Jones22 "The Sweetest Taboo" Sade23 "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent" Gwen Guthrie24 "Guilty" Yarbrough and Peoples25 "Who's Johnny" El DeBarge26 "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)" Jeffrey Osborne27 "Tender Love" Force MDs28 "Digital Display" Ready for the World29 "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston30 "Saturday Love" Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal31 "Caravan of Love" Isley-Jasper-Isley32 "Give Me the Reason" Luther Vandross33 "Crush on You" The Jets34 "Let Me Be the One" Five Star35 "Go Home" Stevie Wonder36 "You Don't Have to Cry" René & Angela37 "If Your Heart Isn't In It" Atlantic Starr38 "A Love Bizarre" Sheila E.39 "Going in Circles" The Gap Band40 "Count Me Out" New Edition41 "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" LeVert42 "Headlines" Midnight Star43 "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean44 "Shake You Down" Gregory Abbott45 "Do You Still Love Me" Meli'sa Morgan46 "Greatest Love of All" Starpoint47 "When I Think of You" Janet Jackson48 "I'm For Real" Howard Hewett49 "Love Zone" Billy Ocean50 "Count Your Blessings" Ashford & Simpson
See also 1986 in music Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1986 List of Hot Black Singles number ones of 1986
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