These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1987. The longest running number-one singles of 1987 are "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi and "Faith" by George Michael which each logged four weeks at number one. "Walk Like an Egyptian" was number one for the last two weeks of 1986 and the first two of 1987, and "Faith" attained three weeks at number one in 1987 and one week in 1988, giving both songs four weeks at the top.
That year, 16 acts earned their first number one song, such as Gregory Abbott, Billy Vera and the Beaters, Club Nouveau, Cutting Crew, U2, Kim Wilde, Atlantic Starr, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Bob Seger, Los Lobos, Siedah Garrett, Whitesnake, Tiffany, Billy Idol, Bill Medley (his first as a solo artist after recording with The Righteous Brothers), and Belinda Carlisle. Madonna, George Michael, U2, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Whitney Houston, and Michael Jackson were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with each of them hitting twice.
Chart history
edit† | Indicates best-performing single of 1987 |
An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
Number-one artists
editPosition | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
---|---|---|
1 | George Michael | 5 |
U2 | ||
3 | Bon Jovi | 4 |
Whitney Houston | ||
5 | Heart | 3 |
Los Lobos | ||
Michael Jackson | ||
8 | The Bangles | 2 |
Billy Vera and the Beaters | ||
Madonna | ||
Club Nouveau | ||
Starship | ||
Aretha Franklin | ||
Cutting Crew | ||
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam | ||
Tiffany | ||
17 | Gregory Abbott | 1 |
Huey Lewis and the News | ||
Kim Wilde | ||
Atlantic Starr | ||
Bob Seger | ||
Siedah Garrett | ||
Whitesnake | ||
Billy Idol | ||
Bill Medley | ||
Jennifer Warnes | ||
Belinda Carlisle |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1987-09-04). "Chart Stars Ready to Bow to Jackson". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.[dead link]
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1987-10-23). "Bruce Springsteen's 'Tunnel' Faces Test". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-04-19.[dead link]
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1987-12-18). "George Michael Keeps the 'Faith' at No. 1". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.[dead link]
- ^ "December 26, 1987". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1987-12-23). "Michael's 'Faith' Holds on to No. 1 at Chart Year's Finale". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.[dead link]
Additional sources
edit- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.