These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1988. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales, and airplay. R&B/pop megastar Whitney Houston's two singles released from her second studio album Whitney, "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", both peaked at number one, which gave her a total of seven consecutive number one hits, breaking the record of six previously shared by The Beatles and The Bee Gees. The longest running number-one single of 1988 was "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood, which obtained four weeks at the top of the chart. When "Dirty Diana" reached number-one on the chart, it became Michael Jackson's fifth single from the album Bad to reach number-one. Jackson became the first artist to have five singles from one album reach number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and is the only male to do so. George Michael's "Faith" was the best selling single of 1988 in the United States, despite most of its weeks at number one occurring in December 1987. (It carried over into 1988 at number one as the result of a frozen chart.) 1988 is tied with 1989 for the second most #1 hits with 32 songs going to number one.
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That year, 17 acts earned their first number one song, such as INXS, Exposé, Rick Astley, Terence Trent D'Arby, Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, Debbie Gibson, Cheap Trick, Richard Marx, Guns N' Roses, Bobby McFerrin, Def Leppard, UB40, The Escape Club, Will to Power and Poison. George Michael, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Rick Astley were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with George Michael having the most with four, Michael Jackson with three, and Whitney Houston and Rick Astley with two.
Chart history
editThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1988 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |
An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.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 | 8 |
2 | Michael Jackson | 4 |
Steve Winwood | ||
4 | Whitney Houston | 3 |
Rick Astley | ||
6 | Tiffany | 2 |
Billy Ocean | ||
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine | ||
Cheap Trick | ||
Guns N' Roses | ||
Bobby McFerrin | ||
Phil Collins | ||
Bon Jovi | ||
Chicago | ||
Poison | ||
16 | George Harrison | 1 |
INXS | ||
Exposé | ||
Terence Trent D'Arby | ||
Debbie Gibson | ||
Richard Marx | ||
Def Leppard | ||
UB40 | ||
The Beach Boys | ||
The Escape Club | ||
Will to Power |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-07-15). "'The Flame' Still Flickers at No. 1". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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- ^ "July 30, 1988". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-07-29). "'Roll With It' Boosts Winwood". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-08-05). "Guns N' Roses Makes Its Move". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ^ "August 13, 1988". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-08-19). "A Winning Week for Winwood". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on August 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ^ "August 27, 1988". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-08-26). "Chapman Dethrones Winwood". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on August 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ^ "September 3, 1988". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-09-02). "Def Leppard Storms to Top with 'Hysteria' Again". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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- ^ "October 22, 1988". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-10-21). "A 'Groovy' Flashback to the '60s". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-11-04). "'Kokomo' Puts Beach Boys on Top After 22 Years". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-11-25). "No. 5 'Kissing a Fool' Sets a Record for George Michael". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-12-09). "6 is Magic Number For Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on August 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-12-16). "'Look Away' Registers Strong Win". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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- ^ DeKnock, Jan (1988-12-23). "Poison, Baker End Year on Top". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on August 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ^ "December 31, 1988". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of December 31, 1988". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
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.