List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1986

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Peter Cetera, who had recently left the band Chicago to go solo, spent seven weeks at number one, the most by any act.

Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1986, 25 songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Adult Contemporary, based on playlists submitted by radio stations.[1]

In the year's first issue of Billboard the number one song was "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie, which was in its fifth week at number one.[2] It held the top spot for a single week in 1986 before being replaced by "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne & Friends. A charity single intended to raise funds for HIV/AIDS-related causes, the song was performed by Dionne Warwick with Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder.[3] After two weeks in the top spot, it was replaced by Wonder's solo single "Go Home". Three months later, Wonder returned to number one with "Overjoyed", making him the only artist to achieve three AC chart-toppers in 1986. Among the acts to top the chart for the first time during the year was the duo of Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson. Loring portrayed the character Liz Chandler on the soap opera Days of Our Lives and in her role as a singer performed the song "Friends and Lovers" with guest star Anderson.[4] The song was not initially released commercially, but after a version by Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbitt entered the country charts, Loring and Anderson's recording was released and topped the AC chart.[5] Rabbitt and Newton's version of the song topped Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in October,[6] meaning that versions of the same song by two different acts were number ones in their respective genres within a month of each other.

Peter Cetera had the highest total number of weeks at number one in 1986, spending seven weeks in the top spot. After nearly two decades as lead singer of the band Chicago, he had departed the group for a solo career in 1985.[7] He spent five weeks atop the chart in July and August with his first single since quitting Chicago, "Glory of Love", and returned to number one for two weeks in November with "The Next Time I Fall", a duet with Amy Grant. "Glory of Love", from the soundtrack of the film The Karate Kid Part II,[8] tied for the year's longest unbroken run at number one with Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All". Both songs also topped Billboard's all-genre singles chart, the Hot 100, as did eight of the year's other AC chart-toppers.[9] The year's final Hot Adult Contemporary number one was "Love Is Forever" by Billy Ocean, which held the top spot for the final two weeks of 1986. It was the second chart-topper of the year for the Trinidad-born singer.[10]

Chart history

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Gloria Loring, one of the stars of the soap opera Days of Our Lives, topped the chart with "Friends and Lovers", a duet with Carl Anderson which had originally been performed on the show.
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Whitney Houston spent six weeks atop the chart.
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Billy Ocean ended the year at number one.
Key
Best performing AC song of 1986 Indicates best-performing AC song of 1986[11]


Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie [2]
January 11 "That's What Friends Are For" dagger Dionne & Friends[a] [12]
January 18 [13]
January 25 "Go Home" Stevie Wonder [14]
February 1 "My Hometown" Bruce Springsteen [15]
February 8 "The Sweetest Taboo" Sade [16]
February 15 "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston [17]
February 22 "Sara" Starship [18]
March 1 [19]
March 8 [20]
March 15 "These Dreams" Heart [21]
March 22 [22]
March 29 [23]
April 5 "Secret Lovers" Atlantic Starr [24]
April 12 "Overjoyed" Stevie Wonder [25]
April 19 [26]
April 26 "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston [27]
May 3 [28]
May 10 [29]
May 17 [30]
May 24 [31]
May 31 "Live to Tell" Madonna [32]
June 7 [33]
June 14 [34]
June 21 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean [35]
June 28 "No One Is to Blame" Howard Jones [36]
July 5 "Your Wildest Dreams" The Moody Blues [37]
July 12 [38]
July 19 "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera [39]
July 26 [40]
August 2 [41]
August 9 [42]
August 16 [43]
August 23 "Words Get in the Way" Miami Sound Machine [44]
August 30 [45]
September 6 "Friends and Lovers" Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson [46]
September 13 [47]
September 20 "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News [48]
September 27 [49]
October 4 [50]
October 11 "Throwing It All Away" Genesis [51]
October 18 [52]
October 25 "I'll Be Over You" Toto [53]
November 1 [54]
November 8 "The Next Time I Fall" Peter Cetera and Amy Grant [55]
November 15 [56]
November 22 "Love Will Conquer All" Lionel Richie [57]
November 29 [58]
December 6 "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby and the Range [59]
December 13 [60]
December 20 "Love Is Forever" Billy Ocean [61]
December 27 [62]

a. ^ Dionne & Friends consisted of Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder

See also

References

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