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Billboard Hot 100 Charts of 1987

Browse every weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart from 1987 — 52 charts in all. 30 different songs reached #1 during the year. The song that spent the most weeks at #1 during 1987 was "Livin' On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi (4 weeks on top). U2 held the #1 spot for the most weeks of any artist that year.

52weekly charts
30different #1 songs
4weeks at #1 for the year's biggest song
30weeks on the chart for the year's longest-running debut

Number-one songs of 1987

Reached #1Weeks at #1SongArtist
December 20, 1986 (continued from 1986)4Walk Like An EgyptianThe Bangles
January 17, 19871Shake You DownGregory Abbott
January 24, 19872At This MomentBilly Vera & The Beaters
February 7, 19871Open Your HeartMadonna
February 14, 19874Livin' On A PrayerBon Jovi
March 14, 19871Jacob's LadderHuey Lewis & The News
March 21, 19872Lean On MeClub Nouveau
April 4, 19872Nothing's Gonna Stop Us NowStarship
April 18, 19872I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)Aretha Franklin & George Michael
May 2, 19872(I Just) Died In Your ArmsCutting Crew
May 16, 19873With or Without YouU2
June 6, 19871You Keep Me Hangin' OnKim Wilde
June 13, 19871AlwaysAtlantic Starr
June 20, 19871Head To ToeLisa Lisa And Cult Jam
June 27, 19872I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)Whitney Houston
July 11, 19873AloneHeart
August 1, 19871Shakedown (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")Bob Seger
August 8, 19872I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking ForU2
August 22, 19871Who's That GirlMadonna
August 29, 19873La BambaLos Lobos
September 19, 19871I Just Can't Stop Loving YouMichael Jackson With Siedah Garrett
September 26, 19872Didn't We Almost Have It AllWhitney Houston
October 10, 19871Here I Go AgainWhitesnake
October 17, 19871Lost In EmotionLisa Lisa And Cult Jam
October 24, 19872BadMichael Jackson
November 7, 19872I Think We're Alone NowTiffany
November 21, 19871Mony MonyBilly Idol
November 28, 19871(I've Had) The Time Of My LifeBill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
December 5, 19871Heaven Is A Place On EarthBelinda Carlisle
December 12, 19874FaithGeorge Michael

Artists with the most weeks at #1 in 1987

  1. U2 — 5 weeks
  2. Bon Jovi — 4 weeks
  3. Whitney Houston — 4 weeks
  4. Heart — 3 weeks
  5. Los Lobos — 3 weeks

Longest-running hits that debuted in 1987

Weeks on chartPeakSongArtistDebuted
30#19In My DreamsREO SpeedwagonJuly 18, 1987
28#1Here I Go AgainWhitesnakeJuly 4, 1987
28#4Only In My DreamsDebbie GibsonMay 9, 1987
28#23Hooked On YouSweet SensationJanuary 17, 1987
27#4Heart And SoulT'PauMay 2, 1987
26#3The Lady In RedChris de BurghFebruary 14, 1987
26#10I Found SomeoneCherNovember 21, 1987
25#1Need You TonightINXSOctober 24, 1987
25#2U Got The LookPrinceAugust 1, 1987
25#4Hungry Eyes (From "Dirty Dancing")Eric CarmenNovember 7, 1987

Every chart from 1987

January 3, 1987 January 10, 1987 January 17, 1987 January 24, 1987 January 31, 1987 February 7, 1987 February 14, 1987 February 21, 1987 February 28, 1987 March 7, 1987 March 14, 1987 March 21, 1987 March 28, 1987 April 4, 1987 April 11, 1987 April 18, 1987 April 25, 1987 May 2, 1987 May 9, 1987 May 16, 1987 May 23, 1987 May 30, 1987 June 6, 1987 June 13, 1987 June 20, 1987 June 27, 1987 July 4, 1987 July 11, 1987 July 18, 1987 July 25, 1987 August 1, 1987 August 8, 1987 August 15, 1987 August 22, 1987 August 29, 1987 September 5, 1987 September 12, 1987 September 19, 1987 September 26, 1987 October 3, 1987 October 10, 1987 October 17, 1987 October 24, 1987 October 31, 1987 November 7, 1987 November 14, 1987 November 21, 1987 November 28, 1987 December 5, 1987 December 12, 1987 December 19, 1987 December 26, 1987
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