1987 Number One Singles U.S. Pop

Title / Artist / Weeks at #1​:​​

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• Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles (2 weeks)
• Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott (1 week)
• At This Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters (2 weeks)
• Open Your Heart - Madonna (1 week)
• Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi (4 weeks)
• Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News (1 week)
• Lean On Me - Club Nouveau  (2 weeks)
• Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship (2 weeks)
• I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - George Michael & Aretha Franklin (2 weeks)
• (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew (2 weeks)
• With Or Without You - U2 (3 weeks)
• You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde (1 week)
• Always - Atlantic Starr (1 week)
• Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (1 week)
• I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)
• Alone - Heart (3 weeks)
• Shakedown - Bob Seger (1 week)
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 (2 weeks)
• Who's That Girl - Madonna (1 week)
• La Bamba - Los Lobos (3 weeks)
• I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett (1 week)
• Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)
• Here I Go Again - Whitesnake (1 week)
• Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (1 week)
• Bad - Michael Jackson (2 weeks)
• I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany (2 weeks)
• Mony Mony - Billy Idol (1 week)
• (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warne (1 week)

• Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle (1 week)
• Faith - George Michael (3 weeks)​

1987 Number One Singles U.K.

Title / Artist / Weeks at #1​​: 

• Jack Your Body - Steve "Silk" Hurley (2 weeks)
• I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - George Michael & Aretha Franklin (2 weeks)
• Stand By Me - Ben E. King  (3 weeks)
• Everything I Own - Boy George (2 weeks)
• Respectable - Mel & Kim (1 week)
• Let It Be - Ferry Aid (3 weeks)
• La Isla Bonita - Madonna (2 weeks)
• Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship (4 weeks)
• I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)
• Star Trekkin - The Firm (2 weeks)
• It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys (3 weeks)
• Who's That Girl - Madonna (1 week)
• La Bamba - Los Lobos (2 weeks)
• I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett (2 weeks)
• Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (5 weeks)
• Pump Up The Volume - MARRS (2 weeks)
• You Win Again - Bee Gees (4 weeks)
• China In Your Hand - T'Pau (5 weeks)
• Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys (4 weeks)

1987 Best Selling Singles

Based on Worldwide Sales

  1 Whitney Houston / I Wanna Dance With Somebody 

  2 Rick Astley / Never Gonna Give You Up

  3 Los Lobos / La Bamba

  4 George Michael / Faith

  5 U2 / With Or Without You

  6 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes / (I've Had) the Time of My Life

  7 U2 / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

  8 Jefferson Starship / Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

  9 Bon Jovi / Livin' On a Prayer

10 Madonna / Who's That Girl?

11 Madonna / La Isla Bonita

12 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett / I Just Can't Stop Loving You

13 George Harrison / Got My Mind Set On You

14 Michael Jackson / Bad

15 The Pet Shop Boys / It's a Sin

16 Bee Gees / You Win Again

17 Glenn Medeiros / Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

18 Crowded House / Don't Dream It's Over

19 George Michael / I Want Your Sex

20 Terence Trent D'Arby / Wishing Well

21 Dusty Springfield & The Pet Shop Boys / What Have I Done to Deserve This

22 Aretha Franklin & George Michael / I Knew You Were Waiting 

23 Heart / Alone

24 Club Nouveau / Lean On Me

25 Mel & Kim / Respectable

26 MARRS / Pump Up the Volume

27 Robbie Nevil / C'est La Vie

28 U2 / Where the Streets Have No Name

29 Madonna / Open Your Heart

30 Kim Wilde / (You Keep Me) Hangin' On

31 Gregory Abbott / Shake You Down

32 Suzanne Vega / Luka

33 Atlantic Starr / Always

34 John Farnham / You're the Voice

35 Johnny Hates Jazz / Shattered Dreams

36 Pseudo Echo / Funkytown

37 Boy George / Everything I Own

38 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam / Head to Toe

39 Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram / Somewhere Out There

40 Depeche Mode / Strangelove

41 Fleetwood Mac / Little Lies

42 T'Pau / Heart & Soul

43 T'Pau / China in Your Hand

44 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band / Shake Down

45 Whitney Houston / Didn't We Almost Have it All

46 Whitesnake / Here I Go Again

47 Desireless / Voyage Voyage

48 Jody Watley / Looking For a New Love

49 Billy Idol / Mony Mony (Live)

50 Jackie Wilson / Reet Petite

51 Madonna / Causing a Commotion

52 Prince / Sign O' the Times

53 Black / Wonderful Life

54 Janet Jackson / Let's Wait Awhile

55 Genesis / Land of Confusion

56 Europe / Carrie

57 Ferry Aid / Let it Be

58 The Beastie Boys / (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)

59 Rick Astley / Whenever You Need Somebody

60 Erasure / Sometimes

61 The Housemartins / Caravan of Love

62 Prince / U Got the Look

63 Whitney Houston / So Emotional

64 Billy Vera / At This Moment

65 Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine / Rhythm is Gonna Get You

66 The Cure / Just Like Heaven

67 Bruce Springsteen / Brilliant Disguise

68 Johnny Logan / Hold Me Now

69 Whitesnake / Is This Love?

70 Depeche Mode / Never Let Me Down Again

71 Kenny G / Songbird

72 Swing Out Sister / Breakout

73 Sabrina / Boys (Summertime Love)

74 Living In A Box / Living in a Box

75 Sting / We'll Be Together

76 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam / Lost In Emotion

77 Paul Simon / Graceland

78 Genesis / In Too Deep

79 New Order / True Faith

80 Fleetwood Mac / Big Love

81 REM / The One I Love

82 A-Ha / The Living Daylights

83 Levert / Casanova

84 Nina Simone / My Baby Just Cares For Me

85 Debbie Gibson / Only in My Dreams

86 Level 42 / Running in the Family

87 Peter Gabriel / Big Time

88 Bananarama / I Heard a Rumour

89 ABC / When Smokey Sings

90 The Pet Shop Boys / Rent

91 Herb Alpert / Diamonds

92 Pepsi & Shirlie / Heartache

93 Cyndi Lauper / Change of Heart

94 A-Ha / Cry Wolf

95 Alison Moyet / Is This Love?

96 Samantha Fox / Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now

97 Carly Simon / Coming Around Again

98 Billy Idol / Sweet Sixteen

99 Bon Jovi / Wanted Dead Or Alive

100 LL Cool J / I Need Love

1987 Best Selling Albums

Based on Worldwide Sales

​  1 U2 / The Joshua Tree

  2 Michael Jackson / Bad

  3 Guns n' Roses / Appetite For Destruction

  4 George Michael / Faith

  5 Def Leppard / Hysteria

  6 Whitney Houston / Whitney

  7 Original Soundtrack / Dirty Dancing

  8 Prince / Sign 'O' The Times

  9 Sting / ...Nothing Like The Sun

10 Bruce Springsteen / Tunnel Of Love

11 Fleetwood Mac / Tango In The Night

12 Terence Trent D'Arby / Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

13 Madonna / Who's That Girl

14 Suzanne Vega / Solitude Standing

15 Pink Floyd / A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

16 Los Lobos / La Bamba

17 Whitesnake / Whitesnake 1987

18 The Cure / Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

19 The Pet Shop Boys / Pet Shop Boys, Actually

20 REM / Document

21 Bryan Adams / Into The Fire

22 John Cougar Mellencamp / The Lonesome Jubilee

23 Depeche Mode / Music For The Masses

24 Bee Gees / ESP

25 Crowded House / Crowded House

26 Heart / Bad Animals

27 Madonna / You Can Dance

28 Simply Red / Men & Women

29 George Harrison / Cloud Nine

30 Alison Moyet / Raindancing

31 New Order / Substance

32 The Smiths / Strangeways, Here We Come

33 Robbie Robertson / Robbie Robertson

34 Deep Purple / The House Of Blue Light

35 David Bowie / Never Let Me Down

36 LL Cool J / Bigger & Deffer

37 Jennifer Rush / Heart Over Mind

38 Simple Minds / Live - In the city of light

39 Motley Crue / Girls, Girls, Girls

40 Marillion / Clutching At Straws

41 Aerosmith / Permanent Vacation

42 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris / Trio

43 Kenny G / Duotones

44 Level 42 / Running In The Family

45 Debbie Gibson / Out Of The Blue

46 John Farnham / Whispering Jack

47 Swing Out Sister / It's Better To Travel

48 Chris Rea / Dancing With Strangers

49 Van Morrison / Poetic Champions Compose

50 Foreigner / Inside Information

51 10,000 Maniacs / In My Tribe

52 Ozzy Osbourne / Tribute

53 Bananarama / Wow!

54 Jesus & Mary Chain / Darklands

55 Tom Waits / Franks Wild Years

56 Jefferson Starship / No Protection

57 Sisters of Mercy / Floodland

58 T'Pau / Bridge Of Spies

59 The Eurythmics / Savage

60 Joe Cocker / Unchain My Heart

61 Alexander O'Neal / Hearsay

62 Rush / Hold Your Fire

63 Barbra Streisand / One Voice

64 Original Soundtrack / Beverly Hills Cop II

65 Jethro Tull / Crest of a Knave

66 Samantha Fox / Samantha Fox

67 Stevie Wonder / Characters

68 Mike Oldfield / Islands

69 The Smiths / Louder Than Bombs

70 Kiss / Crazy Nights

71 Gary Moore / Wild Frontier

72 Curiosity Killed The Cat / Keep Your Distance

73 Don Johnson / Heartbeat

74 Icehouse / Man of Colours

75 The Cult / Electric

76 Grateful Dead / In The Dark

77 Sammy Hagar / Sammy Hagar (AKA I Never Said Goodbye)

78 The Cars / Door To Door

79 Yes / Big Generator

80 Black / Wonderful Life

81 Mick Jagger / Primitive Cool

82 Bruce Willis / The Return Of Bruno

83 Various Artists / Now, That's What I Call Music 9

84 Dokken / Back for the Attack

85 Bryan Ferry / Bete Noire

86 Various Artists / A Very Special Christmas

87 Husker Du / Warehouse: Songs & stories

88 Anthrax / Among The Living

89 Public Enemy / Yo! Bum Rush the Show

90 Eric B & Rakim / Paid in Full

91 Carly Simon / Coming Around Again

92 Various Artists / Now, That's What I Call Music 10

93 Judas Priest / Priest...Live!

94 Dio / Dream Evil

95 The Communards / Red

96 Georgia Satellites / Georgia Satellites

97 Original Soundtrack / Miami Vice II

98 Yello / One Second

99 Fat Boys / Crushin'

100 Jennifer Warnes / Famous Blue Raincoat