1988 Number One Singles U.S. Pop

Title / Artist / Weeks at #1​:​​

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• Faith - George Michael (1 week)
• So Emotional - Whitney Houston (1 week)
• Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison (1 week)
• The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson (1 week)
• Need You Tonight - INXS (1 week)
• Could've Been - Tiffany (2 weeks)
• Seasons Change - Expose'  (1 week)
• Father Figure - George Michael (2 weeks)
• Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (2 weeks)
• Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson (2 weeks)
• Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean (2 weeks)
• Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)
• Wishing Well - Terrence Trent D'Arby (1 week)
• Anything For You - Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine (2 weeks)
• One More Try - George Michael (3 weeks)
• Together Forever - Rick Astley (1 week)
• Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson (1 week)
• Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson (1 week)
• The Flame - Cheap Trick (2 weeks)
• Hold On To The Nights - Richard Marx (1 week)
• Roll With It - Steve Winwood (4 weeks)
• Monkey - George Michael (2 weeks)
• Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (2 weeks)
• Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin (2 weeks)
• Love Bites - Def Leppard (1 week)
• Red Red Wine - UB40 (2 weeks)
• A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins (2 weeks)
• Kokomo - The Beach Boys (1 week)
• Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club (1 week)
• Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi (2 weeks)
• Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley - Will To Power (1 week)​
• Look Away - Chicago (2 weeks)
• Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison (2 weeks)

1988 Number One Singles U.K.

Title / Artist / Weeks at #1​​: 

• Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle (2 weeks)
• I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany (3 weeks)
• I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue  (5 weeks)
• Don't Turn Around - Aswad (2 weeks)
• Heart - Pet Shop Boys (2 weeks)
• Theme From S-Express - S-Express (2 weeks)
• Perfect - Fairground Attraction (1 week)
• With A Little Help From My Friends - Wet Wet Wet (4 weeks)
• Doctorin' The Tardis - Timelord (1 week)
• I Owe You Nothing - Bros (2 weeks)
• Nothings Gonna Change My Love For You - Glen Medeiros         (4 weeks)
• The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & The Plastic Population (5 weeks)
• A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins (2 weeks)
• He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (2 weeks)
• Desire - U2 (1 week)
• One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)
• Orinoco Flow - Enya (3 weeks)
• First Time - Robin Beck (3 weeks)
• Mistletoe and Wine - Cliff Richard (4 weeks)

1988 Best Selling Singles

Based on Worldwide Sales

  1 Phil Collins / A Groovy Kind of Love

  2 Bobby McFerrin / Don't Worry Be Happy

  3 U2 / Desire

  4 Billy Ocean / Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car

  5 Guns n' Roses / Sweet Child O' Mine

  6 Tiffany / I Think We're Alone Now

  7 INXS / Need You Tonight

  8 Belinda Carlisle / Heaven is a Place On Earth

  9 Kylie Minogue / The Loco-Motion

10 Kylie Minogue / I Should Be So Lucky

11 Milli Vanilli / Girl, You Know It's True

12 The Pet Shop Boys / Always On My Mind

13 Phil Collins / Two Hearts

14 The Beach Boys / Kokomo

15 George Michael / One More Try

16 Enya / Orinoco Flow

17 Rick Astley / Together Forever

18 Whitney Houston / One Moment in Time

19 Tracy Chapman / Fast Car

20 Yazz & The Plastic Population / The Only Way is Up

21 Steve Winwood / Roll With It

22 Fairground Attraction / Perfect

23 Michael Jackson / The Way You Make Me Feel

24 The Pet Shop Boys / Heart

25 Michael Jackson / Dirty Diana

26 Taylor Dayne / Tell it to My Heart

27 George Michael / Father Figure

28 Tiffany / Could've Been

29 Midnight Oil / Beds Are Burning

30 Rick Astley / She Wants to Dance With Me

31 Cheap Trick / The Flame

32 The Pet Shop Boys / Domino Dancing

33 Michael Jackson / Man in the Mirror

34 The Escape Club / Wild Wild West

35 Robin Beck / First Time

36 Salt-N-Pepa / Push It

37 Terence Trent D'Arby / Sign Your Name

38 Robert Palmer / Simply Irresistible

39 Elton John / I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That

40 Womack & Womack / Teardrops

41 Bon Jovi / Bad Medicine

42 Fat Boys & Chubby Checker / The Twist (Yo Twist)

43 Kim Wilde / You Came

44 Michael Jackson / Smooth Criminal

45 Bros / When Will I Be Famous?

46 Taylor Dayne / I Will Always Love You

47 Def Leppard / Love Bites

48 S-Express / Theme From 'SExpress'

49 Duran Duran / I Don't Want Your Love

50 INXS / New Sensation

51 Guns n' Roses / Welcome to the Jungle

52 Ofra Haza / Im Nin'Alu

53 Tom Jones & Art of Noise / Kiss

54 George Michael / Kissing a Fool

55 George Michael / Monkey

56 Natalie Cole / Pink Cadillac

57 Debbie Gibson / Foolish Beat

58 INXS / Devil Inside

59 Belinda Carlisle / I Get Weak

60 Sam Brown / Stop

61 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine / Anything For You

62 Patrick Swayze / She's Like the Wind

63 Mory Kante / Yeke Yeke

64 Def Leppard / Pour Some Sugar On Me

65 Breathe / Hands to Heaven

66 Erasure / A Little Respect

67 Whitney Houston / Where Do Broken Hearts Go

68 INXS / Never Tear Us Apart

69 Prince / Alphabet Street

70 Boy Meets Girl / Waiting For a Star to Fall

71 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine / 1/2/2003

72 The Bangles / A Hazy Shade of Winter

73 Climie Fisher / Love Changes Everything

74 Richard Marx / Endless Summer Nights

75 Europe / Superstitious

76 Yello / The Race

77 Anita Baker / Giving You The Best That I Got

78 Aerosmith / Angel

79 Was (Not Was) / Walk the Dinosaur

80 Eric Carmen / Hungry Eyes

81 Expose / Seasons Change

82 Tanita Tikaram / Twist in My Sobriety

83 Information Society / What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)

84 Bros / Drop the Boy

85 Huey Lewis & The News / Perfect World

86 Breathe / How Can I Fall

87 Yazz & The Plastic Population / Stand Up For Your Love Rights

88 KLF / Doctorin' the Tardis

89 Sting / An Englishman in New York

90 Rod Stewart / Forever Young

91 Fleetwood Mac / Everywhere

92 Pebbles / Girlfriend

93 Bobby Brown / Don't Be Cruel

94 Belinda Carlisle / Circle in the Sand

95 A-Ha / Stay On These Roads

96 Gipsy Kings / Bamboleo

97 Brenda Russell / Piano in the Dark

98 The Bangles / In Your Room

99 The Communards / Never Can Say Goodbye

100 Eighth Wonder / I'm Not Scared

1988 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