List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1986 explained

The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Billboard estimated the sales for the album charts from a representative sampling of record stores nationwide, which was gathered by telephone, fax or messenger service.[1] The data was based on reports from record stores, who ranked the popularity of the best-selling records but did not provide an actual sales figures.[2] [3]

Chart history

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Indicates best performing album of 1986
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Miami ViceSoundtrackMCA[4]
[5]
[6]
The Broadway AlbumColumbia[7]
[8]
[9]
PromiseSadePortrait[10]
[11]
Welcome to the Real WorldMr. MisterRCA Victor[12]
bgcolor=#FFFF99 style="text-align: center;" rowspan=7Whitney HoustonArista[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17]
[18]
[19]
5150Van HalenWarner Bros.[20]
[21]
[22]
bgcolor=#FFFF99 style="text-align: center;" rowspan=7Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonArista[23]
[24]
[25]
[26]
[27]
[28]
[29]
ControlA&M[30]
[31]
Winner in YouMCA[32]
Top GunSoundtrackColumbia[33] [34]
[35]
True BlueMadonnaSire[36]
[37]
[38]
[39]
[40]
Top GunSoundtrackColumbia[41]
Dancing on the CeilingMotown[42]
[43]
Top GunSoundtrackColumbia[44]
Fore!Chrysalis[45]
Slippery When WetBon JoviMercury[46]
Third StageBostonMCA[47]
[48]
[49]
[50]
Live/1975–85 & The E Street BandColumbia[51]
[52]
[53]
[54]
[55]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Ropin' the Charts SoundScan System Good for Music and for Listeners .... 1991-12-29. The Fresno Bee. The McClatchy Company. 2009-01-25.
  2. News: Billboard's New Charts Roil the Record Industry. 1991-06-22. Holden, Stephen. The New York Times. 2009-01-25.
  3. News: Hype, Hokey-Pokey and the Hot 100. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525144125/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61496075.html?dids=61496075:61496075&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+22,+1991&author=PATRICK+GOLDSTEIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Hype,+Hokey-Pokey+and+the+Hot+100&pqatl=google. dead. May 25, 2011. 1991-09-21. Goldstein, Patrick. Los Angeles Times. 2009-01-25.
  4. Web site: January 4, 1986. .
  5. Web site: January 11, 1986. .
  6. Web site: January 18, 1986. .
  7. Web site: January 25, 1986. .
  8. Web site: February 1, 1986. .
  9. Web site: February 8, 1986. .
  10. Web site: February 15, 1986. .
  11. Web site: February 22, 1986. .
  12. Web site: March 1, 1986. .
  13. Web site: March 8, 1986. .
  14. Web site: March 15, 1986. .
  15. Web site: March 22, 1986. .
  16. Web site: March 29, 1986. .
  17. Web site: April 5, 1986. .
  18. Web site: April 12, 1986. .
  19. Web site: April 19, 1986. .
  20. Web site: April 26, 1986. .
  21. Web site: May 3, 1986. .
  22. Web site: May 10, 1986. .
  23. Web site: May 17, 1986. .
  24. Web site: May 24, 1986. .
  25. Web site: May 31, 1986. .
  26. Web site: June 7, 1986. .
  27. Web site: June 14, 1986. .
  28. Web site: June 21, 1986. .
  29. Web site: June 28, 1986. .
  30. Web site: July 5, 1986. .
  31. Web site: July 12, 1986. .
  32. Web site: July 19, 1986. .
  33. Web site: July 26, 1986. .
  34. Web site: August 2, 1986. .
  35. Web site: August 9, 1986. .
  36. Web site: August 16, 1986. .
  37. Web site: August 23, 1986. .
  38. Web site: August 30, 1986. .
  39. Web site: September 6, 1986. .
  40. Web site: September 13, 1986. .
  41. Web site: September 20, 1986. .
  42. Web site: September 27, 1986. .
  43. Web site: October 4, 1986. .
  44. Web site: October 11, 1986. .
  45. Web site: October 18, 1986. .
  46. Web site: October 25, 1986. .
  47. Web site: November 1, 1986. .
  48. Web site: November 8, 1986. .
  49. Web site: November 15, 1986. .
  50. Web site: November 22, 1986. .
  51. Web site: November 29, 1986. .
  52. Web site: December 6, 1986. .
  53. Web site: December 13, 1986. .
  54. Web site: December 20, 1986. .
  55. Web site: December 27, 1986. .