List of UK top-ten albums in 1986 explained

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.^{[1] [2] [3]} Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1986, as well as albums which peaked in 1985 and 1987 but were in the top 10 in 1986. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

The first new number-one album of the year was the compilation album Hits 4. Overall, twelve different albums peaked at number-one in 1986.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 1985 but still in chart in 1986.
♦	Album released in 1986 but peaked in 1987.
Entered	The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak	Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.

Entered (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top 10	Single	Artist	data-sort-type="number"	Peak	Peak reached (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks at peak
Albums in 1985
	36	No Jacket Required ‡	Phil Collins	1		5
	30	Songs from the Big Chair ‡	Tears for Fears	2		3
	30	Like a Virgin ‡	Madonna	1		2
	10	Bangs & Crashes	Go West	8		2
	21	Be Yourself Tonight ‡	Eurythmics	3		5
	65	Brothers in Arms ‡	Dire Straits	1		14
	9	The Dream of the Blue Turtles ‡	Sting	3		1
	2	Little Creatures ‡	Talking Heads	10		2
	11	Hounds of Love ‡	Kate Bush	1		3
	12	The Love Songs ‡	George Benson	1		2
	14	World Machine	Level 42	3		2
	10	Once Upon a Time ‡	Simple Minds	1		1
	10	Promise ‡	Sade	1		2
	9	The Singles Collection ‡	Spandau Ballet	3		1
	8	The Greatest Hits of 1985 ‡	Various artists	1		1
	5	The Love Album: 16 Classic Love Songs ‡		7		1
	8	Now – The Christmas Album ‡		1		2
	8	Now That's What I Call Music! 6 ‡		1		4
	6	Hits 3 ‡		2		2
Albums in 1986
	7	Island Life	Grace Jones	4		1
	18	Hunting High and Low	A-ha	2		5
	8	The Broadway Album	Barbra Streisand	3		2
	22	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	2		3
	8	Rocky IV	Various artists	3		1
	2	The Disco Hits Album		10		2
	1	The Ultimate Sin	Ozzy Osbourne	8		1
	3	Jonathan King Presents The Very Best of Entertainment from the USA	Various artists	6		1
	1	The Colour of Spring	Talk Talk	8		1
	6	Hits For Lovers	Various artists	2		1
	1	Night Beat II		7		1
	1	Balance of Power	Electric Light Orchestra	9		1
	3	The Hymns Album	Huddersfield Choral Society	8		1
	9	Hits 4	Various artists	1		4
	1	Black Celebration	Depeche Mode	4		1
	4	Welcome to the Real World	Mr. Mister	6		2
	5	Please	Pet Shop Boys	3		2
	2	Dirty Work	The Rolling Stones	4		1
	2	Parade	Prince and The Revolution	4		1
	1	From Luxury to Heartache	Culture Club	10		1
	11		Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music	1		5
	2	Heart to Heart: 24 Tender Romantic Duets	Various artists	8		2
	4	The Greatest Hits	Shalamar	5		1
	1	Victorialand	Cocteau Twins	10		1
	4	The Man and His Music	Sam Cooke	8		2
	2	Rendez-Vous	Jean-Michel Jarre	9		1
	4	The Collection	Earth, Wind & Fire	5		2
	2	Comic Relief Presents Utterly Utterly Live		Various artists	10		2
	5	Love Zone	Billy Ocean	2		2
	1	Home and Abroad	The Style Council	8		1
	10	So	Peter Gabriel	1		2
	3	Standing on a Beach – The Singles	The Cure	4		1
	19	Picture Book	Simply Red	2		1
	10	Into the Light	Chris de Burgh	2		2
	14	A Kind of Magic	Queen	1		1
	18	Invisible Touch	Genesis	1		3
	2	Moonlight Shadows	The Shadows	6		1
	2	The Queen Is Dead	The Smiths	2		1
	3	London 0 Hull 4	The Housemartins	3		1
	5	Every Beat of My Heart	Rod Stewart	5		1
	36	True Blue	Madonna	1		6
	2	The Seer	Big Country	2		1
	21	Revenge	Eurythmics	3		4
	4	Back in the High Life	Steve Winwood	8		2
	7	The Final	Wham!	2		3
	2	Now – The Summer Album	Various artists	7		2
	4	Riptide	Robert Palmer	5		1
	2	Rat in the Kitchen	UB40	8		1
	1	Flaunt It	Sigue Sigue Sputnik	10		1
	9	Now That's What I Call Music! 7	Various artists	1		5
	5	Dancing on the Ceiling	Lionel Richie	2		3
	28	Silk & Steel	Five Star	1		1
	3	The Heat is On	Various artists	9		1
	1	In the Army Now	Status Quo	7		1
	33	Graceland	Paul Simon	1		8
	1	Press to Play	Paul McCartney	8		1
	4	Break Every Rule	Tina Turner	2		1
	1	Crash	The Human League	7		1
	10	Slippery When Wet	Bon Jovi	6		2
	2	True Stories	Talking Heads	7		1
	3	Fore!	Huey Lewis and the News	8		1
	4	Communards	The Communards	7		1
	1	Talking with the Taxman About Poetry	Billy Bragg	8		1
	2	Somewhere in Time	Iron Maiden	3		1
	3	South Pacific	Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Sarah Vaughan and Mandy Patinkin	5		1
	1	Brotherhood	New Order	9		1
	4	Scoundrel Days	A-ha	2		2
	1	Word Up!	Cameo	7		1
	2	The Chart/The Chart '86	Various artists	6		1
	1	U-Vox	Ultravox	9		1
	1	One to One	Howard Jones	10		1
	1	Between Two Fires	Paul Young	4		1
	1	Liverpool	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	5		1
	7	Top Gun	Various artists	4		2
	2	Whiplash Smile	Billy Idol	8		1
	11		The Police	1		2
	4	Now Dance '86: The 12" Mixes	Various artists	2		1
	4	Get Close ♦	The Pretenders	6		1
	2	The Greatest Hits of 1986	Various artists	8		1
	1	The Autobiography of Supertramp	Supertramp	9		1
	1	Hit Mix '86	Various artists	10		1
	8	Hits 5		1		2
	14	The Whole Story ♦	Kate Bush	1		2
	1	Live 1975-85	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	4		1
	2	Through the Barricades	Spandau Ballet	7		1
	9	Now That's What I Call Music! 8	Various artists	1		6
	16	Live Magic ♦	Queen	3		1

See also

• 1986 in British music
• List of number-one albums from the 1980s (UK)

References

General

• Web site: Six decades of singles charts . The Official Charts Company . 23 April 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221018/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ . 3 March 2011 .

Specific

External links

• 1986 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. 28 December 2014.
2. Book: Roberts, David. Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). 2005. 1-904994-00-8. 14. Guinness World Records Limited.
3. Web site: New singles formats to save the charts. BBC News. 16 October 2003 . 21 February 2010.