List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1987
The Billboard Hot 100 is a record chart that ranks the best-performing singles in the United States. The chart is published by Billboard magazine and issued weekly; chart rankings are based primarily on each single's weekly sales and radio airplay figures.[1] Throughout the history of the Hot 100, several alterations and additions have been incorporated to the methods by which chart data is obtained and compiled. Until 1991, sales and airplay information was compiled based on reports from record stores and radio playlists.[1] Billboard has since utilized tracking systems such as Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems in compiling the chart.[1][2]
In 1987, one-hundred twenty-three singles reached the top ten of the Hot 100. One-hundred twelve singles reached their peaks within the year, while the remaining eleven reached their peaks in preceding and succeeding years. "Walk Like an Egyptian" by American rock band The Bangles topped the 1987 Billboard year-end chart for the most successful singles of the year.[3] American recording artist Madonna scored four top ten hits in 1987—"Open Your Heart", "La Isla Bonita", "Who's That Girl" and "Causing a Commotion"—the most for any artist in the year. Among the genres that surged in popularity during the year was hard rock, with bands such as Poison, Whitesnake and Bon Jovi experiencing massive commercial success on Billboard charts. All three acts reached the top ten of the Hot 100 in 1987, with the latter two topping the chart with their respective singles "Here I Go Again" and "Livin' on a Prayer".[4] Urban contemporary music also reached a wider audience, with artists such as Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Exposé scoring several top ten hits.[4]
Top ten singles
1986 peaks
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
Ref.(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 22 | "The Way It Is" | Bruce Hornsby and the Range | 1 | December 13 | 8 | |
| November 29 | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | The Bangles | 1 | December 20 | 8 | |
| December 6 | "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" | Wang Chung | 2 | December 27 | 7 | |
| December 13 | "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King | 9 | December 20 | 4 | |
| December 27 | "War" | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | 8 | December 27 | 3 | |
| "Don't Get Me Wrong" | The Pretenders | 10 | December 27 | 2 | ||
1988 peaks
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
Ref.(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 5 | "So Emotional" | Whitney Houston | 1 | January 9 | 8 | |
| December 12 | "Got My Mind Set on You" | George Harrison | 1 | January 16 | 8 | |
| December 26 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Michael Jackson | 1 | January 23 | 6 | |
| "Cherry Bomb" | John Cougar Mellencamp | 8 | January 9 | 3 | ||
| "Need You Tonight" | INXS | 1 | January 30 | 8 | ||
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0823074990.
- Trust, Gary (November 30, 2011). "Billboard Hot 100 Celebrates 20 Years of Nielsen Data". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- "Year End Charts – Year-end Singles – The Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- "The Year In Charts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media: 4. December 26, 1987. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
General sources
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.