This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 1986, as published by Music & Media magazine (known as Eurotipsheet until April 1986).
Chart history + Key Indicates best-performing single and album of 1986
Issue date Song Artist Album Artist 6 January "Take On Me" A-ha Promise Sade 13 January 20 January 27 January colspan="5" 1 February "Take On Me" A-ha Promise Sade 8 February "Russians" Sting 15 February "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie 22 February 1 March "Burning Heart" Survivor 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 March Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 5 April 12 April Rocky IV Soundtrack 19 April "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean 26 April 3 May "Absolute Beginners" David Bowie 10 May "A Different Corner" George Michael Dirty Work Rolling Stones 17 May Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 24 May "Live to Tell" Madonna Dirty Work Rolling Stones 31 May Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 7 June Dirty Work Rolling Stones 14 June Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 21 June So Peter Gabriel 28 June 5 July A Kind of Magic Queen 12 July 19 July "The Edge of Heaven" Wham! 26 July 2 August "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna True Blue Madonna 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 August 6 September 13 September 20 September 27 September "Holiday Rap" MC Miker G & DJ Sven 4 October 11 October 18 October 25 October 1 November "True Blue" Madonna 8 November "Take My Breath Away" Berlin 15 November 22 November 29 November 6 December "The Final Countdown" Europe 13 December 20 December 27 December colspan="5"
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