List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1986

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. 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.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates best performing album of 1986

Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Miami ViceSoundtrackMCA The Broadway AlbumColumbia PromiseSadePortrait Welcome to the Real WorldMr. MisterRCA Victor Whitney Houston Arista 5150Van HalenWarner Bros. Whitney Houston Whitney HoustonArista ControlA&M Winner in YouMCA Top GunSoundtrackColumbia True BlueMadonnaSire Top GunSoundtrackColumbia Dancing on the CeilingMotown Top GunSoundtrackColumbia Fore!Chrysalis Slippery When WetBon JoviMercury Third StageBostonMCA Live/1975–85 & The E Street BandColumbia

See also 1986 in music List of number-one albums (United States)

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