| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 4 | 1 | Don't Get Me Wrong | 1 | 3 |  |
| The Pretenders |
| 1 | 2 | To Be A Lover | 1 | 6 | |
| Billy Idol |
| 6 | 3 | The Way It Is | 1 | 1 | |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
| 2 | 4 | Amanda | 1 | 1 | |
| Boston |
| 9 | 5 | Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 | 5 | |
| The Police |
| 10 | 6 | Change In The Weather | 3 | |
| John Fogerty |
| 3 | 7 | Freedom Overspill | 3 | 22 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 14 | 8 | We're Ready | 3 | 13 | |
| Boston |
| 8 | 9 | Hip To Be Square | 8 | 2 | |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
| 18 | 10 | This Love | 10 | |
| Bad Company |
| 12 | 11 | What About Love | 8 | 26 | |
| 'Til Tuesday |
| 17 | 12 | It's Not You, It's Not Me | 7 | |
| KBC Band |
| 13 | 13 | That Voice Again | 13 | |
| Peter Gabriel |
| - | 14 | War LIVE | 4 | 9 | |
| Bruce Springsteen |
| 5 | 15 | You Give Love A Bad Name | 1 | 1 | |
| Bon Jovi |
| - | 16 | True To You | 8 | |
| Ric Ocasek |
| - | 17 | Keep Your Hands To Yourself | 1 | 2 | |
| Georgia Satellites |
| - | 18 | Puzzlin' Evidence | 18 | |
| Talking Heads |
| - | 19 | Back Where You Started | 19 | |
| Tina Turner |
| - | 20 | Cry For Love | 20 | |
| Iggy Pop |
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