brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Shake You Down | 1 | 12-27-86 |  |
| Gregory Abbott |
| 2 | C'est La Vie | 1 | 1-10-87 | |
| Robbie Nevil |
| 3 | At This Moment | 1 | 1-17-87 | |
| Billy Vera & The Beaters |
| 4 | Open Your Heart | 1 | 1-31-87 | |
| Madonna |
| 5 | Livin' On A Prayer | 1 | 1 | 2-07-87 | |
| Bon Jovi |
| 6 | Jacob's Ladder | 12 | 1 | 2-28-87 | |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
| 7 | Somewhere Out There | 1 | 3-07-87 | |
| Linda Ronstadt And James Ingram |
| 8 | Let's Wait Awhile | 1 | 3-14-87 | |
| Janet Jackson |
| 9 | Lean On Me | 1 | 3-21-87 | |
| Club Nouveau |
| 10 | Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now | 18 | 1 | 4-04-87 | |
| Starship |
| 11 | I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) | 1 | 4-11-87 | |
| Aretha Franklin And George Michael |
| 12 | Don't Dream It's Over | 4 | 1 | 4-18-87 | |
| Crowded House |
| 13 | Looking For A New Love | 1 | 4-25-87 | |
| Jody Watley |
| 14 | (I Just) Died In Your Arms | 4 | 1 | 5-02-87 | |
| Cutting Crew |
| 15 | La Isla Bonita | 1 | 5-16-87 | |
| Madonna |
| 16 | With Or Without You | 1 | 1 | 5-23-87 | |
| U2 |
| 17 | You Keep Me Hangin' On | 1 | 5-30-87 | |
| Kim Wilde |
| 18 | Head To Toe | 1 | 6-13-87 | |
| Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam |
| 19 | Always | 1 | 6-20-87 | |
| Atlantic Starr |
| 20 | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) | 1 | 6-27-87 | |
| Whitney Houston |
| 21 | Alone | 1 | 1 | 7-04-87 | |
| Heart |
| 22 | Shakedown | 1 | 1 | 7-18-87 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 23 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | 1 | 1 | 7-25-87 | |
| U2 |
| 24 | Luka | 5 | 1 | 8-08-87 | |
| Suzanne Vega |
| 25 | Who's That Girl | 1 | 8-15-87 | |
| Madonna |
| 26 | La Bamba | 20 | 1 | 8-22-87 | |
| Los Lobos |
| 27 | Can't We Try | 1 | 9-05-87 | |
| Dan Hill with Vonda Shepard |
| 28 | I Just Can't Stop Loving You | 1 | 9-12-87 | |
| Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett |
| 29 | Didn't We Almost Have It All | 1 | 9-19-87 | |
| Whitney Houston |
| 30 | Here I Go Again | 2 | 1 | 9-26-87 | |
| Whitesnake |
| 31 | Lost In Emotion | 1 | 10-03-87 | |
| Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam |
| 32 | Bad | 1 | 10-10-87 | |
| Michael Jackson |
| 33 | Causing A Commotion | 1 | 10-24-87 | |
| Madonna |
| 34 | Mony Mony LIVE | 13 | 1 | 10-31-87 | |
| Billy Idol |
| 35 | I Think We're Alone Now | 1 | 11-07-87 | |
| Tiffany |
| 36 | Heaven Is A Place On Earth | 1 | 11-21-87 | |
| Belinda Carlisle |
| 37 | Faith | 1 | 11-28-87 | |
| George Michael |
| 38 | So Emotional | 1 | 12-19-87 | |
| Whitney Houston |
| 39 | The Way You Make Me Feel | 1 | 12-26-87 | |
| Michael Jackson |