brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | 1 | 19 | 1-02-88 |  |
| R.E.M. |
| 2 | The Real Life | 1 | 1-09-88 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 3 | When We Was Fab | 1 | 15 | 1-16-88 | |
| George Harrison |
| 4 | Just Like Paradise | 1 | 7 | 1-23-88 | |
| David Lee Roth |
| 5 | Angel | 1 | 1 | 2-13-88 | |
| Aerosmith |
| 6 | Heaven Knows | 1 | 2-20-88 | |
| Robert Plant |
| 7 | Damn Good | 1 | 3-12-88 | |
| David Lee Roth |
| 8 | Tall Cool One | 1 | 3-19-88 | |
| Robert Plant |
| 9 | I Wish I Had A Girl | 1 | 22 | 4-02-88 | |
| Henry Lee Summer |
| 4-09-88 |
| Tall Cool One by Robert Plant returns to number one |
| 10 | Only A Memory | 1 | 4-16-88 | |
| The Smithereens |
| 11 | The Flame | 1 | 1 | 4-30-88 | |
| Cheap Trick |
| 12 | Black And Blue | 1 | 5-14-88 | |
| Van Halen |
| 13 | The Valley Road | 1 | 8 | 6-04-88 | |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
| 14 | Roll With It | 1 | 1 | 6-11-88 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 15 | When It's Love | 1 | 3 | 7-02-88 | |
| Van Halen |
| 16 | Simply Irresistible | 1 | 1 | 7-16-88 | |
| Robert Palmer |
| 17 | Finish What Ya Started | 1 | 11 | 8-06-88 | |
| Van Halen |
| 18 | Hate To Lose Your Lovin' | 1 | 8-20-88 | |
| Little Feat |
| 19 | Love Bites | 1 | 1 | 9-03-88 | |
| Def Leppard |
| 20 | Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? | 1 | 4 | 9-10-88 | |
| Steve Winwood |
| 21 | I'm Not Your Man | 1 | 9-17-88 | |
| Tommy Conwell And The Young Rumblers |
| 22 | Bad Medicine | 1 | 1 | 9-24-88 | |
| Bon Jovi |
| 23 | Desire | 1 | 4 | 10-01-88 | |
| U2 |
| 24 | Walk On Water | 1 | 8 | 10-22-88 | |
| Eddie Money |
| 25 | It's Money That Matters | 1 | 10-29-88 | |
| Randy Newman |
| 26 | Handle With Care | 1 | 18 | 11-05-88 | |
| Traveling Wilburys |
| 27 | Orange Crush | 1 | 28 | 11-12-88 | |
| R.E.M. |
| 28 | Angel Of Harlem | 1 | 18 | 12-10-88 | |
| U2 |
| 29 | When Love Comes To Town | 1 | 12-17-88 | |
| U2 With B.B. King |
| 30 | Got It Made | 1 | 12-24-88 | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 12-31-88 |
| When Love Comes To Town by U2 With B.B. King returns to number one |