Radio & Records Adult Contemporary

1986 Year-End Chart
1 Moody Blues  Your Wildest Dreams
2 Peter Cetera  Glory Of Love
3 Billy Ocean  There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
4 Huey Lewis & The News  Stuck With You
5 Miami Sound Machine  Words Get In The Way
6 Anita Baker  Sweet Love
7 Howard Jones  No One Is To Blame
8 Heart  These Dreams
9 Starship  Sara
10 Toto  I'll Be Over You
11 Patti LaBelle/Michael McDonald  On My Own
12 Whitney Houston  How Will I Know
13 Elton John  Nikita
14 Carl Anderson & Gloria Loring  Friends And Lovers
15 Genesis  Throwing It All Away
16 Atlantic Starr  Secret Lovers
17 Simply Red  Holding Back The Years
18 Sade  The Sweetest Taboo
19 Whitney Houston  The Greatest Love Of All
20 Madonna  Live To Tell
21 Carly Simon  Coming Around Again
22 Billy Ocean  When The Going Gets Tough...
23 Phil Collins  Take Me Home
24 Peter Cetera w/Amy Grant  Next Time I Fall
25 Dionne Warwick & Friends  That's What Friends Are For
26 Lionel Richie  Love Will Conquer All
27 Stevie Wonder  Go Home
28 Bruce Hornsby & The Range  The Way It Is
29 Lionel Richie  Dancing On The Ceiling
30 Jeffrey Osborne  You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)
31 Double  The Captain Of Her Heart
32 Dream Academy  Life In A Northern Town
33 Michael McDonald  Sweet Freedom
34 Force MD's  Tender Love
35 Stevie Wonder  Overjoyed
36 Berlin  Take My Breath Away
37 Billy Ocean  Love Zone
38 Jermaine Jackson  I Think It's Love
39 Lionel Richie  Say You, Say Me
40 Bruce Springsteen  My Hometown
41 Mike & The Mechanics  Taken In
42 Steve Winwood  Higher Love
43 Dire Straits  Walk Of Life
44 Rod Stewart  Love Touch
45 Barbra Streisand  Somewhere
46 Cyndi Lauper  True Colors
47 George Michael  A Different Corner
48 Genesis  Invisible Touch
49 Human League  Human
50 Mike & The Mechanics  Silent Running
51 Atlantic Starr  If Your Heart Isn't In It
52 El DeBarge  Love Always
53 Dire Straits  So Far Away
54 David Foster & Olivia Newton-John  The Best Of Me
55 James Taylor  Only One
56 Sade  Never As Good As The First Time
57 Dennis DeYoung  Call Me
58 Madonna  True Blue
59 Level 42  Something About You
60 Janet Jackson  When I Think Of You
61 Anne Murray  Now And Forever (You And Me)
62 Klymaxx  I Miss You
63 Mike & The Mechanics  All I Need Is A Miracle
64 Culture Club  Move Away
65 Neil Diamond  Headed For The Future
66 Jackson Browne  In The Shape Of A Heart
67 Miami Sound Machine  Bad Boy
68 Billy Joel  Modern Woman
69 Dionne Warwick  Whisper In The Dark
70 James Taylor  That's Why I'm Here
71 Billy Ocean  Love Is Forever
72 Air Supply  Lonely Is The Night
73 Paul Simon  You Can Call Me Al
74 Mr. Mister  Kyrie
75 Moody Blues  The Other Side Of Life
76 Mr. Mister  Broken Wings
77 Beach Boys  California Dreamin'
78 Thompson Twins  King For A Day
79 Wham!  I'm Your Man
80 Isley, Jasper, Isley  Caravan Of Love
81 Stevie Nicks  Talk To Me
82 Neil Diamond  The Story Of My Life
83 David Pack  I Just Can't Let Go
84 Dan Seals  Bop
85 Ric Ocasek  Emotion In Motion
86 Bangles  Manic Monday