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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.

Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album was the best-selling album of 1986, spending 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one.

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best performing album of 1986
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Ref.
January 4 Miami Vice Soundtrack MCA
January 11
January 18
January 25 The Broadway Album Barbra Streisand Columbia
February 1
February 8
February 15 Promise Sade Portrait
February 22
March 1 Welcome to the Real World Mr. Mister RCA Victor
March 8 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Arista
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26 5150 Van Halen Warner Bros.
May 3
May 10
May 17 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Arista
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28
July 5 Control Janet Jackson A&M
July 12
July 19 Winner in You Patti LaBelle MCA
July 26 Top Gun Soundtrack Columbia
August 2
August 9
August 16 True Blue Madonna Sire
August 23
August 30
September 6
September 13
September 20 Top Gun Soundtrack Columbia
September 27 Dancing on the Ceiling Lionel Richie Motown
October 4
October 11 Top Gun Soundtrack Columbia
October 18 Fore! Huey Lewis and the News Chrysalis
October 25 Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi Mercury
November 1 Third Stage Boston MCA
November 8
November 15
November 22
November 29 Live/1975–85 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Columbia
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27

See also

References

  1. "Ropin' the Charts SoundScan System Good for Music and for Listeners ..." The Fresno Bee. The McClatchy Company. 1991-12-29. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  2. Holden, Stephen (1991-06-22). "Billboard's New Charts Roil the Record Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  3. Goldstein, Patrick (1991-09-21). "Hype, Hokey-Pokey and the Hot 100". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  4. "January 4, 1986". Billboard 200.
  5. "January 11, 1986". Billboard 200.
  6. "January 18, 1986". Billboard 200.
  7. "January 25, 1986". Billboard 200.
  8. "February 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
  9. "February 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
  10. "February 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
  11. "February 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
  12. "March 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
  13. "March 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
  14. "March 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
  15. "March 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
  16. "March 29, 1986". Billboard 200.
  17. "April 5, 1986". Billboard 200.
  18. "April 12, 1986". Billboard 200.
  19. "April 19, 1986". Billboard 200.
  20. "April 26, 1986". Billboard 200.
  21. "May 3, 1986". Billboard 200.
  22. "May 10, 1986". Billboard 200.
  23. "May 17, 1986". Billboard 200.
  24. "May 24, 1986". Billboard 200.
  25. "May 31, 1986". Billboard 200.
  26. "June 7, 1986". Billboard 200.
  27. "June 14, 1986". Billboard 200.
  28. "June 21, 1986". Billboard 200.
  29. "June 28, 1986". Billboard 200.
  30. "July 5, 1986". Billboard 200.
  31. "July 12, 1986". Billboard 200.
  32. "July 19, 1986". Billboard 200.
  33. "July 26, 1986". Billboard 200.
  34. "August 2, 1986". Billboard 200.
  35. "August 9, 1986". Billboard 200.
  36. "August 16, 1986". Billboard 200.
  37. "August 23, 1986". Billboard 200.
  38. "August 30, 1986". Billboard 200.
  39. "September 6, 1986". Billboard 200.
  40. "September 13, 1986". Billboard 200.
  41. "September 20, 1986". Billboard 200.
  42. "September 27, 1986". Billboard 200.
  43. "October 4, 1986". Billboard 200.
  44. "October 11, 1986". Billboard 200.
  45. "October 18, 1986". Billboard 200.
  46. "October 25, 1986". Billboard 200.
  47. "November 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
  48. "November 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
  49. "November 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
  50. "November 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
  51. "November 29, 1986". Billboard 200.
  52. "December 6, 1986". Billboard 200.
  53. "December 13, 1986". Billboard 200.
  54. "December 20, 1986". Billboard 200.
  55. "December 27, 1986". Billboard 200.
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