User:The Emperah/sandbox/Music/Charts/List of the highest-ranking songs on the Hot 100 by a solo artist in 1986
Chart history[edit]
| Peak position | |
| † | Highest-ranking song by a solo artist in the Billboard Year-End list |
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | H100P | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | "Say You, Say Me" † | Lionel Richie | 1 | |
| January 11 | ||||
| January 18 | 2 | |||
| January 25 | ||||
| February 1 | "Talk to Me" | Stevie Nicks | 4 | |
| February 8 | "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" | Billy Ocean | 4 | |
| February 15 | "How Will I Know" | Whitney Houston | 1 | |
| February 22 | ||||
| March 1 | 2 | |||
| March 8 | 3 | |||
| March 15 | 5 | |||
| March 22 | "Rock Me Amadeus" | Falco | 4 | |
| March 29 | 1 | |||
| April 5 | ||||
| April 12 | ||||
| April 19 | "Addicted to Love" | Robert Palmer | 3 | |
| April 26 | 2 | |||
| May 3 | 1 | |||
| May 10 | 2 | |||
| May 17 | "Greatest Love of All" | Whitney Houston | 1 | |
| May 24 | ||||
| May 31 | ||||
| June 7 | "Live to Tell" | Madonna | ||
| June 14 | 2 | |||
| June 21 | "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" | Billy Ocean | ||
| June 28 | ||||
| July 5 | 1 | |||
| July 12 | 3 | |||
| July 19 | "Sledgehammer" | Peter Gabriel | 2 | |
| July 26 | 1 | |||
| August 2 | "Glory of Love" | Peter Cetera | ||
| August 9 | ||||
| August 16 | "Papa Don't Preach" | Madonna | ||
| August 23 | ||||
| August 30 | "Higher Love" | Steve Winwood | ||
| September 6 | 3 | |||
| September 13 | "Dancing on the Ceiling" | Lionel Richie | 2 | |
| September 20 | ||||
| September 27 | 3 | |||
| October 4 | "When I Think of You" | Janet Jackson | ||
| October 11 | 1 | |||
| October 18 | ||||
| October 25 | "True Colors" | Cyndi Lauper | ||
| November 1 | ||||
| November 8 | "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" | Robert Palmer | 2 | |
| November 15 | "True Blue" | Madonna | 3 | |
| November 22 | ||||
| November 29 | ||||
| December 6 | "Love Will Conquer All" | Lionel Richie | 9 | |
| December 13 | "To Be a Lover" | Billy Idol | 7 | |
| December 20 | "Shake You Down" | Gregory Abbott | 5 | |
| December 27 | 4 |