List of European number-one hits of 1986

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This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 1986, as published by Music & Media magazine (known as Eurotipsheet until April 1986).

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best-performing single and album of 1986[1]
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Issue date Song Artist Album Artist Ref.
6 January "Take On Me" A-ha Promise Sade [2]
13 January [3]
20 January [4]
27 January No chart published
1 February "Take On Me" A-ha Promise Sade [5]
8 February "Russians" Sting [6]
15 February "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie [7]
22 February [8]
1 March "Burning Heart" Survivor [9]
8 March [10]
15 March [11]
22 March [12]
29 March Brothers in Arms Dire Straits [13]
5 April [14]
12 April Rocky IV Soundtrack [15]
19 April "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean [16]
26 April [17]
3 May "Absolute Beginners" David Bowie [18]
10 May "A Different Corner" George Michael Dirty Work Rolling Stones [19]
17 May Brothers in Arms Dire Straits [20]
24 May "Live to Tell" Madonna Dirty Work Rolling Stones [21]
31 May Brothers in Arms Dire Straits [22]
7 June Dirty Work Rolling Stones [23]
14 June Brothers in Arms Dire Straits [24]
21 June So Peter Gabriel [25]
28 June [26]
5 July A Kind of Magic Queen [27]
12 July [28]
19 July "The Edge of Heaven" Wham! [29]
26 July [30]
2 August "Papa Don't Preach" † Madonna True Blue † Madonna [31]
9 August [32]
16 August [33]
23 August [34]
30 August [35]
6 September [36]
13 September [37]
20 September [38]
27 September "Holiday Rap" MC Miker G & DJ Sven [39]
4 October [40]
11 October [41]
18 October [42]
25 October [43]
1 November "True Blue" Madonna [44]
8 November "Take My Breath Away" Berlin [45]
15 November [46]
22 November [47]
29 November [48]
6 December "The Final Countdown" Europe [49]
13 December [50]
20 December [51]
27 December No chart published
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