List of European number-one hits of 1986

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]

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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