Bon Jovi (pictured) earned their second Hot 100 number-one single with "Livin' on a Prayer", which stayed at the top position for four straight weeks.

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1987. The longest running number-one singles of 1987 are "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi and "Faith" by George Michael which each logged four weeks at number one. "Walk Like an Egyptian" was number one for the last two weeks of 1986 and the first two of 1987, and "Faith" attained three weeks at number one in 1987 and one week in 1988, giving both songs four weeks at the top.

That year, 16 acts earned their first number one song, such as Gregory Abbott, Billy Vera and the Beaters, Club Nouveau, Cutting Crew, U2, Kim Wilde, Atlantic Starr, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Bob Seger, Los Lobos, Siedah Garrett, Whitesnake, Tiffany, Billy Idol, Bill Medley (his first as a solo artist after recording with The Righteous Brothers), and Belinda Carlisle. Madonna, George Michael, U2, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Whitney Houston, and Michael Jackson were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with each of them hitting twice.

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 1987
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
617 January 3 "Walk Like an Egyptian"† The Bangles [1]
January 10 [2][3]
618 January 17 "Shake You Down" Gregory Abbott [4][5]
619 January 24 "At This Moment" Billy Vera and the Beaters [6][7]
January 31 [8][9]
620 February 7 "Open Your Heart" Madonna [10][11]
621 February 14 "Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi [12][13]
February 21 [14][15]
February 28 [16][17]
March 7 [18][19]
622 March 14 "Jacob's Ladder" Huey Lewis and the News [20][21]
623 March 21 "Lean on Me" Club Nouveau [22][23]
March 28 [24][25]
624 April 4 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship [26][27]
April 11 [28][29]
625 April 18 "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" Aretha Franklin and George Michael [30][31]
April 25 [32]
626 May 2 "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" Cutting Crew [33][34]
May 9 [35][36]
627 May 16 "With or Without You" U2 [37][38]
May 23 [39][40]
May 30 [41][42]
628 June 6 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Kim Wilde [43][44]
629 June 13 "Always" Atlantic Starr [45][46][47]
630 June 20 "Head to Toe" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam [48][49][50]
631 June 27 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Whitney Houston [51][52][53]
July 4 [54][55][56]
632 July 11 "Alone" Heart [57][58][59]
July 18 [60][61]
July 25 [62][63]
633 August 1 "Shakedown" Bob Seger [64][65]
634 August 8 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 [66][67]
August 15 [68][69]
635 August 22 "Who's That Girl" Madonna [70][71]
636 August 29 "La Bamba" Los Lobos [72][73]
September 5 [74][75]
September 12 [76][77]
637 September 19 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett [78][79]
638 September 26 "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston [80][81]
October 3 [82][83]
639 October 10 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake [84][85]
640 October 17 "Lost in Emotion" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam [86][87]
641 October 24 "Bad" Michael Jackson [88][89]
October 31 [90][91]
642 November 7 "I Think We're Alone Now" Tiffany [92][93]
November 14 [94][95]
643 November 21 "Mony Mony" Billy Idol [96][97]
644 November 28 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes [98][99]
645 December 5 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle [100][101]
646 December 12 "Faith" George Michael [102][103]
December 19 [104][105]
December 26 [106][107]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 George Michael 5
U2
3 Bon Jovi 4
Whitney Houston
5 Heart 3
Los Lobos
Michael Jackson
8 The Bangles 2
Billy Vera and the Beaters
Madonna
Club Nouveau
Starship
Aretha Franklin
Cutting Crew
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
Tiffany
17 Gregory Abbott 1
Huey Lewis and the News
Kim Wilde
Atlantic Starr
Bob Seger
Siedah Garrett
Whitesnake
Billy Idol
Bill Medley
Jennifer Warnes
Belinda Carlisle

See also

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