List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1987 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1987.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1986 |
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December 6 |
"Stay the Night" |
Benjamin Orr |
2 |
January 10 |
10 |
|
December 13 |
"This Is the Time" |
Billy Joel |
1 |
January 10 |
12 |
|
December 20 |
"Shake You Down" |
Gregory Abbott |
2 |
January 17 |
9 |
|
December 27 |
"Somewhere Out There" |
Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram |
4 |
February 7 |
15 |
|
"Will You Still Love Me?" |
Chicago |
2 |
February 14 |
14 |
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Singles from 1987 |
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January 10 |
"Caught Up in the Rapture" |
Anita Baker |
9 |
January 10 |
4 |
|
January 17 |
"At This Moment" |
Billy Vera |
1 |
January 31 |
7 |
|
January 24 |
"Ballerina Girl" |
Lionel Richie |
1 |
February 7 |
10 |
|
January 31 |
"Someday" |
Glass Tiger |
4 |
February 21 |
6 |
|
February 7 |
"I'll Be Alright Without You" |
Journey |
7 |
February 21 |
7 |
|
February 14 |
"You Got It All" |
The Jets |
1 |
March 7 |
10 |
|
"Without Your Love" |
Toto |
7 |
March 7 |
5 |
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February 21 |
"Mandolin Rain" |
Bruce Hornsby |
1 |
March 21 |
10 |
|
March 7 |
"Let's Wait Awhile" |
Janet Jackson |
2 |
March 28 |
8 |
|
"Stop to Love" |
Luther Vandross |
7 |
March 21 |
3 |
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March 14 |
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" |
Starship |
1 |
April 11 |
8 |
|
March 21 |
"Only Love Remains" |
Paul McCartney |
9 |
March 28 |
3 |
|
March 28 |
"I'll Still Be Loving You" |
Restless Heart |
3 |
April 25 |
7 |
|
"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" |
Aretha Franklin & George Michael |
2 |
April 18 |
8 |
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April 4 |
"The Finer Things" |
Steve Winwood |
1 |
April 25 |
8 |
|
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" |
Genesis |
8 |
April 4 |
2 |
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April 11 |
"Just to See Her" |
Smokey Robinson |
1 |
May 16 |
10 |
|
"Baby Grand" |
Billy Joel featuring Ray Charles |
3 |
May 9 |
6 |
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April 18 |
"Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)" |
Anita Baker |
6 |
May 2 |
6 |
|
April 25 |
"La Isla Bonita" |
Madonna |
1 |
May 23 |
8 |
|
May 2 |
"The Lady in Red" |
Chris de Burgh |
2 |
May 30 |
8 |
|
"Se La" |
Lionel Richie |
5 |
May 16 |
5 |
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May 9 |
"Don't Dream It's Over" |
Crowded House |
9 |
May 16 |
2 |
|
May 16 |
"Always" |
Atlantic Starr |
1 |
May 30 |
9 |
|
May 23 |
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" |
Glenn Medeiros |
4 |
June 6 |
6 |
|
"In Too Deep" |
Genesis |
1 |
June 13 |
9 |
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"Songbird" |
Kenny G |
3 |
June 13 |
10 |
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May 30 |
"If She Would Have Been Faithful..." |
Chicago |
9 |
May 30 |
2 |
|
"Meet Me Half Way" |
Kenny Loggins |
2 |
June 27 |
8 |
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June 6 |
"Can't We Try" |
Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard |
2 |
July 11 |
11 |
|
June 13 |
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" |
Whitney Houston |
1 |
July 4 |
9 |
|
June 20 |
"Give Me All Night" |
Carly Simon |
5 |
July 11 |
7 |
|
"Every Little Kiss" |
Bruce Hornsby |
3 |
July 11 |
8 |
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June 27 |
"Moonlighting" |
Al Jarreau |
1 |
July 25 |
8 |
|
July 4 |
"Alone" |
Heart |
2 |
August 8 |
8 |
|
July 18 |
"Back in the High Life Again" |
Steve Winwood |
1 |
August 1 |
8 |
|
July 25 |
"I'd Still Say Yes" |
Klymaxx |
8 |
July 25 |
4 |
|
"Kiss Him Goodbye" |
The Nylons |
10 |
July 25 |
1 |
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August 1 |
"Love Power" |
Dionne Warwick |
1 |
August 22 |
9 |
|
"Luka" |
Suzanne Vega |
3 |
August 8 |
5 |
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August 8 |
"Mary's Prayer" |
Danny Wilson |
6 |
August 15 |
6 |
|
August 15 |
"One Heartbeat" |
Smokey Robinson |
2 |
September 5 |
10 |
|
"Who's That Girl" |
Madonna |
5 |
August 29 |
6 |
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August 22 |
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" |
Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett |
1 |
August 29 |
8 |
|
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" |
Whitney Houston |
1 |
September 19 |
9 |
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"La Bamba" |
Los Lobos |
4 |
September 12 |
5 |
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August 29 |
"Doing It All for My Baby" |
Huey Lewis & the News |
2 |
September 26 |
8 |
|
September 5 |
"Lonely in Love" |
Dan Fogelberg |
2 |
October 3 |
9 |
|
September 12 |
"When Smokey Sings" |
ABC |
2 |
October 10 |
7 |
|
September 19 |
"No One in the World" |
Anita Baker |
9 |
September 19 |
3 |
|
September 26 |
"Little Lies" |
Fleetwood Mac |
1 |
October 10 |
9 |
|
"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" |
Carly Simon |
8 |
October 3 |
4 |
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October 3 |
"Don't Make Me Wait for Love" |
Kenny G |
2 |
October 17 |
8 |
|
October 10 |
"I've Been in Love Before" |
[...] Crew |
2 |
November 7 |
8 |
|
October 17 |
"Breakout" |
Swing Out Sister |
1 |
November 7 |
7 |
|
October 24 |
"In My Dreams" |
REO Speedwagon |
6 |
October 24 |
2 |
|
"Candle in the Wind" |
Elton John |
2 |
November 14 |
8 |
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"Brilliant Disguise" |
Bruce Springsteen |
5 |
November 14 |
8 |
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"Since I Fell for You" |
Al Jarreau, Bob James & David Sanborn |
10 |
October 24 |
2 |
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October 31 |
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" |
Bill Medley |
1 |
November 21 |
12 |
|
November 7 |
"Valerie" |
Steve Winwood |
2 |
November 28 |
10 |
|
"That's What Love Is All AbOUT" |
Michael Bolton |
3 |
December 5 |
9 |
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"Reservations for Two" |
Dionne Warwick |
7 |
November 28 |
5 |
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November 28 |
"Got My Mind Set on You" |
George Harrison |
1 |
December 19 |
10 |
|
"Special Way" |
Kool & the Gang |
6 |
December 12 |
3 |
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December 5 |
"Never Thought (That I Could Love)" |
Dan Hill |
2 |
December 26 |
9 |
|
"So Emotional" |
Whitney Houston |
8 |
December 12 |
6 |
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December 12 |
"I Don't Mind At All" |
Bourgeois Tagg |
5 |
December 26 |
5 |
|
December 19 |
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" |
Belinda Carlisle |
7 |
December 19 |
4 |
|
1986 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 18 |
"The Next Time I Fall" |
Peter Cetera & Amy Grant |
1 |
November 8 |
13 |
|
"Love Will Conquer All" |
Lionel Richie |
1 |
November 22 |
12 |
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November 8 |
"The Way It Is" |
Bruce Hornsby |
1 |
December 6 |
11 |
|
November 22 |
"Love Is Forever" |
Billy Ocean |
1 |
December 20 |
12 |
|
November 29 |
"Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)" |
Miami Sound Machine |
3 |
December 20 |
9 |
1988 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 19 |
"I Live For Your Love" |
Natalie Cole |
2 |
January 16 |
9 |
|
"Faith" |
George Michael |
5 |
January 16 |
6 |
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1987 (U.S.)