1987 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

1987 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

AC

1. “Will You Still Love Me?” Chicago (Warner Bros.)
2. “Mandolin Rain” Bruce Hornsby and the Range (RCA)
3. “Can't We Try?” Dan Hill (Columbia)
4. “Just to See Her” Smokey Robinson (Motown)
5. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” Whitney Houston (Arista)
6. “Didn't We Almost Have It All” Whitney Houston (Arista)
7. “Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now” Starship (Grunt/RCA)
8. “You Got It All” Jets (MCA)
9. “Ballerina Girl” Lionel Richie (Motown)
10. “Back in the High Life Again” Steve Winwood (Island/Warner Bros.)

CHR/Pop

1. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” Whitney Houston (Arista)
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   “Livin' on a Prayer” Bon Jovi (Mercury/PolyGram)
3. “Alone” Heart (Capitol)
4. “With or Without You” U2 (Island)
5. “Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now” Starship (Grunt/RCA)
6. “Shakedown” Bob Seger (MCA)
7. “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake (Geffen)
8. “Jacob's Ladder” Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis)
9. “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” Cutting Crew (Virgin)
10. “Open Your Heart” Madonna (Sire/Warner Bros.)

AOR Tracks

1. “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” U2 (Island)
2. “Where the Streets Have No Name” U2 (Island)
3. “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake (Geffen)
4. “Who Will You Run To” Heart (Capitol)
5. “Midnight Blue” Lou Gramm (Atlantic)
6. “Seven Wonders” Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)
7. “The One I Love” R.E.M. (IRS/MCA)
8. “Touch of Grey” The Grateful Dead (Arista)
9. “Don't Mean Nothing” Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan)
10. “Livin' on a Prayer” Bon Jovi (Mercury/PolyGram)

AOR Albums

1. The Joshua Tree U2 (Island)
2. Whitesnake Whitesnake (Geffen)
3. Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi (Mercury PolyGram)
4. Tango in the Night Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)
5. Into the Fire Bryan Adams (A&M)
6. August Eric Clapton (Duck/Warner Bros.)
7. I'm No Angel Gregg Allman Band (Epic)
8. Ready or Not Lou Gramm (Atlantic)
9. Richard Marx Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan)
10. Strong Persuader Robert Cray Band (Mercury/PolyGram)

Urban

1. “Always” Atlantic Starr (Warner Bros.)
2. “Looking for a New Love” Jody Watley (MCA)
3. “Don't Disturb This Groove” System (Atlantic)
4. “Show Me the Way” Regina Belle (Columbia)
5. “I Feel Good All Over” Stephanie Mills (MCA)
6. “Casanova” Levert (Atlantic)
7. “Diamonds” Herb Alpert (A&M)
8. “Just to See Her” Smokey Robinson (Motown)
9. “Have You Ever Loved Somebody” Freddie Jackson (Capitol)
10. “Happy” Surface (Columbia)

Country

1. “Forever and Ever Amen” Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
2. “Rose in Paradise” Waylon Jennings (MCA)
3. “The Way We Make a Broken Heart” Rosanne Cash (Columbia)
4. “Why Does It Have to Be Wrong or Right” Restless Heart (RCA)
5. “Ocean Front Property” George Strait (MCA)
6. “It Takes a Little Rain” Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
7. “To Know Him Is to Love Him” Dolly Parton Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.)
8. “This Crazy Love” Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
9. “Fishin' in the Dark” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.)
10. “Kids of the Baby Boom” Bellamy Brothers (MCA/Curb)