1988 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

Updated February 11, 2017 | Infoplease Staff

1988 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

AC

1. “I'll Always Love You” Taylor Dayne (Arista)
2. “I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That” Elton John (MCA)
3. “Kokomo” Beach Boys (Elektra)
4. “Make It Real” Jets (MCA)
5. “Hands to Heaven” Breathe (A&M)
6. “Endless Summer Nights” Richard Marx (EMI)
7. “Don't You Know What the Night Can Do” Steve Winwood (Virgin)
8. “Anything for You” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (Epic)
9. “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley (RCA)
10. “I Don't Wanna Live Without You” Chicago (Full Moon/Reprise)

CHR/Pop

1. “Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car” Billy Ocean (Jive/Arista)
2. “Roll With It” Steve Winwood (Virgin)
3. “One More Try” George Michael (Columbia)
4. “Man in the Mirror” Michael Jackson (Epic)
5. “The Flame” Cheap Trick (Epic)
6. “Father Figure” George Michael (Columbia)
7. “Anything for You” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (Epic)
8. “Could've Been” Tiffany (MCA)
9. “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley (RCA)
10. “Foolish Beat” Debbie Gibson (Atlantic)

AOR Tracks

1. “Finish What Ya Started” Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
2. “Ship of Fools” Robert Plant (Es Paranza/Atlantic)
3. “Beds Are Burning” Midnight Oil (Columbia)
4. “Tall Cool One” Robert Plant (Es Paranza/Atlantic)
5. “Sweet Child O' Mine” Guns n' Roses (Geffen)
6. “When It's Love” Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
7. “Under the Milky Way” Church (Arista)
8. “Look Out Any Window” Bruce Hornsby & the Range (RCA)
9. “Devil Inside” INXS (Atlantic)
10. “I Wish I Had a Girl Like That” Henry Lee Summer (CBS Associated)

AOR ALBUMS

1. Kick INXS (Atlantic)
2. Now and Zen Robert Plant (Es Paranza/Atlantic)
3. OU812 Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
4. Hysteria Def Leppard (Mercury)
5. Roll With It Steve Winwood (Virgin)
6. The Lonesome Jubilee John Cougar Mellencamp (Mercury)
7. Inside Information Foreigner (Atlantic)
8. Cloud Nine George Harrison (Dark Horse)
9. Diesel and Dust Midnight Oil (Columbia)
10. Scenes From the Southside Bruce Hornsby & the Range (RCA)

Urban

1. “Nice 'N' Slow” Freddie Jackson (Capitol)
2. “Girlfriend” Pebbles (MCA)
3. “I Want Her” Keith Sweat (Vintertainment/Elektra)
4. “She's on the Left” Jeffrey Osborne (A&M)
5. “Giving You the Best That I Got” Anita Baker (Elektra)
6. “The Way You Love Me” Karyn White (Warner Bros.)
7. “Joy” Teddy Pendergrass (Elektra)
8. “Troop” Mamacita (Atlantic)
9. “Any Love” Luther Vandross (Epic)
10. “Wishing Well” Terence Trent D'Arby (Columbia)

Country

1. “Don't Close Your Eyes” Keith Whitley (RCA)
2. “If You Change Your Mind” Rosanne Cash (Columbia)
3. “Bluest Eyes in Texas” Restless Heart (RCA)
4. “New Shade of Blue” Southern Pacific (Warner Bros.)
5. “Fallin' Again” Alabama (RCA)
6. “Darlene” T. Graham Brown (Capitol)
7. “Strong Enough to Bend” Tanya Tucker (Capitol)
8. “Too Gone Too Long” Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
9. “Baby Blue” George Strait (MCA)
10. “Joe Knows How to Live” Eddy Raven (RCA)