The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Billboard estimated the sales for the album charts from a representative sampling of record stores nationwide, which was gathered by telephone, fax or messenger service.[1] The data was based on reports from record stores, who ranked the popularity of the best-selling records but did not provide an actual sales figures.[2][3]
Chart history
† | Indicates best performing album of 1986 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 4 | Miami Vice | Soundtrack | MCA | [4] |
January 11 | [5] | |||
January 18 | [6] | |||
January 25 | The Broadway Album | Barbra Streisand | Columbia | [7] |
February 1 | [8] | |||
February 8 | [9] | |||
February 15 | Promise | Sade | Portrait | [10] |
February 22 | [11] | |||
March 1 | Welcome to the Real World | Mr. Mister | RCA Victor | [12] |
March 8 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Arista | [13] |
March 15 | [14] | |||
March 22 | [15] | |||
March 29 | [16] | |||
April 5 | [17] | |||
April 12 | [18] | |||
April 19 | [19] | |||
April 26 | 5150 | Van Halen | Warner Bros. | [20] |
May 3 | [21] | |||
May 10 | [22] | |||
May 17 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Arista | [23] |
May 24 | [24] | |||
May 31 | [25] | |||
June 7 | [26] | |||
June 14 | [27] | |||
June 21 | [28] | |||
June 28 | [29] | |||
July 5 | Control | Janet Jackson | A&M | [30] |
July 12 | [31] | |||
July 19 | Winner in You | Patti LaBelle | MCA | [32] |
July 26 | Top Gun | Soundtrack | Columbia | [33][34] |
August 2 | ||||
August 9 | [35] | |||
August 16 | True Blue | Madonna | Sire | [36] |
August 23 | [37] | |||
August 30 | [38] | |||
September 6 | [39] | |||
September 13 | [40] | |||
September 20 | Top Gun | Soundtrack | Columbia | [41] |
September 27 | Dancing on the Ceiling | Lionel Richie | Motown | [42] |
October 4 | [43] | |||
October 11 | Top Gun | Soundtrack | Columbia | [44] |
October 18 | Fore! | Huey Lewis and the News | Chrysalis | [45] |
October 25 | Slippery When Wet | Bon Jovi | Mercury | [46] |
November 1 | Third Stage | Boston | MCA | [47] |
November 8 | [48] | |||
November 15 | [49] | |||
November 22 | [50] | |||
November 29 | Live/1975–85 | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Columbia | [51] |
December 6 | [52] | |||
December 13 | [53] | |||
December 20 | [54] | |||
December 27 | [55] |
See also
References
- ^ "Ropin' the Charts SoundScan System Good for Music and for Listeners ..." The Fresno Bee. The McClatchy Company. 1991-12-29. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (1991-06-22). "Billboard's New Charts Roil the Record Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ Goldstein, Patrick (1991-09-21). "Hype, Hokey-Pokey and the Hot 100". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ "January 4, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "January 11, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "January 18, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "January 25, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "February 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "February 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "February 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "February 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "March 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "March 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "March 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "March 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "March 29, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "April 5, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "April 12, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "April 19, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "April 26, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "May 3, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "May 10, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "May 17, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "May 24, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "May 31, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "June 7, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "June 14, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "June 21, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "June 28, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "July 5, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "July 12, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "July 19, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "July 26, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "August 2, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "August 9, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "August 16, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "August 23, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "August 30, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "September 6, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "September 13, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "September 20, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "September 27, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "October 4, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "October 11, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "October 18, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "October 25, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "November 1, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "November 8, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "November 15, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "November 22, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "November 29, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "December 6, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "December 13, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "December 20, 1986". Billboard 200.
- ^ "December 27, 1986". Billboard 200.