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, plus one additional week due to Billboards double issue on December 26, 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 +KeyIndicates best-performing single of 1987 Issue dateSongArtist(s)617January 3"Walk Like an Egyptian"The BanglesJanuary 10618January 17"Shake You Down"Gregory Abbott619January 24"At This Moment"Billy Vera and the Beaters January 31 620February 7"Open Your Heart"Madonna621February 14"Livin' on a Prayer"Bon JoviFebruary 21February 28March 7622March 14"Jacob's Ladder"Huey Lewis and the News623March 21"Lean on Me"Club NouveauMarch 28624April 4"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"StarshipApril 11625April 18"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"Aretha Franklin and George MichaelApril 25626May 2"(I Just) Died in Your Arms"Cutting CrewMay 9627May 16"With or Without You"U2May 23May 30628June 6"You Keep Me Hangin' On"Kim Wilde629June 13"Always"Atlantic Starr630June 20"Head to Toe"Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam631June 27"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"Whitney HoustonJuly 4632July 11"Alone"HeartJuly 18 July 25633August 1"Shakedown"Bob Seger634August 8"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"U2August 15635August 22"Who's That Girl"Madonna636August 29"La Bamba"Los LobosSeptember 5September 12637 September 19"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett638September 26"Didn't We Almost Have It All"Whitney HoustonOctober 3639October 10"Here I Go Again"Whitesnake640October 17"Lost in Emotion"Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam641October 24"Bad"Michael JacksonOctober 31642November 7"I Think We're Alone Now"TiffanyNovember 14643November 21"Mony Mony"Billy Idol644November 28"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes645December 5"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"Belinda Carlisle 646December 12"Faith"George MichaelDecember 19December 26
Notes
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 1987 in music List of Billboard number-one singles List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s
References
Additional sources Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition () Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition () Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties () Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.