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TRAX CHARTS

1986

Explore Billboard Hot 100 dominance by artist, album, genre, and label. Scores aggregate all tracks for each entity.

Top Scoring Track by Year

1986

That's What Friends Are For

Dionne Warwick

4,690

Top Artists

🥇
BI

Billy Ocean

4trk11,837
#2Madonna

Madonna

3trk9,977
#3Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

3trk9,770
#4
MI

Miami Sound Machine

3trk9,505
#5
RO

Robert Palmer

3trk8,510
#6Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

2trk8,107
#7Bangles

Bangles

2trk7,776
#8
PE

Peter Cetera

2trk7,393
#9
MI

Mike + The Mechanics

3trk7,388
#10
PE

Pet Shop Boys

3trk6,352

Top Albums

🥇
TR

True Blue

Madonna

3trk9,977
#2
CO

Control

Janet Jackson

3trk9,770
#3
PR

Primitive Love

Miami Sound Machine

3trk9,505
#4
RI

Riptide

Robert Palmer

3trk8,510
#5Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

2trk8,107
#6
MO

More Of That Guitar Country

2trk7,776
#7
SO

Solitude/Solitaire

Peter Cetera

2trk7,393
#8
PL

Please

Pet Shop Boys

3trk6,352
#9
SO

So

Peter Gabriel

2trk6,305
#10Love Zone

Love Zone

Billy Ocean

2trk6,125

Top Genres

Top Labels

🥇Columbia Records

Columbia Records

37trk64,723
#2A&M Records

A&M Records

25trk45,250
#3Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

26trk40,481
#4Capitol Records

Capitol Records

29trk32,589
#5MCA Records

MCA Records

21trk30,829
#6Arista Records

Arista Records

19trk30,143
#7Epic records

Epic records

15trk25,301
#8RCA Records

RCA Records

17trk21,255
#9Elektra Records

Elektra Records

11trk18,604
#10
WA

Warner Bros records .

14trk17,197

How scores work: Each entity's score is the sum of TRAX scores for all its charted tracks. Track scores combine peak position, milestone week bonuses, and weekly positional values.

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