List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1986

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1986.

In 1986, a total of 121 singles reached the top ten on the Hot 100. 109 singles reached their peaks throughout the year, while the remaining twelve reached their peaks in preceding and succeeding years. A total of 30 singles reached number one that year, along with 11 singles that reached a peak of number two.

All #1 singles that had all top ten weeks in 1986 had either only six or seven weeks in the top ten. Janet Jackson scored four top ten hits during the year with "What Have You Done for Me Lately", "Nasty", "When I Think of You", and "Control", the most among all other artists.

General sources

 * Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
 * Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
 * Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.