List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1988

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1988.

122 songs were in the top ten in 1988, only 113 of them peaked in 1988 (the other nine peaked in either 1987 or 1989). 33 singles hit number one that year, tying with 1989 with the second most number one songs in a year. Eleven songs reached a peak of number two that year. George Michael scored five top ten hits during the year with "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey", and "Kissing a Fool", 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.