| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | 3 | | Beastie Boys | (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) | | |
| 2 | 2 | | The Jets | You Got It All | | |
| 3 | 1 | | Bon Jovi | Livin' On A Prayer | | |
| 4 | 9 | | Europe | The Final Countdown | | |
| 5 | 13 | | Linda Ronstadt And James Ingram | Somewhere Out There | | |
| 6 | 19 | | Janet Jackson | Let's Wait Awhile | | |
| 7 | 7 | | Dead Or Alive | Brand New Lover | | |
| 8 | 11 | | Huey Lewis And The News | Jacob's Ladder | | |
| 9 | 37 | | Poison | Talk Dirty To Me | | |
| 10 | 10 | | Luther Vandross | Stop To Love | | |
| 11 | 6 | | Ready For The World | Love You Down | | |
| 12 | 12 | | A-ha | Cry Wolf | | |
| 13 | 30 | | Club Nouveau | Lean On Me | | |
| 14 | 14 | | Journey | I'll Be Alright Without You | | |
| 15 | 8 | | Cyndi Lauper | Change Of Heart | | |
| 16 | 25 | | Genesis | Tonight, Tonight, Tonight | | |
| 17 | 17 | | Georgia Satellites | Keep Your Hands To Yourself | | |
| 18 | 22 | | Bruce Hornsby & The Range | Mandolin Rain | | |
| 19 | 23 | | Peter Gabriel | Big Time | | |
| 20 | 20 | | Eight Seconds | Kiss You (When It's Dangerous) | | |
| 21 | 29 | | Wang Chung | Let's Go! | | |
| 22 | 24 | | Hipsway | The Honeythief | | |
| 23 | 4 | | Madonna | Open Your Heart | | |
| 24 | 27 | | Eddie Money | I Wanna Go Back | | |
| 25 | 35 | | Starship | Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now | | |
| 26 | 26 | | Bruce Willis | Respect Yourself | | |
| 27 | 31 | | Aretha Franklin And George Michael | I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) | | |
| 28 | 34 | | Crowded House | Don't Dream It's Over | | |
| 29 | 32 | | Exposé | Come Go With Me | | |
| 30 | 33 | | Lou Gramm | Midnight Blue | | |
| 31 | -- | | Prince | Sign 'O' The Times | | Add |
| 32 | 36 | | REO Speedwagon | That Ain't Love | | |
| 33 | 39 | | Steve Winwood | The Finer Things | | |
| 34 | -- | | Peter Wolf | Come As You Are | | Debut |
| 35 | -- | | Cutting Crew | (I Just) Died In Your Arms | | Add |
| 36 | 16 | | Cinderella | Nobody's Fool | | |
| 37 | -- | | Simply Red | The Right Thing | | Debut |
| 38 | -- | | 'Til Tuesday | Coming Up Close | | Debut |
| 39 | -- | | Tina Turner | What You Get Is What You See | | Debut |
| 40 | -- | | World Party | Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow) | | Debut |
| | | Ratt | Dance | | Add |
| | | The Venetians | So Much For Love | | Add |
| | | Madonna | La Isla Bonita | | Add |
| | | Jody Watley | Looking For A New Love | | Add |
| | | Robert Cray Band | Smoking Gun | | Add |
| | | Chris DeBurgh | The Lady In Red | | Add |
| | | Lone Justice | Shelter | | On |
| | | Kansas | Power | | On |
| | | Duran Duran | Skin Trade | | On |
| | | Sammy Hagar | Winner Takes It All | | On |
| | | Survivor | How Much Love | | On |
| | | Kim Wilde | You Keep Me Hangin' On | | On |
| | | Kool & The Gang | Stone Love | | On |