| TW | LW | | ARTIST | ALBUM | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | | | Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms | | |
| 2 | | | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | | |
| 3 | | | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors | | |
| 4 | | | Paul Simon | Graceland | | |
| 5 | | | John Farnham | Whispering Jack | | |
| 6 | | | Sting | The Dream Of The Blue Turtles | | |
| 7 | | | Eurythmics | Revenge | | |
| 8 | | | Mental As Anything | Greatest Hits, Volume One | | |
| 9 | | | Jimmy Barnes | For The Working Class Man | | |
| 10 | | | Lionel Richie | Dancing On The Ceiling | | |
| 11 | | | Simply Red | Picture Book | | |
| 12 | | | John Cougar Mellencamp | Scarecrow | | |
| 13 | | | Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live/1975-85 | | |
| 14 | | | Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music | Street Life-20 Greatest Hits | | |
| 15 | | | INXS | The Swing | | Even though "Listen Like Thieves" was the INXS album released in 1986, the published chart gives this slot to 1984's "The Swing" |
| 16 | | | Fine Young Cannibals | Fine Young Cannibals | | |
| 17 | | | Madonna | True Blue | | |
| 18 | | | Talking Heads | True Stories | | |
| 19 | | | Prince And The Revolution | Parade | | |
| 20 | | | Grace Jones | Island Life | | |