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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1987.
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1987.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1986 | |||||
| December 6 | "Stay the Night" | Benjamin Orr | 2 | January 10 | 10 |
| December 13 | "This Is the Time" | Billy Joel | 1 | January 10 | 12 |
| December 20 | "Shake You Down" | Gregory Abbott | 2 | January 17 | 9 |
| December 27 | "Somewhere Out There" | Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram | 4 | February 7 | 15 |
| "Will You Still Love Me?" | Chicago | 2 | February 14 | 14 | |
| Singles from 1987 | |||||
| January 10 | "Caught Up in the Rapture" | Anita Baker | 9 | January 10 | 4 |
| January 17 | "At This Moment" | Billy Vera | 1 | January 31 | 7 |
| January 24 | "Ballerina Girl" | Lionel Richie | 1 | February 7 | 10 |
| January 31 | "Someday" | Glass Tiger | 4 | February 21 | 6 |
| February 7 | "I'll Be Alright Without You" | Journey | 7 | February 21 | 7 |
| February 14 | "You Got It All" | The Jets | 1 | March 7 | 10 |
| "Without Your Love" | Toto | 7 | March 7 | 5 | |
| February 21 | "Mandolin Rain" | Bruce Hornsby | 1 | March 21 | 10 |
| March 7 | "Let's Wait Awhile" | Janet Jackson | 2 | March 28 | 8 |
| "Stop to Love" | Luther Vandross | 7 | March 21 | 3 | |
| March 14 | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Starship | 1 | April 11 | 8 |
| March 21 | "Only Love Remains" | Paul McCartney | 9 | March 28 | 3 |
| March 28 | "I'll Still Be Loving You" | Restless Heart | 3 | April 25 | 7 |
| "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | Aretha Franklin & George Michael | 2 | April 18 | 8 | |
| April 4 | "The Finer Things" | Steve Winwood | 1 | April 25 | 8 |
| "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" | Genesis | 8 | April 4 | 2 | |
| April 11 | "Just to See Her" | Smokey Robinson | 1 | May 16 | 10 |
| "Baby Grand" | Billy Joel featuring Ray Charles | 3 | May 9 | 6 | |
| April 18 | "Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)" | Anita Baker | 6 | May 2 | 6 |
| April 25 | "La Isla Bonita" | Madonna | 1 | May 23 | 8 |
| May 2 | "The Lady in Red" | Chris de Burgh | 2 | May 30 | 8 |
| "Se La" | Lionel Richie | 5 | May 16 | 5 | |
| May 9 | "Don't Dream It's Over" | Crowded House | 9 | May 16 | 2 |
| May 16 | "Always" | Atlantic Starr | 1 | May 30 | 9 |
| May 23 | "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" | Glenn Medeiros | 4 | June 6 | 6 |
| "In Too Deep" | Genesis | 1 | June 13 | 9 | |
| "Songbird" | Kenny G | 3 | June 13 | 10 | |
| May 30 | "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." | Chicago | 9 | May 30 | 2 |
| "Meet Me Half Way" | Kenny Loggins | 2 | June 27 | 8 | |
| June 6 | "Can't We Try" | Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard | 2 | July 11 | 11 |
| June 13 | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Whitney Houston | 1 | July 4 | 9 |
| June 20 | "Give Me All Night" | Carly Simon | 5 | July 11 | 7 |
| "Every Little Kiss" | Bruce Hornsby | 3 | July 11 | 8 | |
| June 27 | "Moonlighting" | Al Jarreau | 1 | July 25 | 8 |
| July 4 | "Alone" | Heart | 2 | August 8 | 8 |
| July 18 | "Back in the High Life Again" | Steve Winwood | 1 | August 1 | 8 |
| July 25 | "I'd Still Say Yes" | Klymaxx | 8 | July 25 | 4 |
| "Kiss Him Goodbye" | The Nylons | 10 | July 25 | 1 | |
| August 1 | "Love Power" | Dionne Warwick | 1 | August 22 | 9 |
| "Luka" | Suzanne Vega | 3 | August 8 | 5 | |
| August 8 | "Mary's Prayer" | Danny Wilson | 6 | August 15 | 6 |
| August 15 | "One Heartbeat" | Smokey Robinson | 2 | September 5 | 10 |
| "Who's That Girl" | Madonna | 5 | August 29 | 6 | |
| August 22 | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett | 1 | August 29 | 8 |
| "Didn't We Almost Have It All" | Whitney Houston | 1 | September 19 | 9 | |
| "La Bamba" | Los Lobos | 4 | September 12 | 5 | |
| August 29 | "Doing It All for My Baby" | Huey Lewis & the News | 2 | September 26 | 8 |
| September 5 | "Lonely in Love" | Dan Fogelberg | 2 | October 3 | 9 |
| September 12 | "When Smokey Sings" | ABC | 2 | October 10 | 7 |
| September 19 | "No One in the World" | Anita Baker | 9 | September 19 | 3 |
| September 26 | "Little Lies" | Fleetwood Mac | 1 | October 10 | 9 |
| "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" | Carly Simon | 8 | October 3 | 4 | |
| October 3 | "Don't Make Me Wait for Love" | Kenny G | 2 | October 17 | 8 |
| October 10 | "I've Been in Love Before" | Cutting Crew | 2 | November 7 | 8 |
| October 17 | "Breakout" | Swing Out Sister | 1 | November 7 | 7 |
| October 24 | "In My Dreams" | REO Speedwagon | 6 | October 24 | 2 |
| "Candle in the Wind" | Elton John | 2 | November 14 | 8 | |
| "Brilliant Disguise" | Bruce Springsteen | 5 | November 14 | 8 | |
| "Since I Fell for You" | Al Jarreau, Bob James & David Sanborn | 10 | October 24 | 2 | |
| October 31 | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | 1 | November 21 | 12 |
| November 7 | "Valerie" | Steve Winwood | 2 | November 28 | 10 |
| "That's What Love Is All About" | Michael Bolton | 3 | December 5 | 9 | |
| "Reservations for Two" | Dionne Warwick | 7 | November 28 | 5 | |
| November 28 | "Got My Mind Set on You" | George Harrison | 1 | December 19 | 10 |
| "Special Way" | Kool & the Gang | 6 | December 12 | 3 | |
| December 5 | "Never Thought (That I Could Love)" | Dan Hill | 2 | December 26 | 9 |
| "So Emotional" | Whitney Houston | 8 | December 12 | 6 | |
| December 12 | "I Don't Mind At All" | Bourgeois Tagg | 5 | December 26 | 5 |
| December 19 | "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | Belinda Carlisle | 7 | December 19 | 4 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 18 | "The Next Time I Fall" | Peter Cetera & Amy Grant | 1 | November 8 | 13 |
| "Love Will Conquer All" | Lionel Richie | 1 | November 22 | 12 | |
| November 8 | "The Way It Is" | Bruce Hornsby | 1 | December 6 | 11 |
| November 22 | "Love Is Forever" | Billy Ocean | 1 | December 20 | 12 |
| November 29 | "Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)" | Miami Sound Machine | 3 | December 20 | 9 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 19 | "I Live For Your Love" | Natalie Cole | 2 | January 16 | 9 |
| "Faith" | George Michael | 5 | January 16 | 6 |
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The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to Billboard by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in Billboard magazine on July 17, 1961. Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening(1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles(1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles(1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks(1979–1982) and Adult Contemporary(1983–present).
"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a song written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright and first recorded by Percy Sledge in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. It made number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. Singer and actress Bette Midler recorded the song 14 years later and had a Top 40 hit with her version in 1980. In 1991, Michael Bolton recorded the song and his version peaked at number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart.
"Say You, Say Me" is a song written and recorded by Lionel Richie for the film White Nights, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines. The single hit number 1 in the US and on the R&B singles chart in December 1985. It became Richie's ninth number-one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The track is not available on the film's soundtrack album, as Motown did not want Richie's first single following the massive success of his 1983 album Can't Slow Down to appear on another label. It was included by Motown on Richie's 1986 release Dancing on the Ceiling.
"Always" is a song by American R&B band Atlantic Starr. The track was the second single from the group's seventh studio album All in the Name of Love (1987). The single peaked at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in June 1987. The song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart. In July, it topped the Canadian RPM 100 national singles chart, where it remained for two weeks.
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