List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1986

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These are the number-one singles of 1986 according to the Top 100 Singles chart in Cash Box magazine.

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-performing single of 1986
Issue dateSongArtist
January 4"Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie
January 11
January 18
January 25"That's What Friends Are For" Dionne Warwick & Friends
February 1
February 8
February 15"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean
February 22"How Will I Know" Whitney Houston
March 1"Kyrie" Mr. Mister
March 8
March 15"Sara" Starship
March 22"These Dreams" Heart
March 29"Rock Me Amadeus" Falco
April 5
April 12"Kiss" Prince & Revolution
April 19
April 26"Addicted To Love" Robert Palmer
May 3
May 10"West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys
May 17"Why Can't This Be Love" Van Halen
May 24"Greatest Love Of All" Whitney Houston
May 31
June 7"Live to Tell" Madonna
June 14"On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
June 21
June 28
July 5"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean
July 12
July 19"Invisible Touch" Genesis
July 26"Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel
August 2
August 9"Glory of Love" Peter Cetera
August 16"Papa Don't Preach" Madonna
August 23
August 30"Higher Love" Dagger-14-plain.png Steve Winwood
September 6
September 13"Take My Breath Away" Berlin
September 20"Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News
September 27
October 4
October 11"When I Think Of You" Janet Jackson
October 18
October 25"Typical Male" Tina Turner
November 1"True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
November 8"Amanda" Boston
November 15
November 22
November 29"Human" The Human League
December 6"You Give Love A Bad Name" Bon Jovi
December 13"The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & Range
December 20"Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles
December 27"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung

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