# List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1987

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1987. The longest running number-one singles of 1987 are "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi and "Faith" by George Michael which each logged four weeks at number one. "Walk Like an Egyptian" was number one for the last two weeks of 1986 and the first two of 1987, and "Faith" attained three weeks at number one in 1987 and one week in 1988, giving both songs four weeks at the top.
That year, 16 acts earned their first number one song, such as Gregory Abbott, Billy Vera and the Beaters, Club Nouveau, Cutting Crew, U2, Kim Wilde, Atlantic Starr, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Bob Seger, Los Lobos, Siedah Garrett, Whitesnake, Tiffany, Billy Idol, Bill Medley (his first as a solo artist after recording with The Righteous Brothers), and Belinda Carlisle. Madonna, George Michael, U2, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Whitney Houston, and Michael Jackson were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with each of them hitting twice.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing single of 1987 |
An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 617 | January 3* | "Walk Like an Egyptian"† | The Bangles |
| 617 | January 10 | "Walk Like an Egyptian"† | The Bangles |
| 618 | January 17 | "Shake You Down" | Gregory Abbott |
| 619 | January 24 | "At This Moment" | Billy Vera and the Beaters |
| 619 | January 31 | "At This Moment" | Billy Vera and the Beaters |
| 620 | February 7 | "Open Your Heart" | Madonna |
| 621 | February 14 | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi |
| 621 | February 21 | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi |
| 621 | February 28 | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi |
| 621 | March 7 | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi |
| 622 | March 14 | "Jacob's Ladder" | Huey Lewis and the News |
| 623 | March 21 | "Lean on Me" | Club Nouveau |
| 623 | March 28 | "Lean on Me" | Club Nouveau |
| 624 | April 4 | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Starship |
| 624 | April 11 | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Starship |
| 625 | April 18 | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | Aretha Franklin and George Michael |
| 625 | April 25 | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | Aretha Franklin and George Michael |
| 626 | May 2 | "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" | Cutting Crew |
| 626 | May 9 | "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" | Cutting Crew |
| 627 | May 16 | "With or Without You" | U2 |
| 627 | May 23 | "With or Without You" | U2 |
| 627 | May 30 | "With or Without You" | U2 |
| 628 | June 6 | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Kim Wilde |
| 629 | June 13 | "Always" | Atlantic Starr |
| 630 | June 20 | "Head to Toe" | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam |
| 631 | June 27 | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Whitney Houston |
| 631 | July 4 | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Whitney Houston |
| 632 | July 11 | "Alone" | Heart |
| 632 | July 18 | "Alone" | Heart |
| 632 | July 25 | "Alone" | Heart |
| 633 | August 1 | "Shakedown" | Bob Seger |
| 634 | August 8 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | U2 |
| 634 | August 15 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | U2 |
| 635 | August 22 | "Who's That Girl" | Madonna |
| 636 | August 29 | "La Bamba" | Los Lobos |
| 636 | September 5 | "La Bamba" | Los Lobos |
| 636 | September 12 | "La Bamba" | Los Lobos |
| 637 | September 19 | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett |
| 638 | September 26 | "Didn't We Almost Have It All" | Whitney Houston |
| 638 | October 3 | "Didn't We Almost Have It All" | Whitney Houston |
| 639 | October 10 | "Here I Go Again" | Whitesnake |
| 640 | October 17 | "Lost in Emotion" | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam |
| 641 | October 24 | "Bad" | Michael Jackson |
| 641 | October 31 | "Bad" | Michael Jackson |
| 642 | November 7 | "I Think We're Alone Now" | Tiffany |
| 642 | November 14 | "I Think We're Alone Now" | Tiffany |
| 643 | November 21 | "Mony Mony" | Billy Idol |
| 644 | November 28 | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes |
| 645 | December 5 | "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | Belinda Carlisle |
| 646 | December 12 | "Faith" | George Michael |
| 646 | December 19 | "Faith" | George Michael |
| 646 | December 26 | "Faith" | George Michael |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | George Michael | 5 |
| 1 | U2 | 5 |
| 3 | Bon Jovi | 4 |
| 3 | Whitney Houston | 4 |
| 5 | Heart | 3 |
| 5 | Los Lobos | 3 |
| 5 | Michael Jackson | 3 |
| 8 | The Bangles | 2 |
| 8 | Billy Vera and the Beaters | 2 |
| 8 | Madonna | 2 |
| 8 | Club Nouveau | 2 |
| 8 | Starship | 2 |
| 8 | Aretha Franklin | 2 |
| 8 | Cutting Crew | 2 |
| 8 | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam | 2 |
| 8 | Tiffany | 2 |
| 17 | Gregory Abbott | 1 |
| 17 | Huey Lewis and the News | 1 |
| 17 | Kim Wilde | 1 |
| 17 | Atlantic Starr | 1 |
| 17 | Bob Seger | 1 |
| 17 | Siedah Garrett | 1 |
| 17 | Whitesnake | 1 |
| 17 | Billy Idol | 1 |
| 17 | Bill Medley | 1 |
| 17 | Jennifer Warnes | 1 |
| 17 | Belinda Carlisle | 1 |