page_title: List of number-one R&B singles of 1986 (U.S.)
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of number-one R&B singles of 1986 (U.S.) / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: Fords Theater Washington D.C.
context_page_description: These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1986.
  See also: 1986 in music, List of number-one R&B hits
  25 singles topped the chart in 1986. Reaching number one for the first time in 1986 as solo artists included Meli'sa Morgan, Janet Jackson, Stephanie Mills, Michael McDonald, El DeBarge, Timex Social Club, Jean Carne, Shirley Jones, Gwen Guthrie, LeVert, Oran "Juice" Jones, Gregory Abbott, Melba Moore, and Bobby Brown. Janet Jackson, Billy Ocean, and Freddie Jackson were the only artists to have multiple number one singles during the year.
caption: Patti Labelle (pictured, 2010) had the R&B single of the year with the duet "On My Own".
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