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Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Last week
3Weeks at no. 1
1Weeks on chart
50Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista/Legacy
Gains In Performance
Billboard 200
Week of March 8, 1986
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista/Legacy
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Promise
Sade - 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Portrait/Epic
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Welcome To The Real World
Mr. Mister - 1
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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The Broadway Album
Barbra Streisand - 4
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Heart
Heart -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Scarecrow
John Mellencamp - 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Riva/Mercury/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Knee Deep In The Hoopla
Starship - 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Grunt/RCA
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits - 8
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x9
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The Ultimate Sin
Ozzy Osbourne -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
CBS Associated/Epic
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Once Upon A Time
Simple Minds -
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Rocky IV
Soundtrack - 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Scotti Bros./Epic
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Friends
Dionne Warwick - 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Afterburner
ZZ Top - 9
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Rock A Little
Stevie Nicks - 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Modern/Atlantic
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen - 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Nervous Night
Hooters -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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In Square Circle
Stevie Wonder - 16
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Tamla/Motown
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Meeting In The Ladies Room
Klymaxx - 18
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
MCA/Constellation/MCA
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears - 17
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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The Dream Academy
The Dream Academy - 21
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Listen Like Thieves
INXS -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Pack Up The Plantation: Live!
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - 22
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Pictures For Pleasure
Charlie Sexton -
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Who's Zoomin' Who?
Aretha Franklin - 24
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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As The Band Turns
Atlantic Starr - 25
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The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Sting - 26
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Mike & The Mechanics
Mike + The Mechanics -
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Ready For the World
Ready For The World - 23
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Here's To Future Days
Thompson Twins -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Miami Vice
Soundtrack - 19
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Primitive Love
Miami Sound Machine -
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Mean Business
The Firm -
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Hunting High And Low
a-ha - 31
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Different Light
The Bangles -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Greatest Hits
Alabama -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Lovin' Every Minute Of It
Loverboy -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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