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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys

Last week
1Weeks at no. 1
5Weeks on chart
19Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/UMe
Billboard 200
Week of April 4, 1987
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys - 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi - 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Graceland
Paul Simon -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Legacy
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range - 3
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Control
Janet Jackson - 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
A&M/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Invisible Touch
Genesis - 5
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x6
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The Joshua Tree
U2 -
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Island/Interscope/UMe
Gains In Performance
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Life, Love And Pain
Club Nouveau -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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The Final Countdown
Europe - 8
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Night Songs
Cinderella - 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Back In The Highlife
Steve Winwood -
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Island/Warner Bros.
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Look What The Cat Dragged In
Poison -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Enigma/Capitol
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Strong Persuader
Robert Cray - 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Hightone/Mercury/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Rapture
Anita Baker - 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Fore!
Huey Lewis & The News - 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Chrysalis/EMI
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Georgia Satellites
The Georgia Satellites - 12
- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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The Return Of Bruno
Bruce Willis - 16
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Different Light
The Bangles - 19
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Third Stage
Boston - 17
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Trio
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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So
Peter Gabriel - 18
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Real World
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C. - 22
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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The Jets
The Jets - 21
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Give Me The Reason
Luther Vandross - 20
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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True Blue
Madonna - 23
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Sire/Warner Bros.
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x7
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Dancing On The Ceiling
Lionel Richie - 25
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Exposure
Expose - 27
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Life As We Know It
REO Speedwagon -
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Just Like The First Time
Freddie Jackson - 24
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Crowded House
Crowded House -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Word Up
Cameo - 26
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlanta Artists/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Mechanical Resonance
Tesla -
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Ready Or Not
Lou Gramm -
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Touch Me
Samantha Fox - 31
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Jive/RCA
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Thin Red Line
Glass Tiger - 35
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
EMI/Capitol
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Midnight To Midnight
Psychedelic Furs -
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston - 28
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista/Legacy
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Jody Watley
Jody Watley -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Private Revolution
World Party - 39
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Ensign/EMI
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Shake You Down
Gregory Abbott - 29
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