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Last week
1Weeks at no. 1
3Weeks on chart
6Imprint/Promotion Label:
Island/Interscope/UMe
Gains In Performance
Billboard 200
Week of May 9, 1987
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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The Joshua Tree
U2 -
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- 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Island/Interscope/UMe
Gains In Performance
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys - 2
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- 24
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- 24
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi - 3
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- 35
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- 35
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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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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Graceland
Paul Simon - 5
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- 35
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- 35
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Legacy
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
NPG/Paisley Park/Warner/Rhino
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Trio
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - 6
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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The Final Countdown
Europe - 9
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- 28
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Into The Fire
Bryan Adams -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Whitesnake
Whitesnake -
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- 10
- 4
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- 10
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x8
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The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby & The Range - 10
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Life, Love And Pain
Club Nouveau - 7
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Platinum
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Control
Janet Jackson - 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
A&M/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Tango In The Night
Fleetwood Mac -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner Bros./Rhino
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Back In The Highlife
Steve Winwood - 13
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Island/Warner Bros.
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Jody Watley
Jody Watley -
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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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Strong Persuader
Robert Cray - 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Hightone/Mercury/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Night Songs
Cinderella - 15
- 3
- 43
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- 43
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Invisible Touch
Genesis - 16
- 3
- 46
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- 46
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x6
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Broadcast
Cutting Crew -
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- 8
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- 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Virgin Rec./Capitol
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Rapture
Anita Baker -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Fore!
Huey Lewis & The News - 20
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- 35
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- 35
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Chrysalis/EMI
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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True Blue
Madonna - 23
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- 43
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- 43
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Sire/Warner Bros.
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x7
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Give Me The Reason
Luther Vandross - 26
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C. - 24
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- 48
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- 48
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Exposure
Expose -
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Big Life
Night Ranger - 28
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Different Light
The Bangles - 25
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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I'm No Angel
Gregg Allman -
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Men And Women
Simply Red - 31
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
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Midnight To Midnight
Psychedelic Furs - 29
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Keep Your Eye On Me
Herb Alpert -
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Ready Or Not
Lou Gramm - 30
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Dancing On The Ceiling
Lionel Richie - 34
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Just Like The First Time
Freddie Jackson - 37
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- 26
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Duotones
Kenny G -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Mechanical Resonance
Tesla -
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- 15
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- 15
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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So
Peter Gabriel - 33
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- 48
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Real World
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Word Up
Cameo - 40
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- 33
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- 8
- 33
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlanta Artists/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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