1986 in music
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Albums Released
- Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
- So - Peter Gabriel
- Back In The High Life - Steve Winwood
- Rapture - Anita Baker
- I Against I - Bad Brains
- Licensed to Ill - The Beastie Boys
- The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
- Live 1975-1985 - Bruce Springsteen
- 18 - Chicago
- Crowded House - Crowded House
- Staring at the Sea: the Singles - The Cure
- Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. - Dwight Yoakam
- King of America - Elvis Costello
- Control - Janet Jackson
- Psycho Candy - Jesus & Mary Chain
- Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett
- True Blue - Madonna
- Master of Puppets - Metallica
- Graceland - Paul Simon
- So - Peter Gabriel
- Parade - Prince
- Storms of Life - Randy Travis
- Strong Persuader - Robert Cray
- Raising Hell - Run DMC
- The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
- Synthetic Socks - Ween
- Back in the High Life - Steve Winwood
- Guitar Town - Steve Earle
- Skylarking - XTC
Top Hits
- "Take My Breath Away" - Berlin
- "Glory Of Love" - Peter Cetera
- "You Give Love A Bad Name" - Bon Jovi
- "Say You, Say Me" - Lionel Richie
- "Stuck With You" - Huey Lewis & the News
- "How Will I Know" - Whitney Houston
- "When I Think of You" - Janet Jackson
- "Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna
- "Rock Me Amadeus" - Falco
- "On My Own" - Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald
- "Kiss" - Prince
- "Greates Love in the World" - Whitney Houston
- "That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne & Friends
Events
Births
Deaths
Awards
- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Little Richard