List of the number one hits in Germany (1988)

This list contains all number one hits in Germany in 1988. There were 13 number one singles and twelve number one albums that year. This year there were no German-speaking leaders.

The single and album charts were compiled weekly by Media Control in 1988 and each comprised 75 digits. They reflect the sale of physical sound carriers (vinyl and CD). The sales within a week (Monday to Saturday) were evaluated. The official publication of the charts took place on Monday three weeks after the end of the survey period.

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Singles

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Germany			1989 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 7, 1987 - January 10, 1988 5 weeks 5 Rick Astley Whenever You Need Somebody Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock - January 11, 1988 - February 21, 1988 6 weeks 6th Pet Shop Boys Always on My Mind Mark James, John L. Christopher Jr., Wayne Carson Thompson - February 22, 1988 - March 6, 1988 2 weeks 2 Guillermo Marchena My Love Is a Tango Music: Siegfried Schwab ; Text: Frank Strecker - March 7, 1988 - April 10, 1988 5 weeks 5 Taylor Dayne Tell It to My Heart Seth A. Swirsky, Ernie Gold - April 11, 1988 - April 24, 1988 2 weeks 2 Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock - April 25, 1988 - May 22, 1988 4 weeks 4th Pet Shop Boys Heart Neil Francis Tennant , Chris Lowe - May 23, 1988 - June 19, 1988 4 weeks 4th France Gall Ella, elle l'a Michel Berger - June 20, 1988 - August 14, 1988 8 weeks 8th Ofra Haza In the Nin'alu Trad .; Editing: Benjamin Nagari, Izhar Ashdot; Text; Shalom Shabazi - August 15, 1988 - August 21, 1988 1 week 1 The Fat Boys & Chubby Checker The Twist Hank Ballard - August 22, 1988 - October 2, 1988 6 weeks 6th Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's True Rodney Hollaman, William Ed Pettaway Jr., Sean Stafford Spencer, Kevin Wesley Liles, Kayode F. Adeyemo - October 3, 1988 - October 23, 1988 3 weeks 3 Koreana Hand in Hand Music: Giorgio G. Moroder ; Text: Thomas Ross Whitlock - October 24, 1988 - November 6, 1988 2 weeks 2 Whitney Houston One Moment in Time Albert Louis Hammond , John Bettis - November 7, 1988 - January 15, 1989 10 weeks 10 Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin Jr. -
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Albums

← 1987 ←	List of number one albums in Germany			1989 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 21, 1987 - January 17, 1988 4 weeks 4th Rondò Veneziano Misteriosa Venezia - January 18, 1988 - January 31, 1988 2 weeks 2 Rick Astley Whenever You Need Somebody - February 1, 1988 - February 21, 1988 3 weeks (total 7) 7th ( Soundtrack ) Dirty Dancing - February 22, 1988 - March 13, 1988 3 weeks 3 Peter Maffay Long shadows - March 14, 1988 - April 10, 1988 4 weeks (total 7) 7th (Soundtrack) Dirty Dancing - April 11, 1988 - April 17, 1988 1 week 1 ( Soundtrack ) More Dirty Dancing - April 18, 1988 - July 24, 1988 14 weeks 14th Herbert Grönemeyer Ö - July 25, 1988 - August 28, 1988 5 weeks (total 11) 11 Michael Jackson bath - August 29, 1988 - September 18, 1988 3 weeks 3 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman - September 19, 1988 - October 23, 1988 5 weeks 5 BAP Da Capo - October 24, 1988 - November 27, 1988 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th U2 Rattle and Hum - November 28, 1988 - December 4, 1988 1 week 1 The doctors After us the flood - December 5, 1988 - December 11, 1988 1 week (6 in total) 6th U2 Rattle and Hum - December 12, 1988 - January 22, 1989 6 weeks 6th MSSO Pop Goes Classic -
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Annual hit parades

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Germany			1989 →
Singles position# Albums Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli Rodney Hollaman, William Ed Pettaway Jr., Sean Stafford Spencer, Kevin Wesley Liles, Kayode F. Adeyemo 1 Dirty Dancing ( Soundtrack ) In the Nin'alu Ofra Haza Trad .; Editing: Benjamin Nagari, Izhar Ashdot; Text; Shalom Shabazi 2 Ö Herbert Grönemeyer Macho, macho Rainhard Fendrich Rainhard Fendrich 3 Bad Michael Jackson Okay okay Marcus Gabler 4th More Dirty Dancing ( Soundtrack ) Ella, elle l'a France Gall Michel Berger 5 Love, Death & the Devil First general uncertainty Yé ké yé ké Mory Kanté Mory Kanté 6th Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman The Twist Fat Boys & Chubby Checker Hank Ballard 7th Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley Tell It to My Heart Taylor Dayne Seth A. Swirsky, Ernie Gold 8th … Nothing Like the Sun Sting My Love Is a Tango Guillermo Marchena Music: Siegfried Schwab ; Text: Frank Strecker 9 Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby A Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins Music: Muzio Clementi ; Text: Toni Wine , Carole Jill Bayer 10 Actually Pet Shop Boys
← 1987				→ 1989 →

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See also number-one hits in 1988 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , the Switzerland , Spain , the United States and in the United Kingdom .