List of number one hits in New Zealand (1986)

This is a list of the number one hits in New Zealand in 1986. It is based on the official Top 40 singles and albums , which are selected on behalf of Recorded Music NZ , the New Zealand representative of IFPI . There were 12 number one singles and 14 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1985 ←	List of number one hits in New Zealand			1987 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 15, 1985 - January 25, 1986 6 weeks 6th Peking Man Room That Echoes Neville John Rotherham Hall - January 26, 1986 - February 15, 1986 3 weeks 3 Elton John Nikita Music: Elton John; Text: Bernie Taupin - February 16, 1986 - February 22, 1986 1 week 1 Wham! I'm Your Man George Michael - February 23, 1986 - March 22, 1986 4 weeks 4th Pet Shop Boys West End Girls Neil Francis Tennant , Chris Lowe - March 23, 1986 - April 26, 1986 5 weeks 5 Falco Rock Me Amadeus Ferdinand Bolland, Robert Bolland , Johann Hölzel - April 27, 1986 - May 3, 1986 1 week 1 The Rolling Stones Harlem Shuffle Earl Nelson , Bob Relf - May 4, 1986 - June 14, 1986 6 weeks 6th Cliff Richard & the Young Ones Living Doll Lionel Beard - June 15, 1986 - August 16, 1986 9 weeks 9 All of Us Sailing Away Music: Traditional; Text: Len Potts, Charlie Sutherland, Paul Katene - August 17, 1986 - September 6, 1986 3 weeks 3 Boys don't cry I Wanna Be a Cowboy Brian Charles Chatton, Nick Richards, Nicholas Paul Ramsden, Jeffrey Jai Seopardie - September 7, 1986 - October 4, 1986 4 weeks 4th Bananarama Venus Robert HJ van Leeuwen - October 5, 1986 - November 29, 1986 8 weeks 8th Dave Dobbyn feat. Herbs Slice of Heaven Dave Joseph Dobbyn - November 30, 1986 - January 17, 1987 7 weeks 7th Run DMC feat. Aerosmith Walk This Way Steven Tyler , Joe Perry -
← 1985				→ 1987 →

Albums

← 1985 ←	List of number one hits in New Zealand			1987 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 8, 1985 - February 8, 1986 9 weeks (total of 25) 25th Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - February 9, 1986 - February 22, 1986 2 weeks 2 Thompson Twins Here's to Future Days - February 23, 1986 - April 26, 1986 9 weeks (total of 25) 25th Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - April 27, 1986 - May 10, 1986 2 weeks 2 Grace Jones Island Life - May 11, 1986 - May 17, 1986 1 week (total of 25) 25th Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - May 18, 1986 - May 24, 1986 1 week 1 Barbra Streisand The Broadway album - May 25, 1986 - June 21, 1986 4 weeks (total of 25) 25th Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - June 22, 1986 - July 5, 1986 2 weeks 2 Aha Hunting high and low - July 6, 1986 - July 12, 1986 1 week 1 Peter Gabriel So - July 13, 1986 - July 26, 1986 2 weeks 2 Madonna True blue - July 27, 1986 - August 16, 1986 3 weeks 3 Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music Street Life - 20 Great Hits - August 17, 1986 - October 4, 1986 7 weeks 7th Wham! The final - October 5, 1986 - November 8, 1986 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th Talking heads True Stories - November 9, 1986 - November 15, 1986 1 week 1 genesis Invisible touch - November 16, 1986 - November 22, 1986 1 week (6 in total) 6th Talking heads True Stories - November 23, 1986 - November 29, 1986 1 week 1 Huey Lewis & the News Fore! - November 30, 1986 - December 20, 1986 3 weeks 3 Paul Simon Graceland - December 21, 1986 - January 17, 1987 4 weeks 4th The Police Every Breath You Take - The Singles -
← 1985				→ 1987 →

Web links

• All No. 1 hits
• All # 1 albums

See also number-one hits in 1986 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , the Switzerland , Spain , the United States and in the United Kingdom .