| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1986 |
| TOP 50 BLACK CONTEMPORARY SINGLES (As published in the December 27, 1986, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | NASTY – Janet Jackson (A&M) |
| 2 | RUMORS – Timex Social Club (Jay) |
| 3 | KISS – Prince & The Revolution (Paisley Park) |
| 4 | YOUR SMILE – Rene & Angela (Mercury) |
| 5 | WORD UP – Cameo (Atlanta Artists) |
| 6 | WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY – Janet Jackson (A&M) |
| 7 | THE SWEETEST TABOO – Sade (Portrait) |
| 8 | ON MY OWN – Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald (MCA) |
| 9 | DO ME BABY – Meli’sa Morgan (Capitol) |
| 10 | SHAKE YOU DOWN – Gregory Abbott (Columbia) |
| 11 | SATURDAY LOVE – Cherrelle with Alexander O’Neal (Tabu) |
| 12 | SWEET LOVE – Anita Baker (Elektra) |
| 13 | CLOSER THAN CLOSE – Jean Carne (Omni) |
| 14 | YOU SHOULD BE MINE (The Woo Woo Song) – Jeffrey Osborne (A&M) |
| 15 | THE RAIN – Oran “Juice” Jones (Def Jam/Columbia) |
| 16 | THE FINEST – The S.O.S. Band (Epic) |
| 17 | DO YOU GET ENOUGH LOVE – Shirley Jones (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 18 | I HAVE LEARNED TO RESPECT THE POWER OF LOVE – Stephanie Mills (MCA) |
| 19 | I CAN’T WAIT – Nu Shooz (Atlantic) |
| 20 | HEADLINES – Midnight Star (Solar) |
| 21 | COMPUTER LOVE (pt. 1) – Zapp (Warner Bros.) |
| 22 | HOW WILL I KNOW – Whitney Houston (Arista) |
| 23 | THERE’LL BE SAD SONGS (To Make You Cry) – Billy Ocean (Jive) |
| 24 | YOU DON’T HAVE TO CRY – Rene & Angela (Mercury) |
| 25 | (Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) GOES MY MIND – Levert (Atlantic) |
| 26 | WHEN I THINK OF YOU – Janet Jackson (A&M) |
| 27 | A LITTLE BIT MORE – Melba Moore (with Freddie Jackson) (Capitol) |
| 28 | TENDER LOVE – Force M.D.’s (Warner Bros.) |
| 29 | AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOIN’ ON BUT THE RENT – Gwen Guthrie (Polydor) |
| 30 | THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR – Dionne & Friends (with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie
Wonder) (Arista) |
| 31 | GO HOME – Stevie Wonder (Tamla) |
| 32 | I’M FOR REAL – Howard Hewett (Elektra) |
| 33 | SECRET LOVERS – Atlantic Starr (A&M) |
| 34 | LOVE ZONE – Billy Ocean (Jive) |
| 35 | LIVING IN AMERICA – James Brown (Scotti Brothers) |
| 36 | WHAT’S MISSING – Alexander O’Neal (Tabu) |
| 37 | A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE (Is All It Takes) – New Edition (MCA) |
| 38 | LADY SOUL – The Temptations (Gordy) |
| 39 | GIVE ME A REASON – Luther Vandross (Epic) |
| 40 | CRAZAY – Jesse Johnson (featuring Sly Stone) (A&M) |
| 41 | IF YOUR HEART ISN’T IN IT – Atlantic Starr (A&M) |
| 42 | SAY YOU, SAY ME – Lionel Richie (Motown) |
| 43 | EARTH ANGEL – New Edition (MCA) |
| 44 | MY ADIDAS – Run-D.M.C. (Profile) |
| 45 | TELL ME (How It Feels) – 52nd Street (MCA) |
| 46 | LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL – Lionel Richie (Motown) |
| 47 | LET ME BE THE ONE – Five Star (RCA) |
| 48 | GOIN’ TO THE BANK – Commodores (Polydor) |
| 49 | LOVE THE ONE I’M WITH (A Lot Of Love) – Melba Moore & Kashif (Capitol) |
| 50 | TYPICAL MALE – Tina Turner (Capitol) |