Can you name the 100 best-selling album artists of 1987 according to Billboard?

created by Alstair
  • Enter an artist in the box below
  • Correctly named artists will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: Billboard Archive
  • Self-titled and greatest hits albums (aside from hits compilations with distinct or unique titles) will be accompanied by the artist's initials.
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AlbumArtistPlace
Slippery When Wet1
Graceland2
Licensed To Ill3
The Way It Is4
Control5
The Joshua Tree6
Fore!7
Night Songs8
Rapture9
Invisible Touch10
True Blue11
The Final Countdown12
Look What the Cat Dragged In13
Back In the Highlife14
Duotones15
[Self-Titled] (W)16
Third Stage17
Dancing On the Ceiling18
Give Me the Reason19
Just Like the First Time20
So21
[Self-Titled] (WH)22
Whitney23
Strong Persuader24
Different Light25
Word Up26
Raising Hell27
Whiplash Smile28
Exposure29
Top Gun30
[Self-Titled] (CH)31
Can't Hold Back32
Life, Love and Pain33
To Hell With the Devil34
AlbumArtistPlace
Bad Animals35
[Self-Titled] (GS)36
Break Every Rule37
[Self-Titled] (RN)38
True Colors39
Tango In the Night40
[Self-Titled] (JW)41
Spanish Fly42
Live/1975-198543
Into the Fire44
Forever45
Girls, Girls, Girls46
Sign O' the Times47
Aretha48
One Heartbeat49
The Bridge50
Bigger and Deffer51
Raised On Radio52
Shake You Down53
Life As We Know It54
Thin Red Line55
[Band Name] 18 (C)56
Mechanical Resonance57
Coming Around Again58
Keep Your Eye On Me59
Notorious60
Solitude Standing61
Trio62
Riptide63
All In the Name Of Love64
Crushin'65
Somewhere In Time66
Running In the Family67
La Bamba68
AlbumArtistPlace
Beverly Hills Cop II69
August70
Broadcast71
7800 Degrees Fahrenheit72
Especially For You73
Always & Forever74
[Artist]'s Theme (N)75
[Self-Titled] (BJ)76
[Self-Titled] (TJ)77
Electric78
Get Close79
Dancin' Undercover80
Mosaic81
Just Gets Better With Time82
Tribute83
The Return Of Bruno84
Stand By Me85
Every Breath You Take - The Singles86
I'm No Angel87
Let It Loose88
[Self-Titled] (TBC)89
Touch Me90
Midnight To Midnight91
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?92
Hysteria93
One Voice94
In the Dark95
Never Let Me Down96
[Self-Titled] (RM)97
Opera Sauvage98
Ready Or Not99
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me100
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Billboard's Top 100 Albums of 1987 Quiz

  1. by Alstair
  • Created Apr 23, 2012 in Music
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