List of number-one R&B singles of 1986 (U.S.)
These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1986:
See also: 1986 in music, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 4 | "Don't Say No Tonight" | Eugene Wilde |
| January 11 | "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie |
| January 18 | "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie |
| January 25 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Dionne and Friends |
| February 1 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Dionne and Friends |
| February 8 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Dionne and Friends |
| February 15 | "Do Me, Baby" | Meli'sa Morgan |
| February 22 | "Do Me, Baby" | Meli'sa Morgan |
| March 1 | "Do Me, Baby" | Meli'sa Morgan |
| March 8 | "How Will I Know" | Whitney Houston |
| March 15 | "Your Smile" | René & Angela |
| March 22 | "What Have You Done for Me Lately" | Janet Jackson |
| March 29 | "What Have You Done for Me Lately" | Janet Jackson |
| April 5 | "Kiss" | Prince and the Revolution |
| April 12 | "Kiss" | Prince and the Revolution |
| April 19 | "Kiss" | Prince and the Revolution |
| April 26 | "Kiss" | Prince and the Revolution |
| May 3 | "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love" | Stephanie Mills |
| May 10 | "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love" | Stephanie Mills |
| May 17 | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
| May 24 | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
| May 31 | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
| June 7 | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
| June 14 | "Nasty" | Janet Jackson |
| June 21 | "Nasty" | Janet Jackson |
| June 28 | "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" | Billy Ocean |
| July 5 | "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" | Billy Ocean |
| July 12 | "Who's Johnny" | El DeBarge |
| July 19 | "Rumors" | Timex Social Club |
| July 26 | "Rumors" | Timex Social Club |
| August 2 | "Closer Than Close" | Jean Carne |
| August 9 | "Closer Than Close" | Jean Carne |
| August 16 | "Do You Get Enough Love" | Shirley Jones |
| August 23 | "Do You Get Enough Love" | Shirley Jones |
| August 30 | "Love Zone" | Billy Ocean |
| September 6 | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" | Gwen Guthrie |
| September 13 | "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" | LeVert |
| September 20 | "The Rain" | Oran "Juice" Jones |
| September 27 | "The Rain" | Oran "Juice" Jones |
| October 4 | "Word Up" | Cameo |
| October 11 | "Word Up" | Cameo |
| October 18 | "Word Up" | Cameo |
| October 25 | "Shake You Down" | Gregory Abbott |
| November 1 | "Shake You Down" | Gregory Abbott |
| November 8 | "A Little Bit More" | Melba Moore with Freddie Jackson |
| November 15 | "Tasty Love" | Freddie Jackson |
| November 22 | "Tasty Love" | Freddie Jackson |
| November 29 | "Tasty Love" | Freddie Jackson |
| December 6 | "Tasty Love" | Freddie Jackson |
| December 13 | "Love You Down" | Ready for the World |
| December 20 | "Love You Down" | Ready for the World |
| December 27 | "Girlfriend" | Bobby Brown |
Chart comparisons
- Seven songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Six of the songs topped the chart the same year: "Say You, Say Me," "That's What Friends Are For," "How Will I Know," "Kiss" "On My Own" and "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)." The seventh song, "Shake You Down," did not peak at that chart until the year after.
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