BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1987
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month 1 SLIPPERY WHEN WET-BON JOVI-FEBRUARY 2840 2 WHITESNAKE-October 2326 3 BAD-MICHAEL JACKSON-October 2254 4 WHITNEY-WHITNEY HOUSTON-July 2118 5 JOSHUA TREE-U2-May 2082 6 GRACELAND-PAUL SIMON-April 1688 7 LONESOME JUBILEE-JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP-October 1364 8 LICENSED TO ILL-Beastie Boys-March 1266 9 THE WAY IT IS-Bruce Hornsby & Range-March 1244 10 BAD ANIMALS-Heart-August 1104 11 Look At What The Cat Dragged In-Poison-May 990 12 Night Songs-Cinderella-February 972 13 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason-Pink Floyd-October 952 14 Bigger & Deffer-L.L. Cool J-August 846 15 Tunnel Of Love-Bruce Springsteen-October 760 16 Tango In The Night-Fleetwood Mac-June 750 17 Girls,Girls,Girls-Motley Crue-July 748 18 ...Nothing Like The Sun-Sting-December 698 19 Duotones-Kenny G.-June 650 20 Different Light-Bangles-January 646 21 Final Countdown-Europe-April 624 22 La Bamba-Los Lobos-September 596 23 In The Dark-Grateful Dead-September 476 24 Beverly Hills Cop II Soundtrack-August 456 25 Permanent Vacation-Aerosmith-December 454 26 Life,Love & Pain-Club-Nouveau-April 442 27 Spanish Fly-Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force-July 432 28 Tribute-Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhodes-July 424 29 Crushin'-Fat Boys-August 402 30 Who's That Girl-Madonna-August 364 31 Into The Fire-Bryan Adams-May 334 32 Trio-Dolly Parton,Linda Ronstadt,Emylou Harris-May 330 33 Georgia Satellites-Georgia Satellites-February 318 34 Sign O' Times-Prince-May 300 35 One Voice-Barbara Streisand-June 244 36 Jody Watley-May 192 37 Vital Idol-Billy Idol-November 190 38 Solitude Standing-Suzanne Vega-August 188 39 Document-R.E.M.-December 186 40 Notorious-Duran Duran-January 178 41 Strong Persuader-Robert Cray Band-April 176 42 Crowded House-April 144 43 Return Of Bruno-Bruce Willis-March 102 44 Hold Your Fire-Rush-October 72 45 No Protection-Starship-August 72 46 Back For The Attack-Dokken-December 36 47 I Never Say Goodbye-Sammy Hagar-August 34 48 Give Me The Reason-Luthur Vandross-January 34