brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Hot Hot Hot | 10 | Feb 1988 |  |
| Buster Poindexter And His Banshees Of Blue |
| 2 | Pump Up The Volume | 11 | Feb 1988 | |
| M/A/R/R/S |
| 3 | She's Like The Wind | 2 | Mar 1988 | |
| Patrick Swayze Featuring Wendy Frasier |
| 4 | You Don't Know | 19 | Apr 1988 | |
| Scarlett & Black |
| 5 | Kiss And Tell | 19 | 28 | Apr 1988 | |
| Bryan Ferry |
| 6 | I Love The Things You Do To Me | 11 | Apr 1988 | |
| Balaam & The Angel |
| 7 | Dignity | 19 | Apr 1988 | |
| Deacon Blue |
| 8 | Serpentine | 17 | Apr 1988 | |
| Kings Of The Sun |
| 9 | Heaven Tonight | 13 | May 1988 | |
| Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force |
| 10 | Strange But True | 11 | May 1988 | |
| Times Two |
| 11 | When We Kiss | 27 | May 1988 | |
| Bardeux |
| 12 | Piano In The Dark | 2 | May 1988 | |
| Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito |
| 13 | Supersonic | 23 | May 1988 | |
| J.J. Fad |
| 14 | Under The Milky Way | 2 | 19 | Jun 1988 | |
| The Church |
| 15 | Red Blue Jeans | 15 | Jun 1988 | |
| John Kilzer |
| 16 | I Still Believe | 5 | Jun 1988 | |
| Brenda K. Starr |
| 17 | Tomorrow People | 9 | 22 | Jun 1988 | |
| Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers |
| 18 | I'm Onto You | 18 | Jun 1988 | |
| Hurricane |
| 19 | Sound Alarm | 16 | Jun 1988 | |
| Michael Anderson |
| 20 | Beds Are Burning | 3 | 13 | Jun 1988 | |
| Midnight Oil |
| 21 | Nite And Day | 7 | Jul 1988 | |
| Al B. Sure! |
| 22 | Love Changes (Everything) | 16 | Jul 1988 | |
| Climie Fisher |
| 23 | Just Got Paid | 11 | Jul 1988 | |
| Johnny Kemp |
| 24 | Common Ground | 3 | Aug 1988 | |
| Rhythm Corps. |
| 25 | Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) | 15 | Aug 1988 | |
| The Contours |
| 26 | Don't Worry Be Happy | 1 | Sep 1988 | |
| Bobby McFerrin |
| 27 | Fight (No Matter How Long) | 7 | Oct 1988 | |
| The Bunburys |
| 28 | Another Lover | 22 | Oct 1988 | |
| Giant Steps |
| 29 | Away | 20 | Nov 1988 | |
| The Feelies |
| 30 | Motor | Nov 1988 | |
| Circus Of Power |
| 31 | Not Just Another Girl | 6 | 22 | Nov 1988 | |
| Ivan Neville |
| 32 | The Promise | 6 | Dec 1988 | |
| When In Rome |