Musikkåret 1986

3. mai: Sandra Kim vinner Eurovision Song Contest i Grieghallen i Bergen.

• 
  Maria Mena
  (1986–)
• 
  Ola Svensson
  (1986–)
• 
  Lady Gaga
  (1986–)
• 
  Vilija Matačiūnaitė
  (1986–)
• 
  Lindsay Lohan
  (1986–)

• AC/DC – Who Made Who
• A-ha – Scoundrel Days
• Åge Aleksandersen – Eldorado
• Bjølsen Valsemølle – På ørnevinger
• Eric Clapton – August
• Robert Cray – Strong Persuader
• deLillos – Suser avgårde
• Bob Dylan – Knocked Out Loaded
• Fairport Convention – Expletive Delighted

• Peter Gabriel – So

• Genesis – Invisible Touch
• Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time
• Janet Jackson – Control
• Jean-Michel Jarre – Rendez-Vous
• Jokke & Valentinerne – Alt kan repareres
• Finn Kalvik – Lille persille
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Criminal Tango
• Metallica – Master Of Puppets
• Ole Paus – Muggen manna
• Queen – A Kind of Magic
• Bonnie Raitt – Nine Lives
• The Rolling Stones – Dirty Work
• Paul Simon – Graceland
• Anita Skorgan – White Magic

• Øystein Sunde – Overbuljongterningpakkmesterassistent
• Supertramp – The Autobiography
• Vazelina Bilopphøggers – Musikk tel arbe'
• Andreas Vollenweider – Down to the Moon
• Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

• a-ha – «The Sun Always Shines on T.V.»
• Chris de Burgh – «The Lady in Red»
• Europe – «The Final Countdown»
• Samantha Fox – «Touch Me»
• Peter Gabriel – «Sledgehammer»
• Madonna – «Papa Don’t Preach»
• Johnny Nash – «Rock Me Baby»
• Billy Ocean – «When the Going Gets Tough»
• Lionel Richie – «Say You, Say Me»
• Lionel Richie – «Dancing on the Ceiling»
• Status Quo – «In the Army Now»

• Melodi Grand Prix 1986

• Eurovision Song Contest 1986