List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1989

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The highest-selling albums and

Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales.[1] In 1989
, 15 albums advanced to the peak position of the chart.

Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel was the best performing and best-selling album of 1989, spending 6 non-consecutive weeks at number one.

The Raw & the Cooked, the second album by rock and soul band Fine Young Cannibals
, had the longest run among the releases that reached peak position in 1989, spending 7 consecutive weeks in the top position.

The 1989 debut album Girl You Know It's True, by the pop group Milli Vanilli, spent 7 non-consecutive weeks in the top position, with 6 of those weeks in 1989.

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best performing album of 1989
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label(s) Ref.
January 7 Giving You the Best That I Got Anita Baker Elektra [2]
January 14 [3]
January 21 Don't Be Cruel † Bobby Brown MCA [4]
January 28 [5]
February 4 [6]
February 11 Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses Geffen [7]
February 18 Don't Be Cruel † Bobby Brown MCA [8]
February 25 [9]
March 4 [10]
March 11 Electric Youth Debbie Gibson Atlantic [11]
March 18 [12]
March 25 [13]
April 1 [14]
April 8 [15]
April 15 Lōc-ed After Dark
Tone Lōc
 Delicious Vinyl [16]
April 22 Like a Prayer Madonna Sire/Warner Bros. [17]
April 29 [18]
May 6 [19]
May 13 [20]
May 20 [21]
May 27 [22]
June 3 The Raw & the Cooked Fine Young Cannibals I.R.S. [23]
June 10 [24]
June 17 [25]
June 24 [26]
July 1 [27]
July 8 [28]
July 15 [29]
July 22 Batman Prince / Soundtrack Warner Bros. [30]
July 29 [31]
August 5 [32]
August 12 [33]
August 19 [34]
August 26 [35]
September 2 Repeat Offender Richard Marx Capitol [36]
September 9 Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block Columbia [37]
September 16 [38]
September 23 Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli Arista [39]
September 30 [40]
October 7 Forever Your Girl Paula Abdul Virgin [41]
October 14 Dr. Feelgood Mötley Crüe Elektra [42]
October 21 [43]
October 28 Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson A&M [44]
November 4 [45]
November 11 [46]
November 18 [47]
November 25 Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli Arista [48]
December 2 [49]
December 9 [50]
December 16 Storm Front Billy Joel Columbia [51]
December 23 Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli Arista [52]
December 30 ...But Seriously Phil Collins Virgin/Atlantic [53]

See also

References

  1. Billboard. Archived from the original
    on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  2. ^ "January 7, 1989". Billboard 200.
  3. ^ "January 14, 1989". Billboard 200.
  4. ^ "January 21, 1989". Billboard 200.
  5. ^ "January 28, 1989". Billboard 200.
  6. ^ "February 4, 1989". Billboard 200.
  7. ^ "February 11, 1989". Billboard 200.
  8. ^ "February 18, 1989". Billboard 200.
  9. ^ "February 25, 1989". Billboard 200.
  10. ^ "March 4, 1989". Billboard 200.
  11. ^ "March 11, 1989". Billboard 200.
  12. ^ "March 18, 1989". Billboard 200.
  13. ^ "March 25, 1989". Billboard 200.
  14. ^ "April 1, 1989". Billboard 200.
  15. ^ "April 8, 1989". Billboard 200.
  16. ^ "April 15, 1989". Billboard 200.
  17. ^ "April 22, 1989". Billboard 200.
  18. ^ "April 29, 1989". Billboard 200.
  19. ^ "May 6, 1989". Billboard 200.
  20. ^ "May 13, 1989". Billboard 200.
  21. ^ "May 20, 1989". Billboard 200.
  22. ^ "May 27, 1989". Billboard 200.
  23. ^ "June 3, 1989". Billboard 200.
  24. ^ "June 10, 1989". Billboard 200.
  25. ^ "June 17, 1989". Billboard 200.
  26. ^ "June 24, 1989". Billboard 200.
  27. ^ "July 1, 1989". Billboard 200.
  28. ^ "July 8, 1989". Billboard 200.
  29. ^ "July 15, 1989". Billboard 200.
  30. ^ "July 22, 1989". Billboard 200.
  31. ^ "July 29, 1989". Billboard 200.
  32. ^ "August 5, 1989". Billboard 200.
  33. ^ "August 12, 1989". Billboard 200.
  34. ^ "August 19, 1989". Billboard 200.
  35. ^ "August 26, 1989". Billboard 200.
  36. ^ "September 2, 1989". Billboard 200.
  37. ^ "September 9, 1989". Billboard 200.
  38. ^ "September 16, 1989". Billboard 200.
  39. ^ "September 23, 1989". Billboard 200.
  40. ^ "September 30, 1989". Billboard 200.
  41. ^ "October 7, 1989". Billboard 200.
  42. ^ "October 14, 1989". Billboard 200.
  43. ^ "October 21, 1989". Billboard 200.
  44. ^ "October 28, 1989". Billboard 200.
  45. ^ "November 4, 1989". Billboard 200.
  46. ^ "November 11, 1989". Billboard 200.
  47. ^ "November 18, 1989". Billboard 200.
  48. ^ "November 25, 1989". Billboard 200.
  49. ^ "December 2, 1989". Billboard 200.
  50. ^ "December 9, 1989". Billboard 200.
  51. ^ "December 16, 1989". Billboard 200.
  52. ^ "December 23, 1989". Billboard 200.
  53. ^ "December 30, 1989". Billboard 200.
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