List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1989
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1989. The two longest running number-one singles of 1989 are "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson and "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins, which each charted at number one for four weeks. "Another Day in Paradise" attained two weeks at number one in 1989 and two more weeks in 1990, achieving four weeks at the top. 1989 ties with 1988 by having the second most number-one hits with 32 songs going to number one during the year.
That year, 12 acts earned their first number one song: Bobby Brown, Sheriff, Paula Abdul, Mike + the Mechanics, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, Michael Damian, Bette Midler, New Kids on the Block, Milli Vanilli, Martika, and Bad English. Phil Collins, Paula Abdul, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, New Kids on the Block, Richard Marx, and Milli Vanilli were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with Paula Abdul and Milli Vanilli having the most with three, and Phil Collins, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, New Kids on the Block, and Richard Marx with two.
Chart history
The #1 song of 1989, "Look Away" by Chicago, despite reaching #1 in late 1988, never reached #1 in 1989. |
An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
Number-one artists
Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
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1 | Paula Abdul | 6 |
2 | Milli Vanilli | 5 |
3 | Phil Collins | 4 |
Richard Marx | ||
Janet Jackson | ||
6 | Debbie Gibson | 3 |
Madonna | ||
8 | Roxette | 2 |
Fine Young Cannibals | ||
New Kids on the Block | ||
Martika | ||
Bad English | ||
Billy Joel | ||
14 | Poison | 1 |
Bobby Brown | ||
Sheriff | ||
Mike + the Mechanics | ||
The Bangles | ||
Bon Jovi | ||
Michael Damian | ||
Bette Midler | ||
Simply Red | ||
Prince | ||
Gloria Estefan |
See also
- 1989 in music
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s
References
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- ^ "January 28, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "February 4, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "February 11, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "March 4, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "March 25, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "April 1, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "April 8, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "April 15, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "April 22, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "April 29, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "May 27, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "June 3, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "June 10, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "June 17, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "June 24, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "July 1, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "July 8, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "July 15, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "July 22, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "July 29, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "August 5, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "August 12, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "August 19, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "August 26, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "September 2, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "September 9, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "September 16, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "September 23, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "September 30, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "October 7, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "October 14, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "October 21, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "October 28, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "November 4, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "November 11, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "November 18, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "November 25, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "December 2, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "December 9, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "December 16, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "December 23, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
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- ^ "December 30, 1989". Billboard Hot 100.
- ^ Hunt, Dennis (1989-12-29). "Pop LP Chart Record Buyers Taking Collins' 'Seriously'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
Additional sources
- ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
- ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.