List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1989

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by 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.

The Raw & the Cooked by Fine Young Cannibals spent seven consecutive weeks at number one 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

• 1989 in music