List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1989

These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums to have reached number one in 1989.

Chart history

Issue date	Album	Artist
January 7	Giving You the Best That I Got	Anita Baker
January 14
January 21
January 28	Karyn White	Karyn White
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 18	Don't Be Cruel	Bobby Brown
March 25
April 1
April 8	Let's Get It Started	MC Hammer
April 15	Guy	Guy
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick	Slick Rick
May 20	Guy	Guy
May 27	3 Feet High and Rising	De La Soul
June 3
June 10
June 17
June 24
July 1	The Great Adventures of Slick Rick	Slick Rick
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29	Walking with a Panther	LL Cool J
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26	Big Tyme	Heavy D and the Boyz
September 2	Keep On Movin'	Soul II Soul
September 9	Big Tyme	Heavy D and the Boyz
September 16	Unfinished Business	EPMD
September 23
September 30	No One Can Do It Better	The D.O.C.
October 7
October 14	Tender Lover	Babyface
October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11	Silky Soul	Frankie Beverly and Maze
November 18	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814	Janet Jackson
November 25
December 2	Stay with Me	Regina Belle
December 9	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814	Janet Jackson
December 16	Tender Lover	Babyface
December 23
December 30

See also

• 1989 in music
• R&B number-one hits of 1989 (USA)