The following lists the top 100 singles of 1990 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart. ARIA had previously used the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
# Title Artist Highest pos. reached Weeks at No. 1 1. "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor 1 8 2. "U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer 1 5 3. "Vogue" Madonna 1 5 4. "It Must Have Been Love" Roxette 1 2 5. "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" Heart 1 4 6. "Opposites Attract" Paula Abdul 1 2 7. "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Michael Bolton 2 8. "Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers 1 5 9. "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" Milli Vanilli 3 10. "Love Shack" The B-52's 1 6 11. "Hold On" Wilson Phillips 2 12. "Don't Know Much" Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville 2 13. "Black Velvet" Alannah Myles 3 14. "Ride on Time" Black Box 2 15. "Mona" Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 3 16. "Joey" Concrete Blonde 2 17. "I Need Your Body" Tina Arena 3 18. "Crying in the Chapel" Peter Blakeley 3 19. "Janie's Got a Gun" Aerosmith 1 1 20. "Blaze of Glory" Jon Bon Jovi 1 6 21. "When I See You Smile" Bad English 4 22. "Epic" Faith No More 1 3 23. "Lay Down Your Guns" Jimmy Barnes 4 24. "Lambada" Kaoma 5 25. "Show No Mercy" Mark Williams 8 26. "Infinity (1990's Time for the Guru)" Guru Josh 4 27. "Pump Up the Jam Technotronic feat. Felly 4 28. "Hanky Panky" Madonna 6 29. "Spin That Wheel" Hi-Tek 3 5 30. "Jukebox in Siberia" Skyhooks 1 2 31. "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" Absent Friends 4 32. "Love Will Lead You Back" Taylor Dayne 11 33. "Step by Step" New Kids on the Block 8 34. "Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice 1 3 35. "Blue Sky Mine" Midnight Oil 8 36. "Close to You" Maxi Priest 2 37. "I Want That Man" Deborah Harry 2 38. "Groove Is in the Heart" Deee-Lite 1 1 39. "Dangerous" Roxette 9 40. "Summer Rain" Belinda Carlisle 6 41. "How Can We Be Lovers?" Michael Bolton 3 42. "Suicide Blonde" INXS 2 43. "Thunderstruck" AC/DC 4 44. "Chain Reaction" John Farnham 6 45. "Unskinny Bop" Poison 7 46. "Blame It on the Rain" Milli Vanilli 5 47. "Sacrifice" Elton John 7 48. "Cradle of Love" Billy Idol 10 49. "I Don't Know Anybody Else" Black Box 6 50. "Bust a Move" Young MC 1 1 51. "Leave a Light On" Belinda Carlisle 5 52. "Love Is" Alannah Myles 12 53. "Ooops Up" Snap! 4 54. "Love and Kisses" Dannii 4 55. "Better the Devil You Know" Kylie Minogue 4 56. "Heart in Danger" Southern Sons 5 57. "I'll Be Your Shelter" Taylor Dayne 4 58. "I Remember You" Skid Row 12 59. "The Right Combination" Seiko & Donnie Wahlberg 11 60. "Lily Was Here" David A. Stewart feat. Candy Dulfer 10 61. "Doin' the Do" Betty Boo 3 62. "King of Wishful Thinking" Go West 6 63. "Sweet Surrender" Wet Wet Wet 7 64. "Dogs Are Talking" The Angels 11 65. "The Power" Snap! 13 66. "Vision of Love" Mariah Carey 9 67. "Show Me Heaven" Maria McKee 3 68. "Roam" The B-52's 11 69. "Baby Don't Forget My Number" Milli Vanilli 17 70. "That's Freedom" John Farnham 6 71. "Italo House Mix" Rococo 13 72. "Turtle Power!" Partners in Kryme 15 73. "Bound for Glory" Angry Anderson 11 74. "Black Betty" (Rough 'n' Ready Remix) Ram Jam 17 75. "Black Cat" Janet Jackson 6 76. "Still Got the Blues (For You)" Gary Moore 18 77. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" Whitney Houston 7 78. "Let's Make It Last All Night" Jimmy Barnes 12 79. "Escaping" Margaret Urlich 17 80. "Dub Be Good to Me" Beats International 12 81. "Shake" Andrew Ridgeley 16 82. "Burn for You" John Farnham 5 83. "Tonight" New Kids on the Block 16 84. "Megamix" Technotronic 13 85. "I Feel the Earth Move" Martika 2 86. "Here We Are" Gloria Estefan 20 87. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" Johnny Diesel and the Injectors 11 88. "Miss Divine" Icehouse 16 89. "Tom's Diner" DNA feat. Suzanne Vega 8 90. "Back Street Pickup" The Angels 23 91. "Step Back in Time" Kylie Minogue 5 92. "Check Out the Chicken" Grandmaster Chicken & D.J. Duck 16 93. "Fools Gold" The Stone Roses 13 94. "I Wish It Would Rain Down" Phil Collins 15 95. "Praying for Time" George Michael 16 96. "Tell Me a Story" 1927 17 97. "Let the Night Roll On" The Angels 17 98. "Thieves in the Temple" Prince 16 99. "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" Nelson 20 100. "Escapade" Janet Jackson 25
Peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 singles for each week during 1990.
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