These are the top 50 albums of 1990 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart.
# Title Artist Highest pos. reached Weeks at No. 1 1. Chain Reaction John Farnham 1 5 2. In Concert The Three Tenors 1 2 3. Blue Sky Mining Midnight Oil 1 2 4. Two Fires Jimmy Barnes 1 5 5. The Immaculate Collection Madonna 1 5 6. Pretty Woman Soundtrack 1 4 7. All or Nothing Milli Vanilli 1 5 8. Sleeping with the Past Elton John 2 9. Alannah Myles Alannah Myles 2 10. Soul Provider Michael Bolton 1 3 11. Cuts Both Ways Gloria Estefan 1 2 12. 21st Anniversary: The Ultimate Collection Creedence Clearwater Revival 3 13. Safety in Numbers Margaret Urlich 5 14. ...But Seriously Phil Collins 1 3 15. The Very Best of Elton John Elton John 1 1 16. Can't Fight Fate Taylor Dayne 7 17. The Razors Edge AC/DC 3 18. Come In Spinner TV Soundtrack Grace Knight & Vince Jones 4 19. Pump Aerosmith 1 3 20. Forever Your Girl Paula Abdul 1 1 21. Harry's Cafe de Wheels Peter Blakeley 3 22. The Best of Van Morrison Van Morrison 1 3 23. Beyond Salvation The Angels 1 2 24. Runaway Horses Belinda Carlisle 6 25. Cosmic Thing The B-52's 1 3 26. I'm Breathless Madonna 1 3 27. The Latest and Greatest Skyhooks 4 28. The 12th Man Again The Twelfth Man 1 1 29. X INXS 1 2 30. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinéad O'Connor 1 1 31. The Very Best of Cat Stevens Cat Stevens 6 32. Still Got the Blues Gary Moore 5 33. Changesbowie David Bowie 6 34. Blaze of Glory Jon Bon Jovi 2 35. Their Greatest Hits The Carpenters 9 36. The Rhythm of the Saints Paul Simon 3 37. The Real Thing Faith No More 2 38. Reason to Believe Rita MacNeil 17 39. The Best of Rod Stewart Rod Stewart 7 40. Heart of Stone Cher 1 1 41. I'm Your Baby Tonight Whitney Houston 10 42. JW's Family Album John Williamson 21 43. Greatest Hits The Bangles 6 44. Waking Hours Del Amitri 8 45. Flesh & Blood Poison 2 46. Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time The Notting Hillbillies 6 47. Collected Works Hunters & Collectors 6 48. Code Blue Icehouse 7 49. Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em MC Hammer 5 50. The Other Side 1927 3
Peak chart positions from 1990 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 albums for each week during 1990.
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