The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1989, as well as albums which peaked in 1988 and 1990 but were in the top 10 in 1989. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The first new number-one album of the year was The Legendary Roy Orbison by Roy Orbison. Overall, twenty-five different albums peaked at number-one in 1989, with Gloria Estefan (2) having the most albums hit that position.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 1987 or 1988 but still in chart in 1989.♦Album released in 1989 but peaked in 1990.EnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Single ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 1987 38Bad ‡Michael Jackson 1 5Albums in 1988 8Kick ‡INXS 9 5 16Push ‡Bros 2 3 11The Innocents ‡Erasure 1 2 29Kylie ‡Kylie Minogue 1 6 12The Greatest Hits CollectionBananarama 3 1 13Money for Nothing ‡Dire Straits 1 3 11Watermark ‡Enya 5 1 9Private Collection: 1979–1988 ‡Cliff Richard 1 2 7The Ultimate Collection ‡Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music 6 2 4Wanted ‡Yazz 3 1 6Now That’s What I Call Music! 13 ‡Various artists 1 4 11Greatest Hits ‡Fleetwood Mac 3 3 4The Hits Album 9Various artists 5 1 9The Legendary Roy OrbisonRoy Orbison 1 3Albums in 1989 17Anything for YouGloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine 1 1 5Living YearsMike and the Mechanics 2 1 9Ancient HeartTanita Tikaram 3 2 1CloseKim Wilde 8 1 1Love SupremeDiana Ross & the Supremes 10 1 2TechniqueNew Order 1 1 5Mystery GirlRoy Orbison 2 2 1Electric YouthDebbie Gibson 8 1 17The Raw & the CookedFine Young Cannibals 1 1 2SpikeElvis Costello 5 1 26A New FlameSimply Red 1 7 3HysteriaDef Leppard 7 1 1The Big AreaThen Jerico 4 1 1Remote/Bitter SuiteHue and Cry 10 1 21Don't Be CruelBobby Brown 3 2 5Stop!Sam Brown 4 1 2True Love Ways: 20 Classic Love Songs of a LegendBuddy Holly 8 2 5The Singular Adventures of The Style CouncilThe Style Council 3 1 3SouthsideTexas 3 1 1101Depeche Mode 5 1 12Like a PrayerMadonna 1 2 2Original SoundtrackS'Express 5 1 15Appetite for DestructionGuns N' Roses 5 1 10When the World Knows Your NameDeacon Blue 1 2 6Forever Your Girl ♦Paula Abdul 3 1 1The Headless ChildrenW.A.S.P. 8 1 1Sonic TempleThe Cult 3 1 17Club Classics Vol. OneSoul II Soul 1 1 3EverythingThe Bangles 5 1 1DoolittlePixies 8 1 4BlastHolly Johnson 1 1 8Street Fighting YearsSimple Minds 1 1 29Ten Good ReasonsJason Donovan 1 4 1DisintegrationThe Cure 3 1 3ParadiseInner City 3 2 9PastpresentClannad 5 1 1Kaleidoscope WorldSwing Out Sister 9 1 1Good to Be BackNatalie Cole 10 1 1Mind BombThe The 4 1 9The MiracleQueen 1 1 2Tin MachineTin Machine 3 1 3The Other Side of the MirrorStevie Nicks 3 1 9Raw Like SushiNeneh Cherry 2 1 3Flowers in the DirtPaul McCartney 1 1 11BatmanPrince 1 1 1A Night to RememberCyndi Lauper 9 1 8VelveteenTransvision Vamp 1 1 1Full Moon FeverTom Petty 8 1 7The Twelve Commandments of DanceLondon Boys 2 1 1Peace and LoveThe Pogues 5 1 13Cuts Both WaysGloria Estefan 1 6 4TrashAlice Cooper 2 1 1Big Bang!Fuzzbox 5 1 3Choices – The Singles CollectionThe Blow Monkeys 5 1 4Imagination – All The HitsImagination 4 1 1Sacred HeartShakespears Sister 9 1 3Adeva!Adeva 6 1 2SingaLongaWarYears!Max Bygraves 5 1 2Aspects of LoveOriginal London Cast 1 1 1Dr. FeelgoodMötley Crüe 4 1 5We Too Are OneEurythmics 1 1 2Steel WheelsThe Rolling Stones 2 1 3PumpAerosmith 3 1 17Sleeping with the Past ♦Elton John 1 5 18Foreign AffairTina Turner 1 1 2Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814Janet Jackson 4 1 2Repeat OffenderRichard Marx 8 1 4The Seeds of LoveTears for Fears 1 1 1Seasons EndMarillion 7 1 4CrossroadsTracy Chapman 1 1 1HupThe Wonder Stuff 5 1 2Oh MercyBob Dylan 6 1 16Enjoy YourselfKylie Minogue 1 1 1ResultsLiza Minnelli 6 1 3Wild!Erasure 1 2 2The Sensual WorldKate Bush 2 1 1The TimeBros 4 1 4All or Nothing/2x2Milli Vanilli 6 1 1Scarlet and Other StoriesAll About Eve 9 1 2Welcome to the Beautiful SouthThe Beautiful South 2 1 3Runaway HorsesBelinda Carlisle 4 2 1Storm FrontBilly Joel 5 1 4Greatest HitsBilly Ocean 4 1 8Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de BurghChris de Burgh 4 1 20The Road to HellChris Rea 1 3 7Holding Back the RiverWet Wet Wet 2 1 5StrongerCliff Richard 7 1 9Journeyman ♦Eric Clapton 2 2 2Level BestLevel 42 5 1 11The Best of Rod StewartRod Stewart 3 1 2DecadeDuran Duran 5 1 1Slip of the TongueWhitesnake 10 1 42...But Seriously Phil Collins 1 15 16AffectionLisa Stansfield 2 2 1Addictions: Volume 1Robert Palmer 7 1 7Jive Bunny: The AlbumJive Bunny 2 5 9Hangin' Tough ♦New Kids on the Block 2 1 12Labour of Love II ♦UB40 3 1 2After the LaughterFreddie Starr 10 2
See also 1989 in British music List of number-one albums from the 1980s (UK)
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External links 1989 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)