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. 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.
Chart history +KeyIndicates best performing album of 1989
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label(s) Giving You the Best That I GotElektra Don't Be Cruel MCA Appetite for DestructionGuns N' RosesGeffen Don't Be Cruel Bobby BrownMCA Electric YouthAtlantic Lōc-ed After DarkTone LōcDelicious Vinyl Like a PrayerMadonnaSire/Warner Bros. The Raw & the CookedFine Young CannibalsI.R.S. BatmanPrince / SoundtrackWarner Bros. Repeat OffenderCapitol Hangin' ToughNew Kids on the BlockColumbia Girl You Know It's TrueMilli VanilliArista Forever Your GirlVirgin Dr. FeelgoodMötley CrüeElektra Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814A&M Girl You Know It's TrueMilli VanilliArista Storm FrontColumbia Girl You Know It's TrueMilli VanilliArista ...But SeriouslyVirgin/Atlantic
See also 1989 in music
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