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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.

==Specific locations==
*[[1989 in British music]]
*[[1989 in Norwegian music]]
*[[1989 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1989 in country music]]
*[[1989 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1989 in hip hop music]]
*[[1989 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 14]] – [[Paul McCartney]] releases ''[[CHOBA B CCCP|Снова в СССР]]'' (''Back in the USSR'') exclusively in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. [[Bootleg recording|Bootleg]] copies sell for as much as US$1,000 in the United States.
*[[January 23]] – [[James Brown]] is sentenced in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], US, to six years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states.
*[[January 27]] – [[Michael Jackson]] ends the Bad World Tour in Los Angeles, US.
*[[February 12]] 
**[[Roy Orbison]] joins [[Elvis Presley]] as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two top 5 albums on the [[Billboard charts]].
**[[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] launches an unsuccessful campaign to be elected mayor of New York City, US.
*[[February 17]] – [[Whitesnake]]'s [[David Coverdale]] marries [[Tawny Kitaen]].
*[[February 22]] – The [[31st Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]]. [[George Michael]]'s ''[[Faith (George Michael album)|Faith]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while [[Bobby McFerrin]]'s "[[Don't Worry, Be Happy]]" wins both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Tracy Chapman]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[March 21]] – [[Madonna]]'s "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" music video, taped in late December 1988, attracts criticism for its use of Catholic Church iconography and for the use of [[cross burning]] imagery, but also garners praise for its interpretation of discrimination, rape, and [[faith]]. [[Pepsi]] drops Madonna as a spokesperson out of fear the video will cause religious groups to [[boycott]] the company.
*[[April 9]] – [[The Rolling Stones]]' [[Bill Wyman]] announces that he will marry 19-year-old [[Mandy Smith]], his girlfriend for six years.
*[[April 12]] – [[Michael Jackson]] is named "[[Honorific nicknames in popular music|King of Pop]]" after receiving the Soul Train Heritage Awards.
*[[April 28]] – [[Jon Bon Jovi]] marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the [[Graceland Wedding Chapel]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], US.
*[[May 1]] – California, US jewelry store employees called the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turns out to be [[Michael Jackson]] shopping in disguise.
*[[May 6]] — The 34th annual [[Eurovision Song Contest 1989|Eurovision Song Contest]], held at [[Palais de Beaulieu]] in [[Lausanne]], is won by [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavian]] band [[Riva (band)|Riva]], with the song "[[Rock Me (Riva song)|Rock Me]]". This is the first year a [[Balkan]] country has won the contest, and is also the only win for Yugoslavia as a unified state.
*[[July 9]] – All four original members of [[The Monkees]] reunite in Los Angeles, US, for a concert performance at the [[Universal Amphitheatre]]. The following day the quartet attend an induction ceremony at the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], where they receive a star.
*[[July 23]] – Former [[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[Ringo Starr]] forms his own band named [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]].
*[[July 29]] – The [[Bee Gees]] perform in the U.S. for the first time in 10 years as part of their ''[[One for All Tour|One for All]]'' world tour.
*[[August 3]] – [[Sergio Franchi]] collapses before scheduled concert; dies 9 months later of brain cancer.
*[[August 11]]-12 – The [[Moscow Music Peace Festival]] is held in the Soviet Union. The event is put together by [[Doc McGhee]] and the [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]] and headline acts include [[Bon Jovi]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]], [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]], and the [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]].
*[[August 31]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] open their ''[[Steel Wheels]]'' North American tour in [[Philadelphia]], US.
*[[September 9]] 
**The [[Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center]], designed by [[I. M. Pei]], opens in [[Dallas, Texas]], US.<ref>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/performingarts/stories/092009dngdmeyerson.1377582.html Dallas Morning News, September 20. 2009.</ref>
**[[Madonna]] gives a risqué performance at the [[1989 MTV Video Music Awards]]. Clad in baggy black sweatpants and a black bustier, she shocks the audience by simulating [[masturbation]]. The version of the song used in the show would later serve as the opening number of 1990's "[[Blond Ambition World Tour]]".
*[[October 15]] – [[Media Rings]] Corporation, the Japanese music, video game, and software publishing company, is founded in Akasaka.
*[[December 23]] – [[Ice Cube]] leaves [[N.W.A]] after financial problems and several conflicts with their manager [[Jerry Heller]] and the group's founder [[Eazy-E]]. By this time, Cube has been recording his [[AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted|solo debut album]], which will be released next year.

===Also in 1989===
* [[Iron Maiden]] guitarist [[Adrian Smith (musician)|Adrian Smith]] leaves the band and is replaced by ex-[[Gillan (band)|Gillan]] guitarist [[Janick Gers]] who had most recently worked with [[Bruce Dickinson]] on his solo project.
* [[Ars Musica]], an annual contemporary music international festival, founded
* The [[swing revival]] is generally agreed upon to have begun in 1989.

==Bands formed==
* [[Dark Tranquillity]]
* [[SHeDAISY|The Osborn Sisters]]

==Bands disbanded==
* [[Felt (band)|Felt]]
* [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]

==Bands reformed==

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* [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]]
* [[Luv']]
* [[Plasmatics]]

==Albums released==
All releases are an [[LP record]] unless otherwise stated. <br>
Multiple entries for the same day are arranged alphabetically by the album's name. <br>
Release dates may vary in different countries.

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="21" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Petra Means Rock]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] || Compilation
|-
| valign="top" |9
| ''[[A Show of Hands]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Live album
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |10
| ''[[New York (album)|New York]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skeletons in the Closet (Oingo Boingo album)|Skeletons in the Closet]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] || Compilation
|-
| valign="top" |13
| ''[[The Raw & the Cooked (album)|The Raw and the Cooked]]'' || [[Fine Young Cannibals]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |16
| ''[[Desert Wind (album)|Desert Wind]]'' || [[Ofra Haza]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |18
| ''[[The Whitey Album]]'' || [[Sonic Youth|Ciccone Youth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |23
| ''[[After the War (Gary Moore album)|After the War]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hunkpapa (album)|Hunkpapa]]'' || [[Throwing Muses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]'' || [[Tone Lōc]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oh Yes I Can]]'' || [[David Crosby]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Electric Youth (album)|Electric Youth]]'' || [[Debbie Gibson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skid Row (Skid Row album)|Skid Row]]'' || [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |29
| ''[[Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)]]'' || [[Noir Désir]] || France
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |30
| ''[[Fabulous Disaster]]'' || [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] || US version (originally released in Europe in 1988)<ref>According to [http://metal-archives.com/release.php?id=732 Encyclopaedia Metallum], [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]]' album ''[[Fabulous Disaster]]'' was released in Europe in 1988 by UK label [[Music for Nations]], but not in the US until January 1989.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Technique (album)|Technique]]'' || [[New Order (band)|New Order]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |31
| ''[[Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Life Is...Too Short]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Triumphant Return]]'' || [[Whitecross (band)|Whitecross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |?
| ''[[3 (Violent Femmes album)|3]]'' || [[Violent Femmes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Snakes 'n' Ladders]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Don't Tell a Soul]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Force Majeure (Doro album)|Force Majeure]]'' || [[Doro (musician)|Doro]] ||Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[The Great Radio Controversy]]'' || [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |3
| ''[[Meshuggah (EP)|Meshuggah]]'' || [[Meshuggah]] || Debut/EP
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |6
| ''[[Beyond the Blue Neon]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dylan & the Dead]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Grateful Dead]] || Live album
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |7
| ''[[As Nasty As They Wanna Be]]'' || [[2 Live Crew]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blessing in Disguise (Metal Church album)|Blessing in Disguise]]'' || [[Metal Church]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mystery Girl]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spike (Elvis Costello album)|Spike]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |13
| ''[[A New Flame]]'' || [[Simply Red]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |20
| ''[[Storm the Studio]]'' || [[Meat Beat Manifesto]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |21
| ''Animotion'' || [[Animotion]] ||-
|-
|''[[Intuition (TNT album)|Intuition]]''
|[[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]]
| -
|-
| valign="top" |22
| ''[[Jed (album)|Jed]]'' || [[Goo Goo Dolls]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |27
| ''[[Oranges & Lemons (album)|Oranges & Lemons]]'' || [[XTC]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Indigo Girls (album)|Indigo Girls]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Best of Ozz]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || Compilation; Japan
|-
| valign="top" |3
| ''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' || [[De La Soul]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |6
| ''[[When Dream and Day Unite]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Girl You Know It's True (album)|Girl You Know It's True]]'' || [[Milli Vanilli]] || U.S. version of ''[[All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)|All or Nothing]]'' 
|-
| valign="top" |12
| ''[[Grip It! On That Other Level]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valling="top" |13
| ''[[101 (album)|101]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] || Live double album
|-
| ''[[Another Place and Time]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||UK
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Extreme (Extreme album)|Extreme]]'' || [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Road to the Riches]]'' || [[Kool G Rap]] & DJ Polo ||-
|-
| ''[[Spell (album)|Spell]]'' || [[Deon Estus]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Cross That Line]]'' || [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''Saraya'' || [[Saraya (band)|Saraya]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shine (Mother Love Bone EP)|Shine]]'' || [[Mother Love Bone]] || Debut/EP
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Like a Prayer (album)|Like a Prayer]]'' || [[Madonna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nick of Time (album)|Nick of Time]]'' || [[Bonnie Raitt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Somewhere Between (album)|Somewhere Between]]'' || [[Suzy Bogguss]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |22
| ''[[Make Them Die Slowly (album)|Make Them Die Slowly]]'' || [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |24
| ''[[Wide-Eyed Wonder]]'' || [[The Choir (alternative rock band)|The Choir]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |27
| ''[[Larger than Life (Jody Watley album)|Larger than Life]]'' || [[Jody Watley]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Alannah Myles (album)|Alannah Myles]]'' || [[Alannah Myles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Mr. Jordan]]'' || [[Julian Lennon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Something Real (Phoebe Snow album)|Something Real]]'' || [[Phoebe Snow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yellow Moon (Neville Brothers album)|Yellow Moon]]'' || [[The Neville Brothers]] ||-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="30" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| valign="top" |3
| ''[[When the World Knows Your Name]]'' || [[Deacon Blue]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |4
| ''[[The Breathtaking Blue]]'' || [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Beneath the Remains]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Sonic Temple]]'' || [[The Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raging Silence (album)|Raging Silence]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Club Classics Vol. One]]'' || [[Soul II Soul]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Garth Brooks (album)|Garth Brooks]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[...Twice Shy]]'' || [[Great White]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Blaze of Glory (Joe Jackson album)|Blaze of Glory]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Headless Cross (album)|Headless Cross]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One (Bee Gees album)|One]]''|| [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Buzz Factory]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Blue Blood (X Japan album)|Blue Blood]]'' || [[X Japan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Blast (album)|Blast]]'' || [[Holly Johnson]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Blue Murder (album)|Blue Murder]]'' || [[Blue Murder (band)|Blue Murder]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Full Moon Fever]]'' || [[Tom Petty]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |25
| ''[[Through the Storm (Aretha Franklin album)|Through the Storm]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Best Wishes (Cro-Mags album)|Best Wishes]]'' || [[Cro-Mags]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Repeat Offender (Richard Marx album)|Repeat Offender]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Mr. Music Head]]'' || [[Adrian Belew]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Gashed Senses & Crossfire]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[City Streets (album)|City Streets]]'' || [[Carole King]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Free (Concrete Blonde album)|Free]]'' || [[Concrete Blonde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Black Swan (The Triffids album)|The Black Swan]]'' || [[The Triffids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stuck in Wonderamaland]]'' || [[Dramarama]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Counterpoint (In the Nursery album)|Counterpoint]]'' || [[In the Nursery]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Headless Children]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slippery When Ill]]'' || [[The Vandals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1,000 Hours]]'' || [[Green Day]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="46" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two]]'' || [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Street Fighting Years]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]'' || [[The Stone Roses]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!]]'' || [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Barry Manilow (1989 album)|Barry Manilow]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Killin' Time (Clint Black album)|Killin' Time]]'' || [[Clint Black]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On Land and in the Sea]]'' || [[Cardiacs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Something Inside So Strong]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Sixteen (Reba McEntire album)|Sweet Sixteen]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| ''Yo Frankie'' || [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Blind Man's Zoo]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Good to Be Back]]'' || [[Natalie Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In a Sentimental Mood (Dr. John album)|In a Sentimental Mood]]'' || [[Dr. John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Junta (album)|Junta]]'' || [[Phish]] || sold at concerts in 1988
|-
| ''[[Kite (Kirsty MacColl album)|Kite]]'' || [[Kirsty MacColl]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Big Daddy (John Mellencamp album)|Big Daddy]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Toys (album)|Dangerous Toys]]'' || [[Dangerous Toys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kaleidoscope World (Swing Out Sister album)|Kaleidoscope World]]'' || [[Swing Out Sister]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album)|A Night To Remember]]'' || [[Cyndi Lauper]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Badlands (Badlands album)|Badlands]]'' || [[Badlands (American band)|Badlands]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eat the Heat]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Altars of Madness]]'' || [[Morbid Angel]] || Debut
|-
| ''Dress'' || [[TM Network]] || Remix album
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Mind Bomb]]'' || [[The The]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten Good Reasons]]'' || [[Jason Donovan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Slowly We Rot]]'' || [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Youngest in Charge]]'' || [[Special Ed]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |17
| ''[[Cycles (The Doobie Brothers album)|Cycles]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |18
| ''[[Nearly Human]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
|21
|''[[Off the Lock]]''
|[[B'z]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |22
| ''[[The Miracle (album)|The Miracle]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tin Machine (album)|Tin Machine]]'' || [[Tin Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Works (Nik Kershaw album)|The Works]]'' || [[Nik Kershaw]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |23
| ''[[2300 Jackson Street]]'' || [[The Jackson 5|Jacksons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brain Drain (album)|Brain Drain]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Warmer Side of Cool]]'' || [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Energy (Operation Ivy album)|Energy]]'' || [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |30
| ''[[The Other Side of the Mirror (album)|The Other Side of the Mirror]]'' || [[Stevie Nicks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Limozeen]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hope and Despair]]'' || [[Edwyn Collins]] || Debut solo
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |?
| ''[[I Enjoy Being a Girl (album)|I Enjoy Being a Girl]]'' || [[Phranc]] ||-
|-
| ''A Peacetime Boom'' || [[The Boom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cloudland (album)|Cloudland]]'' || [[Pere Ubu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Invasion Live]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] || Live
|-
| ''[[It's Beginning To And Back Again]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="47" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Agent Orange (album)|Agent Orange]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Passion (Peter Gabriel album)|Passion]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big Game (album)|Big Game]]'' || [[White Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raw Like Sushi]]'' || [[Neneh Cherry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Night of Sin]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Babeti Soukous]]'' || [[Tabu Ley Rochereau|Tabu Ley Seigneur Rochereau]] and Afrisa International Orchestra ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |6
| ''[[In Step]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] and Double Trouble ||-
|-
| ''[[Workin' Overtime]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World in Motion (Jackson Browne album)|World in Motion]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No More Mr. Nice Guy (Gang Starr album)|No More Mr. Nice Guy]]'' || [[Gang Starr]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |8
| ''[[Nights Like This (album)|Nights Like This]]'' || [[Stacey Q]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Big Tyme]]'' || [[Heavy D & The Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghostbusters II (soundtrack)|Ghostbusters II]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Trouble in Angel City]]''|| [[Lion (band)|Lion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |13
| ''[[DC Talk (album)|DC Talk]]'' || [[DC Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What You Don't Know (Exposé album)|What You Don't Know]]'' || [[Exposé (group)|Exposé]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Bleach (Nirvana album)|Bleach]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Offspring (album)|The Offspring]]'' || [[The Offspring]] ||Debut; re-released in 1995
|-
| ''[[Dig?]]'' || [[Earthworks (band)|Bill Bruford's Earthworks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] || Remix album
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Extreme Aggression]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Riders go Commercial]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (album)|Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe]]'' || [[Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Batman (album)|Batman]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Joke's on You]]'' || [[Excel (band)|Excel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mr. Big (Mr. Big album)|Mr. Big]]'' || [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Real Thing (Faith No More album)|The Real Thing]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Looking for Freedom (album)|Looking for Freedom]]'' || [[David Hasselhoff]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Bad English (album)|Bad English]]'' || [[Bad English]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul Provider]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Be Yourself (Patti LaBelle album)|Be Yourself]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seminal Live]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || –
|-
| rowspan="7" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Cosmic Thing]]'' || [[The B-52s]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Danger Danger (album)|Danger Danger]]'' || [[Danger Danger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The End of the Innocence (album)|The End of the Innocence]]'' || [[Don Henley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gretchen Goes to Nebraska]]'' || [[King's X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart Shaped World (Chris Isaak album)|Heart Shaped World]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend]]'' || [[Pete Townshend]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rockland (Kim Mitchell album)|Rockland]]'' || [[Kim Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Ain't Gonna Cry]]'' || [[Juice Newton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" | ?
| ''[[Avalon Sunset]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dum-Dum (album)|Dum-Dum]]'' || [[The Vaselines]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Magnum Cum Louder]]'' || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Margin Walker]]'' || [[Fugazi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Highways (album)|Two Highways]]'' || [[Alison Krauss|Alison Krauss & Union Station]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Velveteen (album)|Velveteen]]'' || [[Transvision Vamp]] ||-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="16" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| valign="top" |4
| ''[[Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Tender Lover]]'' || [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Heart of Stone (Cher album)|Heart of Stone]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cuts Both Ways]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Earth Moving]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
|''[[Horrified]]'' || [[Repulsion (band)|Repulsion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waking Hours]]'' || [[Del Amitri]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" | 17
| ''[[The Twelve Commandments of Dance]]'' || [[London Boys]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |18
| ''[[UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Paul's Boutique]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trash (Alice Cooper album)|Trash]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unfinished Business (EPMD album)|Unfinished Business]]'' || [[EPMD]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |31
| ''[[Can't Look Away]]'' || [[Trevor Rabin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" | ?
| ''[[Peace and Love (The Pogues album)|Peace and Love]]'' || [[The Pogues]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blood, Sweat and No Tears]]'' || [[Sick of It All]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tweez]]'' || [[Slint]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="34" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia]]''|| [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No One Can Do It Better]]'' || [[The D.O.C.]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |2
| ''[[The Cinderella Theory]]''|| [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Mick Jones (album)|Mick Jones]]'' || [[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Love Among the Cannibals]]''|| [[Starship (band)|Starship]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Practice What You Preach]]''|| [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Storms (Nanci Griffith album)|Storms]]'' || [[Nanci Griffith]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Kix Brooks (album)|Kix Brooks]]'' || [[Kix Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 15 (UK series)'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Christmas in America]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[No Blue Thing]]''|| [[Ray Lynch]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Mother's Milk (album)|Mother's Milk]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Special (The Temptations album)|Special]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |17
| ''[[The Death of a Dictionary]]''|| Public Affection || Band changed name to [[Live (band)|Live]]
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Rock Island (Jethro Tull album)|Rock Island]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Conspiracy (King Diamond album)|Conspiracy]]'' || [[King Diamond]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |22
| ''[[Perfect Symmetry (Fates Warning album)|Perfect Symmetry]]''|| [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jefferson Airplane (album)|Jefferson Airplane]]'' || [[Jefferson Airplane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[After 7 (album)|After 7]]'' || [[After 7]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cocked & Loaded]]'' || [[L.A. Guns]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Devil's Night Out]]'' || [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enuff Z'nuff (album)|Enuff Z'nuff]]'' || [[Enuff Z'nuff]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |24
| ''[[The Man Is Back!]]'' || [[Barry White]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Niki Nana]]'' || [[Yanni]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |28
| ''[[Dr. Feelgood (album)|Dr. Feelgood]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Adeva!]]'' || [[Adeva]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Cruisin']]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |29
| ''[[Steel Wheels]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lukather]]'' || [[Steve Lukather]] || Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[Different (Thomas Anders album)|Different]]'' || [[Thomas Anders]] || Debut; Germany
|-
| ''[[Escape from Havana]]'' || [[Mellow Man Ace]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Last of the Runaways]]'' || [[Giant (band)|Giant]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Penikufesin]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Return of the Ugly]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="39" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | '''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |1
| ''[[13 Songs (Fugazi album)|13 Songs]]'' || [[Fugazi (band)|Fugazi]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Jaya'' || [[Jaya (singer)|Jaya]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Water in Time and Space]]'' || [[Susumu Hirasawa]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Sleeping with the Past]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||
|-
| ''[[Love and Rockets (album)|Love and Rockets]]'' || [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Alice in Hell]]'' || [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Key Lime Pie (album)|Key Lime Pie]]'' || [[Camper Van Beethoven]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Louder Than Love]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Megatop Phoenix]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite]] ||-
|-
| ''[[S&M Airlines]]'' || [[NOFX]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stone Cold Rhymin']]'' || [[Young MC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up to Here]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wake Me When It's Over]]'' || [[Faster Pussycat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |11
| ''[[We Too Are One]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Pump (album)|Pump]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Results (Liza Minnelli album)|Results]]'' || [[Liza Minnelli]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brave and Crazy]]'' || [[Melissa Etheridge]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Bound By the Beauty]]'' || [[Jane Siberry]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |14
| ''[[Quickness]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |18
| ''[[Foreign Affair (Tina Turner album)|Foreign Affair]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart Like a Sky]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No More Color]]'' || [[Coroner (band)|Coroner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oh Mercy]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Allroy's Revenge]]'' || [[All (band)|ALL]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Sound + Vision (box set)|Sound + Vision]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album)|Let Love Rule]]'' || [[Lenny Kravitz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Merry, Merry Christmas]]'' || [[New Kids on the Block]] || Christmas
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!]]'' || [[The Sugarcubes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seasons End (album)|Seasons End]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Seeds of Love]]'' || [[Tears for Fears]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Big Trash]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Def, Dumb and Blonde]]'' || [[Debbie Harry|Deborah Harry]] || US
|-
| ''[[Flying Cowboys]]'' || [[Rickie Lee Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Laughter (The Mighty Lemon Drops album)|Laughter]]'' || [[The Mighty Lemon Drops]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Holdin' Back]]'' || [[Randy Travis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Soldier of Fortune (Loudness album)|Soldier of Fortune]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Healer (album)|The Healer]]'' || [[John Lee Hooker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tempted and Tried]]'' || [[Steeleye Span]] ||-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Release
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="58" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Freedom (1989 album)|Freedom]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hup (album)|Hup]]'' || [[The Wonder Stuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liquidizer (album)|Liquidizer]]''|| [[Jesus Jones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |3
| ''[[Crossroads (Tracy Chapman album)|Crossroads]]'' || [[Tracy Chapman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] featuring [[Aaron Neville]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Runaway Horses (album)|Runaway Horses]]'' || [[Belinda Carlisle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shocker (film)|Shocker]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| valign="top" |5
| ''[[More to This Life]]'' || [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[UAIOE]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Long Hard Look]]'' || [[Lou Gramm]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Automatic (The Jesus and Mary Chain album)|Automatic]]'' || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Book of Days (The Psychedelic Furs album)|Book of Days]]'' || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album)|Enjoy Yourself]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hats (album)|Hats]]'' || [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |10
| ''[[The Biz Never Sleeps]]'' || [[Biz Markie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say]]'' || [[Ice-T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Save Yourself (McAuley Schenker Group album)|Save Yourself]]'' || [[McAuley Schenker Group]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thrash Zone]]'' || [[Dirty Rotten Imbeciles|D.R.I.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Nothingface (Voivod album)|Nothingface]]'' || [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trouble Walkin']]'' || [[Ace Frehley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Years of Decay]]'' || [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |16
| ''[[The Sensual World]]'' || [[Kate Bush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wild!]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Time (Bros album)|The Time]]'' || [[Bros (British band)|Bros]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hats (album)|Hats]]'' || [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]] || US
|-
| ''[[Scarlet and Other Stories]]'' || [[All About Eve (band)|All About Eve]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989]]'' || [[George Harrison]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Trial by Fire (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Trial by Fire: Live In Leningrad]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hot in the Shade]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Selena (album)|Selena]]'' || [[Selena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Simple Man (Charlie Daniels album)|Simple Man]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Steady On (Shawn Colvin album)|Steady On]]'' || [[Shawn Colvin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' || [[Nine Inch Nails]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[On Fire (Galaxie 500 album)|On Fire]]'' || [[Galaxie 500]] ||-
|-
|21
|''[[Bad Communication]]''
|[[B'z]]
|EP
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |23
| ''[[Storm Front (album)|Storm Front]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Neither Fish nor Flesh]]'' || [[Terence Trent D'Arby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Getahead]]'' || [[Curiosity Killed the Cat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Michel'le (album)|Michel'le]]'' || [[Michel'le]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |24
| ''Come Together As One'' || [[Will Downing]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Follow the Blind]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[11 (The Smithereens album)|11]]'' || [[The Smithereens]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |26
| ''[[Zig Zag (The Hooters album)|Zig Zag]]'' || [[The Hooters]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Realm of Chaos (album)|Realm of Chaos – Slaves to Darkness]]'' || [[Bolt Thrower]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" valign="top" |30
|  ''[[The Road to Hell]]'' || [[Chris Rea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flying in a Blue Dream]]'' || [[Joe Satriani]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Holding Back the River]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rite Time]]'' || [[Can (band)|Can]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs for the Poor Man]]'' || [[Remmy Ongala]] & Orchestre Super Matimila ||-
|-
| ''[[Stronger (Cliff Richard album)|Stronger]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You, Me and the Alarm Clock]]'' || [[John Bramwell]] (as Johnny Dangerously) || EP
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |31
| ''[[Bulletproof Heart]]'' || [[Grace Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Can't Fight Fate]]'' || [[Taylor Dayne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Built to Last]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |?
| ''[[The English Disease (album)|The English Disease]]'' || [[Adrian Sherwood|Barmy Army]] ||-
|-
| ''Piretos tou erota'' || [[Vicky Leandros]] || Greece
|-
| rowspan="31" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Ozma (album)|Ozma]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |2
| ''[[No Control (Bad Religion album)|No Control]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |6
| ''[[Journeyman (album)|Journeyman]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boomerang (The Creatures album)|Boomerang]]'' || [[The Creatures]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Slip of the Tongue (album)|Slip of the Tongue]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Hail the Queen]]'' || [[Queen Latifah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Done by the Forces of Nature]]'' || [[Jungle Brothers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |10
| ''[[The Cactus Album]]'' || [[3rd Bass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[West Textures]]'' || [[Robert Earl Keen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Me and a Monkey on the Moon]]'' || [[Felt (band)|Felt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Streetcleaner]]'' || [[Godflesh]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Live
|-
| valign="top" |14
| ''[[The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste]]'' || [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |20
| ''[[...But Seriously]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perfect Remedy]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Affection (Lisa Stansfield album)|Affection]]'' || [[Lisa Stansfield]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[The Incredible Base]]'' || [[Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 16 (UK series)'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Rabies (Skinny Puppy album)|Rabies]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Presto (album)|Presto]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back on the Block]]'' || [[Quincy Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kenny G Live]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || Live
|-
| valign="top" | 24
| ''[[A Black & White Night Live]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] and Friends || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Labour of Love II]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghost Nation (album)|Ghost Nation]]'' || [[Hunters &amp; Collectors]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pump Up the Jam (album)|Pump Up the Jam]]'' || [[Technotronic]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Consuming Impulse]]'' || [[Pestilence (band)|Pestilence]] ||-
|-
| ''I Remember Mama'' || [[Shirley Caesar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Speaking of Dreams]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Suck on This]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="12" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | '''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Change the Weather]]'' || [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gutter Ballet]]'' || [[Savatage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Never Picture Perfect]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Ninety (album)|Ninety]]'' || [[808 State]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Symphonies of Sickness]]'' || [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] ||-
|-
| valign="top" |9
| ''Digitalian is eating breakfast'' || [[Tetsuya Komuro]] || Debut
|-
| valign="top" |11
| ''[[Monty Python Sings]]'' || [[Monty Python]] || Compilation
|-
| valign="top" |19
| ''[[Deep (Peter Murphy album)|Deep]]'' || [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] || US
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Hallelujah (EP)|Hallelujah]]'' || [[Happy Mondays]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Post-Mersh Vol. 3]]'' || [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Surprise'' || [[Better Than Ezra]] || Cassette only
|-
| ''[[The Symphony Sessions (Red Rider album)|The Symphony Sessions]]'' || [[Red Rider|Tom Cochrane & Red Rider]] || Final; Live
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{Div col|colwidth=31em}}
*''[[A Word from the Wise]]'' – [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] (EP)
*''Al Denson'' – [[Al Denson]]
*''All Aboard the Mind Train'' – [[The Modern Art]]
*''[[The U.S.-Remix Album: All or Nothing|All or Nothing]]'' – [[Milli Vanilli]] 
*''[[All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald album)|All That Jazz]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''[[Animal Logic (album)|Animal Logic]]'' - [[Animal Logic (band)|Animal Logic]]
*''At Peace'' – [[Jade Warrior (band)|Jade Warrior]]
*''Beyond Hell's Gate'' – Final Axe
*''Big Talk'' – [[Edin-Ådahl]]
*''[[Blow (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry album)|Blow]]'' – [[Red Lorry Yellow Lorry]]
*''Bringing It Back Home'' – [[The Clark Sisters]]
*''Brotherly Love'' – [[Daniel Winans]]
*''Cantemos Juntos'' – [[Lynda Thomas]] (EP)
*''Christmas Is...'' – [[Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge]]
*''[[Complete Discography (Minor Threat album)|Complete Discography]]'' – [[Minor Threat]] 
*''Century Flower'' – [[Shelleyan Orphan]]
*''[[The Complete Sham 69 Live]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
*''[[Cyborgs Revisited]]'' – [[Simply Saucer]]
*''Don't Dance with Danger'' - Scarlet Red
*''[[Door into Summer (album)|Door Into Summer]]'' - [[Jacob's Trouble]]
*''[[Down on the River]]'' - [[John Hartford]]
*''Drowning in Limbo'' – [[Lydia Lunch]]
*''Early Music'' – [[Carlos Santana|Santana]]
*''Enter the Realm'' – [[Iced Earth]] (demo EP)
*''Face of Despair'' – [[Mortal Sin (band)|Mortal Sin]]
*''[[Fight the Power... Live!]]'' – [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] – (live, released on VHS)
*''[[First Watch (album)|First Watch]]'' – [[Guardian (band)]]
*''[[Freedom (White Heart album)|Freedom]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride'' – [[Electric Boys]] 
*''Get Yer Jujus Out'' – Chief Commander [[Ebenezer Obey]] & His Inter-Reformers Band
*''[[Godhead (album)|Godhead]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
*''[[Hard Volume]]'' – [[Rollins Band]]
*''Heroes'' – New Jersey Mass Choir
*''[[Helter Stupid]]'' – [[Negativland]]
*''[[Human Soul]]'' - [[Graham Parker]]
*''[[I Can See You (EP)|I Can See You]]'' – [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*''Immigrant's Daughter'' – [[Margaret Becker]]
*''In Your Face'' – [[Shout (band)|Shout]]
*''[[Innocent Blood (album)|Innocent Blood]]'' – [[Resurrection Band|REZ]]
*''Imagine That'' - [[Dennis Seaton]]
*''[[It's a Jungle Out There!]]'' - [[Mastedon]]
*''Knights of Heaven'' – [[Leviticus (band)|Leviticus]]
*''Les Rythmes Automatiques'' ([[:fr:Les Rythmes Automatiques|''fr'']]) – [[Telex (band)|Telex]]
*''Liaison'' – Liaison
*''Live ED'' – [[Étienne Daho]]
*''[[Liberation (Bunny Wailer album)|Liberation]]'' – [[Bunny Wailer]]
*''Long Way From Paradise'' – [[Allies (band)|Allies]]
*''Master's Command'' – [[Sacred Warrior]]
*''[[Michigan Rain]]'' – [[Gregg Alexander]] (debut)
*''Modern'' – [[Hijokaidan]]
*''[[Mother Nature's Kitchen]]'' – [[Kevin McDermott (singer–songwriter)|Kevin McDermott]]
*''Night of Rage'' – [[Kraut (band)|Kraut]]
*''No More Blues'' – [[Susannah McCorkle]]
*''No Room in the Middle'' – [[Greg X. Volz]]
*''Once We Were Scum, Now We Are God'' – [[No (band)|No]]
*''Out of the Darkness'' – [[Bloodgood]]
*''[[Outdoor Elvis]]'' – [[The Swirling Eddies]]
*''The Pledge'' – [[DeGarmo and Key]]
*''Powertrip'' – [[Ludichrist]] (final album)
*''[[Prime 5]]'' – [[Ween]]
*''Rasta Souvenir'' – [[Manu Dibango]]
*''Rage of Angels'' – Rage of Angels
*''[[Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels album)|Sittin' Pretty]]'' – [[The Pastels]]
*''Samiam'' – [[Samiam]]
*''[[Searchlight (album)|Searchlight]]'' – [[Runrig]]
*''[[Silence is Madness]]'' – [[Bride (band)|Bride]]
*''The Singular Adventures of The Style Council: Greatest Hits Vol.1'' – The Style Council – (Compilation)
*''Smash'' – [[One Bad Pig]]
*''[[Some Disenchanted Evening]]'' – [[The Verlaines]]
*''[[State of Control]]'' – [[Barren Cross]]
*''[[Strange Cargo (David Van Tieghem album)|Strange Cargo]]'' – [[David Van Tieghem]]
*''[[Start Today]]'' - [[Gorilla Biscuits]]
*''Strong Medicine'' – [[Bryan Duncan]]
*''[[Tragedy Again]]'' – [[D.I. (band)|D.I.]]
*''[[Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)]]'' – [[Noir Désir]]
*''[[The Way Home (Russ Taff album)|The Way Home]]'' – [[Russ Taff]]
*''Western Shadows'' – [[Carole Laure]]
*''[[Workbook (album)]]'' - [[Bob Mould]]
*''[[Wrong (album)|Wrong]]'' – [[Nomeansno]]
*''You Can Fly'' – Steven Prince Band
{{div col end}}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1989.htm chart positions]
in the charts of 1989.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1  || [[Madonna]] || [[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]] || 1989 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Mar 1989, US BB 1 – Mar 1989, US CashBox 1 of 1989, Sweden 1 – Mar 1989, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1989, Norway 1 – Mar 1989, Poland 1 – Apr 1989, Republic of Ireland 1 – Mar 1989, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Sep 1989, Netherlands 2 – Mar 1989, Austria 2 – Apr 1989, Australia 2 of 1989, Germany 2 – Mar 1989, France 4 – Mar 1989, Italy 5 of 1989, POP 5 of 1989, RYM 13 of 1989, US BB 14 of 1989, Scrobulate 33 of pop, Europe 49 of the 1980s, Germany 96 of the 1980s, OzNet 161, Rolling Stone 300, Acclaimed 629
|-
| 2  || [[The Bangles]] || [[Eternal Flame (song)|Eternal Flame]] || 1989 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Feb 1989, US BB 1 – Feb 1989, Netherlands 1 – Mar 1989, Sweden 1 – Apr 1989, Norway 1 – May 1989, Australia 1 of 1989, Republic of Ireland 1 – Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Oct 1989, Switzerland 2 – May 1989, Austria 3 – May 1989, Germany 5 – May 1989, US CashBox 7 of 1989, France 10 – Feb 1989, US BB 11 of 1989, POP 25 of 1989, Europe 27 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 70 of 80s, RYM 73 of 1989, OzNet 141, Germany 196 of the 1980s
|-
| 3  || [[Phil Collins]] || [[Another Day in Paradise]] || 1989 || {{flagicon|UK}} || US BB 1 – Nov 1989, Sweden 1 – Nov 1989, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1989, Norway 1 – Nov 1989, Poland 1 – Nov 1989, Germany 1 – Jan 1990, Grammy in 1990, UK 2 – Nov 1989, Netherlands 2 – Oct 1989, Austria 2 – Dec 1989, Italy 3 of 1990, France 9 – Nov 1989, POP 21 of 1989, Europe 60 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 67 of ballad, RYM 133 of 1989, Germany 195 of the 1990s, OzNet 214
|-
| 4  || [[Roxette]] || [[The Look]] || 1989 || {{flagicon|Sweden}} || US BB 1 – Feb 1989, Sweden 1 – Jan 1989, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1989, Norway 1 – Mar 1989, Germany 1 – Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1989, Netherlands 2 – Mar 1989, Austria 2 – May 1989, Australia 3 of 1989, France 4 – Apr 1989, US CashBox 6 of 1989, UK 7 – Apr 1989, Poland 8 – Apr 1989, Italy 9 of 1989, US BB 21 of 1989, Germany 30 of the 1980s, POP 39 of 1989, RYM 94 of 1989, OzNet 567
|-
| 5  || [[The B-52s]] || [[Love Shack]] || 1989 || {{flagicon|US}} || US BB 1 of 1989, Republic of Ireland 1 – Mar 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1990, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Mar 1990, POP 1 of 1989, UK 2 – Mar 1990, KROQ 2 of 1989, US BB 3 – Sep 1989, Party 3 of 2007, France 4 – Oct 1989, Australia 16 of 1990, Netherlands 18 – Dec 1989, Sweden 20 – Mar 1990, RYM 37 of 1989, Scrobulate 61 of 80s, TheQ 238, Rolling Stone 243, RIAA 243, OzNet 311, WXPN 498, Acclaimed 662
|}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me]]" || [[Paula Abdul]] || {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989  || 3 || 74 || 3 (US Billboard Hot 100) || [[(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[18 and Life]]" || [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989  || 4 ||12  ||4 (US) || [[18 and Life#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[À la même heure dans deux ans]]" || [[Elsa Lunghini]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 ||  n/a || n/a  || 7 (France) || 5 (France Airplay Chart) – 26 (Québec) – 29 (Europe) – 46 (European Airplay Top 50)
|-
||"[[After All (Cher and Peter Cetera song)|After All]]"  || [[Cher]] & [[Peter Cetera]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 6 ||84  ||1 (US Adult Contemporary – Billboard) || [[After All (Cher and Peter Cetera song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Ain't Nobody Better]]" || [[Inner City (band)|Inner City]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a ||10  ||1 (US Hot Dance Club Play – Billboard) || [[Ain't Nobody Better|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Ain't Nobody]]" (Remix) || data-sort-value="Khan, Chaka"|[[Chaka Khan]] & [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a ||6  ||6 (UK)  || 9 (West Germany)
|-
||"[[All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)|All Around the World]]" || data-sort-value="Stansfield, Lisa"|[[Lisa Stansfield]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 3  ||1 ||1 [[All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)#Charts|(9 Countries)]] || [[All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[All I Want Is You (U2 song)|All I Want Is You]]" || [[U2]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 ||  83 || 4 || 1 (Ireland) || [[All I Want Is You (U2 song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[All She Wants Is]]" || [[Duran Duran]] || {{Date table sorting|121988}}|December 1988  || 22 || 9  || 2 (Italy) ||1 (European Dance charts) – 1 (Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) – 1 (European Dance charts) – 24 (Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) – 74 (Australia)
|-
||"[[Americanos (song)|Americanos]]" || [[Holly Johnson]] || {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || n/a || 4 || 1 (Austria) || [[Americanos (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Angelia (song)|Angelia]]" || [[Richard Marx]] || {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989  ||  4  || 45 || 1 (Canada) || [[Angelia (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Another Day in Paradise]]" || [[Phil Collins]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 1 || 2 || 1 [[Another Day in Paradise#Certifications|(10 Countries)]] || [[Another Day in Paradise#Certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| data-sort-value="Arms of Orion, The"|"[[The Arms of Orion]]" || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] & [[Sheena Easton]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 36 || 27 || 13 (Netherlands) || [[The Arms of Orion#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Around My Heart]]" || [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]] || {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989  || n/a || n/a  || 11 (Germany) ||19 (Switzerland) – 23 (Austria) – 28 (France) – 44 (Europe)
|-
||"[[Atomic City (Holly Johnson song)|Atomic City]]" || [[Holly Johnson]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989  || n/a || 18  || 9 (Ireland) || [[Atomic City (Holly Johnson song)#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Baby Don't Forget My Number]]" || [[Milli Vanilli]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989  || 1 || 16 || 1 (United States)||[[Baby Don't Forget My Number|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Baby I Don't Care]]" || [[Transvision Vamp]] || {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || n/a || 6 || 3 (Scotland) || 3 (Australia) - 14 (Ireland) - 24 (Europe)
|-
| "[[Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)]]" || [[Soul II Soul]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 4 || 1 || 1 (Europe, Holland, Netherlands) || [[Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Batdance]]" || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 1 || 2 || 1 [[Batdance#Charts|(6 countries)]] || [[Batdance#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "Bakerman” || [[Laid Back]] || 1989 || n/a || 44 || 1 (Austria) || 9 (West Germany) – 10 (Switzerland) – 13 (Sweden) – 20 (Holland) – 27 (Belgium) 
|-
| "The Beat(en) Generation" || [[The The]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a || 18 || 4 (New Zealand) || 8 (Ireland) - 13 (US Billboard  Modern Rock Tracks) - 50 (Australia) - 82 (Germany)
|-
| "[[Bedroom Eyes (song)|Bedroom Eyes]]" || data-sort-value="Ceberano, Kate"|[[Kate Ceberano]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a || n/a || 2 (Australia) || 38 (New Zealand)
|-
|| "[[Belfast Child]]" || [[Simple Minds]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989  || n/a || 1 || 1 [[Belfast Child#Charts|(5 countries)]] || [[Belfast Child#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| data-sort-value="Best"|"[[The Best (song)|The Best]]" || [[Tina Turner]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 15 || 5 || 2 (Austria, Belgium, Canada, Portugal)|| [[The Best (song)#Tina Turner version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| data-sort-value="Best of Me, The"|"[[The Best of Me (David Foster song)|The Best of Me]]" || [[Cliff Richard]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || n/a || 2 || 2 (Ireland, United Kingdom)|| [[The Best of Me (David Foster song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Black Velvet (song)|Black Velvet]]" || [[Alannah Myles]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 1 || 2 || 4 [[Black Velvet (song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Black Velvet (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Blame It on the Boogie]]" || [[Big Fun (boyband)|Big Fun]] || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || n/a || 4 || 4 (UK Singles Chart) || [[Blame It on the Boogie#Big Fun version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Blame It on the Rain]]"|| [[Milli Vanilli]] || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989  || 1  ||52 || 1 (United States) || [[Blame It on the Rain#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Blow the House Down]]" || [[Living in a Box]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989|| n/a || 10 || 10 (United Kingdom, Holland) || 12 (Belgium, Ireland) – 15 (Sweden) – 26 (Switzerland) – 28 (Germany) – 166 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Blues from a Gun]]" || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] || {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || 32 || 1 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks)
|-
|| "[[Breakthru (song)|Breakthru]]" || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a  || 7 || 4 (Netherlands) || [[Breakthru (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Bring Me Edelweiss]]" || [[Edelweiss (band)|Edelweiss]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a || 5 || 1 [[Bring Me Edelweiss#Charts|(6 countries)]] || [[Bring Me Edelweiss#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Buffalo Stance]]" || [[Neneh Cherry]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989  || 3 || 3 || 2 (Greece, Switzerland, West Germany) || [[Buffalo Stance#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Bust a Move (song)|Bust a Move]]"  || [[Young MC]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 7 || 73 || 1 (Australia) ||[[Bust a Move (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Can't Shake the Feeling]]" || [[Big Fun (group)|Big Fun]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989  || n/a || 8 || 7 (Irish Single Charts) ||[[Can't Shake the Feeling#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Chained to the Wheel]]" || data-sort-value="Black Sorrows"|[[The Black Sorrows]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a || n/a || 9 (Australia) || 42 (New Zealand)
|-
| "[[Cherish (Madonna song)|Cherish]]" || [[Madonna]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 2 || 3 || 1 (Canada, US Adult Contemporary) || [[Cherish (Madonna song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Crying in the Chapel (Peter Blakeley song)|Crying in the Chapel]]" || data-sort-value="Blakely, Peter"|[[Peter Blakeley]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}| November 1989 || n/a || n/a || 3 (Australia) || 7 (New Zealand) - 57 (West Germany)
|-
||"[[Cold Hearted (Paula Abdul song)|Cold Hearted]]" || [[Paula Abdul]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989  || 1 || 46 || 1 (US Billboard Hot 100)|| [[Cold Hearted (Paula Abdul song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Cover Girl (New Kids on the Block song)|Cover Girl]]" || [[New Kids on the Block]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989  || 2 || 4 || 2 (United States) || 4 (Canada Top Singles) – 6 (Irish Singles Chart) – 11 (Europe) – 17 (New Zealand) – 22 (Australia)
|-
||"[[Dançando Lambada]]" ||[[Kaoma]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || 93 || 62 || 2 (Finland) || [[Dançando Lambada#Charts and sales|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)]]"|| [[New Kids on the Block]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}| November 1989 || 8 || 8 || 8 (US Billboard 100) || 6 (Irish Singles Chart) - 17 (Canada Top Singles)
|-
|| "[[Dirty Cash (Money Talks)]]" || [[The Adventures of Stevie V]] || {{Date table sorting|121989}}|December 1989 || 25 || 2 || 1 (Canada, Netherlands) || [[Dirty Cash (Money Talks)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Dear Jessie]]" || [[Madonna]] || {{Date table sorting|121989}}|December 1989 || n/a || 5 || 3 (Irish Singles Chart) || [[Dear Jessie#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]"  || [[Band Aid II]] || {{Date table sorting|121989}}|December 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (UK, Ireland) || [[Do They Know It's Christmas?#Charts and certifications 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Do You Believe in Shame?]]" || [[Duran Duran]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 72 || 30 || 14 (Italy) || 22 (Finland) - 41 (Dutch Single Top 100) - 88 (Canada) 
|-
|| "[[The Doctor (The Doobie Brothers song)|The Doctor]]" || [[The Doobie Brothers]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 9 || 73 || 9 (United States) || 1 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 14 (Canada) - 31 (US Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 32 (Australia) - 37 (Netherlands) 
|-
||"[[Don't Ask Me Why (Eurythmics song)|Don't Ask Me Why]]"|| [[Eurythmics]]|| {{Date table sorting|101989}}| October 1989 || 40 || 25 || 2 (Netherlands) || [[Don't Ask Me Why (Eurythmics song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Don't Close Your Eyes (Kix song)|Don't Close Your Eyes]]" || [[Kix (band)|Kix]]|| {{Date table sorting|051989}}| May 1989 || 11 || n/a || 16 (US Mainstream Rock [Billboard] || n/a
|-
|| "[[Don't Know Much]]" || [[Linda Ronstadt]] and [[Aaron Neville]]|| {{Date table sorting|121989}}|September 1989 || 2 || 2 || 1 (Ireland) || [[Don't Know Much#Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville version|See Chart Performance entry]] 
|-
|| "[[Don't Wanna Lose You]]" || [[Gloria Estefan]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}| June 1989 || 1 || 6 || 1 (US Billboard Hot 100, Canada Adult Contemporary,US Hot Latin Songs [Billboard])|| [[Don't Wanna Lose You#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Dr. Feelgood (Mötley Crüe song)|Dr. Feelgood]]" || [[Mötley Crüe]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || 6 || 50 || 11 (New Zealand) || [[Dr. Feelgood (Mötley Crüe song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Drama!]]" || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}| September 1989 || n/a || 4 || 3 (Denmark) || [[Drama!#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Dressed for Success]]" || [[Roxette]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 14 || 18 || 2 (Sweden) || [[Dressed for Success#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Easy (Ice MC song)|Easy]]" || [[Ice MC]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || n/a || n/a || 2 (Spain) || 3 (West Germany) - 4 (Switzerland) - 7 (Austria) - 17 (France) - 18 (Europe)
|-
|| "[[Electric Youth (song)|Electric Youth]]" || [[Debbie Gibson]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 11 || 14 || 5 (Netherlands) || [[Electric Youth (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[The End of the Innocence (song)|The End of the Innocence]]" || [[Don Henley]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 8 || 48 || 3 (Canada) || [[The End of the Innocence (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Especially for You]]" || [[Jason Donovan]] & [[Kylie Minogue]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (UK, Ireland, Europe) || [[Especially for You#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Eternal Flame (song)|Eternal Flame]]" || [[The Bangles]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 1 || 1 || [[Eternal Flame (song)#Charts|9 countries]] || [[Eternal Flame (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Everlasting Love (Howard Jones song)|Everlasting Love]]" || [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|January 1989 || 12 || 62 || 12 (United States) || 1 (US Adult Contemporary) - 19 (US Modern Rock Tracks) - 91 (Australia) 
|-
|| "[[Every Day (I Love You More)]]" || [[Jason Donovan]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Ireland) || [[Every Day (I Love You More)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Every Little Step]]" || [[Bobby Brown]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 3 || 6 || 3 (United States || [[Every Little Step#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Express Yourself (Madonna song)|Express Yourself]]" || [[Madonna]]|| {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 2 || 5 || 1 (Express_Yourself_(Madonna_song)#Chart_performance|4 (countries) || [[Express Yourself (Madonna song)#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Ferry Cross the Mersey]]" || [[Ferry Cross the Mersey#Charity record for The Hillsborough Disaster Fund|Charity record for The Hillsborough Disaster Fund]]|| {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom, Ireland) || [[Ferry Cross the Mersey#Charity record for The Hillsborough Disaster Fund|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)|Fight the Power]]" || [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || n/a || 29 || 29 (United States) || 1 (US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)) - 3 (US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)) - 20 (US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)) - 30 (Netherlands)  
|-
|| "[[First Time (Robin Beck song)|First Time]]" || [[Robin Beck]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[First Time (Robin Beck song)#Charts|(10 countries)]] || [[First Time (Robin Beck song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Fisherman's Blues (song)|Fisherman's Blues]]" || [[The Waterboys]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a || 32 || 13 (Ireland) || 3 (US Alternative Airplay [Billboard] - 20 (New Zealand)
|-
|| "[[Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For|Fools Gold]]" || [[The Stone Roses]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 9 || 8 (Netherlands) || [[Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Forever (Kiss song)|Forever]]" || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 8 || 65 || 8 (United States) || [[Forever (Kiss song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Forever Your Girl (song)|Forever Your Girl]]" || [[Paula Abdul]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || 1 || 24 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Forever Your Girl (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Free Fallin']]" || [[Tom Petty]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 7 || 59 || 4 (New Zealand) || [[Free Fallin'#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[French Kiss (Lil Louis song)|French Kiss]]" || [[Lil Louis]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 50 || 2 || 1 (Netherlands) || [[French Kiss (Lil Louis song)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Friends (Jody Watley song)|Friends]]"  ||[[Jody Watley]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 9 || 21 || 8 || [[Friends (Jody Watley song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Funky Cold Medina]]" || [[Tone Lōc]]|| {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 3 || 13 || 3 (New Zealand, United States) || [[Funky Cold Medina#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Get On Your Feet]]" || [[Gloria Estefan]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || 11 || 23 || 5 (Ireland) || [[Get on Your Feet#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Girl I'm Gonna Miss You]]" ||[[Milli Vanilli]] || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[Girl I'm Gonna Miss You|(6 countries)]] || [[Girl I'm Gonna Miss You|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Good Life (Inner City song)|Good Life]]" || [[Inner City (band)|Inner City]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 73 || 4 || 1 (Finland) || [[Good Life (Inner City song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Going Back to My Roots]]" || [[Going Back to My Roots#FPI Project|FPI Project]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 9 || 5 (Austria, West Germany) || [[Going Back to My Roots#FPI Projet|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Got to Get]]" || [[Rob'n'Raz]] & [[Leila K]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 48 || 8 || 1 (Iceland) || [[Got to Get#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Got to Have Your Love]]" || [[Mantronix]] & [[Wondress]]|| {{Date table sorting|121989}}|December 1989 || 82 || 4 || 4 (UK) || [[Got to Have Your Love#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Gringo (Sabrina song)|Gringo]]" || [[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || n/a || 95 || 9 (Finland) || 10 (Italy) - 10 (Spain)
|-
| "[[Hand on Your Heart]]" || [[Kylie Minogue]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (UK, Ireland) || [[Hand on Your Heart#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Hangin' Tough (song)|Hangin' Tough]]" || [[New Kids on the Block]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 1 || 1 || 1 (UK, US, Ireland) || [[Hangin' Tough (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Harlem Desire (song)|Harlem Desire]]" || [[London Boys]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || 17 || 6 (Ireland) || n/a
|-
|| "[[Have I Told You Lately]]" || [[Van Morrison]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a || 74 || 12 (Ireland) || 12 (US Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 93 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Heaven (Warrant song)|Heaven]]" || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 2 || 93 || 2 (US) || [[Heaven (Warrant song)#Chart positions|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "Heaven Help Me" || [[Deon Estus]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 5 || 41 || 4 (Canada) || [[Deon Estus#Singles|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Hélène (song)|Hélène]]" || [[Roch Voisine]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || n/a || 1 (France, Québec) || 3 (Belgium, Norway) - 5 (Europe) - 9 (Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Chart) - 57 (Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart)
|-
|| "[[Help! (song)|Help!]]" || [[Bananarama]] & [[Lananeeneenoonoo]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || n/a || 3 || 2 (Finland, Ireland, Sweden) || [[Help! (song)#Other cover versions|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Hold Me in Your Arms (Rick Astley song)|Hold Me In Your Arms]]" || [[Rick Astley]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a || 10 || 7 (Ireland, Finland) || [[Hold Me in Your Arms (Rick Astley song)#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Homely Girl]]" || [[UB40]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 6 || 2 (Netherlands) || [[Homely Girl#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Beg Your Pardon]]" || [[Kon Kan]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 15 || 5 || 3 (Netherlands) || [[I Beg Your Pardon#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Don't Wanna Get Hurt]]" || [[Donna Summer]]|| {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || n/a || 7 || 3 (Ireland) || [[I Don't Wanna Get Hurt#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Don't Wanna Lose You]]" || [[Tina Turner]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 8 || 8 (United Kingdom) || [[I Don't Wanna Lose You#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Don't Want a Lover]]" || [[Texas (band)|Texas]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 77 || 8 || 3 (Switzerland) || [[I Don't Want a Lover#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Drove All Night]]" || [[Cyndi Lauper]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 6 || 7 || 6 || [[I Drove All Night#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Feel the Earth Move]]" || [[Martika]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 25 || 7 || 2 (Australia) || [[I Feel the Earth Move#Martika version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Just Don't Have the Heart]]" || [[Cliff Richard]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || n/a || 3 || 3 (United Kingdom) || [[I Just Don't Have the Heart#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Like It (Dino song)|I Like It]]" || [[Dino (American singer)|Dino]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || 7 || n/a || 7 (United States) || [[I Like It (Dino song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Only Wanna Be With You]]" || [[Samantha Fox]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 31 || 16 || 1 (Belgium) || [[I Only Want to Be with You#Samantha Fox version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Remember You (Skid Row song)|I Remember You]]" || [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 6 || 36 || 2 (New Zealand) || [[I Remember You (Skid Row song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[I Want It All (Queen song)|I Want It All]]" || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 50 || 3 || 2 (Netherlands) || [[I Want It All (Queen song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I Want That Man]]" || [[Deborah Harry]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || 13 || 2 (Australia) || [[I Want That Man#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "I'd Rather Jack" || [[The Reynolds Girls]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a || 8 || 6 (Finland, Ireland) || [[The Reynolds Girls#Discography|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I'll Be Loving You (Forever)]]" || [[New Kids on the Block]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 1 || 5 || 1 (United States) || [[I'll Be Loving You (Forever)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[I'll Be There for You (Bon Jovi song)|I'll Be There for You]]" || [[Bon Jovi]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 1 || 18 || 1 (United States) || [[I'll Be There for You (Bon Jovi song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[If I Could Turn Back Time]]" || [[Cher]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 3 || 6 || 1 (Australia) || [[If I Could Turn Back Time#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[If Only I Could]]" || [[Sydney Youngblood]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Belgium) || [[If Only I Could#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[If Tomorrow Never Comes]]" || [[Garth Brooks]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || n/a || 1 || [[If Tomorrow Never Comes#Charts|6 countries]] || [[If Tomorrow Never Comes#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[If You Don't Know Me by Now]]" || [[Simply Red]]|| {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 1 || 2 || 1 (Australia, New Zealand, United States) || [[If You Don't Know Me by Now#Simply Red version|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[I'm Every Woman]]" (Remix) || [[Chaka Khan]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || n/a || 8 || 8 (United Kingdom) || [[I'm Every Woman|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[In Private]]" || [[Dusty Springfield]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 14 || 2 (Belgium) || [[In Private#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[The Invisible Man (Queen song)|The Invisible Man]]" || [[Queen (band)|Queen]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || n/a || 12 || 4 (Netherlands) || [[The Invisible Man (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[It's Alright (Pet Shop Boys song)|It's Alright]]" || [[Pet Shop Boys]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a || 5 || 3 (West Germany) || [[It's Alright (Pet Shop Boys song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[It's Only Love Doing Its Thing|It's Only Love]]" || [[Simply Red]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 28 || 12 || 7 (Ireland) || [[It's Only Love Doing Its Thing#Simply Red version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Jamais nous]]" || [[Elsa Lunghini]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || n/a || 10 (France) || 15 (Québec) = 41 (Europe)
|-
|| "[[Janie's Got a Gun]]" || [[Aerosmith]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 4 || 76 || 1 (Australia) || [[Janie's Got a Gun#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Jardins d'enfants]]" || [[Début de Soirée]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a || n/a || 5 (France) || 14 (Finland) - 16 (France) - 24 (Europe)
|-
|| "[[Je te survivrai]]" || [[Jean-Pierre François]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a || n/a || 2 (France) || 12 (Europe) - 39 (Québec)
|-
|| "[[Johnny, Johnny Come Home]]" || [[Avalanche (band)|Avalanche]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || n/a || n/a || 1 (France) || 2 (Europe) - 3 (France, Norway)
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|| "[[Just A Friend]]" || [[Biz Markie]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|1989 || 9 || 55 || 0 (United States) || 9 (U.S. Hot Rap Singles - Billboard) - 37 (U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - Billboard) - 66 (Canada)
|-
|| "[[Keep On Movin' (Soul II Soul song)|Keep On Movin']]" || [[Soul II Soul]]|| {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 11 || 5 || 5 (United Kingdom) || [[Keep On Movin' (Soul II Soul song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Kickstart My Heart]]" || [[Mötley Crüe]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 27 || n/a || 27 (United Kingdom) || 18 (U.S. Mainstream Rock - Billboard) - 31 (New Zealand) - 34 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Kisses on the Wind]]" || [[Neneh Cherry]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 8 || 20 || 4 (Finland) || [[Kisses on the Wind|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| data-sort-value="Look"|"[[The Look]]" || [[Roxette]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 1 || 7 || 1 [[The Look#Charts and certifications|(10 countries)]] || [[The Look#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-  
|"[[Looking for Freedom (song)|Looking for Freedom]]" || data-sort-value="Hasselhoff, David"|[[David Hasselhoff]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Austria, West Germany, Switzerland) || 4 (Europe) - 12 (France) - 18 (Belgium) - 22 (Netherlands - Dutch Top 40) - 31 (Netherlands)
|-
|| "[[La Vie la nuit]]" || [[Début de Soirée]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a || n/a || 2 (France) || 3 (Belgium - Wallonia) - 3 (Québec) - 9 (Europe) - 32 (Belgium - Flanders)
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|| "[[Lambada (Kaoma song)|Lambada]]" || [[Kaoma]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 46 || 4 || 1 [[Lambada (song)#Charts|(14 countries)]] || [[Lambada (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Lay Your Hands on Me (Bon Jovi song)|Lay Your Hands on Me]]" || [[Bon Jovi]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 7 || 18 || 7 (United States) || [[Lay Your Hands on Me (Bon Jovi song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Lean on You]]" || [[Cliff Richard]]|| {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || n/a || 17 || 10 (Ireland) || 60 (Germany) - 66 (Netherlands)
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|| "[[Leave a Light On (Belinda Carlisle song)|Leave a Light On]]" || [[Belinda Carlisle]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || 11|| 4 || 4 (Austria, Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[Leave a Light On (Belinda Carlisle song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Leave Me Alone (Michael Jackson song)|Leave Me Alone]]" ||[[Michael Jackson]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Greece, Ireland) || [[Leave Me Alone (Michael Jackson song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Let's Party (Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers song)|Let's Party]]" || [[Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers]]|| {{Date table sorting|121989}}|December 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom) || [[Let's Party (Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Liberian Girl]]" || [[Michael Jackson]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || n/a || 13 || 1 (Ireland) || [[Liberian Girl#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Licence to Kill (song)|Licence to Kill]]" || [[Gladys Knight]]|| {{Date table sorting|031989}}|May 1989 || n/a || 6 || 1 (Sweden) || [[Licence to Kill (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" || [[Madonna]]|| {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 1 || 1 || [[Like a Prayer (song)#Charts|(20 countries)]] || [[Like a Prayer (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Like a Yo-Yo]]" || [[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || n/a || 72 || 1 (Finland) || 2 (Denmark) - 10 (Spain) - 13 (Italy) - 32 (Europe)
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|| "[[Lily Was Here]]" || [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]] & [[Candy Dulfer]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || 11 || 6 || 1 (Netherlands) || [[Lily Was Here#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Listen to Your Heart (Roxette song)|Listen to Your Heart]]" || [[Roxette]]|| {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 8 || 13 || 2 (Czech Republic) || [[Listen to Your Heart (Roxette song)#Charts and certifications 2|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Living in Sin (song)|Living in Sin]]" ||  [[Bon Jovi]]|| {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 9 || 35 || 9 (United States) || 9 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 20 (Switzerland) - 37 (U.S.Billboard Album Rock Tracks) - 64 (Australia)
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| data-sort-value="Living Years"|"[[The Living Years]]" || [[Mike and the Mechanics|Mike + The Mechanics]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 1 || 2 || 1 [[The Living Years#Charts and certifications|(5 countries)]] || [[The Living Years#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[London Nights (song)|London Nights]]" || [[London Boys]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Finland) || 4 (Ireland) - 6 (Europe) - 9 (Switzerland) - 24 (West Germany)
|-
| "[[Losing My Mind]]" || data-sort-value="Minnelli,Liza"|[[Liza Minnelli]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || n/a || 6 || 2 (Ireland) || [[Losing My Mind#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Lost in Your Eyes]]" || [[Debbie Gibson]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|January 1989 || 1 || 34 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Lost in Your Eyes#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Love in an Elevator]]" || [[Aerosmith]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 5 || 13 || 5 (United States) || [[Love in an Elevator#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Love in the Natural Way]]" || [[Kim Wilde]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || n/a || 32 || 26 (Ireland) || 63 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
|-
|"Love is a Shield"|| [[Camouflage (band)|Camouflage]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a || n/a || 9 (West Germany) || 11 (Austria) - 29 (Switzerland) - 23 (US Alternative Airplay - Billboard) - 35 (US Dance Club Songs - Billboard)
|-
| "[[Love Shack]]" || data-sort-value="B-52's"|[[The B-52's]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 3 || 2 || 1 (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) || [[Love Shack#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Love Song (Tesla song)|Love Song]]" || [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 10 || n/a || 10 (US) || n/a
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|"[[Love Train (Holly Johnson song)|Love Train]]" || data-sort-value="Johnson, Holly"|[[Holly Johnson]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 65 || 4 || 4 (UK, West Germany) || [[Love Train (Holly Johnson song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Lullaby (The Cure song)|Lullaby]]" || data-sort-value="Cure"|[[The Cure]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 74 || 18 || 2 (US) ||[[Lovesong (The Cure song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Magic Symphony]]" || [[Blue System]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || n/a || 21 (Switzerland) || 10 (Media Control Charts) - 23 (Austria)
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|| "[[Manchild (song)|Manchild]]" || [[Neneh Cherry]]|| {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || n/a || 5 || 2 (West Germany) || [[Manchild (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Marina (song)|Marina]]" (Remix '89) || [[Rocco Granata]] & The Carnations || {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Belgium, Italy, Germany) || n/a
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|| "[[Me Myself and I (De La Soul song)|Me, Myself and I]]" || [[De La Soul]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 34 || 22 || 1 (Netherlands) || [[Me Myself and I (De La Soul song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Me So Horny]]" || [[2 Live Crew]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 26 || n/a || 1 (Netherlands) || [[Me So Horny#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[The Miracle (song)|The Miracle]]" || [[Queen (band)|Queen]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 21 || 16 (Netherlands - Single Top 100) - 20 (Netherlands - Dutch Top 40) || 23 (Ireland) - 28 (Belgium) - 78 (West Germany)
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|| "[[Mirador (song)|Mirador]]" || [[Johnny Hallyday]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a || n/a || 3 (France) || 1 (France - Airplay Chart [Am Stations]) - 16 (Europe - Eurochart Hot 100) - 22 (Europe - European Airplay Top 50) 
|-
|| "[[Miss You Like Crazy]]" || [[Natalie Cole]]|| {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 7 || 2 || 2 (United Kingdom) || [[Miss You Like Crazy#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Miss You Much]]" || [[Janet Jackson]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 1 || 22 || 1 (United States) || [[Miss You Much#Weekly charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Mixed Emotions (The Rolling Stones song)|Mixed Emotions]]" || [[The Rolling Stones]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 5 || 26 || 1 (Canada) || [[Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[My Brave Face]]" || [[Paul McCartney]]|| {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 25 || 18 || 1 (Japan) || [[My Brave Face#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Name and Number]]" || [[Curiosity Killed the Cat]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || 14 || 13 (Italy) || [[Name and Number#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "No More Bolero's" || [[Gerard Joling]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || n/a || n/a || 1 || n/a
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|| "[[No More Lies (Michel'le song)|No More Lies]]" || [[Michel'le]]|| {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 7 || 78 || 7 (United States) || [[No More Lies (Michel'le song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|-
|| "[[Oh Father]]" || [[Madonna]]|| {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 20 || n/a || 6 (Italy) || [[Oh Father#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[On Our Own (Bobby Brown song)|On Our Own]]" || [[Bobby Brown]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|April 1989 || 2 || 4 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[On Our Own (Bobby Brown song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Once Bitten Twice Shy]]" || [[Great White]]|| {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || 5 || 83 || 5 || 6 (U.S. Mainstream Rock - Billboard) - 11 (Canada) 
|-
|| "[[One (Bee Gees song)|One]]" || [[Bee Gees]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 7 || 71 || 7 (Argentina, United States) || [[One (Bee Gees song)|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[One (Metallica song)|One]]" ||  [[Metallica]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 35 || 13 || 1 (Finland) || [[One (Metallica song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[One Summer (song)|One Summer]]" || data-sort-value="Braithwaite, Daryl"|[[Daryl Braithwaite]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 ||n/a || n/a ||4 (Sweden) ||5 (Norway) – 8 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Open Letter (To a Landlord)]]" || [[Living Colour]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 82 || n/a || 11 (New Zealand) || 11 (U.S. Mainstream Rock - Billboard)
|-
|| "[[Orange Crush (song)|Orange Crush]]" || [[R.E.M.]]  || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a || 28 || 5 (New Zealand) || 1 (U.S. Modern Rock Tracks - Billboard; U.S. Mainstream Rock - Billboard) - 15 (Australia) - 21 (Ireland)
|-
|| "[[The Other Side (Aerosmith song)|The Other Side]]" || [[Aerosmith]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 22 || 46 || 22 (United States) || 1 (U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks - Billboard) - 73 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Pacific State (song)|Pacific State]]" || [[808 State]]|| {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 10 || 10 (United Kingdom) || 82 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Paradise City]]" || [[Guns N' Roses]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 5 || 6 || 4 (New Zealand) || 4 (UK UK Independent Singles) - 21 (Scotland) - 35 (Australia) - 40 (Sweden) - 90 (Europe)
|-
|| "[[Partyman]]" ||  [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 18 || 14 || 9 (Finland) || [[Partyman#Formats and track listings|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Patience (Guns N' Roses song)|Patience]]" || [[Guns N' Roses]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 4 || 10 || 2 (Ireland) || [[Patience (Guns N' Roses song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Personal Jesus]]" || [[Depeche Mode]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || 28 || 13 || 3 (Italy, Spain) || [[Personal Jesus#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Poison (Alice Cooper song)|Poison]]" || [[Alice Cooper]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 7 || 2 || 2 (New Zealand, United Kingdom) || [[Poison (Alice Cooper song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Pop Singer (John Cougar Mellencamp song)|Pop Singer]]" || [[John Mellencamp]]|| {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 15 || 93 || 1 (Canada, New Zealand) || [[Pop Singer (John Cougar Mellencamp song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Pour toi Arménie]]" || [[Charles Aznavour]]|| {{Date table sorting|011989}}|February 1989 || n/a || n/a || 1 (France) || 3 (Belgium) - 4 (Europe)
|-
|| "[[Pump ab das Bier]]" || Werner Wichtig || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || n/a || n/a || 1 (West Germany) || 3 (Austria) - 3 (Switzerland)
|-
|| "[[Pump Up the Jam]]" || [[Technotronic]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 2 || 2 || [[Pump Up the Jam#Charts|(7 countries)]] || [[Pump Up the Jam#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Real Love (Jody Watley song)|Real Love]]" || [[Jody Watley]]|| {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 2 || 31 || 2 (United States, Canada) || [[Real Love (Jody Watley song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Revival (Eurythmics song)|Revival]]" || [[Eurythmics]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || n/a || 26 || 7 (Sweden) || [[Revival (Eurythmics song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Rhythm Nation]]" || [[Janet Jackson]]|| {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 2 || 23 || 2 (Canada, United States) || [[Rhythm Nation#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Ride On Time]]" || [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]]|| {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[Ride on Time#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Right Back Where We Started From]]" || [[Sinitta]]|| {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 84 || 4 || 2 (New Zealand) || [[Right Back Where We Started From#Sinitta version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Right Here Waiting]]" || [[Richard Marx]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|July 1989 || 1 || 2 || 1 [[Right Here Waiting#Charts and sales|(5 countries)]] || [[Right Here Waiting#Charts and sales|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Ring My Bell#Collette version|Ring My Bell]]" || [[Collette Roberts|Collette]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || n/a || 93 || 4 (New Zealand) || 5 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[The Road to Hell (song)|The Road to Hell]]" || [[Chris Rea]]|| {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || n/a || 10 || 6 (Austria) || [[The Road to Hell (song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Roam]]" || [[The B-52's]]|| {{Date table sorting|121989}}|December 1989 || 3 || 17 || 2 (New Zealand) || [[Roam#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Rocket (Def Leppard song)|Rocket]]" || [[Def Leppard]]|| {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 12 || 15 || 5 (Ireland, New Zealand) || 14 (Canada) - 15 (Australia, United Kingdom)
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|| "[[Rock On (David Essex song)|Rock On]]" || [[Michael Damian]]|| {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 1 || n/a || 1 (Canada, United States) || 1 (U.S. Cash Top 100) - 45 (Germany) - 52 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Rock Wit'cha]]" || [[Bobby Brown]]|| {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 7 || 33 || 7 (United States) || [[Rock Wit'cha#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
|| "[[Roni (song)|Roni]]" || [[Bobby Brown]]|| {{Date table sorting|121989}}|1989 || 3 || 21 || 1 (United States) || [[Roni (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Room in Your Heart]]" || [[Living in a Box]]|| {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || 5 || 5 (United Kingdom) || [[Room in Your Heart#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Room to Move]]"  || [[Animotion]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 9 || 87 || 9 (United States) || 21 (Canada)
|-
||  "[[Round & Round (New Order song)|Round & Round]]" || [[New Order (band)|New Order]]  || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 64 || 21 || 10 (Ireland) || [[Round & Round (New Order song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Runnin' Down a Dream]]"  || [[Tom Petty]]  || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 23 || 55 || 23 (United States, Canada) || 1 (US Billboard Album Rock Tracks) - 68 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Satisfied (Richard Marx song)|Satisfied]]"  ||  [[Richard Marx]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 1 || 52 || 1 (United States || 2 (Canada) - 5 (US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks) - 20 (Australia) - 25 (Netherlands (Single Top 100)) - 42 (West Germany)
|-
|| "[[Say Goodbye (Indecent Obsession song)|Say Goodbye]]"  ||  [[Indecent Obsession]]  || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || n/a || n/a || 6 (Australia) || n/a
|-
|| "[[Scandal (song)|Scandal]]"  ||  [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || n/a || 25 || 12 (Netherlands) || 14 (Irish) - 16 (Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)) - 29 (Belgium)
|-
||"[[Sealed With a Kiss]]"   || [[Jason Donovan]]  || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[Sealed with a Kiss#Jason Donovan version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Second Chance (38 Special song)|Second Chance]]"  ||  [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]]  || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 6 || n/a || 2 (Canadian) || [[Second Chance (38 Special song)#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[She Drives Me Crazy]]"  || [[Fine Young Cannibals]]  || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 1 || 5 || [[She Drives Me Crazy#Charts|(6 countries)]] || [[She Drives Me Crazy#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[She Has to Be Loved]]" || data-sort-value="Morris, Jenny"|[[Jenny Morris (musician)|Jenny Morris]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || n/a || n/a || 3 (New Zealand) || 5 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Shower Me with Your Love]]"  || [[Surface (band)|Surface]]  || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 5 || n/a || n/a || 1 (US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)) - 3 (US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)) - 5 (US Cash Box)
|-
|| "[[Sit and Wait]]" || [[Sydney Youngblood]] || {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || 16 || 2 (Austria, Sweden, West Germany) || [[Sit and Wait#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[So Alive (Love and Rockets song)|So Alive]]" || [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 3 || 79 || 1 (Canada) ||[[So Alive (Love and Rockets song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart]]" || [[Marc Almond]] & [[Gene Pitney]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a  || 1 || 1 [[Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart#Weekly charts|(5 countries)]] ||[[Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart#Weekly charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Sowing the Seeds of Love]]" || [[Tears for Fears]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989  || 1 || 1 || 1 [[Sowing the Seeds of Love#Charts|(5 countries)]] || [[Sowing the Seeds of Love#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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|| "[[Stand (R.E.M. song)|Stand]]"  ||  [[R.E.M.]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 6 || 48 || 8 (Canada) || 1 (US Alternative Airplay (Billboard), US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)) - 17 (Ireland) - 56 (Australia)  
|-
|| "[[Stop! (Sam Brown song)|Stop!]]"  || [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]]  || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 65 || 4 || 1 (Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands [Dutch Top 40], Norway) || [[Stop! (Sam Brown song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Straight Up (Paula Abdul song)|Straight Up]]"  ||  [[Paula Abdul]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 1 || 3 || 1 (United States, Norway, Canada) || [[Straight Up (Paula Abdul song)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Street Tuff]]"  || [[Rebel MC]] & [[Double Trouble (dance music producers)|Double Trouble]]  || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || n/a || 3 || 3 (Greece, Netherlands, United Kingdom) || [[Street Tuff#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "Stuck On You" || data-sort-value="Norton, Paul"|[[Paul Norton (musician)|Paul Norton]] ||{{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || n/a || n/a || 3 (Australia) || 33 (New Zealand)
|-
|| "[[Sweet Surrender (Wet Wet Wet song)|Sweet Surrender]]"  || [[Wet Wet Wet]]  || {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a || 6 || 1 (Ireland) || [[Sweet Surrender (Wet Wet Wet song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Swing the Mood]]"   || [[Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 11 || 1 || 1 [[Swing the Mood#Charts|(15 countries)]] || [[Swing the Mood#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Talk It Over]]" || [[Grayson Hugh]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 19 || n/a || 3 (New Zealand) || 4 (Australia) - 9 (US Adult Contemporary [Billboard])
|-
| "[[Telephone Booth (song)|Telephone Booth]]" || [[Ian Moss]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a || n/a || 7 (Australia) || 29 (New Zealand) 
|-
|| "[[Tell It Like It Is (song)|Tell It Like It Is]]"  ||  [[Don Johnson]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || n/a || 84 || 2 (Germany) || 6 (France, Netherlands, Switzerland) - 13 (Austria)
|-
|| "[[Tell Me Why (Exposé song)|Tell Me Why]]"  || [[Exposé (group)|Exposé]]  || {{Date table sorting|121989}}|December 1989 || 9 || 97 || 15 (Canada) || [[Tell Me Why (Exposé song)#Performance on the charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[That's What I Like (Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers song)|That's What I Like]]"  ||   [[Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 69 || 1 || 1 (Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom) || [[That's What I Like (Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[This Is Your Land]]" || [[Simple Minds]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a || 13 || 6 (Ireland, Netherlands) || [[This Is Your Land#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[This One's for the Children]]" || [[New Kids on the Block]]  || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 7 || 9 || 7 (Ireland, United States) || [[This One's for the Children#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[This Time I Know It's for Real]]" || [[Donna Summer]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 7 || 3 || 2 (Belgium) || [[This Time I Know It's for Real#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[This Woman's Work]]" || [[Kate Bush]]  || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 25 || 20 (Ireland) || 89 (Australia) [[Too Many Broken Hearts#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Too Many Broken Hearts]]" || [[Jason Donovan]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[Too Many Broken Hearts#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Too Much (Bros song)|Too Much]]"  || [[Bros (British band)|Bros]]  || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Ireland) || [[Too Much (Bros song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Tucker's Daughter]]" || data-sort-value="Moss, Ian"|[[Ian Moss]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || n/a || 2 (Australia) || 6 (New Zealand)
|-
|| "[[Veronica (song)|Veronica]]"  || [[Elvis Costello]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 19 || 31 || 19 (United States) || 1 (US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)) - 10 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart) - 22 (Ireland) - 27 (Australian) - 54 (Dutch Single Top 100) - 64 (Canada)
|-
| "[[Way of the World (Max Q song)|Way of the World]]" ||[[Max Q (Australian band)|Max Q]] ||{{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || n/a ||87  ||5 (New Zealand) ||6 (US Alternative Airplay – Billboard) – 8 (Australia) – 44 (US Dance Charts)
|-
|| "[[The Way to Your Heart]]" ||  [[Soulsister]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 41 || n/a || 3 (Belgium) || 4 (Germany) - 6 (Austria) - 8 (Switzerland, Netherlands)
|-
|| "[[We Didn't Start the Fire]]" || [[Billy Joel]] || {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || 1 || 7 || 1 (United States) || [[We Didn't Start the Fire#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[What I Am]]" || [[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]]  || {{Date table sorting|111988}}|November 1988 || 7 || 31 || 1 (Canada) || [[What I Am#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[What You Don't Know (Exposé song)|What You Don't Know]]" || [[Exposé (group)|Exposé]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 8 || 99 || 8 (United States) || [[What You Don't Know (Exposé song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[When I Looked at Him]]" || [[Exposé (group)|Exposé]] || {{Date table sorting|001989}}|1989 || 10 || n/a || 5 (Netherlands - Single Top 100) || [[When I Looked at Him#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[When I See You Smile]]" || [[Bad English]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || 1 || 61 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[When I See You Smile#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[When Love Comes to Town]]" || [[U2]] & [[B.B. King]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 68 || 6 || 1 (Ireland) || [[When Love Comes to Town#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "When the Night Comes" || [[Joe Cocker]]  || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 11 || 65 || 7 (Switzerland) || 12 (US Adult Contemporary) - 6 (US Mainstream Rock) - 23 (Canada) - 50 (Australia) - 25 (Austria) - 7 (Switzerland) - 29 (Netherlands)
|-
|| "[[When You Come Back to Me (Jason Donovan song)|When You Come Back to Me]]"  || [[Jason Donovan]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Finland, Ireland) || [[When You Come Back to Me (Jason Donovan song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Whenever God Shines His Light]]" || [[Van Morrison]] & [[Cliff Richard]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || n/a || 20 || 3 (Ireland) || n/a
|-
|| "[[Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song)|Wild Thing]]" || [[Tone Loc]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 2 || 21 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[Wild Thing (Tone Lōc song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Wind Beneath My Wings]]" || [[Bette Midler]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 1 || 5 || 1 (Australia, United States) || [[Wind Beneath My Wings#Bette Midler version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[With Every Beat of My Heart]]" || [[Taylor Dayne]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 5 || 53 || 5 (Canada, United States) || [[With Every Beat of My Heart#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Woman in Chains]]" || [[Tears For Fears]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 36 || 26 || 11 (Canada) || [[Woman in Chains#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Wouldn't Change a Thing (Kylie Minogue song)|Wouldn't Change a Thing]]" || [[Kylie Minogue]] || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || n/a || 2 || 2 (UK) || [[Wouldn't Change a Thing (Kylie Minogue song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Y'a pas que les grands qui rêvent]]" ||[[Melody (Belgian singer)|Melody]] || {{Date table sorting|081989}}|August 1989 || n/a || n/a || 2 (France) || 12 (Europe)
|-
||"[[You Got It (Roy Orbison song)|You Got It]]" || [[Roy Orbison]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 33 || n/a || 3 (Canada) || [[You Got It#Charts|See chart performance]] entry
|-
|| "[[You Got It (The Right Stuff)]]" || [[New Kids on the Block]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 3 || 1 || 1 (Australia, Spain, United Kingdom) || [[You Got It (The Right Stuff)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[You'll Never Stop Me Loving You]]" || [[Sonia (singer)|Sonia]]|| {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Europe, Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[You'll Never Stop Me Loving You#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Young Years]]" ||[[Dragon (band)|Dragon]] ||{{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || n/a || n/a || 13 (New Zealand) || 18 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Your Mama Don't Dance]]" || [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 4 || n/a || 4 (US Billboard Hot 100) || [[Your Mama Don't Dance#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[And the Night Stood Still]]" – [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] (# 75 US)
*"Belye Rozy" – [[Laskoviy Mai]]
*"Blush" - [[The Hummingbirds]] (# 19 Australia)
*"Carma (Omen 2)" – [[Mysterious Art]]
*"Casser la voix" - [[Patrick Bruel]]
*"C Day" - [[Confetti's]]
*"[[Cœur de loup]]" - [[Philippe Lafontaine]]
*"[[The Crack Up (song)|The Crack-Up]]" – [[The Black Sorrows]] (# 40 Australia)
*"[[Come Anytime]]" - [[Hoodoo Gurus]] (# 27 Australia) - (# 1 US Modern Rock Tracks - Billboard)
*"[[Communication (John Farnham song)|Communication]]" – [[John Farnham]] and [[Dannielle Gaha|Danni'Elle]] (# 13 Australia)
*"[[Compulsory Hero]]" – [[1927 (band)|1927]] (# 14 Australia)
*"[[Cry in Shame]]" – [[Diesel (musician)|Johnny Diesel and the Injectors]] (# 10 Australia)
*"Das Omen (Teil 1)" – [[Mysterious Art]]
*"[[Dumb Things]]" - [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]] and the Coloured Girls (# 36 Australia - # 17 US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks)
*"Eve of the War" (Ben Liebrand Remix)" - [[Jeff Wayne]]
*[[French Kiss]]" - Honesty 69
*"[[House of Cards (James Reyne song)|House of Cards]]" - [[James Reyne]] (# 17 Australia)
*"[[If I Ever Fall in Love Again]]" – [[Anne Murray]] (# 6 Canada Adult Contemporary - # 9 Canada Country Tracks - # 28 US Hot Country Songs Billboard)
*"I Get the Job Done" – [[Big Daddy Kane]]
*"[[Iko Iko]]" - [[The Belle Stars]]
*"It's Alright" - [[Gyan Evans|Gyan]] (# 49 Australia)
*"It's Only Love" - [[Simply Red]]
*"[[Killin' Time (Clint Black song)|Killin' Time]]" – [[Clint Black]] (# 1 Canada Country Tracks - # 1 US Hot Country Songs Billboard)
*"[[Let Me Be]]" - [[Daryl Braithwaite]] (# 26 Australia)
*"London Kid" – [[Jean Michel Jarre]] & [[Hank Marvin]]
*"[[Lookin' for Love (Diesel song)|Lookin' for Love]]" – [[Diesel (musician)|Johnny Diesel and the Injectors]] (# 28 Australia)
*"[[Nothing Has Been Proved]]" – [[Dusty Springfield]] (# 16 UK)
*"[[Onion Skin (song)|Onion Skin]]" – [[Boom Crash Opera]] (# 11 Australia)
*"Rich in Paradise" - [[FPI Project]]
*"[[Say Goodbye (Indecent Obsession song)|Say Goodbye]]" - [[Indecent Obsession]] (# 6 Australia)
*"[[Simple Man (Noiseworks song)|Simple Man]]" - [[Noiseworks]] (# 47 Australia)
*"[[Soldier of Love (Donny Osmond song)|Soldier of Love]]" – [[Donny Osmond]] (# 57 US - # 66 Canada)
*"[[Soul Revival]]" – [[Diesel (musician)|Johnny Diesel and the Injectors]] (# 9 Australia)
*"The World Seems Difficult" – [[Mental As Anything]] (# 19 Australia)
*"[[Wait (Gyan song)|Wait]]" - [[Gyan Evans|Gyan]] (# 14 Australia)
*"What the World Is Waiting For" - [[The Stone Roses]]
*"[[Where Are You Now (Jimmy Harnen song)|Where are you now]]" - [[Jimmy Harnen|Jimmy Harnen w/ Synch]] (# 10 United States, # 3 US Adult Contemporary [Billboard])
*"[[Winning It All]]" - [[The Outfield]] (# 94 Canada - # 104 US Cash Box Top 100)
*"[[You'll Never Know (1927 song)|You'll Never Know]]" – [[1927 (band)|1927]] (# 15 Australia)
*"[[You're History]]" - [[Shakespears Sister]]
}}

==Notable singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
|"[[A Girl Like You (The Smithereens song)|A Girl Like You]]" || data-sort-value="Smithereens"|[[The Smithereens]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 2 (US Mainstream Rock [Billboard]) - 3 (US Alternative Airplay [Billboard]) - 38 (US Billboard Hot 100) - 62 (Canada Top Singles)
|-
| "The Beat(en) Generation" || [[The The]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 4 (New Zealand) - 8 (Ireland) - 13 (US Billboard  Modern Rock Tracks) - 18 (UK Singles Chart) - 50 (Australia) - 82 (Germany)
|-
| "[[Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos]]" || [[Public Enemy]] || 1989 || 11 (U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles) - 86 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks)
|-
|"[[Blow at High Dough]]" || data-sort-value="Tragically Hip, The"|[[The Tragically Hip]] || {{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 1 (Canada Content) - 48 (Canada) 
|-
|| "[[Blues from a Gun]]" || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] || {{Date table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || 1 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 32 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
|"[[Can't Be Sure]]" || data-sort-value="Sundays, The"|[[The Sundays]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 45 (UK Singles Chart) - 74 (Australia)
|-
|"Closer to Fine" || [[Indigo Girls]] || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 ||
23 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 48 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock) - 52 (US Billboard Hot 100) - 53 (Canada) - 57 (Australia)
|-    
|"[[Come Anytime]]" || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] || {{Date table sorting|011988}}|January 1989 || 1 (US Billboard Modern Tracks) - 45 (Australia) - 1 (US Modern Rock Tracks [Billboard])
|-
|"[[Dirty Blvd.]]" || data-sort-value="Reed, Lou"|[[Lou Reed]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 1 (US Modern Rock Tracks [Billboard]) - 18 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock) - 45 (Australia)
|-
|"Dizzy" || [[Throwing Muses]] || {{Date table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 8 (US Billboard Modern Tracks) - 85 (United Kingdom)
|-
| "[[Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)|Fight the Power]]" || [[Public Enemy]] || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 ||[[Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)#Charts|See chart entry performance]]
|-  
|"[[God Is a Bullet (song)|God Is a Bullet]]" || [[Concrete Blonde]] || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 15 (US Modern Rock Tracks [Billboard]) - 49 (US Mainstream Rock [Billboard]) - 146 (Australia) - 76 (Triple J Hottest 100, 1990 [Australia])
|-
|"[[Happy Birthday (Concrete Blonde song)|Happy Birthday]]" || [[Concrete Blonde]] || {{Date table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 81 (Australia) - 82 (Canada)
|-
| "[[Head On (song)|Head On]]" || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] || {{Date table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 ||  2 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 57 (UK Singles Chart) - 102 (Australia)
|- 
| "[[Here Comes Your Man]]" || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 3 (US Alternative Airplay - Billboard) - 54 (UK Singles Charts) - 11 (New Zealand) - 11 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 32 (Europe)
|-
| "[[I'll Be You]]" || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] ||{{Date table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 1 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart) - 1 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 51 (US Billboard Hot 100) - 92 (Canada)   
|-
| "Info Freako" || [[Jesus Jones]] || {{Data table sorting|021989}}|February 1989 || 42 (UK Singles Chart) - 45 (Triple J Hottest 100, 1990 [Australia])
|-
| "[[Interesting Drug]]" || [[Morrissey]] || {{Data table sorting|041989}}|April 1989 || 4 (Ireland) - 9 (UK Singles Chart) 
|-
| "[[The Last of the Famous International Playboys]]" || [[Morrissey]] || {{Data table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 3 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 6 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
| "[[Made of Stone]]" || data-sort-value="Stone Roses"|[[The Stone Roses]] || {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 90 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
| "[[Mayor of Simpleton]]" || [[XTC]] || {{Date table sorting|011989}}|January 1989 || 1 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 15 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock) - 42 (Canada) - 46 (UK Singles Chart) - 89 (Australia)
|-
| "[[Monkey Gone to Heaven]]" || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] || {{Date table sorting|031989}}|March 1989 || 5 (US Alternative Airplay - Billboard) - 60 (UK Singles Charts)  
|-
| "Nightmares" || [[Violent Femmes]] || 1989 || 4 (US Modern Rock Tracks - Billboard) - 146 (Australia)
|-
| "[[Ouija Board, Ouija Board]]" || [[Morrissey]] || {{data table sorting|111989}}|November 1989 || 2 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 4 (Ireland) - 18 (UK Singles Chart) - 28 (New Zealand) - 58 (Europe)
|-
| "[[Pop Song 89]]" || [[R.E.M.]] || {{data table sorting|051989}}|May 1989 || 14 (US Mainstream Rock [Billboard]) - 16 (US Alternative Airplay [Billboard]) - 86 (US Billboard Hot 100) - 94 (Canada Top Singles)
|-
| "[[Pure (The Lightning Seeds song)|Pure]]" || [[The Lightning Seeds]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 8 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplya) - 16 (UK Singles Chart) - 31 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) - 92 (Australia)
|-
| "[[Regina (song)|Regina]]" || [[The Sugarcubes]] || {{data table sorting|091989}}|September 1989 || 1 (UK Indie Singles) – 2 (US Modern Rock [Billboard]) – 27 (Irish Singles Chart) – 55 (UK Singles Chart) – 141 (Australia)  
|-
| "[[She Bangs the Drums]]" || data-sort-value="Stone Roses"|[[The Stone Roses]] || {{Date table sorting|071989}}|July 1989 || 9 (US Alternative Songs - Billboard) - 34 (UK Singles Charts) - 37 (New Zealand) - 128 (Australia)
|-
| "[[Sit Down (song)|Sit Down]]" || [[James (band)|James]] || {{Date table sorting|061989}}|June 1989 || 77 (UK Singles Charts) - 88 (Australia)
|-
| "[[Sometimes (Max Q song)|Sometimes]]" || [[Max Q (Australian band)|Max Q]] || {{Date table sorting|101989}}|October 1989 || 31 (Australia) - 37 (New Zealand) - 52 (UK Singles Chart)
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Another World" - [[Hoodoo Gurus]]
*"Blush" - [[The Hummingbirds]] 
*"[[Falling Over You]]" – [[The Triffids]]
*"[[Goodbye Little Boy]]" – [[The Triffids]]
*"[[Purple Toupee]]" - [[They Might Be Giants]]
*"[[Sweet Guy]]" - [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]] and The Messengers
*"[[They'll Need a Crane]]" - [[They Might Be Giants]]
*"V for Vendetta" - [[Bughouse (band)|Bughouse]]
*"Word Gets Around" - [[The Hummingbirds]]
*"You Happy Puppet" - [[10,000 Maniacs]]
}}

==Published popular music==
* "Kiss the Girl" m. [[Alan Menken]], w. [[Howard Ashman]], from ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''
* "Part of Your World" m. [[Alan Menken]], w. [[Howard Ashman]], from ''The Little Mermaid''
* "Under the Sea" m. [[Alan Menken]], w. [[Howard Ashman]], from ''The Little Mermaid''
* "[[We Didn't Start the Fire]]" w.m. [[Billy Joel]]
* "[[You Got It]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Roy Orbison]], [[Jeff Lynne]] & [[Tom Petty]]

==Classical music==
*[[Elliott Carter]]
**''[[Three Occasions for Orchestra]]'' (1986–89)
**[[Violin Concerto (Carter)|Violin Concerto]]
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Davies)|Symphony No. 4]]
*[[Kaija Saariaho]] - Du cristal...
*[[Anders Eliasson]] – Symphony No. 3, for alto saxophone and orchestra
*[[Einar Englund]] – Wind Quintet
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]]
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|Aquarius]]'', stage cantata, for eight sopranos and 15 instrumentalists
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|...want de tijd is nabij]]'' (Because the Time Is Near), for male chorus and strings
*[[Ingram Marshall]] – ''Sinfonia Dolce far Niente''
*[[Toshiro Mayuzumi|Toshirô Mayuzumi]]
**''Mukyūdō,'' for orchestra
**''Rokudan'', for harp
*[[John McCabe (composer)|John McCabe]] – String Quartet No. 5
*[[Einojuhani Rautavaara]] – Piano Concerto No. 2
*[[Robert Simpson (composer)|Robert Simpson]]
**String Quartet No. 13
**''Vortex'' for Brass Band
*[[John Tavener]] – ''[[The Protecting Veil]]''
*[[I Nyoman Windha]] – ''Puspanjali''

==Opera==
*[[Conrad Cummings]] – ''Photo-Op''
*[[Anthony Davis (composer)|Anthony Davis]] – ''Under the Double Moon''
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
**''[[Charlotte Corday (opera)|Charlotte Corday]]''
**''Le Bleu-blanc-rouge et le noir''
*[[Alexander Vustin]] – ''[[The Devil in Love (opera)]]'' (not performed)

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1989 in jazz}}

==Musical theatre==
* ''[[Aspects of Love]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]) – London production
* ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Virginia Theatre]] and ran for 897 performances
* ''[[Grand Hotel (musical)|Grand Hotel]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] and ran for 1017 performances
* ''[[Gypsy: A Musical Fable|Gypsy]]'' ([[Jule Styne]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]]) – Broadway revival
* ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'' – Broadway production based on the 1944 film, ran for 252 performances
* ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' ([[Claude-Michel Schönberg]] and [[Alain Boublil]]) – London production
* ''[[Pacific Overtures]]'' ([[Stephen Sondheim]] and [[John Weidman]]) – London production
* ''[[Starmites]]'' (Stuart Ross and Barry Keating) - Broadway production opened at [[Olympia Theatre (New York City)|Criterion Center Stage Right]] and ran for 60 performances

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''101''-[[Depeche Mode]]
* ''[[Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!]]''
* ''[[The Fabulous Baker Boys]]''
* ''[[ChaalBaaz]]''
* ''[[Juke-Bar]]'' (animation)
* ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' — animated feature film
* ''[[Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland]]''
* ''[[Polly (1989 film)|Polly]]'' (TV film)
* ''[[Sons of Steel (1989 film)|Sons of Steel]]''

==Births==
*[[January 3]] – [[Julia Nunes]], American singer-songwriter
*[[January 4]] – [[Labrinth]], English singer-songwriter, musician, rapper and record producer
*[[January 6]] – [[James Durbin (singer)|James Durbin]], American singer
*[[January 7]] – [[Wrabel]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[January 9]] – [[Kyle Craft]], American southern blues glam rock singer-songwriter and musician
*[[January 13]] – [[Triinu Kivilaan]], Estonian singer and model
*[[January 14]] – [[Frankie Sandford]], British singer-songwriter ([[S Club 8|S Club Juniors]], [[The Saturdays]])
*[[January 16]] – [[Kiesza]], Canadian singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist 
*[[January 20]] – [[Joel Pott]], English musician ([[Shura]])
*[[January 24]] 
** [[Calvin Goldspink]], British singer (S Club Juniors)
** [[Trace Cyrus]], American musician (The Cyrus Family ([[Miley Cyrus]], [[Billy Ray Cyrus]], [[Noah Cyrus]])) ([[Metro Station (band)|Metro Station]]) 
*[[January 25]] – [[Yasmien Kurdi]], Filipina singer and actress
*[[January 28]] – [[Carly Paoli]], British mezzo-soprano
*[[February 2]] – [[Southside (record producer)|Southside]], American record producer, songwriter and rapper
*[[February 3]] – [[Ryne Sanborn]], American actor, singer and dancer
*[[February 7]] – [[Jihae (musician)|Jihae]], South Korean singer and actress
*[[February 8]] – [[Matias Tellez]], Norwegian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer 
*[[February 10]] – [[Olga Korsak]], Latvian singer-songwriter, actress, and former competitive figure skater
*[[February 16]] 
** [[Danielle Haim]], American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter ([[Haim (band)|Haim]])
** [[Bry (singer)|Bry]], Irish singer-songwriter 
*[[February 17]] 
** [[Stacey McClean]], British singer (S Club Juniors)
** [[Chord Overstreet]],  American actor, Glee cast member, singer, musician and composer
*[[February 22]] – [[Anna Sundstrand]], Swedish singer and model
*[[February 24]] – [[Lauren Brant]], South African-Australian television personality, singer-dancer and actress
*[[February 27]]
**[[Stefano Langone]], American singer
**[[Sam Sweeney]], English folk musician
**[[Shota Shimizu]], Japanese singer
*[[March 1]] 
**[[Sonya Kitchell]], American jazz singer-songwriter
**[[Karl-Erik Taukar]], Estonian singer, bass guitarist and television host
*[[March 9]] – [[TaeYeon]], member of South Korean pop girl group [[Girls' Generation]]
*[[March 11]] 
** [[Shin Soohyun]], member of South Korean pop boy group [[U-KISS]]
** [[Rainey Qualley]], American actress and singer who works under the name Rainsford
*[[March 13]] – [[Yemi Alade]], Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress and activist
*[[March 14]] – [[Yutaka Yamada]], Japanese composer, arranger and orchestrator
*[[March 19]] – [[Ben Briley]], American singer
*[[March 20]] – [[Sam de Jong]], record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Auckland, New Zealand based in Los Angeles, California. (Ella Henderson, Amy Shark) 
*[[March 21]] – [[Rochelle Wiseman]], British singer (S Club Juniors & [[The Saturdays]])
*[[March 23]] – [[Mike Will Made It]], American record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter ([[Miley Cyrus]], [[Kendrick Lamar]]) 
*[[March 25]] – [[Alyson Michalka]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*[[March 26]] – [[Josiah Leming]], American singer-songwriter
*[[March 29]] – [[Michelle Zauner]],  Korean-American singer, musician, director, and author.
*[[March 30]] – [[Eden xo]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*[[April 8]] 
**[[Alexander DeLeon]], American singer-songwriter ([[The Cab]])
** [[Matty Healy]], British singer-songwriter, musician, producer, performance artist of [[The 1975]] with [[George Daniel]], (worked with: [[Halsey (singer)|halsey]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[The Japanese House]], [[Beabadoobee]], [[Holly Humberstone]], [[FKA twigs]]) (Dated: [[FKA Twigs]], [[Taylor Swift]]) 
**[[Hitomi Takahashi (singer)|Hitomi Takahashi]], Japanese rock singer
*[[April 11]] – [[Zola Jesus]], American singer/songwriter
*[[April 18]] – [[Jessica Jung|Jessica]], member of [[Girls' Generation]]
*[[April 19]] – [[Simu Liu]], Canadian actor and singer
*[[April 20]] 
** [[Han Hee-jun]], South Korean singer
** [[Carlos Valdes (actor)]], Colombian-American singer-songwriter and actor 
* [[April 24]] – [[Thomas Sanders (entertainer)|Thomas Sanders]], American singer, songwriter, YouTuber, playwright, scriptwriter and internet personality ([[Dodie]], Joan, Ben J Pierce)
*[[May 1]] – [[Tim Urban]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[May 3]] – [[Mary Lambert (singer)|Mary Lambert]], American country singer/songwriter and poet
*[[May 5]] – [[Chris Brown]], American singer and rapper
*[[May 9]] – [[Katy B]], English singer and songwriter
*[[May 15]] – [[Sunny (singer)|Sunny]], member of [[Girls' Generation]]
*[[May 24]] – [[G-Eazy]], American rapper, producer, singer (Worked with: Britney Spears, Bebe Rexha, Halsey)
*[[May 28]] – [[Asuca Hayashi]], J-pop singer
*[[May 30]] – [[Kevin Covais]], ''American Idol'' finalist
*[[June 3]] – [[Jillette Johnson]], American singer/songwriter, musician
*[[June 8]] – [[Miya Folick]], American musician
*[[June 9]] – [[Chloë Agnew]],  Irish multi lingual singer and songwriter (Celtic Women)
*[[June 13]] – [[Lisa Tucker (singer)|Lisa Tucker]], American singer
*[[June 14]] – [[Lucy Hale]], American actress and singer
*[[June 15]] - [[Oliver Sim]], English singer and bass guitarist. He is a member of the xx and released a solo album, Hideous Bastard. 
*[[June 17]] – [[Simone Battle]], American actress, singer and dancer ([[G.R.L]]) (died [[2014 in music|2014]])
*[[June 18]] – [[Renee Olstead]], American actress and jazz singer
*[[June 20]] 
** [[Benyamin Nuss]], German pianist
** [[Christopher Mintz-Plasse]], American actor, comedian and musician
*[[June 25]] – [[Sam Ryder]], British singer-songwriter 
*[[June 27]] – [[Kelley Jakle]], American actress and singer-songwriter
*[[July 2]] – [[Dev (singer)|Dev]], American singer-songwriter, rapper, model, musician and radio host
*[[July 3]]
**[[Aisel (singer)|Aisel]], Azerbaijani singer
**[[Elle King]], American singer-songwriter
*[[July 5]] – Joseph King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Canvas and [[Deadbeat Darling]])
*[[July 6]] – [[Laith Ashley]], American model, actor, activist, singer-songwriter and entertainer of Dominican descent. ([[Taylor Swift]], 
*[[July 10]] – [[Jennifer Åkerman]], Swedish, blogger, model and singer-songwriter
*[[July 11]] – [[Hana Pestle]],  American singer, songwriter and record producer (HANA) (Collaborator with [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]] and band member) 
** [[TĀLĀ]] – musician, singer-songwriter, record producer 
*[[July 13]] – [[Sayumi Michishige]], Japanese musician and longest running member of [[Morning Musume]]
*[[July 14]] – [[Isaiah Sharkey]], American guitarist and singer
*[[July 20]] – [[Brooke Candy]], American rapper,  singer-songwriter, director, activist, and dancer
*[[July 21]] – [[Jasmine Cephas Jones]], American stage and screen actress-singer
*[[July 26]] – [[Travis Garland]], American singer and dancer 
*[[July 31]] – [[Alexis Knapp]], American actress and singer 
*[[August 1]] – [[Tiffany Young|Tiffany]], member of [[Girls' Generation]]
*[[August 2]] 
** [[Priscilla Betti]], French singer
** [[Jonas Blue]], English DJ, record producer, songwriter and remixer
** [[Relja Popović]], Serbian rapper and actor
*[[August 4]] – [[Jessica Mauboy]],  Australian singer, songwriter and actress ([[Young Divas]]) 
*[[August 9]] – [[Tainy]], Puerto Rico record producer
*[[August 15]]
** [[Belinda Peregrin]], Spanish Mexican singer, songwriter and actress
** [[Joe Jonas]], American vocalist, singer/songwriter, musician ([[DNCE]], [[Jonas Brothers]]) {dated: [[AJ Michalka]], [[Taylor Swift]], and married [[Sophie Turner]], brother of [[Nick Jonas]]}
*[[August 17]] – [[Mitchell Tenpenny]], American country pop singer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee.
*[[August 18]] 
** [[Anna Akana]], American actress, musician, filmmaker, author, YouTuber and comedian. 
** [[Romy Madley Croft]], English musician. She is the guitarist and co-vocalist of the xx. 
*[[August 19]]
**[[Romeo Miller|Lil' Romeo]], American entertainer
**[[Runtown]], Nigerian singer
*[[August 21]] – [[Hayden Panettiere]], American actress, model, singer and activist
*[[August 23]] – [[Lianne La Havas]], British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
*[[August 27]] – [[Jessica Lea Mayfield]], American singer-songwriter and musician from OHIO
*[[August 30]] – [[Bebe Rexha]], American singer/songwriter, record producer  
*[[September 1]]
**[[Mohammed Assaf]], Palestinian singer
**Bill and Tom Kaulitz of [[Tokio Hotel]]
*[[September 2]] – [[Zedd]], Russian-German record producer, DJ, musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (Foxes, Hayley Williams, Selena Gomez, Kesha)
*[[September 3]] – [[Gusttavo Lima]], Brazilian singer
*[[September 4]] – [[Ryota Kohama]], Japanese musician ([[One Ok Rock]])
*[[September 5]] – [[Kat Graham]], American actress, singer, dancer and model 
*[[September 7]] – [[Loren Allred]], American musician
*[[September 8]] – [[Avicii]], Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer (d. 2018)
*[[September 10]] – [[Sanjaya Malakar]], ''American Idol'' finalist
*[[September 14]] – [[Logan Henderson]], Actor, singer  ([[Big Time Rush (band)|Big Time Rush]])
*[[September 21]] 
** [[Jason Derulo]], American singer/songwriter/dancer 
** [[Emma Watkins]], Australian singer, actress, and dancer
*[[September 22]] 
** [[Hyoyeon|HyoYeon]], member of [[Girls' Generation]]
** [[Cœur de pirate]], Canadian bilingual singer-songwriter and musician 
*[[September 24]] – [[Kreayshawn]],  American rapper, creative director of OK 1984 and music video director 
*[[September 25]]
**[[Vick Hope]],  British TV and radio presenter, journalist and published author.
**[[Danny L Harle]], British music producer
*[[October 4]] 
** [[Rich Homie Quan]], American singer, songwriter and rapper
** [[Tei Shi]],  Colombian-Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer
*[[October 14]] – [[Arca (musician)|Arca]], Venezuelan musician and record producer
*[[October 15]] – [[Fedez]], Italian rapper and musician (Zara Larsson)
*[[October 19]] - [[Empress Of]], American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer based in Los Angeles, California. 
*[[October 20]] – [[Jess Glynne]], English soul-pop singer/songwriter
*[[October 22]] – [[JPEGMafia]], American rapper, songwriter, and producer
*[[October 28]] - [[Jack Colwell]], Australian singer songwriter (d. 2024)
*[[October 30]] – [[S Club 8#Jay Asforis|Jay Asforis]], British singer (S Club Juniors)
*[[November 2]] – [[Katelyn Tarver]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*[[November 3]] – [[Paula DeAnda]], American singer-songwriter
*[[November 11]] – [[Reina Tanaka]], Japanese pop singer (Morning Musume)
*[[November 17]] – [[Ali Tamposi]], American songwriter
*[[November 22]] – [[Candice Glover]], American R&B singer and actress
*[[November 30]] – [[Daisy Evans]], British singer (S Club Juniors)
*[[December 5]] – [[Kwon Yu-ri|Yuri]], member of [[Girls' Generation]]
*[[December 12]] 
**[[Janelle Arthur]], American singer
**Marcel "Shin" Gothow of [[Cinema Bizarre]], German drummer
*[[December 13]] – [[Taylor Swift]], American singer-songwriter, musician, multi instrumentalist, director, and businesswoman (sometimes actress)  
*[[December 17]] – [[Taylor York]], American musician, songwriter and guitarist (Member of band:[[Paramore]], collaborator with [[Hayley Williams]])
*[[December 18]] – [[Ashley Benson]], American model, singer and actress
*[[December 22]] – [[Jordin Sparks]], ''American Idol'' Season 6 winner
*[[December 27]] – [[Calyssa Davidson]], American violinist
*[[December 29]] – [[Pardison Fontaine]], American rapper and songwriter (Cardi B, Megan thee Stallion) 
*[[December 31]] – [[The Chainsmokers|Andrew Taggart]], producer and vocal ([[The Chainsmokers]])
*Unknown – [[Jai Paul]], English songwriter, record producer and recording artist

==Deaths==
*[[January 12]] – [[Satyam (composer)|Satyam]], Indian film music director, 65
*[[January 20]] – [[Beatrice Lillie]], Canadian actress and singer, 94
*[[January 21]] – [[Billy Tipton]], American jazz musician, 74
*[[February 5]] – [[Joe Raposo]], composer and lyricist, "[[Bein' Green]]", 51 (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma)
*[[February 6]] – [[King Tubby]] Jamaican DJ and composer, father of dub reggae, 48 (gunshot wounds)
*[[February 14]] – [[Vincent Crane]] ([[The Crazy World of Arthur Brown]]), 45 (drug overdose)
*[[February 23]] – [[Florencio Morales Ramos]], singer and composer, 72
*[[March 19]] – [[Alan Civil]], horn player, 59
*[[March 20]] – [[Archie Bleyer]], US arranger and bandleader, 79
*[[April 8]] – [[A. M. Rajah]], Indian playback singer and composer, 59 (rail accident)
*[[April 26]] – [[Lucille Ball]], US actress and singer, 77
*[[May 9]] – [[Keith Whitley]], American singer, guitarist, and producer, 34
*[[May 10]] – [[Woody Shaw]], jazz musician, 44 (kidney failure)
*[[May 15]] – [[Johnny Green]], composer, conductor and arranger, 80
*[[May 30]] – [[Zinka Milanov]], operatic soprano, 83
*[[June 2]] – [[Guido Agosti]], Italian pianist and piano teacher, 87
*[[June 14]] – [[Pete de Freitas]], drummer with [[Echo & the Bunnymen]], 27 (motorcycle accident)
*[[June 22]] – [[Henri Sauguet]], composer, 88
*[[June 24]] – [[Hibari Misora]], Japanese enka singer, 52 (hepatitis)
*[[July 5]] – [[Ernesto Halffter]], Spanish composer and conductor, 84
*[[July 16]] – [[Herbert von Karajan]], conductor, 81
*[[July 21]] – [[Mushtaq Ali Khan]], Indian sitar, surbahar and pakhawaj player, 78
*[[August 1]] – [[John Ogdon]], pianist, 52 (diabetes-related)
*[[August 2]] – [[Luiz Gonzaga]], Brazilian musician, 76
*[[August 21]] – [[Raul Seixas]], singer and songwriter, 44 (diabetes-related)
*[[August 25]] – [[Gunnar Berg (composer)|Gunnar Berg]], Danish composer <!-- date of year of death from da:Gunnar Berg -->
*[[September 7]] – [[Mikhail Goldstein]], violinist and composer, 71
*[[September 14]] – [[Perez Prado]], Cuban bandleader and composer, 72
*[[September 15]] – [[Jan DeGaetani]], mezzo-soprano, 56 (leukemia)
*[[September 22]] – [[Irving Berlin]], composer, lyricist, 101
*[[September 24]] – [[Jean Perrin (composer)|Jean Perrin]], pianist and composer, 79
*[[September 30]] – [[Virgil Thomson]], composer, 92
*[[October 17]] – [[Morteza Hannaneh]], composer, 66
*[[October 19]] – [[Alan Murphy]], guitarist, member of [[Level 42]] and [[Go West (band)|Go West]], 35 (AIDS-related)
*[[October 22]] – [[Ewan MacColl]], folk singer, 74
*[[October 31]] – [[Conrad Beck]], Swiss composer, 88
*[[November 5]] – [[Vladimir Horowitz]], pianist, 86
*[[November 15]] – [[Alejo Durán]], composer of [[vallenato]]s, 80
*[[November 29]] – [[Yam Kim-fai]], cantonese opera singer, 76
*[[December 6]]
**[[Billy Lyall]], keyboardist of [[Pilot (Scottish band)|Pilot]] and [[Bay City Rollers]], 46 (AIDS-related)
**[[Sammy Fain]], US composer, 87
*[[December 21]] – [[Ján Cikker]], Slovak composer, 78
*[[December 26]] – Sir [[Lennox Berkeley]], composer, 86

==Awards==
*The following artists are inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]: [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]], [[Otis Redding]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Temptations]] and [[Stevie Wonder]]
*[[Grammy Awards of 1989]]
*[[1989 Country Music Association Awards]]
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1989]]
*[[31st Japan Record Awards]]

==Charts==
*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1989]]
*[[1989 in British music#Charts]]
*[[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1989]]

==See also==
* [[1989 in British music]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1989|Record labels established in 1989]]

{{Portal|1980s}}

== References ==

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==External links==
*[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1989.htm ARIA Top 50 Singles of 1989]

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