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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1990.
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1990.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1989 | |||||
| December 23 | "Downtown Train" | Rod Stewart | 1 | January 20 | 11 |
| December 30 | "Here We Are" | Gloria Estefan | 1 | January 27 | 13 |
| Singles from 1990 | |||||
| January 13 | "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" | Chicago | 2 | February 3 | 10 |
| "Just Like Jesse James" | Cher | 9 | January 20 | 3 | |
| January 20 | "Just Between You and Me" | Lou Gramm | 4 | February 10 | 5 |
| January 27 | "Any Other Fool" | Sadao Watanabe featuring Patti Austin | 6 | February 24 | 7 |
| February 3 | "All My Life" | Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville | 1 | March 3 | 12 |
| "Nothin' to Hide" | Poco | 10 | February 3 | 2 | |
| February 10 | "Here and Now" | Luther Vandross | 3 | March 17 | 9 |
| February 17 | "Going Home" | Kenny G | 5 | February 17 | 4 |
| February 24 | "Love Will Lead You Back" | Taylor Dayne | 1 | March 24 | 11 |
| "I Go to Extremes" | Billy Joel | 4 | March 17 | 6 | |
| March 3 | "Starting Over Again" | Natalie Cole | 5 | March 17 | 5 |
| March 10 | "Was It Nothing at All" | Michael Damian | 7 | March 17 | 4 |
| March 17 | "I Wish It Would Rain Down" | Phil Collins | 3 | March 31 | 7 |
| "I'll Be Good to You" | Donny Osmond | 10 | March 17 | 1 | |
| March 24 | "Have a Heart" | Bonnie Raitt | 3 | April 14 | 4 |
| "Everything You Touch" | Smokey Robinson | 2 | April 14 | 6 | |
| March 31 | "Bodyguard" | Bee Gees | 9 | April 7 | 2 |
| April 7 | "Make It Like It Was" | Regina Belle | 5 | April 14 | 4 |
| "Black Velvet" | Alannah Myles | 7 | April 7 | 2 | |
| "Look Me in the Heart" | Tina Turner | 8 | April 7 | 3 | |
| April 14 | "This Old Heart of Mine" | Rod Stewart & Ronald Isley | 1 | April 21 | 10 |
| "How Can We Be Lovers?" | Michael Bolton | 3 | April 28 | 5 | |
| April 21 | "The Heart of the Matter" | Don Henley | 3 | May 5 | 8 |
| "Cruising for Bruising" | Basia | 5 | May 5 | 6 | |
| April 28 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | Sinead O'Connor | 2 | May 5 | 7 |
| "All Around the World" | Lisa Stansfield | 7 | May 12 | 4 | |
| May 5 | "Hold On" | Wilson Phillips | 1 | May 26 | 11 |
| "Club at the End of the Street" | Elton John | 2 | June 9 | 12 | |
| May 12 | "Do You Remember?" | Phil Collins | 1 | June 2 | 12 |
| "If I Knew Then What I Know Now" | Kenny Rogers | 10 | May 12 | 1 | |
| May 19 | "Save Me" | Fleetwood Mac | 6 | June 16 | 5 |
| "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" | Heart | 6 | June 2 | 5 | |
| May 26 | "It Must Have Been Love" | Roxette | 2 | July 7 | 10 |
| June 2 | "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" | Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville | 5 | June 16 | 5 |
| June 16 | "Children of the Night" | Richard Marx | 6 | June 30 | 5 |
| "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue" | Expose | 9 | June 23 | 2 | |
| June 23 | "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" | Michael Bolton | 1 | July 7 | 9 |
| "Cuts Both Ways" | Gloria Estefan | 1 | July 28 | 11 | |
| "Through the Test of Time" | Patti Austin | 8 | July 7 | 3 | |
| June 30 | "Take It to Heart" | Michael McDonald | 4 | July 28 | 7 |
| July 7 | "Vision of Love" | Mariah Carey | 1 | August 4 | 11 |
| July 14 | "I Don't Have the Heart" | James Ingram | 2 | August 18 | 13 |
| July 21 | "Ready or Not" | After 7 | 7 | August 4 | 3 |
| "Talk to Me" | Anita Baker | 4 | August 11 | 7 | |
| July 28 | "Across the River" | Bruce Hornsby | 8 | August 18 | 5 |
| August 4 | "Come Back to Me" | Janet Jackson | 1 | August 25 | 9 |
| "Release Me" | Wilson Phillips | 1 | September 15 | 11 | |
| August 11 | "Oh Girl" | Paul Young | 1 | September 22 | 13 |
| August 18 | "King of Wishful Thinking" | Go West | 7 | September 1 | 5 |
| August 25 | "And So It Goes" | Billy Joel | 5 | September 8 | 8 |
| September 1 | "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" | Phil Collins | 2 | September 29 | 12 |
| September 8 | "Adios" [A] | Linda Ronstadt | 9 | September 8 | 2 |
| "Skies the Limit" | Fleetwood Mac | 10 | September 8 | 1 | |
| September 15 | "If Wishes Came True" | Sweet Sensation | 8 | September 22 | 3 |
| "Unchained Melody" | The Righteous Brothers | 1 | October 13 | 9 | |
| September 22 | "Georgia on My Mind" | Michael Bolton | 6 | October 6 | 3 |
| September 29 | "Praying for Time" | George Michael | 4 | October 13 | 6 |
| October 6 | "Heart of Stone" | Taylor Dayne | 8 | October 6 | 4 |
| "Say a Prayer" | Breathe | 3 | October 27 | 7 | |
| October 13 | "I Don't Want to Talk About It" | Rod Stewart | 2 | October 27 | 7 |
| "Rhythm of the Rain" | Dan Fogelberg | 3 | November 17 | 9 | |
| October 20 | "Love Takes Time" | Mariah Carey | 1 | October 27 | 15 |
| "From a Distance" | Bette Midler | 1 | November 3 | 13 | |
| November 3 | "Better Not Tell Her" | Carly Simon | 4 | November 24 | 7 |
| November 10 | "More Than Words Can Say" | Alias | 2 | December 15 | 11 |
| "Impulsive" | Wilson Phillips | 2 | December 8 | 11 | |
| November 17 | "So Close" | Hall & Oates | 6 | December 8 | 7 |
| November 24 | "You Gotta Love Someone" | Elton John | 1 | December 15 | 11 |
| "Stranded" | Heart | 8 | December 1 | 3 | |
| December 1 | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | Whitney Houston | 7 | December 15 | 5 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 14 | "Don't Know Much" | Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville | 1 | October 28 | 14 |
| November 4 | "Angelia" | Richard Marx | 2 | November 25 | 10 |
| November 11 | "Another Day in Paradise" | Phil Collins | 1 | December 2 | 13 |
| November 18 | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" | Michael Bolton | 1 | December 30 | 14 |
| December 9 | "Sacrifice" | Elton John | 3 | December 23 | 12 |
| December 16 | "The Last Worthless Evening" | Don Henley | 5 | December 30 | 7 |
| "Leave a Light On" | Belinda Carlisle | 8 | December 30 | 3 | |
| December 23 | "Walk on By" | Melissa Manchester | 6 | December 30 | 5 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 15 | "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" | Stevie B | 1 | January 19 | 10 |
| "New York Minute" | Don Henley | 5 | January 19 | 8 | |
| December 22 | "One and Only Man" | Steve Winwood | 9 | January 5 | 4 |
AThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending September 22, 1990.
"Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985.