List of top 25 albums for 1989 in Australia

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These are the top 50 albums of 1989 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart. [1] These were the second End of Year album charts created by ARIA, it had started producing its own charts from mid-1988. [2] ARIA had previously used the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report. [3]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedWeeks at No. 1
1. Volume One Traveling Wilburys 12 [4]
2. ...Ish 1927 14 [5]
3. Hysteria Def Leppard 13 [6]
4. The Raw and the Cooked Fine Young Cannibals 11 [7]
5. Edge Daryl Braithwaite 13 [8]
6. Like a Prayer Madonna 4
7. Johnny Diesel and the Injectors Johnny Diesel 2
8. Beaches Soundtrack / Bette Midler 14 [9]
9. Mystery Girl Roy Orbison 14 [10]
10. A New Flame Simply Red 2
11. Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses 7
12. Sunshine on Leith The Proclaimers 2
13. Repeat Offender Richard Marx 17 [11]
14. Hold On to Me The Black Sorrows 7
15. The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber Various Artists11 [12]
16. Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge 3
17. Look Sharp! Roxette 2
18. Rattle and Hum U2 15 [nb 1]
19. Cocktail Soundtrack15 [14]
20. Brave Kate Ceberano 2
21. Gipsy Kings Gipsy Kings 2
22. Matchbook Ian Moss 13 [15]
23. Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack2
24. Heavy Nova Robert Palmer 2
25. Pop Art Transvision Vamp 13
26. Open Up and Say... Ahh! Poison 7
27. Big Daddy John Cougar Mellencamp 11
28. Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block 7
29. Watermark Enya 8
30. Shiver Jenny Morris 5
31. Greatest Hits Fleetwood Mac 3
32. Heart of Stone Cher 11
33.Warragul John Williamson 11
34. Hard Reyne James Reyne 7
35. Union Toni Childs 8
36. G N' R Lies Guns N' Roses 18
37. Electric Youth Debbie Gibson 10
38. Barnestorming Jimmy Barnes 13
39. Velveteen Transvision Vamp 2
40.The George Thorogood Collection George Thorogood and the Destroyers2
41. Storm Front Billy Joel 12
42. Living Years Mike and the Mechanics 10
43. Young Einstein Soundtrack6
44. Everything The Bangles 7
45. Stop! Sam Brown 13
46. Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 2
47. The Other Side of the Mirror Stevie Nicks 8
48. Trash Alice Cooper 5
49. Batman Prince 4
50. Southside Texas 14

Peak chart positions from early 1988 were calculated by David Kent for the Kent Music Report. [3] Late 1988 and all 1989 peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts. [2] Overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 albums for each week during 1989. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Rattle and Hum debuted at #1 in November 1988 for five weeks and remained in the ARIA Top 50 until April 1989, it returned in August and reached #6 in October, overall it spent 51 weeks in the Top 50. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1989". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  3. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 . St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  4. ↑ "Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "1927 - ...Ish". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Def Leppard - Hysteria". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  7. ↑ "Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  8. ↑ "Daryl Braithwaite - Edge". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  9. ↑ "Bette Midler - Beaches". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  10. ↑ "Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  11. ↑ "Richard Marx - Repeat Offender". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  12. ↑ "Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Premiere Collection". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  13. ↑ "U2 - Rattle And Hum". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  14. ↑ "Soundtrack - Cocktail". Australian Charts Portal. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  15. ↑ "Ian Moss - Matchbook". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
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