List of top 25 singles for 1990 in Australia

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The following lists the top 100 singles of 1990 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart. [1] [2] [3] ARIA had previously used the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report. [4]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor 18 [5]
2."U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer 15 [6]
3."Vogue" Madonna 15 [7]
4."It Must Have Been Love" Roxette 12 [8]
5."All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" Heart 14 [9]
6."Opposites Attract" Paula Abdul 12 [10]
7."How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Michael Bolton 2
8."Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers 15 [nb 1]
9."Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" Milli Vanilli 3
10."Love Shack" The B-52's 16 [12]
11."Hold On" Wilson Phillips 2
12."Don't Know Much" Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville 2
13."Black Velvet" Alannah Myles 3
14."Ride on Time" Black Box 2
15."Mona" Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 3
16."Joey" Concrete Blonde 2
17."I Need Your Body" Tina Arena 3
18."Crying in the Chapel" Peter Blakeley 3
19."Janie's Got a Gun" Aerosmith 11 [13]
20."Blaze of Glory" Jon Bon Jovi 16 [14]
21."When I See You Smile" Bad English 4
22."Epic" Faith No More 13 [15]
23."Lay Down Your Guns" Jimmy Barnes 4
24."Lambada" Kaoma 5
25."Show No Mercy" Mark Williams 8
26."Infinity (1990's Time for the Guru)" Guru Josh 4
27."Pump Up the Jam Technotronic feat. Felly4
28."Hanky Panky" Madonna 6
29."Spin That Wheel" Hi-Tek 3 5
30."Jukebox in Siberia" Skyhooks 12
31."I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" Absent Friends 4
32."Love Will Lead You Back" Taylor Dayne 11
33."Step by Step" New Kids on the Block 8
34."Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice 13
35."Blue Sky Mine" Midnight Oil 8
36."Close to You" Maxi Priest 2
37."I Want That Man" Deborah Harry 2
38."Groove Is in the Heart" Deee-Lite 11
39."Dangerous" Roxette 9
40."Summer Rain" Belinda Carlisle 6
41."How Can We Be Lovers?" Michael Bolton 3
42."Suicide Blonde" INXS 2
43."Thunderstruck" AC/DC 4
44."Chain Reaction" John Farnham 6
45."Unskinny Bop"Poison46."Blame It on the Rain" Milli Vanilli 5
47."Sacrifice" Elton John 7
48."Cradle of Love" Billy Idol 1049."I Don't Know Anybody Else" Black Box 6
50."Bust a Move" Young MC 11
51."Leave a Light On" Belinda Carlisle 5
52."Love Is" Alannah Myles 12
53."Ooops Up" Snap! 4
54."Love and Kisses" Dannii 4
55."Better the Devil You Know" Kylie Minogue 4
56."Heart in Danger" Southern Sons 5
57."I'll Be Your Shelter" Taylor Dayne 4
58."I Remember You" Skid Row 12
59."The Right Combination" Seiko & Donnie Wahlberg 11
60."Lily Was Here" David A. Stewart feat. Candy Dulfer 10
61."Doin' the Do" Betty Boo 3
62."King of Wishful Thinking" Go West 6
63."Sweet Surrender" Wet Wet Wet 7
64."Dogs Are Talking" The Angels 11
65."The Power" Snap! 13
66."Vision of Love" Mariah Carey 9
67."Show Me Heaven" Maria McKee 3
68."Roam" The B-52's 11
69."Baby Don't Forget My Number" Milli Vanilli 17
70."That's Freedom" John Farnham 6
71."Italo House Mix" Rococo 13
72."Turtle Power!" Partners in Kryme 15
73."Bound for Glory" Angry Anderson 11
74."Black Betty" (Rough 'n' Ready Remix) Ram Jam 17
75."Black Cat" Janet Jackson 6
76."Still Got the Blues (For You)" Gary Moore 18
77."I'm Your Baby Tonight" Whitney Houston 7
78."Let's Make It Last All Night" Jimmy Barnes 12
79."Escaping" Margaret Urlich 17
80."Dub Be Good to Me" Beats International 12
81."Shake" Andrew Ridgeley 16
82."Burn for You" John Farnham 5
83."Tonight" New Kids on the Block 16
84."Megamix" Technotronic 13
85."I Feel the Earth Move" Martika 2
86."Here We Are" Gloria Estefan 20
87."Please Send Me Someone to Love" Johnny Diesel and the Injectors 11
88."Miss Divine" Icehouse 16
89."Tom's Diner" DNA feat. Suzanne Vega 8
90."Back Street Pickup" The Angels 23
91."Step Back in Time" Kylie Minogue 5
92."Check Out the Chicken"Grandmaster Chicken & D.J. Duck16
93."Fools Gold" The Stone Roses 13
94."I Wish It Would Rain Down" Phil Collins 15
95."Praying for Time" George Michael 16
96."Tell Me a Story" 1927 17
97."Let the Night Roll On" The Angels 17
98."Thieves in the Temple" Prince 16
99."(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" Nelson 20
100."Escapade" Janet Jackson 25

Peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts, 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 singles for each week during 1990. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers had first been released in 1965, it was re-released in 1990 and peaked at #1 in late November on the ARIA chart for five weeks, it was still in the Top 50 by March 1991. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "ARIA Top Singles of 1990". www.top100singles.net. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  7. ↑ "Madonna - Vogue". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  8. ↑ "Roxette - It Must Have Been Love". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  9. ↑ "Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  10. ↑ "Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  11. ↑ "The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  12. ↑ "The B-52's - Love Shack". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  13. ↑ "Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  14. ↑ "Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  15. ↑ "Faith No More - Epic". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
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