List of Top 25 albums for 1989 in Australia

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 OneTraveling Wilburys12[4]
2....Ish192714[5]
3.HysteriaDef Leppard13[6]
4.The Raw and the CookedFine Young Cannibals11[7]
5.EdgeDaryl Braithwaite13[8]
6.Like a PrayerMadonna4
7.Johnny Diesel and the InjectorsJohnny Diesel2
8.BeachesSoundtrack / Bette Midler14[9]
9.Mystery GirlRoy Orbison14[10]
10.A New FlameSimply Red2
11.Appetite for DestructionGuns N' Roses7
12.Sunshine on LeithThe Proclaimers2
13.Repeat OffenderRichard Marx17[11]
14.Hold On to MeThe Black Sorrows7
15.The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd WebberVarious Artists11[12]
16.Melissa EtheridgeMelissa Etheridge3
17.Look Sharp!Roxette2
18.Rattle and HumU215[nb 1]
19.CocktailSoundtrack15[14]
20.BraveKate Ceberano2
21.Gipsy KingsGipsy Kings2
22.MatchbookIan Moss13[15]
23.Phantom of the OperaSoundtrack2
24.Heavy NovaRobert Palmer2
25.Pop ArtTransvision Vamp13
26.Open Up and Say... Ahh!Poison7
27.Big DaddyJohn Cougar Mellencamp11
28.Hangin' ToughNew Kids on the Block7
29.WatermarkEnya8
30.ShiverJenny Morris5
31.Greatest HitsFleetwood Mac3
32.Heart of StoneCher11
33.WarragulJohn Williamson11
34.Hard ReyneJames Reyne7
35.UnionToni Childs8
36.G N' R LiesGuns N' Roses18
37.Electric YouthDebbie Gibson10
38.BarnestormingJimmy Barnes13
39.VelveteenTransvision Vamp2
40.The George Thorogood CollectionGeorge Thorogood and the Destroyers2
41.Storm FrontBilly Joel12
42.Living YearsMike and the Mechanics10
43.Young EinsteinSoundtrack6
44.EverythingThe Bangles7
45.Stop!Sam Brown13
46.Tracy ChapmanTracy Chapman2
47.The Other Side of the MirrorStevie Nicks8
48.TrashAlice Cooper5
49.BatmanPrince4
50.SouthsideTexas14

Top 25 albums of 1989
Other Australian top charts for 1989
top 25 singles
Triple J Hottest 100
Australian top 40 charts for the 1980s
singles
albums
Australian number-one charts of 1989
albums
singles

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]

References
  1. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1989". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  2. "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  3. 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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