thumbnail|[[Janet Jackson (pictured) earned her second Hot 100 number-one single with "Miss You Much", which stayed at the top position for four straight weeks.]]
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1989. The two longest running number-one singles of 1989 are "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson and "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins, which each charted at number one for four weeks. "Another Day in Paradise" attained two weeks at number one in 1989 and two more weeks in 1990, achieving four weeks at the top. 1989 ties with 1988 by having the second most number-one hits with 32 songs going to number one during the year.
That year, 12 acts earned their first number one song: Bobby Brown, Sheriff, Paula Abdul, Mike + the Mechanics, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, Michael Damian, Bette Midler, New Kids on the Block, Milli Vanilli, Martika, and Bad English. Phil Collins, Paula Abdul, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, New Kids on the Block, Richard Marx, and Milli Vanilli were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with Paula Abdul and Milli Vanilli having the most with three, and Phil Collins, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, New Kids on the Block, and Richard Marx with two.
Chart history
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|style="background-color:#FFFF99"|The #1 song of 1989, "Look Away" by Chicago, despite reaching #1 in late 1988, never reached #1 in 1989.
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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
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!align="center"|Issue date
!align="center"|Song
!align="center"|Artist(s)
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|678
|align="center"|January 7
|align="center"|"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
|align="center"|Poison
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|679
|align="center"|January 14
|align="center"|"My Prerogative"
|align="center"|Bobby Brown
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|680
|align="center"|January 21
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Two Hearts"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Phil Collins
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|align="center"|January 28
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|681
|align="center"|February 4
|align="center"|"When I'm with You"
|align="center"|Sheriff
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|682
|align="center"|February 11
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Straight Up"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Paula Abdul
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|February 18
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|February 25
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|683
|align="center"|March 4
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Lost in Your Eyes"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Debbie Gibson
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|align="center"|March 11
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|March 18
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|684
|align="center"|March 25
|align="center"|"The Living Years"
|align="center"|Mike + the Mechanics
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|685
|align="center"|April 1
|align="center"|"Eternal Flame"
|align="center"|The Bangles
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|686
|align="center"|April 8
|align="center"|"The Look"
|align="center"|Roxette
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|687
|align="center"|April 15
|align="center"|"She Drives Me Crazy"
|align="center"|Fine Young Cannibals
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|688
|align="center"|April 22
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Like a Prayer"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Madonna
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|align="center"|April 29
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|May 6
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|689
|align="center"|May 13
|align="center"|"I'll Be There for You"
|align="center"|Bon Jovi
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|690
|align="center"|May 20
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Forever Your Girl"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Paula Abdul
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|May 27
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|691
|align="center"|June 3
|align="center"|"Rock On"
|align="center"|Michael Damian
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|692
|align="center"|June 10
|align="center"|"Wind Beneath My Wings"
|align="center"|Bette Midler
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|693
|align="center"|June 17
|align="center"|"I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"
|align="center"|New Kids on the Block
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|694
|align="center"|June 24
|align="center"|"Satisfied"
|align="center"|Richard Marx
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|695
|align="center"|July 1
|align="center"|"Baby Don't Forget My Number"
|align="center"|Milli Vanilli
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|696
|align="center"|July 8
|align="center"|"Good Thing"
|align="center"|Fine Young Cannibals
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|697
|align="center"|July 15
|align="center"|"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
|align="center"|Simply Red
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|698
|align="center"|July 22
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Toy Soldiers"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Martika
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|July 29
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|699
|align="center"|August 5
|align="center"|"Batdance"
|align="center"|Prince
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|700
|align="center"|August 12
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Right Here Waiting"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Richard Marx
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|August 19
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|August 26
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|701
|align="center"|September 2
|align="center"|"Cold Hearted"
|align="center"|Paula Abdul
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|702
|align="center"|September 9
|align="center"|"Hangin' Tough"
|align="center"|New Kids on the Block
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|703
|align="center"|September 16
|align="center"|"Don't Wanna Lose You"
|align="center"|Gloria Estefan
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|704
|align="center"|September 23
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Milli Vanilli
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|September 30
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=4|705
|align="center"|October 7
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Miss You Much"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Janet Jackson
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|align="center"|October 14
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|October 21
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|October 28
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|706
|align="center"|November 4
|align="center"|"Listen to Your Heart"
|align="center"|Roxette
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|707
|align="center"|November 11
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"When I See You Smile"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Bad English
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|November 18
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|708
|align="center"|November 25
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Blame It on the Rain"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Milli Vanilli
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|align="center"|December 2
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|709
|align="center"|December 9
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"We Didn't Start the Fire"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Billy Joel
|align="center"|
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|align="center"|December 16
|align="center"|
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|710
|align="center"|December 23
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Another Day in Paradise"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Phil Collins
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|align="center"|December 30*
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Number-one artists
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
! Position
! Artist
! Weeks at No. 1
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| 1
| Paula Abdul
| 6
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| 2
| Milli Vanilli
| 5
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| rowspan=3| 3
| Phil Collins
| rowspan=3| 4
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| Richard Marx
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| Janet Jackson
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| rowspan=2| 6
| Debbie Gibson
| rowspan=2| 3
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| Madonna
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| rowspan=6| 8
| Roxette
| rowspan=6| 2
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| Fine Young Cannibals
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| New Kids on the Block
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| Martika
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| Bad English
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| Billy Joel
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| rowspan=11| 14
| Poison
| rowspan=11| 1
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| Bobby Brown
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| Sheriff
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| Mike + the Mechanics
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| The Bangles
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| Bon Jovi
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| Michael Damian
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| Bette Midler
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| Simply Red
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| Prince
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| Gloria Estefan
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See also
- 1989 in music
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s
References
Additional sources
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ()
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition ()
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties ()
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.