BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS FOR 1988

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No.-Album-Artist-Peak month
 1 HYSTERIA-DEF LEPPARD-AUGUST                                                                               4256
 2 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION-GUNS 'N ROSES-October                                         3154
 3 FAITH-GEORGE MICHAEL-February                                                          3032
 4 DIRTY DANCING SOUNDTRACK-April                                                         2996
 5 NEW JERSEY-BON JOVI-October                                                            1664
 6 OPEN UP AND SAY...AHH!-POISON-June                                                     1550
 7 KICK-INXS-February                                                                     1538
 8 TIFFANY-Tiffany-February                                                               1294
 9 COCKTAIL SOUNDTRACK-October                                                            1092
10 GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT-Anita Baker-December                                    1052
11 Tracy Chapman-Tracy Chapman-August                                                     1012
12 OU812-Van Halen-July                                                                    910
13 Rattle And Hum-U2-November                                                              906
14 More Dirty Dancing-Various Artists-May                                                  872
15 Introducing The Hard Line According To-Terence Trent D'Arby-May                         798
16 Let It Loose-Gloria Estefan-May                                                         786
17 Roll With It-Steve Winwood-August                                                       782
18 Now And Zen-Robert Plant-May                                                            724
19 Long Cold Winter-Cinderella-September                                                   702
20 Silhouette-Kenny G.-December                                                            652
21 Out Of The Blue-Debbie Gibson-February                                                  616
22 He's The DJ I'm The Rapper-DJ Jazzy & The Fresh Prince-September                        614
23 Cloud Nine-George Harrison-January                                                      542
24 Skyscraper-David Lee Roth-March                                                         458
25 Simple Pleasures-Bobby McFerrin-October                                                 418
26 Scenes From The Southside-Bruce Hornsby & The Range-July                                410
27 Savage Amusement-Scorpions-June                                                         402
28 Stronger Than Pride-Sade-July                                                           350
29 Good Morning,Vietnam Soundtrack-March                                                   314
30 ...And Justice For All-Metallica-October                                                312
31 Till I Loved You-Barbara Streisand-December                                             312
32 Any Love-Luther Vandross-November                                                       310
33 Richard Marx-Richard Marx-August                                                        296
34 Heavy Nova-Robert Palmer-September                                                      210
35 Small World-Huey Lewis & The News-September                                             184
36 Kingdom Come-Kingdom Come-May                                                           178
37 Heaven On Earth-Belinda Carlisle-February                                               174
38 Whenever You Need Somebody-Rick Astley-March                                            160
39 Pride-White Lion-May                                                                    148
40 Heart Break-New Edition-October                                                         142
41 Tougher Than Leather-Run D.M.C.-June                                                    122
42 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son-Iron Maiden-June                                           108
43 Lovesexy-Prince-June                                                                     74
44 Blow Up Your Video-AC/DC-March                                                           72
45 No Rest For The Wicked-Ozzy Osbourne-November                                            36
46 Labour Of Love-UB40-October                                                              34
47 You Can Dance-Madonna-January                                                            34
48 Pebbles-Pebbles-June                                                                     34