CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 1989*

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No. Album-Artist-Label-Peak Month
 1 FOREVER YOUR GIRL-PAULA ABDUL-VIRGIN-SEPTEMBER
 2 THE RAW & THE COOKED-FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS-I.R.S.July
 3 DON'T BE CRUEL-BOBBY BROWN-MCA-January 
 4 HANGIN' TOUGH-NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK-Columbia-July
 5 FULL MOON FEVER-TOM PETTY-MCA-July
 6 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE-MILLI VANILLI-Arista-July
 7 LIKE A PRAYER-MADONNA-Sire-May
 8 G N'R LIES-Guns & Roses-Geffen-May
 9 TRAVELING WILBURYS VOL.I-WB-January
10 LOC-ED AFTER DARK-Tone Loc-March
11 Appetite For Destruction-Guns N' Roses-Geffen-January
12 Electric Youth-Debbie Gibson-Atlantic-March
13 Beaches Soundtrack-Atlantic-June
14 Batman Soundtrack-Prince-WB-August
15 Vivid-Living Colour-Epic-May
16 The End Of The Innocence-Don Henley-Geffen-October
17 Mystery Girl-Roy Orbison-Virgin-March
18 Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars-Edie Brickell & New Bohemians-Geffen-February
19 Steel Wheels-Rolling Stones-Columbia-October
20 Repeat Offender-Richard Marx-EMI-September
21 Sonic Temple-The Cult-Reprise-June
22 Keep On Movin'-Soul//Soul-Virgin-September
23 Giving You The Best That I Got-Elektra-Anita Baker
24 Skid Row-Skid Row-Atlantic-October
25 Dr. Feelgood-Motley Crue-Elektra-October
26 Green-R.E.M.-WB-February
27 Disintegration-The Cure-Elektra-June
28 Blind Man's Zoo-10,000 Maniacs-Elektra-July 
29 Walking With A Panther-L.L. Cool J-Def Jam-August
30 Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814-Janet Jackson-A&M-November
31 Pump-Aerosmith-Geffen-November
32 Hysteria-Def Leppard-Mercury-January
33 Twice Shy-Great White-Capitol-July
34 New Jersey-Bon Jovi-Mercury-January
36 Open Up And Say...Ahh!-Capitol-Poison
37 Cuts Both Ways-Gloria Estefan-Epic-September
38 The Seeds Of Love-Tears For Fears-Fontana-November
39 Silhouette-Kenny G.-Arista-January
40 Karyn White-Karyn White-Warner Brothers-March
41 3 Feet High And Rising-De La Soul-Tommy Boy-June
42 Heart Of Stone-Cher-Geffen-November
43 Greatest Hits-Journey-Columbia-February
44 Rattle And Hum-U2-Island-January
45 Paul's Boutique-Beastie Boys-Def Jam-September
46 Cosmic Thing-B52s-Reprise-December
47 Crossroads-Tracy Chapman-Elektra-November
48 Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich-Warrant-Columbia-November
49 The Other Side Of The Mirror-Stevie Nicks-Modern-July
50 Cocktail-Soundtrack-Elektra-January

* As published in the December 30th,1989 issue of Cash Box Magazine.