# List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1989

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales. In 1989, 15 albums advanced to the peak position of the chart.
Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel was the best performing and best-selling album of 1989, spending 6 non-consecutive weeks at number one.
The Raw & the Cooked, the second album by rock and soul band Fine Young Cannibals, had the longest run among the releases that reached peak position in 1989, spending 7 consecutive weeks in the top position.
The 1989 debut album Girl You Know It's True, by the pop group Milli Vanilli, spent 7 non-consecutive weeks in the top position, with 6 of those weeks in 1989.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best performing album of 1989 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label(s) |
| January 7 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker | Elektra |
| January 14 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker | Elektra |
| January 21 | Don't Be Cruel † | Bobby Brown | MCA |
| January 28 | Don't Be Cruel † | Bobby Brown | MCA |
| February 4 | Don't Be Cruel † | Bobby Brown | MCA |
| February 11 | Appetite for Destruction | Guns N' Roses | Geffen |
| February 18 | Don't Be Cruel † | Bobby Brown | MCA |
| February 25 | Don't Be Cruel † | Bobby Brown | MCA |
| March 4 | Don't Be Cruel † | Bobby Brown | MCA |
| March 11 | Electric Youth | Debbie Gibson | Atlantic |
| March 18 | Electric Youth | Debbie Gibson | Atlantic |
| March 25 | Electric Youth | Debbie Gibson | Atlantic |
| April 1 | Electric Youth | Debbie Gibson | Atlantic |
| April 8 | Electric Youth | Debbie Gibson | Atlantic |
| April 15 | Lōc-ed After Dark | Tone Lōc | Delicious Vinyl |
| April 22 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | Sire/Warner Bros. |
| April 29 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | Sire/Warner Bros. |
| May 6 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | Sire/Warner Bros. |
| May 13 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | Sire/Warner Bros. |
| May 20 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | Sire/Warner Bros. |
| May 27 | Like a Prayer | Madonna | Sire/Warner Bros. |
| June 3 | The Raw & the Cooked | Fine Young Cannibals | I.R.S. |
| June 10 | The Raw & the Cooked | Fine Young Cannibals | I.R.S. |
| June 17 | The Raw & the Cooked | Fine Young Cannibals | I.R.S. |
| June 24 | The Raw & the Cooked | Fine Young Cannibals | I.R.S. |
| July 1 | The Raw & the Cooked | Fine Young Cannibals | I.R.S. |
| July 8 | The Raw & the Cooked | Fine Young Cannibals | I.R.S. |
| July 15 | The Raw & the Cooked | Fine Young Cannibals | I.R.S. |
| July 22 | Batman | Prince / Soundtrack | Warner Bros. |
| July 29 | Batman | Prince / Soundtrack | Warner Bros. |
| August 5 | Batman | Prince / Soundtrack | Warner Bros. |
| August 12 | Batman | Prince / Soundtrack | Warner Bros. |
| August 19 | Batman | Prince / Soundtrack | Warner Bros. |
| August 26 | Batman | Prince / Soundtrack | Warner Bros. |
| September 2 | Repeat Offender | Richard Marx | Capitol |
| September 9 | Hangin' Tough | New Kids on the Block | Columbia |
| September 16 | Hangin' Tough | New Kids on the Block | Columbia |
| September 23 | Girl You Know It's True | Milli Vanilli | Arista |
| September 30 | Girl You Know It's True | Milli Vanilli | Arista |
| October 7 | Forever Your Girl | Paula Abdul | Virgin |
| October 14 | Dr. Feelgood | Mötley Crüe | Elektra |
| October 21 | Dr. Feelgood | Mötley Crüe | Elektra |
| October 28 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson | A&M |
| November 4 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson | A&M |
| November 11 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson | A&M |
| November 18 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson | A&M |
| November 25 | Girl You Know It's True | Milli Vanilli | Arista |
| December 2 | Girl You Know It's True | Milli Vanilli | Arista |
| December 9 | Girl You Know It's True | Milli Vanilli | Arista |
| December 16 | Storm Front | Billy Joel | Columbia |
| December 23 | Girl You Know It's True | Milli Vanilli | Arista |
| December 30 | ...But Seriously | Phil Collins | Virgin/Atlantic |