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List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1989

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.

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.

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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The #1 song of 1989, "Look Away" by Chicago, despite reaching #1 in late 1988, never reached #1 in 1989.

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
678 January 7 "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison [1][2]
679 January 14 "My Prerogative" Bobby Brown [3][4]
680 January 21 "Two Hearts" Phil Collins [5][6]
January 28 [7][8]
681 February 4 "When I'm with You" Sheriff [9][10]
682 February 11 "Straight Up" Paula Abdul [11][12]
February 18 [13][14]
February 25 [15][16]
683 March 4 "Lost in Your Eyes" Debbie Gibson [17][18]
March 11 [19][20]
March 18 [21][22]
684 March 25 "The Living Years" Mike + the Mechanics [23][24]
685 April 1 "Eternal Flame" The Bangles [25][26]
686 April 8 "The Look" Roxette [27][28]
687 April 15 "She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals [29][30]
688 April 22 "Like a Prayer" Madonna [31][32]
April 29 [33][34]
May 6 [35][36]
689 May 13 "I'll Be There for You" Bon Jovi [37][38]
690 May 20 "Forever Your Girl" Paula Abdul [39][40]
May 27 [41][42]
691 June 3 "Rock On" Michael Damian [43][44]
692 June 10 "Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette Midler [45][46]
693 June 17 "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" New Kids on the Block [47][48]
694 June 24 "Satisfied" Richard Marx [49][50]
695 July 1 "Baby Don't Forget My Number" Milli Vanilli [51][52]
696 July 8 "Good Thing" Fine Young Cannibals [53][54]
697 July 15 "If You Don't Know Me by Now" Simply Red [55][56]
698 July 22 "Toy Soldiers" Martika [57][58]
July 29 [59][60]
699 August 5 "Batdance" Prince [61][62]
700 August 12 "Right Here Waiting" Richard Marx [63][64]
August 19 [65][66]
August 26 [67][68]
701 September 2 "Cold Hearted" Paula Abdul [69][70]
702 September 9 "Hangin' Tough" New Kids on the Block [71][72]
703 September 16 "Don't Wanna Lose You" Gloria Estefan [73][74]
704 September 23 "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" Milli Vanilli [75][76]
September 30 [77][78]
705 October 7 "Miss You Much" Janet Jackson [79][80]
October 14 [81][82]
October 21 [83][84]
October 28 [85][86]
706 November 4 "Listen to Your Heart" Roxette [87][88]
707 November 11 "When I See You Smile" Bad English [89][90]
November 18 [91][92]
708 November 25 "Blame It on the Rain" Milli Vanilli [93][94]
December 2 [95][96]
709 December 9 "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel [97][98]
December 16 [99][100]
710 December 23 "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins [101][102]
December 30* [103][104]

Number-one artists

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List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Paula Abdul 6
2 Milli Vanilli 5
3 Phil Collins 4
Richard Marx
Janet Jackson
6 Debbie Gibson 3
Madonna
8 Roxette 2
Fine Young Cannibals
New Kids on the Block
Martika
Bad English
Billy Joel
14 Poison 1
Bobby Brown
Sheriff
Mike + the Mechanics
The Bangles
Bon Jovi
Michael Damian
Bette Midler
Simply Red
Prince
Gloria Estefan

See also

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References

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