These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums to have reached number one in 1989.
Chart history
edit| Issue date | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker |
| January 14 | ||
| January 21 | ||
| January 28 | Karyn White | Karyn White |
| February 4 | ||
| February 11 | ||
| February 18 | ||
| February 25 | ||
| March 4 | ||
| March 11 | ||
| March 18 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| March 25 | ||
| April 1 | ||
| April 8 | Let's Get It Started | MC Hammer |
| April 15 | Guy | Guy |
| April 22 | ||
| April 29 | ||
| May 6 | ||
| May 13 | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Slick Rick |
| May 20 | Guy | Guy |
| May 27 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul |
| June 3 | ||
| June 10 | ||
| June 17 | ||
| June 24 | ||
| July 1 | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Slick Rick |
| July 8 | ||
| July 15 | ||
| July 22 | ||
| July 29 | Walking with a Panther | LL Cool J |
| August 5 | ||
| August 12 | ||
| August 19 | ||
| August 26 | Big Tyme | Heavy D and the Boyz |
| September 2 | Keep On Movin' | Soul II Soul |
| September 9 | Big Tyme | Heavy D and the Boyz |
| September 16 | Unfinished Business | EPMD |
| September 23 | ||
| September 30 | No One Can Do It Better | The D.O.C. |
| October 7 | ||
| October 14 | Tender Lover | Babyface |
| October 21 | ||
| October 28 | ||
| November 4 | ||
| November 11 | Silky Soul | Frankie Beverly and Maze |
| November 18 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson |
| November 25 | ||
| December 2 | Stay with Me | Regina Belle |
| December 9 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson |
| December 16 | Tender Lover | Babyface |
| December 23 | ||
| December 30 |