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

Key

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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.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

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

• 1989 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s