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.

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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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.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 dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
678January 7"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"Poison[1][2]
679January 14"My Prerogative"Bobby Brown[3][4]
680January 21"Two Hearts"Phil Collins[5][6]
January 28[7][8]
681February 4"When I'm with You"Sheriff[9][10]
682February 11"Straight Up"Paula Abdul[11][12]
February 18[13][14]
February 25[15][16]
683March 4"Lost in Your Eyes"Debbie Gibson[17][18]
March 11[19][20]
March 18[21][22]
684March 25"The Living Years"Mike + the Mechanics[23][24]
685April 1"Eternal Flame"The Bangles[25][26]
686April 8"The Look"Roxette[27][28]
687April 15"She Drives Me Crazy"Fine Young Cannibals[29][30]
688April 22"Like a Prayer"Madonna[31][32]
April 29[33][34]
May 6[35][36]
689May 13"I'll Be There for You"Bon Jovi[37][38]
690May 20"Forever Your Girl"Paula Abdul[39][40]
May 27[41][42]
691June 3"Rock On"Michael Damian[43][44]
692June 10"Wind Beneath My Wings"Bette Midler[45][46]
693June 17"I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"New Kids on the Block[47][48]
694June 24"Satisfied"Richard Marx[49][50]
695July 1"Baby Don't Forget My Number"Milli Vanilli[51][52]
696July 8"Good Thing"Fine Young Cannibals[53][54]
697July 15"If You Don't Know Me by Now"Simply Red[55][56]
698July 22"Toy Soldiers"Martika[57][58]
July 29[59][60]
699August 5"Batdance"Prince[61][62]
700August 12"Right Here Waiting"Richard Marx[63][64]
August 19[65][66]
August 26[67][68]
701September 2"Cold Hearted"Paula Abdul[69][70]
702September 9"Hangin' Tough"New Kids on the Block[71][72]
703September 16"Don't Wanna Lose You"Gloria Estefan[73][74]
704September 23"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"Milli Vanilli[75][76]
September 30[77][78]
705October 7"Miss You Much"Janet Jackson[79][80]
October 14[81][82]
October 21[83][84]
October 28[85][86]
706November 4"Listen to Your Heart"Roxette[87][88]
707November 11"When I See You Smile"Bad English[89][90]
November 18[91][92]
708November 25"Blame It on the Rain"Milli Vanilli[93][94]
December 2[95][96]
709December 9"We Didn't Start the Fire"Billy Joel[97][98]
December 16[99][100]
710December 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
PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Paula Abdul6
2Milli Vanilli5
3Phil Collins4
Richard Marx
Janet Jackson
6Debbie Gibson3
Madonna
8Roxette2
Fine Young Cannibals
New Kids on the Block
Martika
Bad English
Billy Joel
14Poison1
Bobby Brown
Sheriff
Mike + the Mechanics
The Bangles
Bon Jovi
Michael Damian
Bette Midler
Simply Red
Prince
Gloria Estefan

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