1990 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1990
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Hard to Handle	The Black Crowes	110
2	Another Day in Paradise	Phil Collins	106
3	Wicked Game	Chris Isaak	103
4	Vogue	Madonna	96
5	Been Caught Stealing	Jane's Addiction	95
6	Obscurity Knocks	Trashcan Sinatras	94
7	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinead O'Connor	87
8	U Can't Touch This	MC Hammer	85
9	Silent Lucidity	Queensryche	84
10	Stop!	Jane's Addiction	84
11	Hold On	Wilson Phillips	80
12	Enjoy the Silence	Depeche Mode	77
13	Cemetery Gates	Pantera	76
14	Epic	Faith No More	76
15	Head Like a Hole	Nine Inch Nails	72
16	Mama Said Knock You Out	LL Cool J	70
17	Friends in Low Places	Garth Brooks	70
18	Another Rainy Night (Without You)	Queensryche	69
19	Twin Peaks Theme	Angelo Badalamenti	67
20	Rhythm Nation	Janet Jackson	66
21	Black Velvet	Alannah Miles	63
22	Thunderstruck	AC/DC	60
23	The World Spins	Julee Cruise	59
24	Bur Said	Cusco	59
25	I Remember You	Skid Row	57
26	Uncle Tom's Cain	Warrant	56
27	Jin-Go-Lo-Ba	Santana	54
28	Pump Up the Jam	Technotronic	52
29	Down In It	Nine Inch Nails	52
30	It Must Have Been Love	Roxette	51
31	Disappear	INXS	50
32	Escapade	Janet Jackson	49
33	Painkiller	Judas Priest	49
34	Right Here Right Now	Jesus Jones	47
35	Peace on Earth…	Santana	46
36	Sacrifice	Elton John	45
37	Janie's Got a Gun	Aerosmith	45
38	I Wish it Would Rain Down	Phil Collins	43
39	The Power	SNAP!	42
40	Laura Palmer's Theme (Twin Peaks)	Angelo Badalamenti	41
41	Up All Night	Slaughter	41
42	Magical Dream	808 State	41
43	Of Course	Jane's Addiction	40
44	Terrible Lie	Nine Inch Nails	40
45	Tom's Diner	Suzanne Vega, DNA	39
46	Hands All Over	Soundgarden	39
47	Around the Way Girl	LL Cool J	38
48	Suicide Blonde	INXS	38
49	Blaze of Glory	Jon Bon Jovi	37
50	The Thunder Rolls	Garth Brooks	37
1990
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Rhythm Nation 1814	Janet Jackson	4.8
2	Ritual de lo Habitual	Jane's Addiction	4.5
3	Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em'	MC Hammer	4.0
4	Twin Peaks (Soundtrack)	Angelo Badalamenti	3.7
5	No Fences	Garth Brooks	3.7
6	The Razor's Edge	AC/DC	3.4
7	Water Stories	Cusco	3.1
8	...But Seriously	Phil Collins	3.1
9	Spirits Dancing in the Flesh	Santana	2.9
10	Pretty Hate Machine	Nine Inch Nails	2.8
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Jurassic Park	Michael Crichton	2.4
2	The Pillars of the Earth	Ken Follett	2.1
3	Soul Mountain	Gao Xingjang	1.7
4	Elven Star	Margaret Weis	1.7
5	The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho	1.6
6	Good Omens	Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman	1.6
7	Possession	A.S. Byatt	1.5
8	Peace is Every Step	Thich Nhat Hanh	1.3
9	Haroun and the Sea of Stories	Salman Rushie	1.1
10	Citizens	Simon Schama	1.0
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Goodfellas		10.7
2	Pretty Woman		10.3
3	Driving Miss Daisy		9.9
4	Home Alone		9.8
5	Ghost		9.2
6	Total Recall		8.4
7	My Left Foot		8.3
8	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles		7.9
9	Glory		7.8
10	Awakenings		7.6

1989 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1989
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Like a Prayer	Madonna	127
2	Free Fallin'	Tom Petty	119
3	Honeysuckle Blue	Drivin' N' Cryin'	115
4	Straight Up	Paula Abdul	107
5	You Got It	Roy Orbison	106
6	Don't Drop Bombs	Liza Minelli	104
7	Cherish	Madonna	104
8	One	Metallica	99
9	Part of Your World	Jodi Benson (The Little Mermaid)	97
10	Buffalo Stance	Neneh Cherry	96
11	I Am the Resurrection	The Stone Roses	94
12	Love Pains	Liza Minelli	93
13	House for Sale	Drivin' N' Cryin'	91
14	Pictures of You	The Cure	88
15	Where is My Mind?	Pixies	85
16	Express Yourself	Madonna	84
17	Under the Sea	Samuel Wright (The Little Mermaid)	83
18	We Didn't Start the Fire	Billy Joel	80
19	Fight the Power	Public Enemy	78
20	Twist in My Sobriety	Liza Minelli	77
21	Sweet Soul Sister	The Cult	76
22	Mountain Song	Jane's Addiction	76
23	Every Rose Has Its Thorn	Poison	75
24	Trust	Prince	74
25	The Living Years	Mike & the Machines	72
26	Dr. Feelgood	Motley Crue	72
27	Dear Jessie	Madonna	71
28	Poison	Alice Cooper	69
29	When I'm With You	Sheriff	69
30	Fire Woman	The Cult	69
31	I Want You Now	Liza Minelli	68
32	Debaser	Pixies	68
33	Leave a Light On	Belinda Carlisle	67
34	Rocket Queen	Guns N' Roses	67
35	Wild Dog Moon	Drivin' N' Cryin'	66
36	Kiss the Girl	Samuel Wright (The Little Mermaid)	66
37	Mysteries of Love	Julee Cruise	66
38	Losing My Mind	Liza Minelli	66
39	I Won't Back Down	Tom Petty	65
40	Rockin' in the Free World	Neil Young	64
41	Till Death Do Us Part	Madonna	64
42	You Don't Know Me	Drivin' N' Cryin'	64
43	Patience	Guns N' Roses	63
44	Here Comes Your Man	Pixies	61
45	Lovesong	The Cure	61
46	I Want It All	Queen	60
47	I'll Be Loving You (Forever)	New Kids on the Block	59
48	Love Shack	The B-52's	59
49	As Long As We Got Each Other	B.J. Thomas (Growing Pains)	59
50	Leningrad	Billy Joel	58
1989
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Like a Prayer	Madonna	9.7
2	Results	Liza Minelli	8.1
3	Mystery Road	Drivin' N' Cryin'	7.0
4	The Little Mermaid	Alan Menken (Soundtrack)	6.6
5	Full Moon Fever	Tom Petty	5.0
6	Forever Your Girl	Paula Abdul	4.9
7	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	4.5
8	Doolittle	Pixies	4.1
9	It Takes A Nation of Millions…	Public Enemy	3.8
10	Floating Into the Night	Julee Cruise	3.7
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Touching the Void	Joe Simpson	4.2
2	The Satanic Verses	Salman Rushdie	3.7
3	Manufacturing Consent	Noam Chomsky	3.4
4	A Brief History of Time	Stephen Hawking	2.9
5	The Remains of the Day	Kashuo Ishiguro	2.3
6	Battle Cry of Freedom	James McPherson	2.2
7	Red Sorghum	Mo Yan	2.1
8	Number the Stars	Lois Lowry	1.7
9	The Joy Luck Club	Amy Tan	1.7
10	Barbarians at the Gate	Bryan Burrough, John Helyar	1.4
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Batman		11.9
2	The Little Mermaid		11.9
3	Rain Man		10.5
4	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids		10.4
5	Dead Poets Society		9.6
6	My Neighbor Totoro		9.6
7	Cinema Paradiso		9.3
8	Do the Right Thing		8.8
9	Mississippi Burning		8.8
10	The Abyss		8.6