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{{1980s in music (UK)}}
==1989==
This is a summary of ] in the ], including the official charts from that year.
# ] & ] - "Especially For You"

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==Summary==
# ] with ] - "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart"
The very beginning of the year saw ]s excluded from the ], and spun off into the new ]. Albums such as the ] series had regularly dominated the chart since ], with 4-5 of the number 1s each year being compilations.
#:] for 4 weeks

# ] - "Belfast Child"
In the ], eighteen singles reached number one. The first was a duet between ]s ] and ], ], which had narrowly missed out on being ]'s ]. The two would continue their success throughout the year, with Minogue getting another number 1 single (] in May) and album (] in November), and Donovan getting two number 1 singles (''Too Many Broken Hearts'' in March, and ''Sealed With a Kiss'' in June) and one album (''Ten Good Reasons'' in May, the biggest selling album of 1989). Like many artists this year, they were produced by ], who were at the peak of their popularity.
#:] for 2 weeks

# ] - "Too Many Broken Hearts"
After a break the previous year, ] returned to number 1 in March with ''Like a Prayer'', though the ] caused controversy. May saw ], ], ], ] and producers Stock Aitken Waterman reach #1 with a charity cover of the ] song ''Ferry Cross the Mersey'', released in aid of the ] the previous month. The original reached number 8 in ].
#:] for 2 weeks

# ] - "Like A Prayer"
Two sounds dominated the Summer and Autumn. The first came from ], where several old songs from the ] to ] were joined together to create a ], with 'Jive Bunny' (an animated rabbit) featuring in the music videos. ''Swing the Mood'' topped the charts for five weeks from July, ''That's What I Like'' for three weeks in October, and ''Let's Party'' for one week in December. Unlike the first two, the latter sampled ] songs from the ] and ].
#:] for 3 weeks

# ] - "Eternal Flame"
The second was the ] sound of ], who's ''Ride on Time'' was the biggest selling single of the year, and, at six weeks, spent the longest time at number 1. Though the song heavily sampled ]'s ''Love Sensation'' from ], the music video featured a different singer miming to Holloway's vocals. This prompted legal action, so later pressings of the single featured a different singer.
#:] for 4 weeks

# ] - "Hand On Your Heart"
The year's Christmas number 1 single, and, indeed, the final number 1 of the ], went to a new version of ]'s Christmas number 1 ]. Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, ], like the original Band Aid, featured numerous famous music stars of the day. This included Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, meaning they became one of the few people to have appeared on both the first and last number 1s of the year.
#:] for 1 week

# ], ], ], ], ] - "Ferry 'Cross The Mersey"
==Charts==
#:] for 3 weeks
===Singles===
# ] - "Sealed With A Kiss"
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# ] featuring ] - "Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)"
| '''Issue Date''' || '''Song Title''' || '''Artist'''
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# ] - "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"
| ] || ] || ] & ]
#:] for 2 weeks
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# ] - "Swing The Mood"
| ] || Especially For You || Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
#:] for 5 weeks
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# ] - "Ride On Time"
| ] || Especially For You || Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
#:] for 6 weeks
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# ] - "That's What I Like"
| ] || Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart || ] with ]
#:] for 3 weeks
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# ] - "All Around The World"
| ] || Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart || Marc Almond with Gene Pitney
#:] for 2 weeks
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# ] - "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
| ] || Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart || Marc Almond with Gene Pitney
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# ] - "Let's Party"
| ] || Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart || Marc Almond with Gene Pitney
#:] for 1 week
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# ] - "]"
| ] || Belfast Child || ]
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| ] || Belfast Child || Simple Minds
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| ] || Too Many Broken Hearts || Jason Donovan
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| ] || Too Many Broken Hearts || Jason Donovan
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| ] || Like a Prayer || ]
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| ] || Like a Prayer || Madonna
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| ] || Like a Prayer || Madonna
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || Eternal Flame || The Bangles
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| ] || Eternal Flame || The Bangles
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| ] || Eternal Flame || The Bangles
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| ] || ] || Kylie Minogue
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| ] || Ferry 'Cross The Mersey || ], ], ], ], ]
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| ] || Ferry 'Cross The Mersey || The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman
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| ] || Ferry 'Cross The Mersey || The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman
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| ] || Sealed With a Kiss || Jason Donovan
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| ] || Sealed With a Kiss || Jason Donovan
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| ] || Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) || ] featuring ]
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| ] || Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) || Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
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| ] || Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) || Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
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| ] || Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) || Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
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| ] || You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You || ]
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| ] || You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You || Sonia
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| ] || Swing the Mood || ]
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| ] || Swing the Mood || Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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| ] || Swing the Mood || Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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| ] || Swing the Mood || Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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| ] || Swing the Mood || Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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| ] || Ride On Time || ]
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| ] || Ride On Time || Black Box
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| ] || Ride On Time || Black Box
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| ] || Ride On Time || Black Box
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| ] || Ride On Time || Black Box
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| ] || Ride On Time || Black Box
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| ] || That's What I Like || Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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| ] || That's What I Like || Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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| ] || That's What I Like || Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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| ] || All Around The World || ]
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| ] || All Around The World || Lisa Stansfield
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| ] || You Got It (The Right Stuff) || ]
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| ] || You Got It (The Right Stuff) || New Kids on the Block
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| ] || You Got It (The Right Stuff) || New Kids on the Block
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| ] || Let's Party || Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || Do They Know It's Christmas? || Band Aid II
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| ] || Do They Know It's Christmas? || Band Aid II
|}

===Albums===
{| width="100%"
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| '''Issue Date''' || '''Album Title''' || '''Artist'''
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| ] || Now That's What I Call Music 13 || Various artist compilation (]/])
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || The Legendary Roy Orbison || ]
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| ] || The Legendary Roy Orbison || Roy Orbison
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| ] || The Legendary Roy Orbison || ]
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || A New Flame || ]
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| ] || A New Flame || Simply Red
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| ] || A New Flame || Simply Red
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| ] || A New Flame || Simply Red
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| ] || Anything for You || ]
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| ] || ] || Madonna
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| ] || Like a Prayer || Madonna
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| ] || When the World Knows Your Name || ]
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| ] || When the World Knows Your Name || Deacon Blue
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| ] || A New Flame || Simply Red
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| ] || Blast! || Holly Johnson
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || Ten Good Reasons || Jason Donovan
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| ] || Ten Good Reasons || Jason Donovan
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || Ten Good Reasons || Jason Donovan
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| ] || Ten Good Reasons || Jason Donovan
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| ] || ] || Paul McCartney
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| ] || ] (OST) || ]
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| ] || Velveteen || ]
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| ] || Club Classics Vol. I || Soul II Soul
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| ] || A New Flame || Simply Red
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| ] || A New Flame || Simply Red
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| ] || Cuts Both Ways || Gloria Estefan
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| ] || Cuts Both Ways || Gloria Estefan
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| ] || Cuts Both Ways || Gloria Estefan
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| ] || Cuts Both Ways || Gloria Estefan
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| ] || Cuts Both Ways || Gloria Estefan
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| ] || Cuts Both Ways || Gloria Estefan
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| ] || Aspects of Love || London Stage Cast
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || Foreign Affair || ]
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || ] || Kylie Minogue
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| ] || ] || Erasure
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| ] || Wild! || Erasure
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| ] || The Road to Hell || ]
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| ] || The Road to Hell || Chris Rea
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| ] || The Road to Hell || Chris Rea
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| ] || ] || ]
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| ] || ...But Seriously || Phil Collins
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| ] || ...But Seriously || Phil Collins
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| ] || ...But Seriously || Phil Collins
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| ] || ...But Seriously || Phil Collins
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| ] || ...But Seriously || Phil Collins
|}

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Revision as of 01:04, 13 September 2005

1980s in music in the UK
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This is a summary of 1989 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Summary

The very beginning of the year saw compilation albums excluded from the UK Albums Chart, and spun off into the new UK Compilations Chart. Albums such as the Now That's What I Call Music! series had regularly dominated the chart since 1984, with 4-5 of the number 1s each year being compilations.

In the UK Singles Chart, eighteen singles reached number one. The first was a duet between teen idols Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, Especially For You, which had narrowly missed out on being 1988's Christmas number one single. The two would continue their success throughout the year, with Minogue getting another number 1 single (Hand On Your Heart in May) and album (Enjoy Yourself in November), and Donovan getting two number 1 singles (Too Many Broken Hearts in March, and Sealed With a Kiss in June) and one album (Ten Good Reasons in May, the biggest selling album of 1989). Like many artists this year, they were produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, who were at the peak of their popularity.

After a break the previous year, Madonna returned to number 1 in March with Like a Prayer, though the music video caused controversy. May saw The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and producers Stock Aitken Waterman reach #1 with a charity cover of the Gerry & the Pacemakers song Ferry Cross the Mersey, released in aid of the Hillsborough disaster the previous month. The original reached number 8 in 1964.

Two sounds dominated the Summer and Autumn. The first came from Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, where several old songs from the 1940s to 1960s were joined together to create a megamix, with 'Jive Bunny' (an animated rabbit) featuring in the music videos. Swing the Mood topped the charts for five weeks from July, That's What I Like for three weeks in October, and Let's Party for one week in December. Unlike the first two, the latter sampled Christmas songs from the 1970s and 1980s.

The second was the italo house sound of Black Box, who's Ride on Time was the biggest selling single of the year, and, at six weeks, spent the longest time at number 1. Though the song heavily sampled Loleatta Holloway's Love Sensation from 1980, the music video featured a different singer miming to Holloway's vocals. This prompted legal action, so later pressings of the single featured a different singer.

The year's Christmas number 1 single, and, indeed, the final number 1 of the 1980s, went to a new version of 1984's Christmas number 1 Do They Know It's Christmas?. Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, Band Aid II, like the original Band Aid, featured numerous famous music stars of the day. This included Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, meaning they became one of the few people to have appeared on both the first and last number 1s of the year.

Charts

Singles

Issue Date Song Title Artist
1 January Especially For You Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
8 January Especially For You Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
15 January Especially For You Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
22 January Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart Marc Almond with Gene Pitney
29 January Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart Marc Almond with Gene Pitney
5 February Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart Marc Almond with Gene Pitney
12 February Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart Marc Almond with Gene Pitney
19 February Belfast Child Simple Minds
26 February Belfast Child Simple Minds
5 March Too Many Broken Hearts Jason Donovan
12 March Too Many Broken Hearts Jason Donovan
19 March Like a Prayer Madonna
26 March Like a Prayer Madonna
2 April Like a Prayer Madonna
9 April Eternal Flame The Bangles
16 April Eternal Flame The Bangles
23 April Eternal Flame The Bangles
30 April Eternal Flame The Bangles
7 May Hand On Your Heart Kylie Minogue
14 May Ferry 'Cross The Mersey The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman
21 May Ferry 'Cross The Mersey The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman
28 May Ferry 'Cross The Mersey The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman
4 June Sealed With a Kiss Jason Donovan
11 June Sealed With a Kiss Jason Donovan
18 June Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
25 June Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
2 July Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
9 July Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
16 July You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You Sonia
23 July You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You Sonia
30 July Swing the Mood Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
6 August Swing the Mood Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
13 August Swing the Mood Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
20 August Swing the Mood Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
27 August Swing the Mood Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
3 September Ride On Time Black Box
10 September Ride On Time Black Box
17 September Ride On Time Black Box
24 September Ride On Time Black Box
1 October Ride On Time Black Box
8 October Ride On Time Black Box
15 October That's What I Like Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
22 October That's What I Like Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
29 October That's What I Like Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
5 November All Around The World Lisa Stansfield
12 November All Around The World Lisa Stansfield
19 November You Got It (The Right Stuff) New Kids on the Block
26 November You Got It (The Right Stuff) New Kids on the Block
3 December You Got It (The Right Stuff) New Kids on the Block
10 December Let's Party Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
17 December Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid II
24 December Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid II
31 December Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid II

Albums

Issue Date Album Title Artist
1 January Now That's What I Call Music 13 Various artist compilation (EMI/Virgin)
8 January The Innocents Erasure
15 January The Legendary Roy Orbison Roy Orbison
22 January The Legendary Roy Orbison Roy Orbison
29 January The Legendary Roy Orbison Roy Orbison
5 February Technique New Order
12 February The Raw and the Cooked Fine Young Cannibals
19 February A New Flame Simply Red
26 February A New Flame Simply Red
5 March A New Flame Simply Red
12 March A New Flame Simply Red
19 March Anything for You Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
26 March Like a Prayer Madonna
2 April Like a Prayer Madonna
9 April When the World Knows Your Name Deacon Blue
16 April When the World Knows Your Name Deacon Blue
23 April A New Flame Simply Red
30 April Blast! Holly Johnson
7 May Street Fighting Years Simple Minds
14 May Ten Good Reasons Jason Donovan
21 May Ten Good Reasons Jason Donovan
28 May The Miracle Queen
4 June Ten Good Reasons Jason Donovan
11 June Ten Good Reasons Jason Donovan
18 June Flowers in the Dirt Paul McCartney
25 June Batman (OST) Prince
2 July Velveteen Transvision Vamp
9 July Club Classics Vol. I Soul II Soul
16 July A New Flame Simply Red
23 July A New Flame Simply Red
30 July Cuts Both Ways Gloria Estefan
6 August Cuts Both Ways Gloria Estefan
13 August Cuts Both Ways Gloria Estefan
20 August Cuts Both Ways Gloria Estefan
27 August Cuts Both Ways Gloria Estefan
3 September Cuts Both Ways Gloria Estefan
10 September Aspects of Love London Stage Cast
17 September We Too Are One Eurythmics
24 September Foreign Affair Tina Turner
1 October The Seeds of Love Tears for Fears
8 October Crossroads Tracy Chapman
15 October Enjoy Yourself Kylie Minogue
22 October Wild! Erasure
29 October Wild! Erasure
5 November The Road to Hell Chris Rea
12 November The Road to Hell Chris Rea
19 November The Road to Hell Chris Rea
26 November ...But Seriously Phil Collins
3 December ...But Seriously Phil Collins
10 December ...But Seriously Phil Collins
17 December ...But Seriously Phil Collins
24 December ...But Seriously Phil Collins
31 December ...But Seriously Phil Collins
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