List of number-one R&B albums of 1989 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums
to have reached number one in 1989.
See also: 1989 in music
, R&B number-one hits of 1989 (USA)
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
to have reached number one in 1989.
See also: 1989 in music
1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
, R&B number-one hits of 1989 (USA)
R&B number-one hits of 1989 (USA)
These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1989:-Chart history:-Chart comparisons:*Two songs have reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Batdance" and "Miss You Much." A third song, "My Prerogative," which reached number-one on this chart at the beginning...
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 7 | Giving You the Best That I Got Giving You the Best That I Got Giving You The Best That I Got is the third album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was Baker's first and only #1 Pop album in the US, the second #1 R&B Album, and was certified 3x platinum in 1989 by the RIAA.... |
Anita Baker Anita Baker Anita Baker is an American R&B/soul jazz singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit.... |
| January 14 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker |
| January 21 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker |
| January 28 | Karyn White Karyn White (album) Karyn White is the self-titled debut album from R&B singer Karyn White. Released in 1988, it went to #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for seven weeks the year after. It gave her four hits, "The Way You Love Me", "Superwoman", "Love Saw It" and "Secret Rendezvous". The former three were #1 singles... |
Karyn White Karyn White Karyn White was a new jack swing singer who became popular during the late 1980s.-Biography:White was born in Los Angeles,to the parentage of Vivian and Clarence White. She is the youngest of five children... |
| February 4 | Karyn White | Karyn White |
| February 11 | Karyn White | Karyn White |
| February 18 | Karyn White | Karyn White |
| February 25 | Karyn White | Karyn White |
| March 4 | Karyn White | Karyn White |
| March 11 | Karyn White | Karyn White |
| March 18 | Don't Be Cruel Don't Be Cruel (album) Don't Be Cruel is the second album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1988 on MCA Records. It includes four hit singles "Don't Be Cruel", "My Prerogative", "Roni" and "Every Little Step." All were #1 R&B singles except "Roni," which peaked at #2, while "My Prerogative" became Brown's... |
Bobby Brown Bobby Brown Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a... |
| March 25 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| April 1 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown |
| April 8 | Let's Get It Started Let's Get It Started (album) Let's Get It Started is the second album released by pop rap emcee M.C. Hammer. The album went double platinum with "Pump It Up", "Let's Get It Started", "Turn This Mutha Out" and "They Put Me in the Mix" as the most popular tracks from this album. Music videos were also produced for all of these... |
MC Hammer MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell , better known by his stage name MC Hammer , is an American rapper, entertainer, business entrepreneur, dancer and actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s... |
| April 15 | Guy Guy (album) -Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.*arranging – Gene Griffin, Teddy Riley*assistant engineering – Franklin D., Alan Friedman, Alan Gregorie, Jay Henry, Dennis Mitchell, Mario Salvati... |
Guy Guy (band) Guy are a hip hop, R&B and soul band most closely associated with the new jack swing style of the 1980s and 1990s.-Origins :Guy was formed in Harlem, New York in 1987 by R&B singer-songwriters Aaron Hall, young musician/record producer Teddy Riley and Timmy Gatling... |
| April 22 | Guy | Guy |
| April 29 | Guy | Guy |
| May 6 | Guy | Guy |
| May 13 | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick Rick -Samples used:*"Children's Story" samples "Think " by Lyn Collins & "Nautilus" by Bob James*"The Moment I Feared" samples "Funky Drummer" by James Brown", "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James & "Peter Piper" by Run-D.M.C.... |
Slick Rick Slick Rick Richard Walters , better known by his stage name Slick Rick is a Grammy-nominated English-American rapper... |
| May 20 | Guy | Guy |
| May 27 | 3 Feet High and Rising 3 Feet High and Rising 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut album from American hip hop trio De La Soul, released in 1989.The album marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. It is consistently placed on 'greatest... |
De La Soul De La Soul De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres... |
| June 3 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul |
| June 10 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul |
| June 17 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul |
| June 24 | 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul |
| July 1 | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Slick Rick |
| July 8 | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Slick Rick |
| July 15 | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Slick Rick |
| July 22 | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Slick Rick |
| July 29 | Walking with a Panther Walking with a Panther Walking with a Panther is the third studio album by high-selling hip-hop artist LL Cool J. Released in 1989, the album was a commercial success, with several charting singles... |
LL Cool J LL Cool J James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor... |
| August 5 | Walking with a Panther | LL Cool J |
| August 12 | Walking with a Panther | LL Cool J |
| August 19 | Walking with a Panther | LL Cool J |
| August 26 | Big Tyme Big Tyme -Reception:The album was released in 1989 for Uptown Records and was produced by DJ Eddie F, Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, and Pete Rock. The album was considerably more successful than the group's last album, making it to #19 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart... |
Heavy D and the Boyz |
| September 2 | Keep On Movin' | Soul II Soul Soul II Soul Soul II Soul are a British group that was created in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and U.S. Top 5 hit, "Back to Life ".-Career:... |
| September 9 | Big Tyme | Heavy D and the Boyz |
| September 16 | Unfinished Business Unfinished Business (EPMD album) Unfinished Business is the second album from Hip Hop duo EPMD. Released in 1989, the album built upon the success of the group's previous album Strictly Business, which was released the previous year. The lead single, "So Wat Cha Sayin'," was the only charting single released from the album... |
EPMD EPMD EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith... |
| September 23 | Unfinished Business | EPMD |
| September 30 | No One Can Do It Better No One Can Do It Better No One Can Do It Better is The D.O.C.'s debut album, released on June 16, 1989. It reached number-one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for two weeks, while peaking in the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was certified gold by the RIAA three months after it was released, and platinum... |
The D.O.C. The D.O.C. Tracy Lynn Curry , primarily known by his stage name The D.O.C., is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. In addition to a solo career, he was a member of the hip hop group Fila Fresh Crew, and a creative force behind the gangsta rap group N.W.A, where he co-wrote many of their releases. He has... |
| October 7 | No One Can Do It Better | The D.O.C. |
| October 14 | Tender Lover Tender Lover Tender Lover is the second album by R&B singer, Babyface.-Reception:Released mid summer 1989, it contained his debut Top 10 hit, "It's No Crime", which reached #7 on the U.S. Hot 100 and later single "Whip Appeal", which reached #6 in the same chart... |
Babyface |
| October 21 | Tender Lover | Babyface |
| October 28 | Tender Lover | Babyface |
| November 4 | Tender Lover | Babyface |
| November 11 | Silky Soul Silky Soul -Track listing:All Songs Written by Frankie Beverly#Silky Soul 6:44 #Can't Get Over You 5:23 #Just Us 7:39 #Somebody Else's Arms 5:53 #Love's on the Run 5:34 #Change Our Ways 5:15 #Songs of Love 6:14#Mandela 6:36-Charts:-Singles:... |
Frankie Beverly Frankie Beverly Frankie Beverly is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and producer, known primarily for his recordings with the soul and funk band, Maze.-Early life and career:... and Maze Maze (band) Maze a soul / quiet storm band, also known alternately as Maze featuring Frankie Beverly and Frankie Beverly and Maze, was established in San Francisco, California in the early 1970s.-Career:... |
| November 18 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years... |
| November 25 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson |
| December 2 | Stay with Me Stay with Me (Regina Belle album) Stay with Me is the second album by singer-songwriter, Regina Belle. It was released in 1989, two years after her debut. The album peaked at #63 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart... |
Regina Belle Regina Belle Regina Belle is a singer-songwriter who first surfaced in the late 1980s. She is notable for her Grammy award winning duet with Peabo Bryson, "A Whole New World".-Biography:Regina Belle was born in Englewood, New Jersey... |
| December 9 | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson |
| December 16 | Tender Lover | Babyface |
| December 23 | Tender Lover | Babyface |
| December 30 | Tender Lover | Babyface |