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Ten Good Reasons is a 1989 album by Jason Donovan, his album debut. It was the biggest selling album in the UK in 1989, and yielded two solo #1 singles ("Too Many Broken Hearts" and "Sealed with a Kiss") and also featured a duet with Kylie Minogue, "Especially for You", which reached #1 in January 1989.
It entered the charts at number two, and then reached number one, staying there for three weeks. When his cover of Brian Hyland's "Sealed With a Kiss" entered the UK charts at number one, Jason became the first Australian male to ever hold both single and album chart number one positions simultaneously.

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Ten Good Reasons is a 1989 album by Jason Donovan, his album debut. It was the biggest selling album in the UK in 1989, and yielded two solo #1 singles ("Too Many Broken Hearts" and "Sealed with a Kiss") and also featured a duet with Kylie Minogue, "Especially for You", which reached #1 in January 1989.
It entered the charts at number two, and then reached number one, staying there for three weeks. When his cover of Brian Hyland's "Sealed With a Kiss" entered the UK charts at number one, Jason became the first Australian male to ever hold both single and album chart number one positions simultaneously. He was also the youngest artist to enter the charts at number one. With the release of Ten Good Reasons – the Video, he had the number one Video, the number two Album and the number three Single.
The title of the album is taken from a line in its first track: "You give me one good reason to leave me, I'll give you ten good reasons to stay."
Track listing
Side one
- "Too Many Broken Hearts"
- "Nothing Can Divide Us"
- "Every Day (I Love You More)"
- "You Can Depend On Me"
- "Time Heals"
- "Sealed with a Kiss"
Side two
- "Question of Pride"
- "If I Don't Have You"
- "Change Your Mind"
- "Too Late to Say Goodbye"
- "Especially for You" (duet with Kylie Minogue)
Certifications
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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| Germany | Gold | 1989 | 100,000 | | Switzerland | Gold | 1990 | 15,000 | | UK | 5 x Platinum | January 1, 1990 | 1,500,000 ? | |
Charts
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 5 | | Austrian Albums Chart | 20 | | French SNEP Albums Chart | 26 | | German Albums Chart | 3 | | Swedish Albums Chart | 29 | | Swiss Albums Chart | 20 | | UK Albums Chart | 1 | |
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