List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1989

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales.[1] In 1989, 15 albums advanced to the peak position of the chart.

Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel was the best performing and best-selling album of 1989, spending 6 non-consecutive weeks at number one.

The Raw & the Cooked, the second album by rock and soul band Fine Young Cannibals, had the longest run among the releases that reached peak position in 1989, spending 7 consecutive weeks in the top position.

One of the most controversial music events of 1990 had its origins in the 1989 debut album Girl You Know It's True, by the pop group Milli Vanilli. The album spent 7 non-consecutive weeks in the top position.

The group's producer, Frank Farian, revealed to reporters on November 15, 1990, that members Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus did not actually sing on any of the songs on the album. Arista Records dropped the act from its roster and deleted their album and its masters from their catalog, making it the largest-selling album to ever be taken out of print.