Billboard 200

Week of February 11, 1989

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums).

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Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Geffen/UMe

Gains In Performance

Guns N' Roses' 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks

Billboard 200

Week of February 11, 1989

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Appetite For Destruction
  Guns N' Roses
- 2
- 1
- 77
- - 2
  - 1
  - 77

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Geffen/UMe

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

2
- Don't Be Cruel
  Bobby Brown
- 1
- 1
- 30
- - 1
  - 1
  - 30

RIAA Certification: Platinum x7

3
- Traveling Wilburys
  Traveling Wilburys
- 3
- 3
- 14
- - 3
  - 3
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Wilbury/Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

4
- G N' R Lies
  Guns N' Roses
- 5
- 4
- 9
- - 5
  - 4
  - 9

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

5
- Open Up And Say...Ahh!
  Poison
- 4
- 2
- 39
- - 4
  - 2
  - 39

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Enigma/Capitol

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

6
- Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars
  Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
- 9
- 6
- 21
- - 9
  - 6
  - 21

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

7
- Hysteria
  Def Leppard
- 7
- 1
- 78
- - 7
  - 1
  - 78

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/UMe

RIAA Certification: Diamond

8
- New Jersey
  Bon Jovi
- 6
- 1
- 19
- - 6
  - 1
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x7

9
- Giving You The Best That I Got
  Anita Baker
- 8
- 1
- 15
- - 8
  - 1
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

10
- Journey's Greatest Hits
  Journey
- 12
- 10
- 11
- - 12
  - 10
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Diamond

11
- Rattle And Hum (Soundtrack)
  U2
- 10
- 1
- 16
- - 10
  - 1
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Island/Interscope/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

12
- Silhouette
- 11
- 8
- 17
- - 11
  - 8
  - 17

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

13
- Green
  R.E.M.
- 14
- 13
- 12
- - 14
  - 13
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Rhino

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

14
- Greatest Hits
  Fleetwood Mac
- 15
- 14
- 10
- - 15
  - 14
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner/Rhino

RIAA Certification: Platinum x8

15
- Cocktail
  Soundtrack
- 13
- 2
- 27
- - 13
  - 2
  - 27

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/Rhino

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

16
- Forever Your Girl
  Paula Abdul
- 28
- 16
- 30
- - 28
  - 16
  - 30

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec.

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x7

17
- Hold An Old Friend's Hand
  Tiffany
- 17
- 17
- 10
- - 17
  - 17
  - 10

RIAA Certification: Platinum

18
- Delicate Sound Of Thunder
  Pink Floyd
- 16
- 11
- 10
- - 16
  - 11
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pink Floyd/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

19
- Tracy Chapman
  Tracy Chapman
- 18
- 1
- 42
- - 18
  - 1
  - 42

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x6

20
- Pride
  White Lion
- 24
- 11
- 73
- - 24
  - 11
  - 73

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

21
- Winger
  Winger
- 25
- 21
- 22
- - 25
  - 21
  - 22

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

22
- A Show Of Hands
  Rush
- 23
- 22
- 3
- - 23
  - 22
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

23
- American Dream
  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- 19
- 16
- 11
- - 19
  - 16
  - 11

RIAA Certification: Platinum

24
- Tell It To My Heart
  Taylor Dayne
- 26
- 21
- 55
- - 26
  - 21
  - 55

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum

25
- Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
  KISS
- 21
- 21
- 11
- - 21
  - 21
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

26
- Karyn White
  Karyn White
- 33
- 26
- 18
- - 33
  - 26
  - 18

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

27
- Faith
  George Michael
- 20
- 1
- 65
- - 20
  - 1
  - 65

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Diamond

28
- Reach For The Sky
  Ratt
- 27
- 17
- 13
- - 27
  - 17
  - 13

RIAA Certification: Gold

29
- Vivid
  Living Colour
- 34
- 29
- 24
- - 34
  - 29
  - 24

Gains In Performance

30
- Hold Me In Your Arms
  Rick Astley
- 37
- 30
- 3
- - 37
  - 30
  - 3

Gains In Performance

31
- Long Cold Winter
  Cinderella
- 29
- 10
- 30
- - 29
  - 10
  - 30

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

32
- Heart Break
  New Edition
- 31
- 12
- 32
- - 31
  - 12
  - 32

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Geffen/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

33
- Messages From The Boys
  The Boys
- 36
- 33
- 12
- - 36
  - 33
  - 12

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

34
- Bulletboys
  BulletBoys
- 38
- 34
- 16
- - 38
  - 34
  - 16

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

35
- Till I Loved You
  Barbra Streisand
- 22
- 10
- 14
- - 22
  - 10
  - 14

RIAA Certification: Platinum

36
- Hangin' Tough
  New Kids On The Block
- 45
- 36
- 25
- - 45
  - 36
  - 25

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Legacy

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x8

37
- Kick
  INXS
- 30
- 3
- 66
- - 30
  - 3
  - 66

RIAA Certification: Platinum x6

38
- I Wanna Have Some Fun
  Samantha Fox
- 47
- 38
- 12
- - 47
  - 38
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jive/RCA

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

39
- OU812
  Van Halen
- 35
- 1
- 35
- - 35
  - 1
  - 35

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

40
- Big Thing
  Duran Duran
- 40
- 24
- 15
- - 40
  - 24
  - 15

RIAA Certification: Gold

41
- Up Your Alley
  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- 41
- 19
- 38
- - 41
  - 19
  - 38

Imprint/Promotion Label:

CBS Associated/Epic

Billboard 200

Week of February 11, 1989

Billboard 200

Appetite For Destruction

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Guns N' Roses' 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks

Billboard 200

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Appetite For Destruction

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Don't Be Cruel

Traveling Wilburys

Imprint/Promotion Label:

G N' R Lies

Open Up And Say...Ahh!

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars

Hysteria

Imprint/Promotion Label:

New Jersey

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Giving You The Best That I Got

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Journey's Greatest Hits

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rattle And Hum (Soundtrack)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Silhouette

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Green

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Greatest Hits

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cocktail

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Forever Your Girl

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hold An Old Friend's Hand

Delicate Sound Of Thunder

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tracy Chapman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pride

Winger

A Show Of Hands

Imprint/Promotion Label:

American Dream

Tell It To My Heart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Smashes, Thrashes & Hits

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Karyn White

Faith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reach For The Sky

Vivid

Hold Me In Your Arms

Long Cold Winter

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Heart Break

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Messages From The Boys

Bulletboys

Till I Loved You

Hangin' Tough

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Kick

I Wanna Have Some Fun

Imprint/Promotion Label:

OU812

Big Thing

Up Your Alley

Imprint/Promotion Label: