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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses

Last week
2Weeks at no. 1
5Weeks on chart
77Imprint/Promotion Label:
Geffen/UMe
Gains In Performance
Billboard 200
Week of February 11, 1989
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses -
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- 77
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Geffen/UMe
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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2
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Don't Be Cruel
Bobby Brown - 1
- 1
- 30
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- 1
- 30
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x7
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Traveling Wilburys
Traveling Wilburys - 3
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- 14
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- 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Wilbury/Warner Bros.
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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4
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G N' R Lies
Guns N' Roses - 5
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- 9
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- 9
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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5
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Open Up And Say...Ahh!
Poison - 4
- 2
- 39
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- 39
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Enigma/Capitol
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians -
- 9
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- 21
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- 9
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- 21
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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7
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Hysteria
Def Leppard - 7
- 1
- 78
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- 1
- 78
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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8
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New Jersey
Bon Jovi - 6
- 1
- 19
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- 1
- 19
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x7
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9
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Giving You The Best That I Got
Anita Baker - 8
- 1
- 15
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- 1
- 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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10
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Journey's Greatest Hits
Journey - 12
- 10
- 11
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- 10
- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia/Legacy
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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11
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Rattle And Hum (Soundtrack)
U2 - 10
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- 16
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- 16
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Island/Interscope/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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12
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Silhouette
- 11
- 8
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- 11
- 8
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Arista
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Green
R.E.M. - 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner Bros./Rhino
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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14
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Greatest Hits
Fleetwood Mac - 15
- 14
- 10
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- 14
- 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner/Rhino
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x8
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15
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Cocktail
Soundtrack - 13
- 2
- 27
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- 2
- 27
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/Rhino
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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16
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Forever Your Girl
Paula Abdul -
- 28
- 16
- 30
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- 16
- 30
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Virgin Rec.
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x7
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Hold An Old Friend's Hand
Tiffany - 17
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- 10
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- 10
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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18
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Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Pink Floyd - 16
- 11
- 10
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- 11
- 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Pink Floyd/Legacy
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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19
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman - 18
- 1
- 42
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- 1
- 42
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x6
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20
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Pride
White Lion -
- 24
- 11
- 73
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- 24
- 11
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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21
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Winger
Winger -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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22
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A Show Of Hands
Rush -
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- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/PolyGram
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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American Dream
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 19
- 16
- 11
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- 11
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Tell It To My Heart
Taylor Dayne - 26
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- 21
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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25
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Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
KISS - 21
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- 11
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- 21
- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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26
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Karyn White
Karyn White -
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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27
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Faith
George Michael - 20
- 1
- 65
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- 1
- 65
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia/Legacy
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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28
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Reach For The Sky
Ratt - 27
- 17
- 13
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Vivid
Living Colour -
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Hold Me In Your Arms
Rick Astley -
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Long Cold Winter
Cinderella - 29
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- 10
- 30
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/PolyGram
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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32
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Heart Break
New Edition - 31
- 12
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
MCA/Geffen/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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33
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Messages From The Boys
The Boys -
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- 12
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- 12
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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34
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Bulletboys
BulletBoys -
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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35
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Till I Loved You
Barbra Streisand - 22
- 10
- 14
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- 10
- 14
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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36
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Hangin' Tough
New Kids On The Block -
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- 25
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia/Legacy
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x8
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37
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Kick
INXS - 30
- 3
- 66
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- 3
- 66
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x6
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38
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I Wanna Have Some Fun
Samantha Fox -
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- 12
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Jive/RCA
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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39
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OU812
Van Halen - 35
- 1
- 35
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- 1
- 35
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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40
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Big Thing
Duran Duran - 40
- 24
- 15
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- 24
- 15
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Up Your Alley
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - 41
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- 19
- 38
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
CBS Associated/Epic