List of number one hits in New Zealand (1989)

This is a list of the number one hits in New Zealand in 1989. It is based on the official Top 40 singles and albums , which are selected on behalf of Recorded Music NZ , the New Zealand representative of IFPI . There were 18 number one singles and 16 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1988 ←	List of number one hits in New Zealand			1990 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 18, 1988 - January 14, 1989 4 weeks 4th Womack & Womack Teardrops - January 15, 1989 - January 28, 1989 2 weeks 2 The Proclaimers I'm gonna be - January 29, 1989 - February 25, 1989 4 weeks 4th U2 Angel of Harlem - February 26, 1989 - March 4, 1989 1 week 1 The Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones Kiss - March 5, 1989 - April 1, 1989 4 weeks 4th Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me Crazy - April 2, 1989 - April 22, 1989 3 weeks 3 Madonna Like a prayer - April 23, 1989 - May 6, 1989 2 weeks 2 Tone Loc Wild thing - May 7, 1989 - May 20, 1989 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Roxette The look - May 21, 1989 - May 27, 1989 1 week 1 The Cult Wild thing - May 28, 1989 - June 3, 1989 1 week (total 3) 3 Roxette The look - June 4, 1989 - July 1, 1989 4 weeks 4th Simply Red If You Don't Know Me by Now - July 2, 1989 - July 8, 1989 1 week 1 John Cougar Mellencamp Pop singer - July 9, 1989 - July 22, 1989 2 weeks (total 5) 5 Prince Bat dance - July 23, 1989 - July 29, 1989 1 week 1 Edelweiss Bring Me Edelweiss - July 30, 1989 - August 19, 1989 3 weeks 3 Prince Bat dance - August 20, 1989 - September 16, 1989 4 weeks 4th Martika Toy soldiers - September 17, 1989 - October 7, 1989 3 weeks 3 Bobby Brown On our own - October 8, 1989 - November 11, 1989 5 weeks 5 Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers Swing the mood - November 12, 1989 - December 2, 1989 3 weeks 3 Richard Marx Right Here Waiting - December 3, 1989 - January 13, 1990 6 weeks 6th Margaret Urlich Escaping -
← 1988				→ 1990 →

Albums

← 1988 ←	List of number one hits in New Zealand			1990 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) November 6, 1988 - January 21, 1989 11 weeks 11 U2 Rattle and Hum - January 22, 1989 - January 28, 1989 1 week 1 Fleetwood Mac Greatest hits - January 29, 1989 - February 18, 1989 3 weeks 3 Jimmy Barnes Barnestorming - February 19, 1989 - March 4, 1989 2 weeks 2 ( Soundtrack ) cocktail - March 5, 1989 - April 8, 1989 5 weeks 5 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman - April 9, 1989 - April 22, 1989 2 weeks 2 Enya Watermark - April 23, 1989 - April 29, 1989 1 week (total 2) 2 Toni Childs union - April 30, 1989 - May 6, 1989 1 week 1 Poison Open Up and Say… Ahh! - May 7, 1989 - May 13, 1989 1 week (total 2) 2 Toni Childs union - May 14, 1989 - June 3, 1989 3 weeks 3 Andrew Lloyd Webber The Premiere Collection - June 4, 1989 - June 10, 1989 1 week 1 Guns n 'Roses Appetite for Destruction - June 11, 1989 - July 29, 1989 7 weeks 7th Simply Red A New Flame - July 30, 1989 - September 9, 1989 6 weeks 6th Clannad Past Present - September 10, 1989 - October 7, 1989 4 weeks 4th Carl Doy Piano by Candlelight II - October 8, 1989 - October 28, 1989 3 weeks 3 Milli Vanilli All or nothing - October 29, 1989 - December 16, 1989 7 weeks 7th Tracy Chapman Crossroads - December 17, 1989 - January 20, 1990 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th Milli Vanilli All or Nothing - The US Remix Album -
← 1988				→ 1990 →

Web links

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See also number-one hits in 1989 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , the Switzerland , Spain , the United States and in the United Kingdom .