- 1989 in music
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Contents
Events
- January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР (Back in the USSR) exclusively in the USSR. Bootleg copies sell for as much as US$1,000 in the United States.
- January 23 – James Brown is sentenced in Georgia, USA, to six years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states.
- January 25 – Madonna files for divorce from Sean Penn after three-and-a-half years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
- January 27 – Michael Jackson ends the Bad World Tour in Los Angeles, USA.
- February – Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two top 5 albums on the Billboard charts.
- February 12 – Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be elected mayor of New York City, USA.
- February 17 – Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kitaen.
- March 21 – Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video, taped in late December 1988, attracts criticism for its use of Catholic Church iconography and for the use of cross-burning imagery, but also garners praise for its interpretation of discrimination, rape, and faith. Pepsi drops Madonna as a spokesperson out of fear the video will cause religious groups to boycott the company.
- April 9 – The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman announces that he will marry 19-year-old Mandy Smith, his girlfriend for six years.
- April 12 – Michael Jackson was named King of Pop after receiving the Soul Train Heritage Awards.
- April 28 – Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- May 1 – California, USA jewelry store employees called the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turns out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise.
- July 9 – All four original members of The Monkees reunite in Los Angeles, USA, for a concert performance at the Universal Amphitheatre. The following day the quartet attend an induction ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where they receive a star.
- July 23 – Former Beatle Ringo Starr forms his own band named Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.
- August 3 - Sergio Franchi collapses before scheduled concert; dies 9 months later of brain cancer.
- August 11 – August 12 – The Moscow Music Peace Festival is held in the Soviet Union. The event is put together by Doc McGhee and the Make-A-Wish Foundation and headline acts include Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Cinderella, and the Scorpions.
- August 31 – The Rolling Stones open their Steel Wheels North American tour in Philadelphia, USA.
- September 9 – Madonna gives a risqué performance at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. Clad in baggy black sweatpants and a black bustier, she rocked the audience by simulating masturbation. The version of the song used in the show would later serve as the opening number of 1990's "Blond Ambition World Tour".
- September 14 – Madonna is granted a divorce from Sean Penn.
- Joe Cocker, Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones, Chicago, Donna Summer, The Doobie Brothers & Roy Orbison all have their last Top 10 hits this year.
- December 23 – Ice Cube leaves N.W.A after financial problems and several conflicts with their manager Jerry Heller and the group's founder Eazy-E. By this time, Cube has been recording his solo debut album, which will be released next year.
Bands formed
- See Musical groups established in 1989
Bands disbanded
- See Musical groups disestablished in 1989
Bands reformed
Albums released
All releases are an LP record unless otherwise stated.
Multiple entries for the same day are arranged alphabetically by the album's name.
Release dates may vary in different countries.January – March
April – June
July – September
October – December
Release Date Unknown
- Michigan Rain – Gregg Alexander (debut)
- 5643 Song EP (EP) – Anal Cunt
- 88 Song E.P. (EP) – Anal Cunt
- Different – Thomas Anders
- Return of the Ugly – Bad Manners
- Anthology – Bad Manners
- I Can See You – Black Flag
- Christ: The Bootleg – Crass
- Best Wishes – Cro-Mags
- Live ED – Étienne Daho
- Tragedy Again – D.I.
- Breakin' Through the BS – Bo Diddley
- Living Legend – Bo Diddley
- Rasta Souvenir – Manu Dibango
- Sumiran Karle (Bhajan) – Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta
- Just Like Heaven – Dinosaur Jr.
- All That Jazz – Ella Fitzgerald
- On Fire – Galaxie 500
- Hallelujah – Happy Mondays
- Desert Wind – Ofra Haza
- Modern – Hijokaidan
- Enter the Realm – Iced Earth (demo EP)
- At Peace – Jade Warrior
- Jaya – Jaya
- Christmas Is... – Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge
- Night of Rage – Kraut
- Western Shadows – Carole Laure
- Piretos tou erota – Vicky Leandros
- The Twelve Commandments of Dance – London Boys
- Godhead – Lowlife
- Powertrip – Ludichrist (final album)
- Drowning in Limbo – Lydia Lunch
- No More Blues – Susannah McCorkle
- Mother Nature's Kitchen – Kevin McDermott
- Ozma – Melvins
- Devil's Night Out – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Complete Discography – Minor Threat
- Post-Mersh Vol. 3 – Minutemen
- All Aboard the Mind Train – The Modern Art
- Face of Despair – Mortal Sin
- Snakes 'n' Ladders – Nazareth
- Helter Stupid – Negativland
- Ain't Gonna Cry – Juice Newton
- Once We Were Scum, Now We Are God – No
- Wrong – Nomeansno
- Get Yer Jujus Out – Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band
- Sittin' Pretty – The Pastels
- A Word from the Wise – Pennywise (EP)
- Record Collectors – Poison Idea
- Fight the Power... Live! – Public Enemy (live, released on VHS)
- The Good News and The Bad News – The Rainmakers (band)
- The Road to Hell – Chris Rea
- Blow – Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
- The Symphony Sessions – Red Rider
- Stronger – Cliff Richard
- Something Inside So Strong Kenny Rogers
- Hard Volume – Rollins Band
- The Later Years – Roxy Music
- Searchlight (Runrig album) – Runrig
- Samiam – Samiam
- Early Music – Santana
- Buzz Factory – Screaming Trees
- At Their Very Best – The Shadows
- Steppin' to the Shadows – The Shadows
- Century Flower – Shelleyan Orphan
- The Complete Sham 69 Live – Sham 69
- Cyborgs Revisited – Simply Saucer
- Tweez – Slint
- Agent Orange – Sodom
- Tempted and Tried – Steeleye Span
- Surprise – Syd Straw
- Modernism: A New Decade – The Style Council (final album)
- The Singular Adventures of The Style Council: Greatest Hits Vol.1 – The Style Council – (Compilation)
- Taste – The Telescopes
- Special – The Temptations
- Raging Silence – Uriah Heep
- A Bead to a Small Mouth – Various Artists
- Absolute – Various Artists
- Dum-Dum – The Vaselines
- Some Disenchanted Evening – The Verlaines
- 3 – Violent Femmes
- Liberation – Bunny Wailer
- Prime 5 – Ween
- Niki Nana – Yanni
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1989.
# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 Madonna Like a Prayer 1989 
UK 1 – Mar 1989, US BB 1 – Mar 1989, US CashBox 1 of 1989, Sweden 1 – Mar 1989, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1989, Norway 1 – Mar 1989, Poland 1 – Apr 1989, Éire 1 – Mar 1989, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Sep 1989, Holland 2 – Mar 1989, Austria 2 – Apr 1989, Australia 2 of 1989, Germany 2 – Mar 1989, France 4 – Mar 1989, Italy 5 of 1989, POP 5 of 1989, RYM 13 of 1989, US BB 14 of 1989, Scrobulate 33 of pop, Europe 49 of the 1980s, Germany 96 of the 1980s, OzNet 161, Rolling Stone 300, Acclaimed 629 2 The Bangles Eternal Flame 1989 UK 1 – Feb 1989, US BB 1 – Feb 1989, Holland 1 – Mar 1989, Sweden 1 – Apr 1989, Norway 1 – May 1989, Australia 1 of 1989, Éire 1 – Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Oct 1989, Switzerland 2 – May 1989, Austria 3 – May 1989, Germany 5 – May 1989, US CashBox 7 of 1989, France 10 – Feb 1989, US BB 11 of 1989, POP 25 of 1989, Europe 27 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 70 of 80s, RYM 73 of 1989, OzNet 141, Germany 196 of the 1980s 3 Phil Collins Another Day in Paradise 1989 
US BB 1 – Nov 1989, Sweden 1 – Nov 1989, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1989, Norway 1 – Nov 1989, Poland 1 – Nov 1989, Germany 1 – Jan 1990, Grammy in 1990, UK 2 – Nov 1989, Holland 2 – Oct 1989, Austria 2 – Dec 1989, Italy 3 of 1990, France 9 – Nov 1989, POP 21 of 1989, Europe 60 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 67 of ballad, RYM 133 of 1989, Germany 195 of the 1990s, OzNet 214 4 Roxette The Look 1989 
US BB 1 – Feb 1989, Sweden 1 – Jan 1989, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1989, Norway 1 – Mar 1989, Germany 1 – Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1989, Holland 2 – Mar 1989, Austria 2 – May 1989, Australia 3 of 1989, France 4 – Apr 1989, US CashBox 6 of 1989, UK 7 – Apr 1989, Poland 8 – Apr 1989, Italy 9 of 1989, US BB 21 of 1989, Germany 30 of the 1980s, POP 39 of 1989, RYM 94 of 1989, OzNet 567 5 The B-52s Love Shack 1989 US BB 1 of 1989, Éire 1 – Mar 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1990, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Mar 1990, POP 1 of 1989, UK 2 – Mar 1990, KROQ 2 of 1989, US BB 3 – Sep 1989, Party 3 of 2007, France 4 – Oct 1989, Australia 16 of 1990, Holland 18 – Dec 1989, Sweden 20 – Mar 1990, RYM 37 of 1989, Scrobulate 61 of 80s, TheQ 238, Rolling Stone 243, RIAA 243, OzNet 311, WXPN 498, Acclaimed 662 U.S. Best Selling Singles
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the U.S. of 1989.
Position Song Title Artist Highest Position weeks at #1 1 Look Away Chicago 1 2 2 My Prerogative Bobby Brown 1 1 3 Every Rose Has Its Thorn Poison 1 3 4 Straight Up Paula Abdul 1 3 5 Miss You Much Janet Jackson 1 4 Top hits
- "18 and Life" – Skid Row
- "All She Wants Is" – Duran Duran
- "Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins
- "The Arms of Orion" – Prince & Sheena Easton
- "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" – Soul II Soul
- "Baby I Don't Care" – Transvision Vamp
- "Batdance" – Prince
- "Beds Are Burning" – Midnight Oil (released in 1987 in Australia)
- "The Best" – Tina Turner
- "The Best of Me" – Cliff Richard
- "Black Velvet" – Alannah Myles
- "Blame It on the Rain" – Milli Vanilli
- "Buffalo Stance" – Neneh Cherry
- "Cartoon" – Soul Asylum
- "Chained to the Wheel" – Black Sorrows
- "Cherish" – Madonna
- "Cold Hearted" – Paula Abdul
- "Compulsory Hero" – 1927
- "The Crack-Up" – The Black Sorrows
- "Cry in Shame" – Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
- "The Dance" – Garth Brooks
- "Do You Believe in Shame?" – Duran Duran
- "Don't Ask Me Why" – Eurythmics
- "Don't Know Much" – Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
- "Don't Wanna Lose You" – Gloria Estefan
- "Dr. Feelgood" – Mötley Crüe
- "Drama!" – Erasure
- "The End of the Innocence" – Don Henley
- "Eternal Flame" – The Bangles
- "Express Yourself" – Madonna
- "Eyes of a Stranger" – Queensrÿche
- "Fisherman's Blues" – The Waterboys (released in 1988)
- "Forever" – Kiss
- "Forever Your Girl" – Paula Abdul
- "French Kiss" – Lil Louis
- "Funky Cold Medina" – Tone Lōc
- "Get On Your Feet" – Gloria Estefan
- "Hand on Your Heart" – Kylie Minogue
- "Hangin' Tough" – New Kids on the Block
- "Harlem Desire" - London Boys
- "Heaven Help Me" – Deon Estus
- "Heavy Metal" – Judas Priest
- "High" – David Hallyday
- "I Drove All Night" – Cyndi Lauper
- "I Feel the Earth Move" – Martika
- "I Just Don't Have the Heart" – Cliff Richard
- "I'll Be There for You" – Bon Jovi
- "If I Could" – 1927
- "If I Could Turn Back Time" – Cher
- "If Only I Could" – Sydney Youngblood
- "If Tomorrow Never Comes" – Garth Brooks
- "Im Nin'alu" – Ofra Haza
- "In Private" – Dusty Springfield
- "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" – Paula Abdul (released in 1988 in USA)
- "Janie's Got a Gun"- Aerosmith
- "Johnny, Johnny Come Home" – Avalanche
- "Kickstart My Heart" – Mötley Crüe
- "Killin' Time" – Clint Black
- "Knocked Out" – Paula Abdul (released in 1988 in USA)
- "Lambada" – Kaoma
- "Lay Your Hands on Me" – Bon Jovi
- "Lean on Me" – Cliff Richard
- "Leave a Light On" – Belinda Carlisle
- "Like a Prayer" – Madonna
- "Lily Was Here" – Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer
- "The Living Years" – Mike + The Mechanics
- "Listen to Your Heart" – Roxette
- "London Kid" – Jean Michel Jarre featuring Hank Marvin
- "London Nights" - London Boys
- "The Look" – Roxette
- "Lost in Your Eyes" – Debbie Gibson
- "Love in an Elevator" – Aerosmith
- "Love is a Shield" - Camouflage
- "Love Shack"- The B-52's
- "Me, Myself and I" – De La Soul
- "Miss You Like Crazy" – Natalie Cole
- "Miss You Much" – Janet Jackson
- "Monsters of Rock" – Judas Priest
- "Mountains of the Moon" – The Shadows
- "My Brave Face" – Paul McCartney
- "Name and Number" – Curiosity Killed the Cat
- "Nothing Has Been Proved" – Dusty Springfield
- "Oh, Father" – Madonna
- "Once Bitten Twice Shy" – Great White
- "One" – Bee Gees
- "Open Letter (To a Landlord)" – Living Colour
- "Orange Crush" – R.E.M. (released in 1988 in USA)
- "The Other Side" – Aerosmith
- "Pacific State" – 808 State
- "Patience" – Guns N' Roses
- "Personal Jesus" – Depeche Mode
- "Poison" – Alice Cooper
- "Pump Up the Jam" – Technotronic
- "Pour toi Arménie" – Charles Aznavour and other artists
- "Rendez-vois chaque soixeach" – Dalida (not issued in UK or US)
- "Respect!" – Adeva
- "Requiem" - London Boys
- "Ride on Time" – Black Box
- "Right Here Waiting" – Richard Marx
- "Ring My Bell" – Anita Ward (10th Anniversary Remix)
- "The Road to Hell" – Chris Rea
- "Roam" – The B-52's
- "Rock 'N' Roll Music" – Mental As Anything
- "Rock On" – Michael Damian
- "Round & Round" – New Order
- "Runnin' Down a Dream" -Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- "Satisfied" – Richard Marx
- "Say Goodbye" – Indecent Obsession
- "Shadow Mix (medley: Apache/Wonderful Land/The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt/Kon-Tiki/FBI/Man of Mystery/Apache (reprise))" (Live) – The Shadows
- "She Drives Me Crazy" – Fine Young Cannibals
- "She Has to Be Loved" – Jenny Morris
- "Shower Me with Your Love" – Surface
- "Sometime to Return" – Soul Asylum
- "Sowing the Seeds of Love" – Tears for Fears
- "Stand" – R.E.M.
- "Stop!" – Sam Brown
- "Straight Up" – Paula Abdul
- "Stuck on You" – Paul Norton
- "Swing the Mood" – Various Artists
- "Talk It Over" – Grayson Hugh
- "Tell Me Why" – Exposé
- "That's What I Like" – Various Artists
- "This Time I Know It's for Real" – Donna Summer
- "This Woman's Work (song)" – Kate Bush
- "Toy Soldiers" – Martika
- "Too Many Broken Hearts – Jason Donovan
- "Tucker's Daughter" – Ian Moss
- "Un soir qu'on oublie pas de poix" – Dalida (not issued in UK or US)
- "Veronica" – Elvis Costello
- "Voodoo Ray" – A Guy Called Gerald
- "What I Am" – Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (released in 1988 in USA)
- "What You Don't Know" – Exposé
- "When I Looked At Him" – Exposé
- "When I See You Smile" – Bad English
- "Wherever God Shines His Light on Me" – Van Morrison and Cliff Richard
- "Where Are You Now?" by Jimmy Harnen w/ Synch
- "We Didn't Start the Fire" – Billy Joel
- "Wild Thing" – Tone Loc
- "Winning It All"- The Outfield
- "With Every Beat of My Heart" – Taylor Dayne
- "Woman in Chains" – Tears For Fears
- "The World Seems Difficult" – Mental As Anything
- "You Got It" – Roy Orbison
- "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" – New Kids on the Block (released in 1988 in USA)
- "You'll Never Know" – 1927
- "Young Years" – Dragon
- "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" – Sonia
Published popular music
- "Kiss the Girl" m. Alan Menken, w. Howard Ashman, from The Little Mermaid
- "Part of Your World" m. Alan Menken, w. Howard Ashman, from The Little Mermaid
- "Under the Sea" m. Alan Menken, w. Howard Ashman, from The Little Mermaid
- "We Didn't Start the Fire" w.m. Billy Joel
- "You Got It" w.m. Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty
Classical music
- Elliott Carter – Three Occasions for Orchestra (1986–9); Violin Concerto
- Einar Englund – Wind Quintet
- Karel Goeyvaerts –
- Aquarius, stage cantata, for eight sopranos and 15 instrumentalists
- …want de tijd is nabij (Because the Time Is Near), for male chorus and strings
- John McCabe – String Quartet No. 5
- Einojuhani Rautavaara – Piano Concerto No. 2
- Robert Simpson – String Quartet No. 13; Vortex for Brass Band
- John Tavener – The Protecting Veil
- I Nyoman Windha – Puspanjali
Opera
- Conrad Cummings – Photo-Op
- Anthony Davis – Under the Double Moon
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Charlotte Corday
- Le bleu-blanc-rouge et le noir
- Alexander Vustin – The Devil in Love (opera) (not performed)
Musical theatre
- Aspects of Love (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – London production
- City of Angels Broadway production
- Grand Hotel Broadway production
- Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway revival
- Meet Me in St. Louis Broadway production
- Miss Saigon (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) – London production
- Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman) – London production
Musical films
- 101-Depeche Mode
- The Little Mermaid— animated feature film
Births
- January 13 – Triinu Kivilaan, singer and model
- January 14 – Frankie Sandford, British singer (S Club Juniors & The Saturdays)
- January 24 – Calvin Goldspink, British singer (S Club Juniors)
- January 25 – Yasmien Kurdi, singer and actress
- February 17 – Stacey McClean, British singer (S Club Juniors)
- February 22 – Anna Sundstrand, singer and model
- March 1 – Sonya Kitchell, jazz singer-songwriter
- March 21 – Rochelle Wiseman, British singer (S Club Juniors & The Saturdays)
- March 25 – Alyson Michalka, singer-songwriter and actress
- April 8 – Hitomi Takahashi, singer
- April 11 – Zola Jesus, singer
- April 19 – Fiona MacGillivray, vocalist
- May 5 – Chris Brown, singer and actor
- May 28 – Asuca Hayashi, singer
- May 30 – Kevin Covais, American Idol finalist
- June 13 – Lisa Tucker, singer
- June 14 – Lucy Hale, actress and singer
- June 18 – Renee Olstead, actress and jazz singer
- June 20 – Benyamin Nuss, pianist
- July 13 – Sayumi Michishige (Morning Musume)
- August 15
- Belinda Peregrin, singer, songwriter and actress
- Joe Jonas, vocalist
- August 19 – Lil' Romeo, entertainer
- September 1 – Bill and Tom Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel
- September 10 – Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol finalist
- October 1 – Brie Larson, actress and singer-songwriter
- October 30 – Jay Asforis, British singer (S Club Juniors)
- November 2 – Katelyn Tarver, singer-songwriter
- November 11 – Reina Tanaka (Morning Musume)
- November 30 – Daisy Evans, British singer (S Club Juniors)
- December 12 – Marcel "Shin" Gothow of Cinema Bizarre, German drummer
- December 13 – Taylor Swift, country pop singer
- December 22 – Jordin Sparks, American Idol Season 6 winner
- December 27 – Calyssa Davidson, violinist
Deaths
- January 20 – Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress and singer, 94
- February 5 – Joe Raposo, composer and lyricist, Bein' Green, 51 (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma)
- February 6 – King Tubby Jamaican DJ and composer, father of dub reggae, 58 (gunshot wounds)
- February 14 – Vincent Crane (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown), 45 (drug overdose)
- February 23 – Florencio Morales Ramos, singer and composer, 72
- March 19 – Alan Civil, horn player, 59
- March 20 – Archie Bleyer, US arranger and bandleader, 79
- April 26 – Lucille Ball, US actress and singer, 77
- May 10 – Woody Shaw, jazz musician, 44 (kidney failure)
- May 15 – Johnny Green, composer, conductor and arranger, 80
- May 30 – Zinka Milanov, operatic soprano, 83
- June 14 – Pete de Freitas, drummer with Echo & the Bunnymen, 27 (motorcycle accident)
- June 22 – Henri Sauguet, composer, 88
- June 24 – Hibari Misora, Japanese enka singer, 52 (hepatitis)
- July 5 – Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor, 84
- July 16 – Herbert von Karajan, conductor, 81
- August 1 – John Ogdon, pianist, 52 (diabetes-related)
- August 2 – Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian musician, 76
- August 21 – Raul Seixas, singer and songwriter, 44 (diabetes-related)
- August 25 – Gunnar Berg, Danish composer
- September 14 – Perez Prado, Cuban bandleader and composer, 72
- September 7 – Mikhail Goldstein, violinist and composer, 71
- September 15 – Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano, 56 (leukemia)
- September 22 – Irving Berlin, composer, lyricist, 101
- September 24 – Jean Perrin, pianist and composer, 79
- September 30 – Virgil Thomson, composer, 92
- October 17 – Morteza Hannaneh, composer, 66
- October 19 – Alan Murphy, guitarist, member of Level 42 and Go West, 35 (AIDS-related)
- October 22 – Ewan MacColl, folk singer, 74
- October 31 – Conrad Beck, Swiss composer, 88
- November 5 – Vladimir Horowitz, pianist, 86
- November 15 – Alejo Durán, composer of vallenatos, 80
- December – Billy Lyall, keyboardist of Pilot and Bay City Rollers, 46 (AIDS-related)
- December 6 – Sammy Fain, US composer, 87
- December 21 – Ján Cikker, Slovak composer, 78
- December 26 – Sir Lennox Berkeley, composer, 86
Awards
- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Dion, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- Country Music Association Awards
- Eurovision Song Contest 1989
- 31st Japan Record Awards
Charts
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1989 (U.S.)
See also
- 1989 in British music
- Record labels established in 1989
References
- ^ According to Encyclopaedia Metallum, Exodus' album Fabulous Disaster was released in Europe in 1988 by UK label Music for Nations, but not in the US until January 1989.
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