BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (MAGAZINE'S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1990*
No.-Album-Artist-Label 1 JANET JACKSON'S RHYTHM NATION 1814-JANET JACKSON-A&M 2 ...BUT SERIOUSLY-PHIL COLLINS-Atlantic 3 SOUL PROVIDER-MICHAEL BOLTON-Columbia 4 PUMP-AEROSMITH-Geffen 5 PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM-M.C. HAMMER-Capitol 6 FOREVER YOUR GIRL-PAULA ABDUL-Virgin 7 DR. FEELGOOD-MOTLEY CRUE-Elektra 8 THE END OF THE INNOCENCE-Don Henley-Geffen 9 COSMIC THING-B52s-Reprise 10 STORM FRONT-Billy Joel-Columbia 11 Girl You Know It's True-Milli Vanilli-Arista 12 Poison-Bell Biv DeVoe-MCA 13 Hangin' Tough-New Kids On The Block-Columbia 14 Cry Like A Rainstorm,Howl Like The Wind-Linda Ronstadt-Elektra 15 Wilson Phillips-Wilson Phillips-SBK 16 Nick Of Time-Bonnie Raitt-Capitol 17 Violator-Depeche Mode-Sire 18 Pretty Woman Soundtrack-EMI 19 I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got-Sinead O'Connor-Enigma 20 Can't Fight Fate-Taylor Dayne-Arista 21 Tender Lover-Babyface-Solar 22 Full Moon Fever-Tom Petty-MCA 23 Stick It To Ya-Slaughter-Chrysalis 24 Journeyman-Eric Clapton-Duck 25 Stone Cold Rhymin'-Young M.C.-Delicious Vinyl 26 Brigade-Heart-Capitol 27 Cuts Both Ways-Gloria Estefan-Epic 28 Affection-Lisa Stansfield-Arista 29 Johnny Gill-Johnny Gill-Motown 30 As Nasty As They Want To Be-The 2 Live Crew-Luke 31 Back On The Block-Quincy Jones-Qwest 32 Mariah Carey-Mariah Carey-Columbia 33 Pump Up The Jam:The Album-Technotronic-SBK 34 Step By Step-New Kids On The Block-Columbia 35 Live-Kenny G-Arista 36 New Kids On The Block-New Kids On The Block-Columbia 37 Repeat Offender-Richard Marx-EMI 38 Skid Row-Skid Row-Atlantic 39 Alanah Myles-Alanah Myles-Atlantic 40 The Best Of Luther Vandross:The Best Of Love-Luther Vandross-Epic 41 The Real Thing-Faith No More-Slash 42 I'm Breathless-Madonna-Sire 43 Heart Of Stone-Cher-Geffen 44 Slip Of The Tongue-Whitesnake-Geffen 45 Look Sharp-Roxette-EMI 46 Dance!...Ya Know It-Bobby Brown-MCA 47 I'll Give All My Love To You-Keith Sweat-Vintertainment 48 Keep On Movin'-Soul//Soul-Virgin 49 Charmed Life-Billy Idol-Chrysalis 50 Steel Wheels-Rolling Stones-Columbia 51 Flesh & Blood-Poison-Enigma 52 Killin' Time-Clint Black-RCA 53 Born To Sing-En Vogue-Atlantic 54 Shut Up And Dance-Paula Abdul-Virgin 55 The Little Mermaid-Soundtrack-Walt Disney 56 Compositions-Anita Baker-Elektra 57 Sex Packets-Digital Underground-Tommy Boy 58 Pickin' On Nashville-Kentucky Headhunters-Mercury 59 London Warsaw New York-Basia-Epic 60 Fear Of A Black Planet-Public Enemy-Def Jam 61 Bad English-Bad English-Epic 62 Flying In A Blue Dream-Joe Satriani-Relativity 63 Damn Yankees-Damn Yankees-WB 64 After 7-After 7-Virgin 65 Blaze Of Glory/Young Guns II-Bon Jovi-Mercury 66 The Seeds Of Love-Tears For Fears-Fontana 67 Blue Sky Mining-Midnight Oil-Columbia 68 Trash-Alice Cooper-Epic 69 Sleeping With The Past-Elton John-MCA 70 The Great Radio Controversy-Tesla-Geffen 71 Manic Nirvana-Robert Plant-Es Paranza 72 Nothing Matters Without Love-Seduction-Vendetta 73 Crossroads-Tracy Chapman-Elektra 74 Beaches-Soundtrack-Atlantic 75 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-Soundtrack-SBK 76 After The Rain-Nelson-DGC 77 March-Michael Penn-RCA 78 Passion And Warfare-Steve Vai-Relativity 79 Presto-Rush-Atlantic 80 World Power-Snap!-Atista 81 Downtown Train/Selections From Storyteller-Rod Stewart-WB 82 Amerikkka's Most Wanted-Ice Cube-Priority 83 Hell To Pay-Jeff Healey Band-Atista 84 In The Heart Of The Young-Winger-Atlantic 85 The Revival-Tony! Toni! Tone!-Wing 86 Shake Your Money Maker-Black Crowes-Def American 87 Michel'le-Michel'le-Ruthless 88 Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich-Warrant-Columbia 89 Brave And Crazy-Melissa Etheridge-Island 90 Hot In The Shade-Mercury 91 The Raw & The Cooked-Fine Young Cannibals-I.R.S. 92 Big Tyme-Heavy D & The Boys-Uptown 93 Smithereens II-Smithereens-Enigma 94 Like A Prayer-Madonna-Sire 95 A Night On The Town-Bruce Hornsby & The Range-CRCA 96 Ghost-Soundtrack-Milan 97 The Best Of Van Morrison-Van Morrison-Mercury 98 Garth Brooks-Garth Brooks-Capitol 99 Merry Christmas-New Kids On The Block-Columbia 100 Listen Without Prejudice-George Michael-Columbia * As published in the December 22nd,1990 issue of Billboard Magazine.