The best selling album in 1989 in United Kingdom was TEN GOOD REASONS by JASON DONOVAN which sold 1,450,000 copies.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
JASON DONOVAN |
TEN GOOD REASONS |
1,450,000 |
1989 |
| 2 |
SIMPLY RED |
A NEW FLAME |
1,410,000 |
1989 |
| 3 |
PHIL COLLINS |
BUT SERIOUSLY |
1,170,000 |
1989 |
| 4 |
MIAMI SOUND MACHINE |
LET IT LOOSE / ANYTHING FOR YOU |
1,050,000 |
1987 |
| 5 |
GLORIA ESTEFAN |
CUTS BOTH WAYS |
880,000 |
1989 |
| 6 |
KYLIE MINOGUE |
ENJOY YOURSELF |
870,000 |
1989 |
| 7 |
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS |
THE RAW & THE COOKED |
850,000 |
1989 |
| 8 |
TINA TURNER |
FOREIGN AFFAIR |
830,000 |
1989 |
| 9 |
MADONNA |
LIKE A PRAYER |
790,000 |
1989 |
| 10 |
SOUL II SOUL |
CLUB CLASSICS VOL 1 / KEEP ON MOVIN' |
740,000 |
1989 |
| 11 |
BOBBY BROWN |
DON'T BE CRUEL |
720,000 |
1988 |
| 12 |
CHRIS REA |
THE ROAD TO HELL |
700,000 |
1989 |
| 13 |
DEACON BLUE |
WHEN THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR NAME |
700,000 |
1989 |
| 14 |
NOW SERIES (UK) |
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 16 |
700,000 |
1989 |
| 15 |
JIVE BUNNY & MASTERMIXERS |
THE ALBUM |
680,000 |
1989 |
| 16 |
NOW SERIES (UK) |
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 14 |
650,000 |
1989 |
| 17 |
GUNS N' ROSES |
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION |
600,000 |
1987 |
| 18 |
SIMPLE MINDS |
STREET FIGHTING YEARS |
510,000 |
1989 |
| 19 |
QUEEN |
THE MIRACLE |
480,000 |
1989 |
| 20 |
THE HITS ALBUM SERIES |
MONSTER HITS |
460,000 |
1989 |
| 21 |
THE HITS ALBUM SERIES |
HITS 10 |
460,000 |
1989 |
| 22 |
ERASURE |
WILD |
460,000 |
1989 |
| 23 |
LONDON BOYS |
THE TWELVE COMMANDMENTS OF DANCE |
460,000 |
1989 |
| 24 |
NOW SERIES (UK) |
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 15 |
450,000 |
1989 |
| 25 |
SOUNDTRACK |
DIRTY DANCING |
450,000 |
1987 |
| 26 |
EURYTHMICS |
WE TOO ARE ONE |
430,000 |
1989 |
| 27 |
TEARS FOR FEARS |
THE SEEDS OF LOVE |
430,000 |
1989 |
| 28 |
NENEH CHERRY |
RAW LIKE SUSHI |
410,000 |
1989 |
| 29 |
LISA STANSFIELD |
AFFECTION |
410,000 |
1989 |
| 30 |
ENYA |
WATERMARK |
400,000 |
1988 |
| 31 |
TRANSVISION VAMP |
VELVETEEN |
400,000 |
1989 |
| 32 |
ROY ORBISON |
THE LEGENDARY ROY ORBISON |
400,000 |
1988 |
| 33 |
CHRIS DE BURGH |
SPARK TO A FLAME |
380,000 |
1989 |
| 34 |
TANITA TIKARAM |
ANCIENT HEART |
380,000 |
1988 |
| 35 |
WET WET WET |
HOLDING BACK THE RIVER |
370,000 |
1989 |
| 36 |
PRINCE |
BATMAN (SOUNDTRACK) |
360,000 |
1989 |
| 37 |
CLANNAD |
PAST PRESENT |
360,000 |
1989 |
| 38 |
KYLIE MINOGUE |
KYLIE |
360,000 |
1988 |
| 39 |
ROD STEWART |
THE BEST OF ROD STEWART |
360,000 |
1989 |
| 40 |
MICHAEL JACKSON |
BAD |
360,000 |
1987 |
| 41 |
INXS |
KICK |
350,000 |
1987 |
| 42 |
ERASURE |
THE INNOCENTS |
350,000 |
1988 |
| 43 |
INNER CITY |
PARADISE |
340,000 |
1989 |
| 44 |
CLIFF RICHARD |
STRONGER |
340,000 |
1989 |
| 45 |
KATE BUSH |
THE SENSUAL WORLD |
330,000 |
1989 |
| 46 |
MILLI VANILLI |
2 X 2 |
320,000 |
1989 |
| 47 |
THE BANGLES |
EVERYTHING |
300,000 |
1988 |
| 48 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
IT'S CHRISTMAS |
300,000 |
1989 |
| 49 |
LEVEL 42 |
LEVEL BEST |
300,000 |
1989 |
| 50 |
NITE FLITE SERIES |
NITE FLITE 2 |
300,000 |
1989 |
| 51 |
ROY ORBISON |
MYSTERY GIRL |
290,000 |
1989 |
| 52 |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER |
THE PREMIERE COLLECTION |
270,000 |
1988 |
| 53 |
TRACY CHAPMAN |
CROSSROADS |
270,000 |
1989 |
| 54 |
NOW SERIES (UK) |
NOW DANCE 89 |
270,000 |
1989 |
| 55 |
HUE & CRY |
REMOTE/THE BITTER SUITE |
270,000 |
1988 |
| 56 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THE GREATEST HITS OF THE 80'S |
270,000 |
1989 |
| 57 |
BELINDA CARLISLE |
RUNAWAY HORSES |
270,000 |
1989 |
| 58 |
SOUNDTRACK |
BUSTER |
270,000 |
1988 |
| 59 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THE MARQUEE - 30 LEGENDARY YEARS |
270,000 |
1989 |
| 60 |
DEEP HEAT SERIES |
DEEP HEAT 4 - PLAY WITH FIRE |
270,000 |
1989 |
| 61 |
BILLY OCEAN |
GREATEST HITS |
270,000 |
1989 |
| 62 |
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH |
WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH |
260,000 |
1989 |
| 63 |
HOLLY JOHNSON |
BLAST |
260,000 |
1989 |
| 64 |
MUSICAL |
ASPECTS OF LOVE (STAGE) |
250,000 |
1989 |
| 65 |
ROBERT PALMER |
ADDICTIONS, VOLUME 1 |
250,000 |
1989 |
| 66 |
YAZZ & THE PLASTIC POPULATION |
WANTED |
250,000 |
1988 |
| 67 |
FLEETWOOD MAC |
GREATEST HITS |
250,000 |
1988 |
| 68 |
DE LA SOUL |
3 FEET HIGH AND RISING |
250,000 |
1989 |
| 69 |
TEXAS |
SOUTHSIDE |
250,000 |
1989 |
| 70 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
CHEEK TO CHEEK |
250,000 |
1989 |
| 71 |
PAUL MCCARTNEY |
FLOWERS IN THE DIRT |
240,000 |
1989 |
| 72 |
SMASH HITS SERIES (UK) |
SMASH HITS PARTY 89 |
240,000 |
1989 |
| 73 |
BILLY JOEL |
STORM FRONT |
240,000 |
1989 |
| 74 |
ERIC CLAPTON |
JOURNEYMAN |
240,000 |
1989 |
| 75 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
THE 80'S-THE ALBUM OF THE DECADE |
240,000 |
1989 |
| 76 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
PRECIOUS METAL |
240,000 |
1989 |
| 77 |
DEEP HEAT SERIES |
DEEP HEAT 1989 - FIGHT THE FLAME |
230,000 |
1989 |
| 78 |
BANANARAMA |
THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION |
230,000 |
1988 |
| 79 |
DIRE STRAITS |
MONEY FOR NOTHING |
230,000 |
1988 |
| 80 |
ADEVA |
ADEVA! |
220,000 |
1989 |
| 81 |
FREDDIE STARR |
AFTER THE LAUGHTER |
210,000 |
1989 |
| 82 |
DEF LEPPARD |
HYSTERIA |
210,000 |
1987 |
| 83 |
MIKE + THE MECHANICS |
LIVING YEARS |
210,000 |
1988 |
| 84 |
DURAN DURAN |
DECADE |
210,000 |
1989 |
| 85 |
UB40 |
LABOUR OF LOVE II |
210,000 |
1989 |
| 86 |
CHRIS REA |
NEW LIGHT THROUGH OLD WINDOWS - THE BEST OF |
200,000 |
1988 |
| 87 |
U2 |
RATTLE AND HUM |
200,000 |
1988 |
| 88 |
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK |
HANGIN' TOUGH |
200,000 |
1988 |
| 89 |
NEW ORDER |
TECHNIQUE |
200,000 |
1989 |
| 90 |
TRACY CHAPMAN |
TRACY CHAPMAN |
200,000 |
1988 |
| 91 |
SAM BROWN |
STOP |
190,000 |
1988 |
| 92 |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
HEART AND SOUL: 18 CLASSIC SOUL CUTS |
190,000 |
1989 |
| 93 |
STEVIE NICKS |
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR |
190,000 |
1989 |
| 94 |
THE STYLE COUNCIL |
THE SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF SYLVIE COUNCIL |
190,000 |
1989 |
| 95 |
KARYN WHITE |
KARYN WHITE |
190,000 |
1988 |
| 96 |
ALICE COOPER |
TRASH |
180,000 |
1989 |
| 97 |
TRANSVISION VAMP |
POP ART |
180,000 |
1988 |
| 98 |
THE GREATEST LOVE SERIES |
THE GREATEST LOVE 2 |
180,000 |
1988 |
| 99 |
TRAVELING WILBURYS |
THE TRAVELING WILBURYS VOLUME 1 |
180,000 |
1988 |
| 100 |
BRYAN FERRY & ROXY MUSIC |
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
180,000 |
1988 |
Source: Music Week
