Editing 1990 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.

This year was the peak of [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Sales Database|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112212022/https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/ |archive-date=January 12, 2016 }}</ref>

==Specific locations==
*[[1990 in British music]]
*[[1990 in Norwegian music]]
*[[1990 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1990 in country music]]
*[[1990 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1990 in hip-hop|1990 in hip hop music]]
*[[1990 in Latin music]]
*[[1990 in jazz]]

==Events==
===January–March===
*[[January 8]] – Irish singer [[Sinéad O'Connor]] released her famous single "[[Nothing Compares 2 U]]" (originally written, composed and performed by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]) which was a worldwide success, becoming one of the best selling singles in the world in 1990 and topped the charts in many countries including the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[January 18]] – [[Eric Clapton]] plays the first of eighteen shows in a three-week span at London's [[Royal Albert Hall]].
*[[January 21]] – MTV's ''[[MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]]'' is broadcast for the first time, on cable television, with British band [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]].
*[[February 6]]
**[[Billy Idol]] is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. Idol had been scheduled to have a major role in [[Oliver Stone]]'s film ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'', but due to his injuries, the role was reduced almost to a bit part. The role of the [[T-1000]] in ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'', originally intended for Idol, was recast entirely as a result of the accident.
**[[Bob Marley]]'s birthday is a national holiday in [[Jamaica]] for the first time.
*[[February 14]] – 50,000 fans watch [[The Rolling Stones]] play the first of 10 concerts at Tokyo's Korakuen Dome, the beginning of the Stones' first ever tour of Japan. The group was originally scheduled to perform there in 1973 but a drug conviction prevented [[Mick Jagger]] from obtaining a visa at the time.
*[[February 16]] – [[Ike Turner]] is sentenced to four years in prison for possession of [[cocaine]].
*[[February 21]] – The [[32nd Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Garry Shandling]]. [[Bonnie Raitt]]'s ''[[Nick of Time (album)|Nick of Time]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while [[Bette Midler]]'s cover of "[[Wind Beneath My Wings#Bette Midler version|Wind Beneath My Wings]]" wins both [[Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Milli Vanilli]] win [[Best New Artist]].
*[[February 24]] – [[The Byrds]] ([[Roger McGuinn]], [[Chris Hillman]] and [[David Crosby]]) reunite, for the first time in 25 years, to perform at a Los Angeles tribute to [[Roy Orbison]]. The three are joined unexpectedly on stage by [[Bob Dylan]], who sings "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]" with the band.
*[[March 15]] – [[MCA Inc.]] purchases [[Geffen Records]] for over $550 million in stock. Under the agreement, [[David Geffen]] will continue to run the record company through an employment contract.
*[[March 16]] – [[Flea (musician)|Flea]] and [[Chad Smith]] of [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] are arrested and charged for an incident two days earlier at a performance in [[Daytona Beach]] during [[MTV Spring Break|MTV's spring break]] coverage, in which they allegedly sexually assaulted and verbally abused a female audience member after jumping from the stage. They are released on $2,000 bail.
*[[March 20]]
**[[Gloria Estefan]]'s tour bus is involved in an accident. Estefan suffers several broken bones in her back.
**A riot almost breaks out in downtown Los Angeles when [[Depeche Mode]] draw a crowd of 20,000 during an in-store appearance at [[Wherehouse Entertainment]] to sign copies of their new album ''[[Violator (album)|Violator]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ultimate Classic Rock |title=When Depeche Mode's 'Violator' Nearly Caused a Riot: Book Excerpt |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/depeche-mode-violator-riot/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=22 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[March 25]] – [[Mötley Crüe]]'s [[Tommy Lee]] is arrested for allegedly exposing his buttocks during a performance in [[Augusta, Georgia]].
*[[March 28]] – [[The Go-Go's]] reunite to play a benefit concert for the California Environmental Protection Act. They play several more reunion shows later in the year.

===April–June===
*[[April 4]] – Gloria Estefan returns to Miami, Florida after undergoing back surgery following the March 20 accident.
*[[April 5]] – [[Michael Jackson]] is awarded 'Artist of the Decade' by [[George H. W. Bush]] at the White House. 
*[[April 6]] – Mötley Crüe's [[Tommy Lee]] suffers a mild concussion after falling off of scaffolding above his elevated drum kit during a performance in New Haven, Connecticut.
*[[April 7]] – [[Neil Young]], [[Elton John]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[John Mellencamp]], [[Guns N' Roses]] and [[Jackson Browne]] perform at [[Farm Aid]] IV in [[Indiana]]. John dedicates "Candle in the Wind" to AIDS patient [[Ryan White]] during his performance. White dies the following day.
*[[April 13]] – [[Madonna]] starts her controversial [[Blond Ambition Tour]] in Tokyo, Japan.
*[[April 16]] – A massive [[Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa|tribute concert]] is held at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] for recently freed anti-[[apartheid]] activist [[Nelson Mandela]], who appears in a pre-taped 45-minute speech at the event. Performers include [[Anita Baker]], [[Tracy Chapman]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[The Neville Brothers]] and [[Neil Young]]. The event is broadcast to 61 countries around the world.
*[[April 24]] – [[Janet Jackson]] is honored with a Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wireimage.com/SearchResults.aspx?igi=43235&s=janet+jackson&sfld=C&vwmd=e |title=Celebrity Pictures, Entertainment News Photo Galleries and Videos |publisher=WireImage |website=www.wireimage.com |access-date=2018-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127010101/http://www.wireimage.com/SearchResults.aspx?igi=43235&s=janet%20jackson&sfld=C&vwmd=e |archive-date=2011-01-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[April 25]] – [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s [[Fender Stratocaster]], on which he performed his famous version of the "[[Star Spangled Banner]]" at [[Woodstock]], is auctioned off in London for $295,000.
*[[April 27]] – [[Axl Rose]] marries model Erin Everly, daughter of singer [[Don Everly]], in a Las Vegas ceremony. Divorce papers are filed on May 24, then withdrawn, then filed again in October.
*[[May 5]] – The 35th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1990|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall]] in [[Zagreb]], is won by [[Italy|Italian]] singer [[Toto Cutugno]] for the song "[[Insieme: 1992]]", Italy's first victory in the contest since 1964. At 46 years old, Cutugno becomes the oldest winner of the contest to date, a record he holds until 2001.
*[[May 6]] – [[Valery Leontiev]] show "It seems to me that I have not lived" in the [[Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)|Olympic Stadium]].
*[[May 12]] – First [[Prague Spring International Music Festival]] following the [[Velvet Revolution]]: [[Rafael Kubelík]] conducts the [[Czech Philharmonic]] orchestra in [[Smetana]]'s ''[[Má vlast]]''.
*[[May 18]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] open their Urban Jungle European tour in [[Rotterdam]], the Netherlands.
*[[May 29]]
**In Canada, Toronto police threaten to arrest Madonna if she performs her simulated [[masturbation]] scene during her performance of "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]" on her [[Blond Ambition Tour]].  Madonna refuses to change her show, and the police decide not to press charges, later denying that they had ever threatened to do so (a claim refuted by footage captured during the filming of Madonna's 1991 documentary ''[[Madonna: Truth or Dare|Truth or Dare]]'').
**At the [[Eurovision Young Musicians Competition 1990]] finals, held at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, pianist Nick van Oosterum of the Netherlands takes first place.
*[[June 10]] – Members of [[rap music|rap]] group [[2 Live Crew]] are arrested and charged with [[obscenity]] after a performance in a [[Hollywood, Florida]] nightclub.
*[[June 12]] – [[Mariah Carey]] releases her [[Mariah Carey (album)|debut]] album, which would go on to top the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] for 11 consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rowley |first1=Glenn |title=Mariah Carey Shares Cryptic Teaser For 30th Anniversary Celebration of Debut Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/mariah-carey-shares-debut-album-anniversary-teaser-9418743/ |website=Billboard |date=15 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[June 30]] – Knebworth 1990, a one-off festival at [[Knebworth Park]], England in support of [[Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy]]. Participating musicians have all been winners of the [[Silver Clef Award]]. The acts include headliners [[Pink Floyd]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Elton John]], [[Dire Straits]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Eric Clapton]] and others.

===July–September===
*[[July 7]] – [[The Three Tenors]] give their first concert, at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
*[[July 14]] – [[Jean Michel Jarre]]'s concert [[Paris la Defense]] attracts 2.5 million spectators.
*[[July 21]] – [[Roger Waters]] and numerous guest stars stage a performance of [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Wall]]'' in Berlin, Germany to commemorate the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] eight months earlier. [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Thomas Dolby]], [[Sinéad O'Connor]], [[The Band]] and [[Bryan Adams]] are among the performers.
*[[August 5]] – [[Madonna]] ends her controversial [[Blond Ambition Tour]] in Nice, France. The last date was aired live and broadcast on HBO in United States, and later released as Laser Disc only.
*[[August 13]] – [[Curtis Mayfield]] is paralyzed from the neck down in an accident at an outdoor concert in [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]], after stage lighting equipment collapses on top of him.
*[[August 19]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]] conducts his final performance at Tanglewood; he suffers a coughing fit in the middle of one piece which almost brings the concert to a premature end.
*[[August 22]] – [[James MacMillan]]'s symphonic piece ''[[The Confession of Isobel Gowdie]]'' premieres at [[The Proms]] in London.
*[[August 24]]
**A judge rules that [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Judas Priest]] is not responsible for the actions of two [[Nevada]] youths who shot themselves, one fatally, after listening to the band's music in December 1985.
**Irish singer [[Sinéad O'Connor]] sparks controversy when she refuses to play a concert at the [[Garden State Arts Center]] in New Jersey unless the venue refrains from its tradition of playing a recording of the [[American national anthem]] before the performance. O'Connor is heavily criticized and her music is dropped from a number of radio stations as a result.
*[[August 27]] – Guitarist [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] is killed in a helicopter crash following a concert at the [[Alpine Valley Music Theatre]] in [[East Troy, Wisconsin]]. He was 35.
*[[September 4]] – [[Walter Yetnikoff]] steps down after fifteen years as President of [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]].
*[[September 11]] – After a decade of performing in the Francophone world, [[Céline Dion]] makes her formal English-language debut in the United States with the release of her album ''[[Unison (Celine Dion album)|Unison]]''.
*[[September 26]] – The poorly received ''[[Cop Rock]]'' premieres on US television; it was TV's only musical police drama.

===October–December===
*[[October 9]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]] announces his retirement from the conducting podium; he dies five days later.
*[[October 20]] – A Florida jury acquits [[2 Live Crew]] of the obscenity charges stemming from a June 10 performance of their act known for its sexually explicit lyrics.
*[[October 22]] – [[Pearl Jam]], then named "[[Mookie Blaylock]]", play their first show as a band at the Off Ramp club in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].
*[[October 27]] – [[Janet Jackson]]'s "[[Black Cat (song)|Black Cat]]" reaches number one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/10/26/black-cat-is-anything-but-bad-luck-for-jackson/|title='Black Cat' Is Anything But Bad Luck For Jackson|work=DeKnock, Jan|publisher=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=1990-10-26|access-date=2014-04-20}}</ref> It was also the first song to simultaneously peak atop the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] chart.<ref name="Rock">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-j/janetjackson_main.htm|title=Rock On The Net: Janet Jackson Info Page|work=Rock on the Net|access-date=2014-04-20}}</ref>
*[[November 6]] – [[Madonna]] releases her new single, "[[Justify My Love]]". The accompanying [[Justify My Love (video)|music video]] is banned by [[MTV]] amid international controversy over its sexually explicit content.
*[[November 21]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] frontman [[Mick Jagger]] finally marries longtime girlfriend [[Jerry Hall]] in a traditional Hindu ceremony on the island of [[Bali]], although the wedding's legality is questionable.
*[[November 27]] – Amid growing public skepticism towards the artistic integrity of dance-pop duo [[Milli Vanilli]] as well as creative differences with frontmen [[Fab Morvan]] and [[Rob Pilatus]], music producer [[Frank Farian]] admits that Morvan and Pilatus had been [[lip-synching]] all of their songs, including hits such as "[[Girl You Know It's True (song)|Girl You Know It's True]]." In actuality, the tracks were composed and recorded by an ensemble of much older artists. Milli Vanilli's [[Grammy]] award for Best New Artist is voided in the ensuing fallout; accounts vary as to whether it was revoked or if Morvan and Pilatus returned it themselves.
*[[December 1]] – [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] airs a television special accompanying the ''[[Red Hot + Blue]]'' benefit album in which contemporary pop performers reinterpret the songs of [[Cole Porter]]. The special includes video clips portraying the societal effects of [[AIDS]].
*[[December 3]] – Following the banning of her "[[Justify My Love (video)|Justify My Love]]" music video by MTV, singer Madonna appears on ''[[Nightline]]'' to defend the video.
*[[December 15]] – [[Rod Stewart]] marries model [[Rachel Hunter]].
*[[December 31]] – The nineteenth annual [[New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[The Beach Boys]], [[Bell Biv DeVoe]], [[The Kentucky Headhunters]], [[Nelson (band)|Nelson]], [[The O'Jays]] and [[Sweet Sensation (band)|Sweet Sensation]].

===Also in 1990===
*Fall – For the first time, [[Amy Grant]] and [[Gary Chapman (musician)|Gary Chapman]] hold a night of music at their [[Franklin, Tennessee]] Riverstone Farm, for local teenagers. Performers included [[Rich Mullins]], [[Rick Elias]], [[Charlie Peacock]], [[Wes King]] and [[Michael W. Smith]]. The event becomes known as "The Loft".
*Guitarists: Dan Nilsson & Micke Bargstörm, Bassist: Martin Persson & Drummer: Rille Even, all quit [[Opeth]] who were the original members of the band. [[David Isberg]], the only remaining original member hires Guitarists: [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] (who applied for a bassist position even when the band already had bassist causing friction but ended up as a guitarist) Andreas Dimeo, Bassist: Nick Döring & Drummer: [[Anders Nordin]].
*[[Studio Fredman]] is built.
*[[Sons of Kyuss]] change their name to [[Kyuss]] and add new members, except for guitarist [[Josh Homme]].
*After a hiatus of 7 years, rock group [[Styx (band)|Styx]] reform to record a new album and tour without long-time guitarist [[Tommy Shaw]], who was committed to [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] at the time.
*Tapes of the original [[William Walton]] score for the 1969 film ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' are rediscovered, having been lost since the score was abandoned in favour of one by [[Ron Goodwin]].

==Bands formed==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1990|Musical groups established in 1990]]''

==Bands disbanded==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1990|Musical groups disestablished in 1990]]''

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:1990 albums}}

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="16" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| align="center" |8
| ''[[Scumdogs of the Universe]]'' || [[Gwar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[Flood (They Might Be Giants album)|Flood]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reading, Writing and Arithmetic]]'' || [[The Sundays]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |16
| ''[[The Hit List (Joan Jett album)|The Hit List]]'' || [[Joan Jett]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Pale (album)|Pale]]'' || [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]] ||-
|-
| ''[[RVS III]]'' || [[Ricky Van Shelton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |23
| ''[[Lone Wolf (Hank Williams, Jr. album)|Lone Wolf]]'' || [[Hank Williams Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Missing Links Volume Two]]'' || [[The Monkees]] || Rarities compilation
|-
| ''[[Stick It to Ya]]'' || [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |25
| ''[[We're in This Together (album)|We're in This Together]]'' || [[Low Profile]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |29
| ''[[A Bit of What You Fancy]] '' || [[The Quireboys]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Cloudcuckooland (album)|Cloudcuckooland]] '' || [[Lightning Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors]]'' || [[Fish (singer)|Fish]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" align="center" |30
| ''Riverside'' || [[Luka Bloom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sweet Keeper]]'' || [[Tanita Tikaram]] || US
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |?
| ''[[Colour (The Christians album)|Colour]]'' || [[The Christians (band)|The Christians]] || US
|-
| rowspan="28" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
|rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''[[Chill Out (KLF album)|Chill Out]]'' || [[The KLF]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lost Paradise (album)|Lost Paradise]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |7
| ''[[Frizzle Fry]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Blue Sky Mining]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em]]'' || [[MC Hammer]] || US
|-
| ''[[Stay Sick!]]'' || [[The Cramps]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |13
| ''Chance'' || [[The Rave-Ups]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake Your Money Maker (album)|Shake Your Money Maker]]'' || [[The Black Crowes]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Welcome to the Beautiful South]]'' || [[The Beautiful South]] || US
|-
| align="center" |16
| ''[[Spiritual Healing (album)|Spiritual Healing]]'' || [[Death (metal band)|Death]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''[[Heritage (Earth, Wind & Fire album)|Heritage]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[Up to No Good]]'' || [[Peter Wolf]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |20
| ''[[Carved in Sand]]'' || [[Mission UK]] || US
|-
| ''[[Dark at the End of the Tunnel]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Language of Life]]'' || [[Everything but the Girl]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Should Move Ya]]'' || [[Mantronix]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Break Through (album)|Break Through]]'' || [[B'z]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heading for Tomorrow]]'' || [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Same Place the Fly Got Smashed]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |22
| ''[[Blackout in the Red Room]]'' || [[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Damn Yankees (album)|Damn Yankees]]'' || [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gold Afternoon Fix]]'' || [[The Church (band)|The Church]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Submarine Bells]]'' || [[The Chills]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''[[Here in the Real World]]'' || [[Alan Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Highwayman 2]]'' || [[The Highwaymen (country supergroup)|The Highwaymen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |28
| ''[[Ah Via Musicom]]'' || [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Privilege of Power]]'' || [[Riot (band)|Riot]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |?
| ''[[Travel-Log]]'' || [[J.J. Cale]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="39" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" |1
| ''[[The Caution Horses]]'' || [[Cowboy Junkies]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |5
| ''[[Just Say Ozzy]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || Live EP
|-
| ''[[Backstreet Symphony]]'' || [[Thunder (band)|Thunder]] || Debut
|-
| ''Happiness'' || [[The Beloved (band)|The Beloved]] || US
|-
| ''[[New Funky Nation]]'' || [[Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |6
| ''[[Birds of Passage (album)|Birds of Passage]]'' || [[Bel Canto (band)|Bel Canto]] || US
|-
| ''[[Third World Warrior]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |9
| ''[[House Party (soundtrack)|House Party]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |12
| ''[[I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got]]'' || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Changesbowie]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Beg to Differ]]'' || [[Prong (band)|Prong]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eye (Robyn Hitchcock album)|Eye]]'' || [[Robyn Hitchcock]] || US
|-
| ''Resistance'' || [[Borghesia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Manners & Physique]]''||[[Adam Ant]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |13
| ''[[Funhouse (Kid 'n Play album)|Funhouse]]'' || [[Kid 'n Play]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Romance (Carly Simon album)|My Romance]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Pretty Woman (soundtrack)|Pretty Woman]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |16
| ''[[Here at the Home]]'' || [[Tribe (band)|Tribe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |19
| ''[[Blacks' Magic]]'' || [[Salt-N-Pepa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Manic Nirvana]]'' || [[Robert Plant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Violator (album)|Violator]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |20
| ''[[Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe album)|Poison]]'' || [[Bell Biv DeVoe]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Sex Packets]]'' || [[Digital Underground]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Extricate]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || US
|-
| ''[[Showtime (Nitzer Ebb album)|Showtime]]'' || [[Nitzer Ebb]] || US
|-
| ''Swagger'' || [[Blue Aeroplanes]] || US
|-

| rowspan="4" align="center" |26
| ''[[Brigade (album)|Brigade]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mental Floss for the Globe]]'' || [[Urban Dance Squad]] || US
|-
| ''[[Paintings in Yellow]]'' || [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Got the Blues]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |27
| ''[[Livin' Like Hustlers]]'' || [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever Everlasting]]'' || [[Everlast]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[A View from 3rd Street]]'' || [[Jude Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Social Distortion (album)|Social Distortion]]'' || [[Social Distortion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wilson Phillips (album)|Wilson Phillips]]'' || [[Wilson Phillips]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |29
| ''[[Representing the Mambo]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[The Best of Van Morrison]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Join Together (album)|Join Together]]'' || [[The Who]] || Live box set
|-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="35" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
| ''Bulkhead'' || [[Severed Heads]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unison (Celine Dion album)|Unison]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |3
| ''[[Born to Sing (En Vogue album)|Born to Sing]]'' || [[En Vogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chemicrazy]]'' || [[That Petrol Emotion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lloyd Cole (album)|Lloyd Cole]]'' || [[Lloyd Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''Read My Lips'' || [[Jimmy Somerville]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |9
| ''[[Behind the Mask (album)|Behind the Mask]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |10
| ''[[Act III (Death Angel album)|Act III]]'' || [[Death Angel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Days of Open Hand]]'' || [[Suzanne Vega]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]'' || [[Public Enemy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Laura Branigan (album)|Laura Branigan]]'' || [[Laura Branigan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace (Anything Box album)|Peace]]'' || [[Anything Box]] ||-
|-
| ''[[People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm]]'' || [[A Tribe Called Quest]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |11
| ''[[Songs for Drella]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] and [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vanity/Nemesis]]'' || [[Celtic Frost]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |13
| ''[[39/Smooth]]'' || [[Green Day]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Spanking Machine]]'' || [[Babes in Toyland (band)|Babes in Toyland]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |17
| ''[[The Good Son (album)|The Good Son]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Johnny Gill (1990 album)|Johnny Gill]]'' || [[Johnny Gill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Last Decade Dead Century]]'' || [[Warrior Soul]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Live on Broadway]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Myth of Rock]]'' || [[Consolidated (band)|Consolidated]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic]]'' || [[The Sundays]] || US
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[Repeater (album)|Repeater]]'' || [[Fugazi]] || US
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |23
| ''[[Hammerheart]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| ''Let Them Eat Bingo'' || [[Beats International]] || US
|-
| ''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]'' || [[Inspiral Carpets]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metaphysical Graffiti]] '' || [[The Dead Milkmen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slam (Big Dipper album)|Slam]] '' || [[Big Dipper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everybody Knows (Sonia album)|Everybody Knows]]'' || [[Sonia (singer)|Sonia]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music 17'' || Various Artists || UK; compilation
|-
| align="center" |30
| ''[[Charmed Life (Billy Idol album)|Charmed Life]]'' || [[Billy Idol]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Lovegod]]'' || [[The Soup Dragons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up in It]]'' || [[The Afghan Whigs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Closer to the Flame (Dave Edmunds album)|Closer to the Flame]]'' || [[Dave Edmunds]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="43" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| ''[[When the Storm Comes Down]]'' || [[Flotsam and Jetsam (band)|Flotsam and Jetsam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Winding Sheet]]'' || [[Mark Lanegan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |8
| ''[[Eclipse (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Eclipse]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] || US
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[The Bangles]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Young Lions (album)|Young Lions]]'' || [[Adrian Belew]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tattooed Millionaire]]'' || [[Bruce Dickinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Revival (Tony! Toni! Toné! album)|The Revival]]'' || [[Tony! Toni! Toné!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shut Up and Dance: Mixes|Shut Up and Dance]]'' || [[Paula Abdul]] || Remix album
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Jumbo]]'' || [[World Party]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |10
| ''[[Steelheart (album)|Steelheart]]'' || [[Steelheart]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |11
| ''[[Screaming Life/Fopp]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |14
| ''[[Circle of One]]'' || [[Oleta Adams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Moves]]'' || [[Kim Wilde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Packed!]]'' || [[The Pretenders]] ||-
|-
| ''[[DAAS Icon]]'' || [[Doug Anthony All Stars]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |15
| ''[[#Corruption in Tokyo|Corruption in Tokyo]]'' || [[1976 in music#Musical groups established in 1976#Element Ethan (band)|Element Ethan]] || Japan; live
|-
| ''[[Livin' It Up (album)|Livin' It Up]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lock up the Wolves]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reflections of Passion]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[A Round and a Bout]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] || US; live
|-
| ''[[Ten (Y&T album)|Ten]]'' || [[Y&T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bloodletting (Concrete Blonde album)|Bloodletting]]'' || [[Concrete Blonde]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 18
| ''[[AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted]]'' || [[Ice Cube]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[20 Años (Luis Miguel album)|20 Años]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |21
| ''[[Vol. II: 1990 – A New Decade]]'' || [[Soul II Soul]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |22
| ''[[I'm Breathless]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em]]'' || [[Eric B. & Rakim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Son of Albert]]'' || [[Andrew Ridgeley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |25
| ''[[The Ghost in Science]]'' || [[Susumu Hirasawa]] || Japan
|-
| ''Mecca'' || [[Age of Chance]] || US
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |29
| ''[[Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk]]'' || [[Talk Talk]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hell to Pay (Jeff Healey album)|Hell to Pay]]'' || [[Jeff Healey]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[I Want Too Much]]'' || [[A House]] || US
|-
| ''Katydids'' ||[[Katydids (band)|Katydids]]|| US
|-
| ''Meet John Doe'' ||[[John Doe (musician)|John Doe]]||-
|-
| ''[[Pod (The Breeders album)|Pod]]'' || [[The Breeders]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
|''[[Tangled (Jane Wiedlin album)|Tangled]]'' || [[Jane Wiedlin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |31
| ''[[All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 1]]'' || [[Ramones]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[All the Stuff (And More!) Volume 2]]'' || Ramones || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |?
| ''[[Amarok (Mike Oldfield album)|Amarok]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joe Cocker Live]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Internationale (album)|The Internationale]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] || Mini-LP
|-
| ''[[Manscape]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] || US
|-
| rowspan="38" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| align="center" |1
| ''[[The Word as Law]]'' || [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
| ''[[10 (The Stranglers album)|10]]'' || [[The Stranglers]] || US
|-
| ''[[Gold Mother]]'' || [[James (band)|James]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Left Hand Path (album)|Left Hand Path]]'' || [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |5
| ''[[Step by Step (New Kids on the Block album)|Step by Step]]'' || [[New Kids on the Block]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |7
| ''[[Sumerian Cry]]'' || [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |11
| ''[[Real Men... Wear Black]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Catholic Education]]'' || [[Teenage Fanclub]] ||-
|-
| ''Sings Cole Porter'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] || Cover
|-
| ''[[Utd. State 90]]'' || [[808 State]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |12
| ''[[Armchair Theatre (album)|Armchair Theatre]]'' || [[Jeff Lynne]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Compositions (Anita Baker album)|Compositions]]'' || [[Anita Baker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[En las Buenas... y en las Malas]]'' || [[José José]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Holy Water (Bad Company album)|Holy Water]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'll Give All My Love to You]]'' || [[Keith Sweat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mariah Carey (album)|Mariah Carey]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |15
| ''[[Sudden Stop]]'' || [[Colin James]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |18
| ''[[Alias (album)|Alias]]'' || [[Alias (band)|Alias]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Past to Present 1977-1990]]'' || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] ||Compilation+ 4 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Turtle Soup (Mock Turtles album)|Turtle Soup]]'' || [[The Mock Turtles]] ||UK
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''This Time Around'' || [[Green on Red]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |20
| ''[[Beyond Belief (album)|Beyond Belief]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[No Depression (album)|No Depression]]'' || [[Uncle Tupelo]] ||Debut
|-
|''[[Wicked Beat]]''
|[[B'z]]
|EP
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Deicide (album)|Deicide]]'' || [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Livonia (His Name Is Alive album)|Livonia]]'' || [[His Name Is Alive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Art Riot]]'' || [[Manic Street Preachers]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Reputation (Dusty Springfield album)|Reputation]]'' || [[Dusty Springfield]] ||-
|-
|''[[Stick It in Your Ear]]''
|[[Paul Laine]]
|Japanese release date
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |26
| ''[[After the Rain (Nelson album)|After the Rain]]'' || [[Nelson (band)|Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Danzig II: Lucifuge]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goo (album)|Goo]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''Kiss of Life'' || [[Gene Loves Jezebel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live It Up (Crosby, Stills & Nash album)|Live It Up]]'' || [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |29
| ''[[Black Angels (album)|Black Angels]]'' || [[Kronos Quartet]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Biohazard (album)|Biohazard]]'' || [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Busted (Cheap Trick album)|Busted]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Midnight Stroll]]'' || [[Robert Cray]] ||-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="30" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
| ''[[Flesh & Blood (Poison album)|Flesh & Blood]]'' || [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smooth Noodle Maps]]'' || [[Devo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |3
| ''[[The Hard Way (Steve Earle album)|The Hard Way]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lights...Camera...Revolution!]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lofty's Roach Souffle]]'' || [[Harry Connick Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seven Turns]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirits Dancing in the Flesh]]'' || [[Carlos Santana|Santana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Are in Love]]'' ||  Harry Connick Jr. ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |10
| ''[[Brick by Brick]]'' || [[Iggy Pop]] ||-
|-
| ''Live and Direct'' || [[Adamski]] || US
|-
| ''[[Pandemonium (The Time album)|Pandemonium]]'' || [[The Time (band)|The Time]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stray (album)|Stray]]'' || [[Aztec Camera]] || US
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |13
| ''Live'r Than God'' || [[Thee Hypnotics]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |16
| ''[[Naked Thunder]]'' || [[Ian Gillan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Twilight World]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bad of the Heart (album)|Bad of the Heart]]'' || [[George Lamond]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''[[Edutainment (album)|Edutainment]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[Apple (Mother Love Bone album)|Apple]]'' || [[Mother Love Bone]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |23
| ''[[Slave to the Thrill]]'' || [[Hurricane (American band)|Hurricane]]||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |24
| ''[[Banned in the U.S.A.]]'' || [[2 Live Crew]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]'' || [[Pantera]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodnight L.A.]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Heart of the Young]]'' || [[Winger (band)|Winger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take a Look Around (album)|Take a Look Around]]'' || [[Masta Ace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Un-Led-Ed]]'' || [[Dread Zeppelin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |30
| ''[[Harmony Corruption]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joy Rides for Shut-Ins]]'' || [[Cavedogs]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |31
| ''[[Hell Is for Wimps]]'' || [[Newsboys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[Smile (Ride album)|Smile]]'' || [[Ride (band)|Ride]] ||US
|-
| ''[[Ichabod and I]]'' || [[The Boo Radleys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="31" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="7" align="center" |7
| ''[[Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi album)|Blaze of Glory]]'' || [[Jon Bon Jovi]] || ''[[Young Guns II]]'' soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Brother's Keeper (Neville Brothers album)|Brother's Keeper]]'' || [[The Neville Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bellybutton (album)|Bellybutton]]'' || [[Jellyfish (band)|Jellyfish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enchanted (Marc Almond album)|Enchanted]]'' || [[Marc Almond]] || US
|-
| ''[[Head Down (Moev album)|Head Down]]'' || [[Moev]] || US
|-
| ''[[Pornograffitti]]'' || [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Clique]]'' || [[Deee-Lite]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |13
| ''[[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Then & Now (Asia album)|Then & Now]]'' || [[Asia (band)|Asia]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |14
| ''[[100 Miles and Runnin']]'' || [[N.W.A]] || EP
|-
| ''Cleopatra Grip'' || [[The Heart Throbs (band)|The Heart Throbs]] || US
|-
| ''[[Pump Up the Volume (film)#Soundtrack|Pump Up the Volume]]'' || Various Artists || US; soundtrack
|-
| align="center" |15
| ''[[Louder Than Love (TKA album)|Louder Than Love]]'' || [[TKA]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''[[Eaten Back To Life]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |20
| ''[[FireHouse (album)|FireHouse]]'' || [[FireHouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liberty (Duran Duran album)|Liberty]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace of Mind (Breathe album)|Peace of Mind]]'' || [[Breathe (British band)|Breathe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tyr (album)|Tyr]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |21
| ''[[Against the Law (album)|Against the Law]]'' || [[Stryper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Detonator (album)|Detonator]]'' || [[Ratt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Facelift (album)|Facelift]]'' || [[Alice in Chains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Graffiti Bridge (album)|Graffiti Bridge]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Persistence of Time]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ritual de lo Habitual]]'' || [[Jane's Addiction]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''[[No Fences]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Otis (Mojo Nixon album)|Otis]]'' || [[Mojo Nixon]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |28
| ''[[Time's Up (Living Colour album)|Time's Up]]'' || [[Living Colour]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |31
| ''[[The Party (The Party album)|The Party]]'' || [[The Party (band)|The Party]] ||Debut
|-
|''[[So Much 2 Say]]'' || [[Take 6]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Caustic Grip]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="61" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="1" align="center" |3
| ''[[Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1]]'' || [[George Michael]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" |4
| ''[[Chronicles (1990 album)|Chronicles]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[& Love for All]]'' || [[The Lilac Time]] || US
|-
| ''[[1978–1990]]'' || [[Go-Betweens]] || US; compilation
|-
| ''[[And the Horse They Rode in On]]'' || [[Soul Asylum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Empire (Queensrÿche album)|Empire]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up]]'' || [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Neighborhood (album)|The Neighborhood]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Rembrandts (album)|The Rembrandts]]'' || [[The Rembrandts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rumor Has It (Reba McEntire album)|Rumor Has It]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wild Places (Dan Fogelberg album)|The Wild Places]]'' || [[Dan Fogelberg]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |7
| ''[[The Cactus Revisited]]'' || [[3rd Bass]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Two Fires]]'' || [[Jimmy Barnes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |10
| ''[[To The Extreme]]'' || [[Vanilla Ice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boomania]]'' || [[Betty Boo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ragged Glory]]'' || [[Neil Young]] and [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |11
| ''[[Cherry Pie (album)|Cherry Pie]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under the Red Sky]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys#Discography|Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys]]'' || [[Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys]] || US
|-
| ''[[Dear 23]]'' || [[The Posies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Glider (EP)|Glider]]'' || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] || EP; US
|-
| ''[[Short Dog's in the House]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soundtrack from Twin Peaks]]'' || [[Angelo Badalamenti]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Unison (Celine Dion album)|Unison]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || US
|-
|''[[Home for Christmas (Dolly Parton album)|Home For Christmas]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |12
| ''[[Never, Neverland]]'' || [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[Armed Audio Warfare]]'' || [[Meat Beat Manifesto]] || US
|-
| ''[[Mama Said Knock You Out]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |17
| ''[[Painkiller (Judas Priest album)|Painkiller]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wall Live in Berlin]]'' || [[Roger Waters]] || UK; live
|-
| ''Themes – Volume 2: August 82 – April 85'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box set
|-
| ''[[Romantic?]]'' || [[The Human League]] || –
|-
| ''[[Room to Roam]]'' || [[The Waterboys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heaven or Las Vegas]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |18
| ''Collected Works'' || [[Hunters & Collectors]] || US
|-
| ''[[In a Priest Driven Ambulance]]'' || [[The Flaming Lips]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition]]'' || [[Derek and the Dominos]] || Remix + unreleased material
|-
| ''[[Minnie 'n Me#Minnie 'n Me Songs Just for Girls|Minnie 'n Me: Songs Just for Girls]]'' || [[Christa Collins|Christa Larson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Moon (The Call album)|Red Moon]]'' || [[The Call (band)|The Call]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[Cause of Death (album)|Cause of Death]]'' || [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[Lawn Boy]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nomads Indians Saints]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |24
| ''[[The Razors Edge (AC/DC album)|The Razors Edge]]'' || [[AC/DC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some People's Lives]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] ||-
|-
| ''Experience'' || [[Mary's Danish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers]]'' || [[XTC]] || Rarities compilation
|-
| ''[[Rust in Peace]]'' || [[Megadeth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" |25
| ''[[All Shook Down]]'' || [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] ||-
|-
| ''[[An Emotional Fish (album)|An Emotional Fish]]'' || [[An Emotional Fish]] || US
|-
| ''[[Family Style (Vaughan Brothers album)|Family Style]]'' || The Vaughan Brothers ([[Stevie Ray Vaughan|Stevie Ray]] and [[Jimmie Vaughan|Jimmie]]) ||-
|-
| ''[[Have You Seen Me Lately]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Superchunk (album)|Superchunk]]'' || [[Superchunk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Third Eye (Redd Kross album)|Third Eye]]'' || [[Redd Kross]] ||-
|-
| ''Wild & Lonely'' || [[Associates (duo)|The Associates]] || US
|-
| ''[[Without a Net]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[X (INXS album)|X]]'' || [[INXS]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hi-Five (album)|Hi-Five]]'' || [[Hi-Five]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |?
| ''[[In the Blood (album)|In the Blood]]'' || [[Londonbeat]] ||-
|-
|''[[It's... Madness]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] ||US;Compilation
|-
|''[[Nu Thang]]'' || [[dc Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Passion and Warfare]]'' || [[Steve Vai]] ||-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="67" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="8" align="center" |1
| ''[[No Prayer for the Dying]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] ||-
|-
| ''Dr. Adamski's Musical Pharmacy'' || [[Adamski]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Better Off Dead (album)|Better Off Dead]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hell's Ditch]]'' || [[The Pogues]] || –
|-
| ''[[Dannii (album)|Dannii]]'' || [[Dannii Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Go West Young Man (Michael W. Smith album)|Go West Young Man]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The La's (album)|The La's]]'' || [[The La's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Exitos de Gloria Estefan]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |2
| ''[[Crawdaddy (album)|Crawdaddy]]'' || [[Darling Buds]] || US
|-
| ''[[Jordan: The Comeback]]'' || [[Prefab Sprout]] || US
|-
| ''[[New Inside]]'' || [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |5
| ''[[This Is Our Music (Galaxie 500 album)|This Is Our Music]]'' || [[Galaxie 500]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wrong Way Up]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] and [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |8
| ''[[Enlightenment (Van Morrison album)|Enlightenment]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (album)|Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] || Live
|-
| ''Themes – Volume 1: March 79 – April 82'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box set
|-
| ''Themes – Volume 3: September 85 – June 87'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box set
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |9
| ''[[Change of Season]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Edge of the Century]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||-
|-
| ''FUN '90'' || [[Mekons]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Girls Girls Girls (Elvis Costello album)|Girls, Girls, Girls]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Seasons in the Abyss]]'' || [[Slayer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shooting Straight in the Dark]]'' || [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Souls of Black]]'' || [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |15
| ''[[Led Zeppelin Remasters|Remasters]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Rhythm of the Saints]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bona Drag]]'' || [[Morrissey]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Themes – Volume 4: February 89 – May 90'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Box set
|-
| ''[[Nowhere (album)|Nowhere]]'' || [[Ride (band)|Ride]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |16
| ''[[Back from Hell]]'' || [[Run-DMC|Run-D.M.C.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brand New Dance (album)|Brand New Dance]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hack (album)|Hack]]'' || [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hindu Love Gods (album)|Hindu Love Gods]]'' || [[Hindu Love Gods (band)|Hindu Love Gods]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hold Me Up]]'' || [[Goo Goo Dolls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Private Times...and the Whole 9!]]'' || [[Al B. Sure!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Recycler (ZZ Top album)|Recycler]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Geto Boys (album)|The Geto Boys]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] || Remix
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |22
| ''[[Slaves & Masters]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Behaviour (Pet Shop Boys album)|Behaviour]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart Still Beating]]'' || [[Roxy Music]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Vision Thing (album)|Vision Thing]]'' || [[The Sisters of Mercy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Hits, So Far]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cure for Sanity]]'' || [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kool-Aid (album)|Kool-Aid]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite II]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |23
| ''458489'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || US; compilation
|-
| ''[[Billy's Live Bait]]'' || [[Gear Daddies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Circle Slide]]'' || [[The Choir (alternative rock band)|The Choir]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Faith Hope Love]]'' || [[King's X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life (Inspiral Carpets album)|Life]]'' || [[Inspiral Carpets]] || US
|-
| ''[[Some Friendly]]'' || [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |29
| ''[[Led Zeppelin Boxed Set|Led Zeppelin]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] || Boxed Set
|-
| ''[[Choke (album)|Choke]]'' || [[The Beautiful South]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3]]'' || [[Traveling Wilburys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |30
| ''[[Down to Earth (Monie Love album)|Down To Earth]]'' || [[Monie Love]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[Ghost of a Dog]]'' || [[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If There Was a Way]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Interiors (Rosanne Cash album)|Interiors]]'' || [[Rosanne Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lennon (album)|Lennon]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || Box set
|-
| ''[[Red Hot + Blue]]'' || Various Artists || [[Cole Porter]] tribute
|-
| ''[[Taste of Chocolate]]'' || [[Big Daddy Kane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Christmas (Patti LaBelle album)|This Christmas]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Too Dark Park]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |31
| ''Raygun... Naked Raygun'' || [[Naked Raygun]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[Up from the Ashes (Don Dokken album)|Up from the Ashes]]'' || [[Don Dokken]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gling-Gló]]'' || [[Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="42" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="7" align="center" |5
| ''[[Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album)|Don't Explain]]'' || [[Robert Palmer]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Mixed Up (The Cure album)|Mixed Up]]'' || [[The Cure]] || UK; Remix album
|-
| ''[[Serious Hits... Live!]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Tripping the Live Fantastic]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Reverberation (album)|Reverberation]]'' || [[Echo and the Bunnymen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Refugees of the Heart]]'' || [[Steve Winwood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches]]'' || [[Happy Mondays]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center" |6
| ''[[Birdbrain (album)|Birdbrain]]'' || [[Buffalo Tom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Brief History of the Twentieth Century]]'' || [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cake (album)|Cake]]'' || [[The Trash Can Sinatras]] || US
|-
| ''[[Coma of Souls]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crazy World (Scorpions album)|Crazy World]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||-
|-
| ''The Dancing Years'' || [[Shriekback]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'm Your Baby Tonight]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Put Yourself in My Shoes]]'' || [[Clint Black]] ||-
|-
| ''Somewhere Soon'' || [[The High]] || US
|-
| ''[[Stick It Live]]'' || [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] || Live EP
|-
| ''Syntonic'' || [[Kon Kan]] || US
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|''[[Risky (album)|Risky]]''
|[[B'z]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
| ''[[To Be Continued (Elton John album)|To Be Continued]]'' || [[Elton John]] || Box set + 4 new tracks
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
| ''[[Ven Conmigo (album)|Ven Conmigo]]'' || [[Selena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rhythm of Love (Kylie Minogue album)|Rhythm of Love]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |13
| ''[[Mermaids (soundtrack)|Mermaids soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || US; soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Anything Is Possible (Debbie Gibson album)|Anything Is Possible]]'' || [[Debbie Gibson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blast the Human Flower]]'' || [[Danielle Dax]] || US
|-
| ''[[Five Man Acoustical Jam]]'' || [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Gala (album)|Gala]]'' || [[Lush (band)|Lush]] || US
|-
| ''[[The Immaculate Collection]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Greatest hits + 2 new tracks
|-
| ''Standards'' || [[The Alarm]] || US; Compilation
|-
| align="center" |15
| ''[[Naïve (album)|Naïve]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |16
| ''[[GodWeenSatan: The Oneness]]'' || [[Ween]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[Shaking the Tree]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |20
| ''[[Casino (Blue Rodeo album)|Casino]]'' || [[Blue Rodeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ferociously Stoned]]'' || [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Heartbreak Station]]'' || [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] ||-
|-
| ''This Is a Collective'' || [[Consolidated (band)|Consolidated]] || EP
|-
| align="center" |23
| ''[[Against the Grain (Bad Religion album)|Against the Grain]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |26
| ''[[A Social Grace]]'' || [[Psychotic Waltz]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |27
| ''[[Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast]]'' || [[Kid Rock]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ralph Tresvant (album)|Ralph Tresvant]]'' || [[Ralph Tresvant]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Rising (Donovan album)|Rising]]'' || [[Donovan]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Now! That's What I Call Music 18 (U.K. series)|Now! That's What I Call Music 18]]'' || Various Artists || UK; compilation
|-
| rowspan="14" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| align="center" |3
| ''[[MCMXC a.D.]]'' || [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |4
| ''[[Grains of Sand (album)|Grains of Sand]]'' || [[The Mission UK]] || US
|-
| ''[[Home Alone (soundtrack)|Home Alone]]'' || [[John Williams]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[One for All (Brand Nubian album)|One for All]]'' || [[Brand Nubian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]'' || [[The Simpsons]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |10
| ''[[Live at Hammersmith '84]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |11
| ''[[Devo's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Devo]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Devo's Greatest Misses]]'' || Devo || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Raw and the Remix]]'' || [[Fine Young Cannibals]] || Remixes and alternate versions
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |18
| ''[[Gonna Make You Sweat]]'' || [[C+C Music Factory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Business as Usual (EPMD album)|Business as Usual]]'' || [[EPMD]] ||-
|-
| ''[[99% (Meat Beat Manifesto album)|99%]]'' || [[Meat Beat Manifesto]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |?
| ''[[Obey the Time]]'' || [[The Durutti Column]] ||-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*''[[1234 (Propaganda album)|1234]]'' – [[Propaganda (band)|Propaganda]] 
*''[[1888 (album)|1888]]'' – [[Death in June]]/[[Current 93]]
*''[[1990 (Daniel Johnston album)|1990]]'' – [[Daniel Johnston]]
*''2nd Avenue'' – [[Idle Cure]]
*''[[Anam (album)|Anam]]'' – [[Clannad]]
*''[[Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room]]'' – [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
*''Anonymous Confessions of a Lunatic Friend'' – [[Bryan Duncan]]
*''[[The Apprentice (album)|The Apprentice]]'' – [[John Martyn]]
*''[[Are You Okay?]]'' – [[Was (Not Was)]]
*''[[As I Came of Age]]'' – [[Sarah Brightman]]
*''[[Bang! (Corey Hart album)|Bang!]]'' – [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]]
*''[[Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today]]'' – [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]]
*''[[Because It's Christmas]]'' – [[Barry Manilow]]
*''[[Beers, Steers, and Queers]]'' – [[Revolting Cocks]]
*''[[Best of the West Rides Again]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[Beyond Thee Infinite Beat]]'' – [[Psychic TV]]
*''[[Blood Guts & Pussy]]'' – [[The Dwarves]]
*''[[Blue Pacific (album)|Blue Pacific]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
*''[[The Blues Brothers Band Live in Montreux]]'' – [[The Blues Brothers]] (live)
*''[[Bluesiana Triangle]]'' – [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Bonafide (Maxi Priest album)|Bonafide]]'' – [[Maxi Priest]]
*''[[Brand New Heavies (album)|Brand New Heavies]]'' – [[Brand New Heavies]]
*''[[Career of Evil: The Metal Years]]'' – [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
*''Chain Reaction'' – [[John Farnham]]
*''[[Christmas, Like a Lullaby]]'' – [[John Denver]] (12/90) 
*''[[Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection]]'' – Various Artists
*''[[The Collection (Kenny G album)|The Collection]]'' – [[Kenny G]] 
*''[[Concrete Jungle (Sway & King Tech album)|Concrete Jungle]]'' – [[Sway & King Tech]]
*''[[Dare to Be Different (album)|Dare to Be Different]]'' – [[Tommy Emmanuel]]
*''[[Debacle: The First Decade]]'' – [[Violent Femmes]]
*''[[Erpland]]'' – [[Ozric Tentacles]]
*''[[Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes]]'' – [[The Teardrop Explodes]]
*''[[Evergreen Everblue]]'' – [[Raffi]]
*''[[Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions]]'' – [[Killing Joke]]
*''[[Fakebook (album)|Fakebook]]'' – [[Yo La Tengo]]
*''Fist Sized Chunks'' – [[Skin Yard]]
*''[[The Flower That Shattered the Stone]]'' – [[John Denver]] (9/90) 
*''[[From a Scream to a Whisper]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
*''[[Garista]]'' (re-release) – [[:zoviet*france:]]
*''[[Ghost (Ghost album)|Ghost]]'' – [[Ghost (1984 band)|Ghost]]
*''[[Gloryline]]'' – [[Dreams So Real]]
*''[[Greatest Hits 1977–1990]]'' – [[The Stranglers]]
*''[[Groovy, Laidback and Nasty]]'' – [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]]
*''[[Head (The Jesus Lizard album)|Head]]'' - [[The Jesus Lizard]]
*''[[Heartbeats Accelerating]]'' – [[Kate and Anna McGarrigle]]
*''[[Hell with the Lid Off]]'' – [[MC 900 Ft. Jesus]]
*''[[Here Comes Trouble (Scatterbrain album)|Here Comes Trouble]]'' – [[Scatterbrain (band)|Scatterbrain]]
*''High Wire'' – [[Ernie Isley]]
*''[[Hispanic Causing Panic]]'' – [[Kid Frost]] (7/10/90)
*''Holy Soldier'' – [[Holy Soldier]]
*''[[Home (Hothouse Flowers album)|Home]]'' – [[Hothouse Flowers]]  
*''[[Horse Opera]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[The House of Love (1990 album)|The House of Love]]'' – [[The House of Love]] 
*''Hot Chocolate Massage'' – [[Tiny Lights]]
*''[[Iced Earth (album)|Iced Earth]]'' – [[Iced Earth]] (debut) – Released in Europe only (11/90) 
*''In Scarlet Storm'' – [[David Zaffiro]]
*''[[I've Got That Old Feeling]]'' – [[Alison Krauss]]
*''Knock, Breath, Shine'' – [[Jacob's Trouble]]
*''[[The Last Temptation of Reid]]'' – [[Lard (band)|Lard]]
*''[[Live at the China Club]]'' – [[Dramarama]] 
*''[[Live at the Roxy Club]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
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*''Lofcaudio'' – [[Mastedon]]
*''[[Lost Souls (The Raindogs album)|Lost Souls]]'' – [[The Raindogs]]
*''[[Love Is Strange (album)|Love Is Strange]]'' – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*''[[Lovers Who Wander (The Del-Lords album)|Lovers Who Wander]]'' – [[The Del-Lords]]
*''The Lyrical Strength of One Street Poet'' – [[Danny Rodriguez|D-Boy Rodriguez]]
*''[[The Massacre (The Exploited album)|The Massacre]]'' – [[The Exploited]]
*''Craig McLachlan & Check 1–2'' – [[Craig McLachlan]] & Check 1–2
*''Meet Julie Miller'' – [[Julie Miller]]
*''[[Mek We Dweet]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
*''[[Merci (Florent Pagny album)|Merci]]'' – [[Florent Pagny]]
*''Midnight Radio'' – [[Big Head Todd and the Monsters]]
*''[[Motive (Red Box album)|Motive]]'' – [[Red Box (band)|Red Box]]
*''[[Neighbourhood Threat]]'' – [[Johnny Crash]] (debut)
*''[[A Night on the Town (Bruce Hornsby album)|A Night on the Town]]'' – [[Bruce Hornsby and the Range]] 
*''[[Nineteen 90]]'' – [[Regine Velasquez]]
*''[[Once Dead (album)|Once Dead]]'' – [[Vengeance Rising]]
*''[[Other Voices (Paul Young album)|Other Voices]]'' – [[Paul Young]] (6/4/90) 
*''[[Oh Suzi Q.]]'' – [[Suzi Quatro]]
*''[[Paintings in My Mind]]'' – [[Tommy Page]]
*''[[Party of One]]'' – [[Nick Lowe]]
*''Pentagram'' – [[Mezarkabul]]
*''Plus Signs'' – [[Burton Cummings]]
*''[[Powerhouse (White Heart album)|Powerhouse]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''Reflections'' – [[The Shadows]] (final studio album)
*''Return to Samoa'' – [[Angry Samoans]]
*''Rick Elias and the Confessions'' – [[Rick Elias]]
*''Round the Outside, Round the Outside'' – [[Malcolm McLaren]]
*''[[Sack Full of Silver]]'' – [[Thin White Rope]] 
*''[[Seasons of Love (album)|Seasons of Love]]'' – [[Mad at the World]]
*''[[Set the Booty Up Right]]'' (EP) – [[Fishbone]]
*''Shadow in Dreams'' – [[Dennis Rea]]
*''Shake Your Soul'' – [[Baton Rouge]]
*''[[She Hangs Brightly]]'' – [[Mazzy Star]] (5/21/90) 
*''[[Skellington (album)|Skellington]]'' – [[Julian Cope]]
*''[[Skywriting (album)|Skywriting]]'' – [[The Field Mice]]
*''[[Slap!]]'' – [[Chumbawamba]]
*''[[Slappy]]'' – [[Green Day]]
*''[[Sons of Kyuss]]'' – [[Kyuss]] (debut)
*''[[Space Bandits]]'' – [[Hawkwind]] (9/24/90) 
*''[[A Spy in the House of Love (album)|A Spy in the House of Love]]'' – The House of Love
*''[[Sticks and Stones (The 77s album)|Sticks and Stones]]'' – [[The 77s]]
*''[[Stiletto (album)|Stiletto]]'' – [[Lita Ford]]
*''[[Strap It On]]'' – [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]]
*''Sylentiger'' – [[Trytan]]
*''Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To'' – [[Spacemen 3]]
*''[[Talisman (Talisman album)|Talisman]]'' – [[Talisman (band)|Talisman]]
*''[[Ten Commandments (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Ten Commandments]]'' – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] Compilation 
*''[[Toy Matinee]]'' – [[Toy Matinee]]
*''[[Turned On]]'' – [[Rollins Band]]
*''[[Unfun]]'' – [[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]]
*''[[Unnatural History (album)|Unnatural History]]'' – [[Coil (band)|Coil]]
*''[[Untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE:]]'' – [[:$OVIET:FRANCE:]] (re-release)
*''[[The Vegetarians of Love]]'' – [[Bob Geldof]]
*''[[Volume 2 (Reagan Youth)|Volume 2]]'' – [[Reagan Youth]]
*''[[Waiting for Cousteau]]'' – [[Jean Michel Jarre]]
*''Walkin' in Faith'' – Angelica
*''Weapons of our Warfare'' – [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]]
*''Women in the Room'' – [[Zachary Richard]]
*''The Wonder'' – [[Tom Verlaine]]
*''World Power'' – [[Snap!]]
*''[[The Youth Are Getting Restless]]'' (live) – [[Bad Brains]]
{{col-end}}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1990.htm|title=Songs from the Year 1990|last=Hawtin|first=Steve|date=February 10, 2008 |publisher=Steve Hawtin/TsorT|access-date=April 26, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080418080305/http://tsort.info/music/yr1990.htm| archive-date= 18 April 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country 
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1  || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] || [[Nothing Compares 2 U]] || 1990 || {{flagicon|Ireland}} || UK 1 - Jan 1990 (16 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Mar 1990 (21 weeks), ARC 1 of 1990 (peak 1 15 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 - Mar 1990 (18 weeks), Holland 1 - Jan 1990 (16 weeks), Sweden 1 - Feb 1990 (12 weeks), Finland 1 for 1 week - Mar 1990, Austria 1 - Mar 1990 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Feb 1990 (29 weeks), Norway 1 - Feb 1990 (16 weeks), Poland 1 - Mar 1990 (51 weeks), Belgium 1 - Feb 1990 (16 weeks), Italy 1 for 1 week - Mar 1990, Germany 1 - Feb 1990 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Feb 1990 (32 weeks) (11 weeks at number 1) (16 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 6 weeks - Jan 1990, Canada RPM 1 for 5 weeks - May 1990, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - Apr 1990, Australia 1 for 8 weeks - Feb 1990, Europe 1 for 5 weeks - Feb 1990, Germany 1 for 11 weeks - Mar 1990, Spain 1 for 1 week - Apr 1990, MTV Video of the year 1990, KROQ 1 of 1990, Grammy in 1990 (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1990), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Mar 1990), US BB 3 of 1990, US Radio 3 of 1990 (peak 1 11 weeks), Australia 3 of 1990, Canada 3 of 1990, US CashBox 4 of 1990, Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1990), Brazil 5 of 1990, Switzerland 6 of 1990, Italy 8 of 1990, Europe 8 of the 1990s (1990), nuTsie 11 of 1990s, Germany 19 of the 1990s (peak 1 19 weeks), Holland free40 22 of 1990, UK Songs 2013-23 peak 30 - Jul 2023 (4 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 30 of 1990 (peak 5 17 weeks), Vinyl Surrender 48 (1990), Poland 59 of all time, Billboard 50th song 77, 55th Billboard 100 87 (1990), Belgium 90 of all time, Billboard100 92, DMDB 92 (1990), Acclaimed 113 (1990), OzNet 138, Rolling Stone 162, WXPN 661, UKMIX 800, RYM 9 of 1990
|-
| 2  || [[Madonna]] || [[Vogue (Madonna song)|Vogue]] || 1990 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 - Apr 1990 (14 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Apr 1990 (24 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1990, Japan (Tokyo) 1 - Apr 1990 (19 weeks), Sweden 1 - Apr 1990 (9 weeks), Finland 1 for 1 week - May 1990, Norway 1 - Apr 1990 (14 weeks), Poland 1 - Apr 1990 (23 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1990 (14 weeks), Italy 1 for 2 weeks - May 1990, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Jun 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks - May 1990, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - May 1990, Europe 1 for 8 weeks - Apr 1990, Spain 1 for 1 week - Jun 1990, US 2 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jun 1990), ARC 2 of 1990 (peak 1 15 weeks), US Radio 2 of 1990 (peak 1 10 weeks), Holland 2 - Apr 1990 (10 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Apr 1990 (19 weeks), MTV Video of the year 1990 (Nominated), ODK Germany 4 - Apr 1990 (23 weeks) (10 weeks in top 10), Canada 4 of 1990, UK Gold (certified by BPI in May 1990), US BB 5 of 1990, Italy 5 of 1990, Germany 6 - Apr 1990 (4 months), France 7 - Apr 1990 (1 week), Austria 7 - May 1990 (3 months), POP 7 of 1990, Brazil 10 of 1990, Australia 10 of 1990, Japan (Osaku) 11 of 1990 (peak 1 19 weeks), Switzerland 12 of 1990, nuTsie 35 of 1990s, Germany 230 of the 1990s (peak 4 13 weeks), Acclaimed 521 (1990), UKMIX 714, OzNet 881, RYM 8 of 1990, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1990, Party 181 of 2007
|-
| 3  || [[Londonbeat]] || [[I've Been Thinking About You]] || 1990 || {{flagicon|UK}} || US Billboard 1 - Feb 1991 (19 weeks), Holland 1 - Aug 1990 (16 weeks), Sweden 1 - Sep 1990 (10 weeks), Finland 1 for 1 week - Dec 1990, Austria 1 - Oct 1990 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Oct 1990 (22 weeks), Belgium 1 - Sep 1990 (14 weeks), Italy 1 for 3 weeks - Dec 1990, ODK Germany 1 - Sep 1990 (46 weeks) (2 weeks at number 1) (15 weeks in top 10), Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1991, Australia 1 for 4 weeks - Feb 1991, Europe 1 for 9 weeks - Sep 1990, Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Oct 1990, Spain 1 for 1 week - Dec 1990, UK 2 - Sep 1990 (13 weeks), Norway 2 - Oct 1990 (9 weeks), Germany 2 - Jan 1991 (4 months), Australia 4 of 1991, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1991), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1990), Italy 7 of 1990, Japan (Tokyo) 10 - Jan 1991 (19 weeks), France 10 - Oct 1990 (1 week), Brazil 10 of 1991, US Radio 13 of 1991 (peak 1 11 weeks), Canada 14 of 1991, Poland 15 - Nov 1990 (9 weeks), US CashBox 17 of 1991, Switzerland 26 of 1991, POP 29 of 1991, US BB 31 of 1991, ARC 35 of 1991 (peak 1 14 weeks), Germany 59 of the 1990s (peak 1 17 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 66 of 1991 (peak 7 16 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Oct 1990), RYM 166 of 1990
|-
| 4  || [[Vanilla Ice]] || [[Ice Ice Baby]] || 1990 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 - Nov 1990 (15 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Sep 1990 (20 weeks), Holland 1 - Nov 1990 (13 weeks), Belgium 1 - Dec 1990 (14 weeks), Eire 1 for 1 week - Dec 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks - Dec 1990, Australia 1 for 3 weeks - Jan 1991, Europe 1 for 6 weeks - Dec 1990, Spain 1 for 1 week - Feb 1991, Sweden 2 - Nov 1990 (9 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Nov 1990 (20 weeks), Norway 2 - Dec 1990 (12 weeks), Germany 2 - Jan 1991 (4 months), ODK Germany 2 - Nov 1990 (25 weeks) (14 weeks in top 10), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1990), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1991), Austria 3 - Nov 1990 (5 months), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1990), POP 4 of 1990, France 5 - Dec 1990 (1 week), Switzerland 9 of 1991, Japan (Tokyo) 10 - Oct 1990 (11 weeks), Australia 15 of 1991, ARC 19 of 1990 (peak 1 14 weeks), US CashBox 21 of 1990, US Radio 30 of 1990 (peak 1 9 weeks), US BB 45 of 1990, Italy 65 of 1991, Japan (Osaku) 70 of 1991 (peak 3 19 weeks), Germany 82 of the 1990s (peak 2 16 weeks), Canada 98 of 1990, UKMIX 474, RYM 188 of 1990, Party 42 of 2007
|-
| 5  || [[MC Hammer]] || [[U Can't Touch This]] || 1990 || {{flagicon|US}} || Holland 1 - Jul 1990 (13 weeks), Sweden 1 - Aug 1990 (5 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jul 1990 (13 weeks), Australia 1 of 1990, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1990, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Jul 1990, Europe 1 for 8 weeks - Aug 1990, Spain 1 for 1 week - Sep 1990, Japan (Tokyo) 2 - May 1990 (21 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Jul 1990 (17 weeks), ODK Germany 2 - Jul 1990 (25 weeks) (12 weeks in top 10), Grammy in 1990 (Nominated), UK 3 - Jun 1990 (16 weeks), Germany 3 - Jul 1990 (4 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 2005), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1990), Austria 5 - Aug 1990 (4 months), POP 5 of 1990, France 6 - Jun 1990 (2 weeks), Norway 6 - Aug 1990 (8 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Apr 1990 (17 weeks), US Radio 8 of 1990 (peak 1 12 weeks), Switzerland 15 of 1990, Scrobulate 18 of rap, Japan (Osaku) 29 of 1990 (peak 2 17 weeks), US CashBox 39 of 1990, US BB 55 of 1990, Canada 70 of 1990, nuTsie 72 of 1990s, Brazil 78 of 1990, Germany 147 of the 1990s (peak 2 15 weeks), RIAA 201, Acclaimed 1797 (1990), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Aug 1990), RYM 63 of 1990, Party 214 of 1999, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
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==Top 40 chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[A Dreams a Dream]]" || [[Soul II Soul]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || 86 || 6 || 1 (Greece) || [[A Dream's a Dream#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[À toutes les filles...]]" || [[Félix Gray]] & [[Didier Barbelivien]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || n/a || n/a || 1 (France, Belgium) || [[À toutes les filles...#Charts and sales|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[After the Rain (Nelson song)|After the Rain]]" || [[Nelson (band)|Nelson]] || {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 6 || n/a || 6 (United States) || <small>39 (US Billboard Album Rock Tracks)</small>
|-
|| "[[All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You]]" || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 2 || 8 || 1 (Australia, Canada) || [[All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli song)|All or Nothing]]" || [[Milli Vanilli]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 4 || 74 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[All Together Now (The Farm song)|All Together Now]]" || [[The Farm (British band)|The Farm]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || n/a || 4 || 4 (United Kingdom) || [[All Together Now (The Farm song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|- 
|| "[[Alors regarde]]" || [[Patrick Bruel]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || n/a || n/a || 3 (France) || <small>14 (Québec) – 16 (Europe [European Airplay Top 50]) – 20 (Europe [Eurochart Hot 100])</small>
|-
|| "[[Alright (Janet Jackson song)|Alright]]" || [[Janet Jackson]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 4 || 20 || 4 (Netherlands, United States) || [[Alright (Janet Jackson song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[The Anniversary Waltz]]" (Part One) || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || n/a || 2 || 2 (United Kingdom) || 
<small>3 (Ireland)</small> – <small>5 (Netherlands)</small> – <small>9 (Austria)</small> – <small>12 (Switzerland)</small> – <small>13 (Belgium)</small> – <small>17 (Germany)</small> – <small>104 (Australia)</small>
|-
|| "[[The Anniversary Waltz]]" (Part Two) || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] || {{Date table sorting|121990}}|December 1990 || n/a || 16 || 16 (United Kingdom) || <small>14 (Ireland) – 33 (Belgium) – 66 (Netherlands)</small>
|-
|| "[[Are You Dreaming?]]" || [[Twenty 4 Seven]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || n/a || 17 || 4 (Switzerland) || [[Are You Dreaming?#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Around the Way Girl]]" || [[LL Cool J]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 9 || n/a || <small>9 (United States)</small> || <small>1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Songs) – 5 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs) – 7 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs) – 27 (New Zealand) – 45 (Australia)</small>
|-
|| "[[Avant de partir (song)|Avant de partir]]" || [[Roch Voisine]] || {{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || n/a || n/a || 7 (France) || <small>12 (Québec) – 34 (Europe)</small>
|-
|| "[[Because I Love You (The Postman Song)|Because I Love You]]" || [[Stevie B]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 1 || 6 || 1 (United States) || [[Because I Love You (The Postman Song)#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Been Caught Stealing]]" || [[Jane's Addiction]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || n/a || 34 || 24 (Ireland) || <small>1 (US Billboard Alternative Songs) – 29 (US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks) – 56 (Australia)</small>
|-
|| "[[Being Boring]]" || [[Pet Shop Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || n/a || 20 || 5 (Finland, Italy) || [[Being Boring#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Better the Devil You Know]]" || [[Kylie Minogue]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || n/a || 2 || 2 (United Kingdom) || [[Better the Devil You Know#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Black Cat (song)|Black Cat]]"|| [[Janet Jackson]] || {{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 1 || 15 || 1 (United States) || [[Black Cat (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Black Velvet (song)|Black Velvet]]"|| [[Alannah Myles]] || {{Date table sorting|1989}}|<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br /> || 1 || 2 || 1 [[Black Velvet (song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Black Velvet (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi song)|Blaze of Glory]]" ||[[Bon Jovi]] || {{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || 1 || 13 || [[Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi song)#Charts|1 (4 countries)]] || [[Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Blue Savannah]]" ||[[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Israel) || [[Blue Savannah#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Candy (Iggy Pop song)|Candy]]" || [[Iggy Pop]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 28 || 67 || 9 (Australia) ||[[Candy (Iggy Pop song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection]]"|| [[Nelson (band)|Nelson]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 1 || 54 || 1 (United States) || <small>11 (Canada) – 20 (Australia) – 44 (New Zealand)</small>
|-
||"[[Cherry Pie (Warrant song)|Cherry Pie]]"|| [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] || {{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 10 || 35 || 6 (Australia) || [[Cherry Pie (Warrant song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Close to You (Maxi Priest song)|Close to You]]"|| [[Maxi Priest]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 1 || 7 || 1 (United States) || [[Close to You (Maxi Priest song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Club at the End of the Street]]"||[[Elton John]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || 28 || 47 || 12 (Canada) || [[Club at the End of the Street#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Come Back to Me (Janet Jackson song)|Come Back to Me]]"|| [[Janet Jackson]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}| || 2 || 20 || 2 (United States) || [[Come Back to Me (Janet Jackson song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Cradle of Love (Billy Idol song)|Cradle of Love]]"|| [[Billy Idol]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || 2 || 34 || 2 (United States) || [[Cradle of Love (Billy Idol song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Crying in the Rain]]" || [[A-ha]] || {{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || n/a || 13 || 1 (Norway) || [[Crying in the Rain#Charts 3|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Cult of Snap]]"|| [[Snap!]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || n/a || 8 || 1 (Spain) || [[Cult of Snap#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Dance (song)|The Dance]]" || [[Garth Brooks]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || n/a || 36 || 3 (Ireland) || <small>1 (Canada Country Tracks, U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs) – 31 (Scotland) – 89 (Europ)</small>
|-
||"[[Dangerous (Roxette song)|Dangerous]]"|| [[Roxette]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 2 || 6 || 2 (Canada, Denmark, United States) || [[Dangerous (Roxette song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Disappear (INXS song)|Disappear]]" ||[[INXS]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 8 || 21 || 1 (Canada) || [[Disappear (INXS song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Do You Remember? (Phil Collins song)|Do You Remember?]]" ||[[Phil Collins]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || 4 || n/a || 1 (Canada) || [[Do You Remember? (Phil Collins song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Doin' the Do]]"|| [[Betty Boo]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 90 || 7 || 3 (Australia) || [[Doin' the Do#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"Don't Miss The Party Line"||[[Bizz Nizz]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || n/a || 7 || 7 (United Kingdom) || [[Bizz Nizz#Discography|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Don't Wanna Fall in Love]]"|| [[Jane Child]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 2 || 22 || 2 (United States) || [[Don't Wanna Fall in Love#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Don't Worry (Kim Appleby song)|Don't Worry]]"|| [[Kim Appleby]] || {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Zimbabwe) || [[Don't Worry (Kim Appleby song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Don't You Love Me (49ers song)|Don't You Love Me]]"|| [[49ers (band)|49ers]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 78 || 12 || 6 (Ireland) || [[Don't You Love Me (49ers song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Doubleback]]"|| [[ZZ Top]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || n/a || 29 || 9 (Sweden) || [[Doubleback#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Downtown Train]]"|| [[Rod Stewart]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|Charted in '89/'90 || 3 || 10 || 1 (Canada) || [[Downtown Train#Weekly charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Dub Be Good to Me]]"|| [[Beats International]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 76 || 1 || 1 (Israel, United Kingdom) || [[Dub Be Good to Me#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Enjoy the Silence]]"|| [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || 8 || 6 || 1 (Denmark, Spain) || [[Enjoy the Silence#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Epic (Faith No More song)|Epic]]" || [[Faith No More]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 9 || 25 || 1 (Australia) || [[Epic (Faith No More song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Escapade (song)|Escapade]]" || [[Janet Jackson]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 1 || 17 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Escapade (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Falling (Julee Cruise song)|Falling]]" || [[Julee Cruise]] || {{Date table sorting|081990}}|Charted in '90,'91,'92 || n/a || 7 || 1 (Australia) || [[Falling (Julee Cruise song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|Fantasy]]" || [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]] || {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || n/a || 5 || 3 (Australia, Ireland) || [[Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire song)#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Forever (Kiss song)|Forever]]" || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 8 || 65 || 8 (United States) || 
<small>17 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock – 18 (Canada) – 73 (Australia)</small>
|-
|| "[[Freedom! '90]]" || [[George Michael]] || {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 8 || 28 ||  1 (Canada, Zimbababwe) || [[Freedom! '90#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Friends In Low Places]]" || [[Garth Brooks]] || {{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || n/a || 36 || 3 (Ireland) || [[Friends in Low Places#Chart positions|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)]]" || [[Technotronic]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 1 || 2 || 1 [[Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)#Charts|(6 countries]] || [[Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)]]" || [[C+C Music Factory]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 1 || 3 || 1 [[Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)#Charts and certifications|(5 Countries)]] || [[Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Groove Is in the Heart]]" || [[Deee-Lite]] || {{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 4 || 2 || 1 (Australia) || [[Groove Is in the Heart#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Hanky Panky (Madonna song)|Hanky Panky]]" || [[Madonna]] || {{Date table sorting|061990}}|July 1990 || 10 || 2 || 1 (Finland) || [[Hanky Panky (Madonna song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Happenin' All Over Again]]" || [[Lonnie Gordon]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || n/a || 4 || 3 (Ireland) || [[Happenin' All Over Again#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Have You Seen Her]]" || [[MC Hammer]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 4 || 8 || 2 (Ireland) || [[Have You Seen Her#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Healing Hands (Elton John song)|Healing Hands]]" || [[Elton John]] || {{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || 13 || 45 || 1 (United Kingdom) || [[Healing Hands (Elton John song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)]]" || [[Chad Jackson (DJ)|Chad Jackson]] || {{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || n/a || 3 || 3 (Netherlands, United Kingdom) || [[Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Heart of Stone (Taylor Dayne song)|Heart of Stone]]" || [[Taylor Dayne]] || {{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || 12 || n/a || 4 (Canada) || <small>1 (Canada Adult Contemporary) – 8 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 42 (Australia)</small>
|-
|| "[[Hello Afrika (song)|Hello Afrika]]" || [[Dr. Alban]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Austria) || [[Hello Afrika (song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Here I Am (Come and Take Me)]]" || [[UB40]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 7 || 46 || 3 (Australia) || [[Here I Am (Come and Take Me)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[High Enough]]" || [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 3 || 81 || 3 (United States) || <small>2 (US Billboard Album Rock Tracks) – 12 (Canada) – 24 (New Zealand) – 57 (Australia)</small>
|-
|| "[[Hold On (En Vogue song)|Hold On]]" ||  [[En Vogue]]  || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 2 || 5 || 2 (United States) || [[Hold On (En Vogue song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
||"[[Hold On (Wilson Phillips song)|Hold On]]" || [[Wilson Phillips]] || {{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || 1 || 6 || 1 (United States) || [[Hold On (Wilson Phillips song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|-
|| [[Holy Smoke (song)|Holy Smoke]]" || [[Iron Maiden]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || n/a || 3 || 3 (United Kingdom) || [[Holy Smoke (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[How Am I Supposed to Live Without You]]" || [[Michael Bolton]] || {{Date table sorting|1989}}|<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br /> || 1 || 3 || 1 (Belgium, United States) || [[How Am I Supposed to Live Without You#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[How Can We Be Lovers?]]" || [[Michael Bolton]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 3 || 10 || 2 (Canada) || [[How Can We Be Lovers#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Can't Stand It!]]"|| [[Twenty 4 Seven]] ||{{Date table sorting|1989}}|<small>Releaesd in 1989</small><br /> <small>Charted in '90/'91</small><br /> || n/a || 7 || 1 (Europe, Italy) || [[I Can't Stand It!#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Don't Have the Heart]]" || [[James Ingram]] ||{{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 1 || n/a || 1 (United States) || <small>2 (US Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 53 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song) – 78 (Australia)</small>
|-
||"[[I Don't Know Anybody Else]]" || [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]] ||{{Date table sorting|1989}}|<small>Releaesd in 1989</small><br /> <small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br /> || 23 || 4 || 1 (Finland) || [[I Don't Know Anybody Else#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Go to Extremes]]"|| [[Billy Joel]] ||{{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 6 || 70 || 3 (Canada) || [[I Go to Extremes#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Promised Myself]]"|| [[Nick Kamen]] ||{{Date table sorting|1990}}|1990 || n/a || 50 || 1 (Austria, Sweden) || [[I Promised Myself#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Saw Red]]"|| [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 10 || n/a || 10 (United Kingdom) || [[I Saw Red#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]]"|| [[The Chimes (Scottish band)|The Chimes]] ||{{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || n/a || 6 || 2 (Norway) || [[I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Wanna Be Rich]]"|| [[Calloway (band)|Calloway]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 2 || 100 || 2 (United States) || [[I Wanna Be Rich#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[(I Wanna Give You) Devotion]]"|| [[Nomad (British band)|Nomad]] & MC Mikee Freedom || {{Date table sorting|1990}}|1990|| n/a || 2 || 1 (Greece) || [[(I Wanna Give You) Devotion#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Wish It Would Rain Down]]" || [[Phil Collins]] ||{{Date table sorting|011990}}|May 1990 || 3|| 7 || 1 (Canada) || [[I Wish It Would Rain Down#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Ice Ice Baby]]"|| [[Vanilla Ice]] ||{{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 1 || 1 || [[Ice Ice Baby#Charts|1 (9 Countries)]] || [[Ice Ice Baby#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[If Wishes Came True]]"|| [[Sweet Sensation (trio)|Sweet Sensation]] ||{{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || 1 || n/a || 1 (United States) || [[If Wishes Came True#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I'll Be Your Baby Tonight]]"|| [[Robert Palmer]] & [[UB40]] ||{{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || n/a || 6 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[I'll Be Your Baby Tonight#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I'll Be Your Everything (Tommy Page song)|I'll Be Your Everything]]"|| [[Tommy Page]] ||{{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || 1 || 53 || 1 (United States) || [[I'll Be Your Everything (Tommy Page song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I'll Be Your Shelter]]"|| [[Taylor Dayne]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 4 || 43 || 1 (Canada) || [[I'll Be Your Shelter#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]"|| [[Deacon Blue]] || {{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || n/a || 2 || 2 (Ireland, United Kingdom) || <small>72 (Netherlands)</small>
|-
||"[[I'm Free (Rolling Stones song)|I'm Free]]"|| [[The Soup Dragons]] & [[Junior Reid]] || {{Date table sorting|1990}}|1990 || 79 || 5 || 5 (United Kingdom) || [[I'm Free (Rolling Stones song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[I'm Not in Love]]"|| [[Will to Power (band)|Will to Power]] || {{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990|| 2 || 1 || 1 (Canada, Ireland, UK) || [[I'm Not in Love#Weekly charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[I'm Your Baby Tonight (song)|I'm Your Baby Tonight]]"|| [[Whitney Houston]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 1 || 5 || 1 (Greece, Italy, Portugal, US) || [[I'm Your Baby Tonight (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Impulsive (song)|Impulsive]]"|| [[Wilson Phillips]] || {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 4 || 42 || 1 (Canada) || [[Impulsive (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Infinity (Guru Josh song)|Infinity]]"|| [[Guru Josh]] || {{Date table sorting|1989}}|<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in 1990</small><br /> || n/a || 5 || 1 (Spain) || [[Infinity (Guru Josh song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Insieme: 1992]]"|| [[Toto Cutugno]] || {{Date table sorting|1990}}| 1990 || n/a || n/a || 2 (Portugal, Switzerland) || [[Insieme: 1992|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[It Must Have Been Love]]"|| [[Roxette]] ||{{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 1 || 3 || 1 [[It Must Have Been Love#Charts 2|(8 countries)]] || [[It Must Have Been Love#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song)|It Takes Two]]"|| [[Rod Stewart]] & [[Tina Turner]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || n/a || 5 || 1 (Denmark) || [[It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song)#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[It's Here]]"|| [[Kim Wilde]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || n/a || 42 || 4 (Finland) || [[It's Here#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[It's On You]]"|| [[M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy]] || <small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br /> || n/a || n/a || 1 (Spain) || [[It's On You|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini]]"|| [[Bombalurina (band)|Bombalurina]] || {{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990|| n/a || 1 || 1 (Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini#Charts 5|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[I've Been Thinking About You]]"|| [[Londonbeat]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 1 || 2 || 1 [[I've Been Thinking About You#Charts|(15 countries)]]  || [[I've Been Thinking About You#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Janie's Got a Gun]]"|| [[Aerosmith]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br /> || 4 || 76 || 1 (Australia) || [[Janie's Got a Gun|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Joker (Steve Miller Band song)|The Joker]]"|| [[Steve Miller Band]] ||{{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 <br /> <small>Released in 1974</small><br /><small>Reissued in 1990</small> || n/a || 1 || 1 [[The Joker (Steve Miller Band song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[The Joker (Steve Miller Band song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Jōnetsu no Bara]]"|| [[The Blue Hearts]] || || ||  ||  || [[See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Just Like Jesse James]]"|| [[Cher]] ||{{Date table sorting|1989}}|<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br /> || 8 || 11 || 8 (Canada, United States) || [[Just Like Jesse James#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Justify My Love]]"|| [[Madonna]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 1 || 2 || 1 [[Justify My Love#Charts|(4 Countries)]] || [[Justify My Love#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Keep It Together (Madonna song)|Keep It Together]]"|| [[Madonna]] ||{{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 8 || n/a || 1 (Australia) <small>with "Vogue"</small><br /> || [[Keep It Together (song)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Keep On Running (The Real Milli Vanilli song)|Keep On Running]]"|| [[Milli Vanilli]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || n/a || 76 || 2 (Austria) || [[Keep On Running (The Real Milli Vanilli song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Killer (Seal song)|Killer]]"|| [[Adamski]] & [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] ||{{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Belgium, UK, Zimbabwe) || [[Killer (Adamski song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[King of Wishful Thinking]]"|| [[Go West (band)|Go West]] ||{{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || 8 || 18 || 3 (Canada) || [[King of Wishful Thinking#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Kingston Town (song)|Kingston Town]]"|| [[UB40]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || n/a || 4 || 1 (France) || [[Kingston Town (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Kinky Afro]]"|| [[Happy Mondays]] || {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || n/a || 5 || 5 (United Kingdom) || <small>1 (US Billboard Alternative Airplay) – 22 (Europe) – 34 (New Zealand) – 63 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[Let's Try It Again]]"|| [[New Kids on the Block]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 53 || 8 || 6 (Ireland) || [[Let's Try It Again#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Listen to Your Heart (Roxette song)|Listen to Your Heart]]"|| [[Roxette]] || <small>Released in 1988</small><br /><small>Charted in '88,89,90</small><br />|| 1 || 6 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Listen to Your Heart (Roxette song)#Release history|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Listen to Your Heart (Sonia song)|Listen to Your Heart]]"|| [[Sonia (singer)|Sonia]] || <small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br />|| n/a || 10 || 10 (United Kingdom) || [[Listen to Your Heart (Sonia song)#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Live Together]]"|| [[Lisa Stansfield]] || {{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || n/a || 10 || 7 (Belgium) || [[Live Together#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Love and Kisses (Dannii Minogue song)|Love and Kisses]]"|| [[Dannii Minogue]] || {{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || n/a || 8 || 4 (Australia) || <small>15 (New Zealand) – 22 (Ireland) – 25 (Europe) – 48 (Belgium)</small>
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||"[[Love Takes Time]]"|| [[Mariah Carey]] || {{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 1 || 37 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Love Takes Time#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Love Will Lead You Back]]"|| [[Taylor Dayne]]  || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 1 || 69 || 1 (United States) || [[Love Will Lead You Back#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Love Will Never Do (Without You)]]"|| [[Janet Jackson]] ||{{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 1 || 34 || 2 (Canada, United States) || [[Love Will Never Do (Without You)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Mary Had a Little Boy]]"|| [[Snap!]] ||{{Date table sorting|121990}}|December 1990 || n/a || 8 || 1 (Canada, Zimbabwe)  || [[Mary Had a Little Boy#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Miles Away (Winger song)|Miles Away]]"|| [[Winger (band)|Winger]] ||{{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 12 || 56 || 12 (United States) || <small>14 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 44 (Canada) – 151 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[Miracle (Jon Bon Jovi song)|Miracle]]"|| [[Jon Bon Jovi]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 12 || 29 || 8 (Australia) || [[Miracle (Jon Bon Jovi song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Mona (I Need You Baby)]]"|| [[Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2]] ||{{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990  || n/a || 2 || 2 (United Kingdom) || [[Mona (I Need You Baby)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Mélodie d'amour (Kaoma song)|Mélodie d'amour]]"|| [[Kaoma]] || || ||  ||  || [[See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[More Than Words Can Say]]"|| [[Alias (band)|Alias]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 2 || n/a || 1 (Canada) || [[More Than Words Can Say#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[My, My, My]]"|| [[Johnny Gill]] ||{{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 10 || 89 || 10 United States) || [[My, My, My (Johnny Gill song)|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Naked In The Rain]]"|| [[Blue Pearl]] ||{{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || n/a || 4 || 2 (Austria) || [[Naked in the Rain#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[No Coke]]"|| [[Dr. Alban]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990|| n/a || n/a || 1 (Australia) || [[No Coke#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[No More Lies (Michel'le song)|No More Lies]]"|| [[Michel'le]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br /> || 7 || 78 || 7 (United States) || <small>1 (US Billboard Dance Singles Sales) – 2 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) – 7 (US Billboard Dance Club Songs) – 153 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[Nothing Compares 2 U]]"|| [[Sinéad O'Connor]] ||{{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[Nothing Compares 2 U#Charts|(17 countries)]]  || [[Nothing Compares 2 U#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Ooops Up]]"|| [[Snap!]] ||{{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || 35 || 5 || 1 (Greece) || [[Ooops Up#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Opposites Attract]]"|| [[Paula Abdul]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small> || 1 || 2 || 1 (Australia, Canada, US) || [[Opposites Attract#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Other Side (Aerosmith song)|The Other Side]]"|| [[Aerosmith]] ||{{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || 22 || 46 || 22 (Canada, United States) || <small>1 (US Albums Rock Tracks)</small>
|-
||"[[Pictures of You (The Cure song)|Pictures of You]]"|| [[The Cure]] ||{{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 71 || 24 || 9 (Ireland) || [[Pictures of You (The Cure song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Play That Funky Music]]"|| [[Vanilla Ice]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 4 || 10 || 3 (Finland) || [[Play That Funky Music#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song)|Poison]]"|| [[Bell Biv DeVoe]] ||{{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 3 || 19 || 3 (New Zealand) || [[Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Policy of Truth]]"|| [[Depeche Mode]] ||{{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 15 || 16 || 5 (Finland) || [[Policy of Truth#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Power (1990 song)|The Power]]"|| [[Snap!]] ||{{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 2 || 1 || 1 [[The Power (Snap! song)#Charts|(7 countries)]] || [[The Power (Snap! song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Pray (MC Hammer song)|Pray]]"|| [[MC Hammer]] ||{{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 2 || 8 || 2 (New Zealand, United States) || [[Pray (MC Hammer song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Praying for Time]]"|| [[George Michael]] ||{{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 1 || 6 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Praying for Time#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Price of Love (Bad English song)|Price of Love]]"|| [[Bad English]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 5 || 80 || 5 (United States) || [[Price of Love (Bad English song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Release Me (Wilson Phillips song)|Release Me]]"|| [[Wilson Phillips]] ||{{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || 1 || 36 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Release Me (Wilson Phillips song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Ride On Time]]"|| [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small> || n/a || 1 || 1 (Iceland, Ireland, UK) || [[Ride on Time#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Right Here, Right Now (Jesus Jones song)|Right Here, Right Now]]"|| [[Jesus Jones]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 2 || 31 || 2 (United States)  || [[Right Here, Right Now (Jesus Jones song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Roam]]"|| [[The B-52's]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small><br /> || 3 || 17 || 2 (New Zealand) ||[[Roam#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Rockin' Over the Beat]]"|| [[Technotronic]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small> || 95 || 9 || 9 (United States) || [[Rockin' Over the Beat#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Romeo (Dino song)|Romeo]]"|| [[Dino (American singer)|Dino]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990  || 6 || n/a || 6 (United States) || <small>32 (Canada) – 35 (US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play) – 48 (New Zealand) – 69 (US Billboard Hot R&B Singles) – 105 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[Sacrifice (Elton John song)|Sacrifice]]" <br /><small>(1990 reissue)</small>|| [[Elton John]] ||{{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990<br /> <small>First released in 1989</small>|| 18 || 55 || 2 (Europe, France) || [[Sacrifice (Elton John song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]<br /> <small>UK # 1 with [[Healing Hands (Elton John song)|"Healing Hands"]]</small> 
|-
||"[[Sadeness (Part I)]]"|| [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]]||{{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 5 || 1 || 1 [[Sadeness (Part I)#Charts|(14 countries)]] || [[Sadeness (Part I)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Saviour's Day (song)|Saviour's Day]]"|| [[Cliff Richard]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || n/a || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom) || <small>5 (Ireland) – 36 (Belgium) – 97 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[Sensitivity (song)|Sensitivity]]"|| [[Ralph Tresvant]] ||{{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 4 || 18 || 4 (United Kingdom) || <small>1 (UK Dance) – 1 (US Billboard Hot R&B Singles) – 19 (US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) – 62 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[She Ain't Worth It]]"|| [[Glenn Medeiros]] & [[Bobby Brown]] ||{{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 1 || 12 || 1 (United States) || [[She Ain't Worth It#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)]]"|| [[Cher]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 33 || 1 || 1 [[The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)#Charts|(7 countries)]] || [[The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Show Me Heaven]]"|| [[Maria McKee]] ||{{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, UK) || [[Show Me Heaven#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song)|Signs]]"|| [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 8 || 70 || 8 (United States) || <small>2 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 72 (Canada)</small>
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||"[[So Close (Hall & Oates song)|So Close]]"|| [[Hall & Oates]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 11 || 69 || 4 (Canada) || <small>6 (US Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 9 (US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart) – 106 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[So Hard]]"|| [[Pet Shop Boys]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 62 || 4 || 1 (Finland) || [[So Hard#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Soca Dance]]"|| [[Charles D. Lewis]] ||{{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Belgium, France) || [[Soca Dance#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Something Happened on the Way to Heaven]]"|| [[Phil Collins]] ||{{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || 4 || 15 || 1 (Canada) || [[Something Happened on the Way to Heaven#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Something to Believe In (Poison song)|Something to Believe In]]"|| [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 4 || 35 || 3 (Canada) || <small>5 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 38 (New Zealand) – 44 (Australia) – 98 (Europe)</small>
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||"[[Steamy Windows]]"|| [[Tina Turner]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small> || 39 || 13 || 5 (Belgium) || [[Steamy Windows#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Step by Step (New Kids on the Block song)|Step by Step]]"|| [[New Kids on the Block]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 1 || 2 || 1 (Canada, Spain, United States) || [[Step by Step (New Kids on the Block song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Step Back in Time]]"|| [[Kylie Minogue]] ||{{Date table sorting|101990}}| October 1990 || n/a || 4 || 4 (Finland, Ireland, UK) || [[Step Back in Time#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Step On]]"|| [[Happy Mondays]] ||{{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 57 || 5 || 5 (United Kingdom) || [[He's Gonna Step on You Again#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Still Got the Blues (For You)]]"|| [[Gary Moore]] ||{{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || 97 || 31 || 1 (Belgium) || [[Still Got the Blues (For You)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"Sucker DJ (A Witch for Love)"|| [[Dimples D.]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || n/a || 17 || 1 (Australia) || <small>2 (New Zealand) – 8 (Netherlands) – 10 (Austria) – 16 (Germany) – 25 (Belgium)</small>
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||"[[Suicide Blonde]]"|| [[INXS]] ||{{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || 9 || 11 || 1 (Canada, New Zealand) || [[Suicide Blonde#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Tears on My Pillow]]"|| [[Kylie Minogue]] ||{{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || n/a || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom) || [[Tears on My Pillow#Charts and certification|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Thieves in the Temple]]"|| [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||{{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || 6 || 7 || 3 (Denmark) || [[Thieves in the Temple#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[This Beat Is Technotronic]]"|| [[Technotronic]] ||{{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || n/a || 14 || 5 (Finland, Ireland) || [[This Beat Is Technotronic#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Thunderstruck (song)|Thunderstruck]]"|| [[AC/DC]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || n/a || 13 || 1 (Finland) || [[Thunderstruck (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[To Love Somebody (song)|To Love Somebody]]"|| [[Jimmy Somerville]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990  || n/a || 8 || 4 (Netherlands) || <small>5 (New Zealand) – 11 (Switzerland) – 12 (Italy) – 15 (France) – 20 (Germany)</small>
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||"[[Tom's Diner]]" (remix)|| [[Suzanne Vega]]&[[DNA (duo)|DNA]] ||{{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || 5 || 2 || 1 (Austria, European, Greece, Switzerland) || [[Tom's Diner#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Tonight (New Kids on the Block song)|Tonight]]"|| [[New Kids on the Block]] ||{{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || 7 || 3 || 3 (France, Netherlands, UK) || [[Tonight (New Kids on the Block song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Touch Me (49ers song)|Touch Me]]"|| [[49ers (band)|49ers]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small> || n/a || 3 || 3 (Finland, Greece, UK) || [[Touch Me (49ers song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Turtle Power!]]"|| [[Partners In Kryme]] ||{{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || 13 || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom) || [[Turtle Power!#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[U Can't Touch This]]"|| [[MC Hammer]] ||{{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 8 || 3 || 1 [[U Can't Touch This#Charts|(6 countries)]] || [[U Can't Touch This#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Unbelievable (EMF song)|Unbelievable]]"|| [[EMF (band)|EMF]] || {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 1 || 3 || 1 (United States) || [[Unbelievable (EMF song)#Charts and sales|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Unchained Melody]]"|| [[The Righteous Brothers]] ||{{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || 19 || 1 || 1 [[Unchained Melody#Charts 2|(6 countries)]] || [[Unchained Melody#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Unskinny Bop]]"|| [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] ||{{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || 3 || 15 || 1 (Canada) || [[Unskinny Bop#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Vision of Love]]"|| [[Mariah Carey]] ||{{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || 1 || 9 || 1 (Canada, New Zealand, United States) || [[Vision of Love#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Vogue (Madonna song)|Vogue]]"|| [[Madonna]] ||{{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[Vogue (Madonna song)#Charts|(30 countries)]] || [[Vogue (Madonna song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Volare (song)|Volare]]"|| [[Gipsy Kings]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>charted in '89/'90</small> || n/a || 86 || 16 (France) || <small>1 (US Billboard Hot Latin Songs) – 24 (Belgium, Italy) – 26 (Netherlands) – 90 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[What I Am]]"|| [[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]] ||<small>Released in 1988</small><br /><small>Charted in '88,'89,'90</small> || 7 || 31 || 1 (Canada) || [[What I Am#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[What It Takes (Aerosmith song)|What it Takes]]"|| [[Aerosmith]] ||{{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || 9 || n/a || 9 (United States) || <small>1 (US Billboard Album Rock Tracks) – 15 (Canada) – 19 (New Zealand) – 46 (Australia</small>
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||"[[What Time Is Love?]]"|| [[The KLF]] ||{{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || n/a || 5 || 5 (United Kingdom) || [[What Time Is Love?#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Where Are You Baby?]]"|| [[Betty Boo]] ||{{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || n/a || 3 || 3 (United Kingdom) || [[Where Are You Baby?#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Wicked Game]]"|| [[Chris Isaak]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>Charted in '89/'90</small> || 6 || 10 || 1 (Belgium) || [[Wicked Game#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Wiggle It (2 in a Room song)|Wiggle It]]"|| [[2 in a Room]] ||{{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || 15 || 3 || 3 (Australia, Ireland, UK) || [[Wiggle It (2 in a Room song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[With Every Beat of My Heart]]"|| [[Taylor Dayne]] ||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /> <small>Charted in '89/'90</small> || 5 || 53 || 5 (Canada, United States) || [[With Every Beat of My Heart#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Without You (Mötley Crüe song)|Without You]]"|| [[Mötley Crüe]] ||{{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || 8 || 39 || 8 (United States) || <small>11 (US Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 46 (Australia)</small>
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||"[[Words (The Christians song)|Words]]"|| [[The Christians (band)|The Christians]]||<small>Released in 1989</small><br /><small>charted in '89/'90</small> || n/a || 18 || 1 (France) || [[Words (The Christians song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[World in Motion]]"|| [[New Order (band)|England New Order]] ||{{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || n/a || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom) || [[World in Motion#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[World in My Eyes]]"|| [[Depeche Mode]] ||{{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || 52 || 17 || 2 (Denmark, Spain)  || [[World in My Eyes#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)]]" || [[Jimmy Somerville]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 87 || 5 || 1 (Israel) || [[You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|}

===Other chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

*"[[The Age of Love (Age of Love song)|The Age of Love]]" – Age of Love 
*"Algo de mí en tu corazón" – [[Alejandro Lerner]] (ARG)
*"[[Baila Esta Cumbia]]" – [[Selena y Los Dinos]] (MEX)
*"[[Because I Love You (The Postman Song)]]" – [[Stevie B]] (#1 US, #2 CAN, #3 NLD)
*"[[Been Caught Stealing]]" – [[Jane's Addiction]]
*"[[Being Boring]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]] (#3 FR, #4 Japan, #5 FIN)
*"[[Better the Devil You Know]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]] (#1 (ISR), #2 (UK), #4 (Australia)
*"[[Birdhouse In Your Soul]]" – [[They Might Be Giants]] (#6 UK)
*"[[Bird on the Wire]]" – [[The Neville Brothers]]
*"[[Blue Sky Mine]]" – [[Midnight Oil]] (#7 CAN, #8 Australia)
*"[[Bo le lavabo]]" – [[Lagaf']] (#1 (FR))
*"[[Burbujas de Amor]]" – [[Juan Luis Guerra]]
*"[[C'est toi qui m'as fait]]" – [[François Feldman]] (#2 FR)
*"[[Chain Reaction (John Farnham song)|Chain Reaction]]" – [[John Farnham]] (#3 Australia)
*"[[De mí]]" – [[Charly García]] (ARG)
*"[[De Música Ligera]]" – [[Soda Stereo]] (#1 ARG)
*"[[Ding Dong]]" – [[Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung]]
*"[[Do Me!]]" – [[Bell Biv DeVoe]] (#3 US)
*"[[El Cariño Es Como Una Flor]]" – [[Rudy La Scala]] (#1 US Latin)
*"[[Epic (Faith No More song)|Epic]]" – [[Faith No More]] (#1 Australia, #2 NZ)
*"[[Escapade (song)|Escapade]]" – [[Janet Jackson]] (#1 US, CAN)
*"[[Fais-moi une place]]" – [[Julien Clerc]] (#8 FR)
*"[[Falling (Julee Cruise song)|Falling]]" – [[Julee Cruise]] (#1 AUS, #2 SWE, #3 NOR)
*"[[Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|Fantasy]]" – [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]] (#3 AUS, IRL, #4 AUT, #5 UK)
*"[[Forever (Kiss song)|Forever]]" – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] (#8 US)
*"[[Freedom! '90]]" – [[George Michael]] (#1 (SP), #2 (UK), #6 (Australia, IRL))
*"[[Friends In Low Places]]" – [[Garth Brooks]] (#3 IRL)
*"[[Frente a frente (song)|Frente a Frente]]" – [[Chico & Roberta]] (#5 FR)
*"[[Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)]]" – [[Technotronic]] (#1 BE, CAN, SP) 
*"[[Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)]]" – [[C+C Music Factory]] (#1 AUT, NLD, SWI, US)
*"[[Groove Is In The Heart]]" – [[Deee-Lite]] (#1 AUS, #2 UK, NZ #4 US)
*"Hacelo por mí" – [[Attaque 77]] (#1 (ARG))
*"[[Hanky Panky (Madonna song)|Hanky Panky]]" – [[Madonna]] (#1 FIN, #2 UK, #3 IRE, #5 ITA, #6 AUS, #10 US)
*"[[Happenin' All Over Again]]" – [[Lonnie Gordon]]
*"[[Have You Seen Her]]" – [[MC Hammer]] (#4 (US), #6 (FIN), #8 (UK))
*"[[Healing Hands (Elton John song)|Healing Hands]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)]]" – [[Chad Jackson (DJ)|Chad Jackson]] (#3 UK, #5 NLD)
*"[[Heart of Stone (Taylor Dayne song)|Heart of Stone]]" – [[Taylor Dayne]]
*"[[Hello Afrika (song)|Hello Afrika]]" – [[Dr. Alban]] (#1 AUT, #2 GER, #3 SWI)
*"[[Here I Am (Come and Take Me)]]" – [[UB40]] (#3 AUS, #6 NZ, #9 NLD)
*"[[Here We Are (Gloria Estefan song)|Here We Are]]" – [[Gloria Estefan]]
*"[[High Enough]]" – [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] (#4 (POL))
*"[[Hijo de la Luna]]" – [[Mecano]] #3 (NLD))
*"[[Hiroshima (song)|Hiroshima]]" -[[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]] (#4 GER, SWI)
*"[[Hold On (En Vogue song)|Hold On]]" – [[En Vogue]] (#2 US, #5 UK)
*"[[Hold On (Wilson Phillips song)|Hold On]]" – [[Wilson Phillips]] (#1 US, #2 AUS, #3 CAN)
*"[[Holy Smoke (song)|Holy Smoke]]" – [[Iron Maiden]] (#3 UK, #4 IRL)
*"[[How Am I Supposed to Live Without You]]" – [[Michael Bolton]] (#1 US, BE, #2 AUS)
*"[[How Can We Be Lovers?]]" – [[Michael Bolton]]
*"[[The Humpty Dance]]" – [[Digital Underground]] (#11 US)
*"[[I Can't Stand It!]]" – [[Twenty 4 Seven]] (#2 AUT, IT, SWI)
*"[[I Don't Have the Heart]]" – [[James Ingram]]
*"[[I Don't Know Anybody Else]]" – [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]] (#2 IRL, #3 SWI, #4 NOR, UK)
*"[[I Go to Extremes]]" – [[Billy Joel]] (#1 JAP, #3 CAN)
*"[[I Promised Myself]]" – [[Nick Kamen]] (#1 AUT, SWE, #3 SWI)
*"[[I Saw Red]]" – [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]]
*"[[I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]]" – [[The Chimes (Scottish band)|The Chimes]] (#2 NOR, #6 UK, IRL, NZ)
*"[[I Wanna Be Rich]]" – [[Calloway (band)|Calloway]] (#2 US)
*"[[(I Wanna Give You) Devotion]]" – [[Nomad (British band)|Nomad]] & MC Mikee Freedom (#2 UK)
*"[[I Wish It Would Rain Down]]" – [[Phil Collins]] (#1 CAN, POL, #2 ZIM)
*"[[Ice Ice Baby]]" – [[Vanilla Ice]]
*"Ich hab' geträumt von dir" – [[Matthias Reim]]
*"[[If Wishes Came True]]" – [[Sweet Sensation (trio)|Sweet Sensation]] (#1 US)
*"[[I'll Be Your Baby Tonight]]" – [[Robert Palmer]] & [[UB40]] (#1 NZ, #4 AUS, #5 AUT, NLD, SWI)
*"[[I'll Be Your Everything (Tommy Page song)|I'll Be Your Everything]]" – [[Tommy Page]] (#1 US)
*"[[I'll Be Your Shelter]]" – [[Taylor Dayne]] (#1 CAN, #4 US, AUS)
*"[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]" – [[Deacon Blue]] (#2 UK, #2 IRL)
*"[[I'm Free (Rolling Stones song)|I'm Free]]" – [[The Soup Dragons]] & [[Junior Reid]]
*"[[I'm Not in Love]]" – [[Will to Power (band)|Will to Power]] (#7 US, #8 NOR)
*"[[I'm Your Baby Tonight (song)|I'm Your Baby Tonight]]" – [[Whitney Houston]] (#1 IT, US, #2 BE, CAN, FIN, NLD)
*"[[Impulsive (song)|Impulsive]]" – [[Wilson Phillips]]
*"[[Infinity (Guru Josh song)|Infinity]]" – [[Guru Josh]] (#1 SP, #2 BE, #3 NLD)
*"[[Jukebox in Siberia]]" – [[Skyhooks (band)|Skyhooks]] (#1 AUS)
*"[[Knockin' Boots (Candyman song)|Knockin' Boots]]" – [[Candyman (rapper)|Candyman]]
*"[[Lay Down Your Guns]]" – [[Jimmy Barnes]] (#4 AUS)
*"[[Le Jerk]]" – [[Thierry Hazard]] (#2 FR)
*"[[Les hommes qui passent]]" – [[Patricia Kaas]] (#7 FR)
*"Me siento mucho mejor" – [[Charly García]]
*"[[Maldòn|Maldòn (la musique dans la peau)]]" – [[Zouk Machine]] (#1 FR, #9 NLD)
*"[[Marie-Jeanne (song)|Marie-Jeanne]]" – [[Michel Sardou]] (#2 FR)
*"[[Megamix (Technotronic song)|Megamix]]" – [[Technotronic]] (#4 IRL, #6 UK, #7 SWI)
*"Mujer Amante" – [[Rata Blanca]] (ARG)
*"[[Nah Neh Nah]]" – [[Vaya Con Dios (band)|Vaya Con Dios]] (#3 ISR, CZ, #4 NLD, SWI)
*"[[Obsesión (Miguel Mateos album)|Obsesión]]" – [[Miguel Mateos]] (ARG)
*"[[Odoru Pompokolin]]" – [[B.B.Queens]] (#1 JPN)
*"[[On écrit sur les murs]]" – [[Demis Roussos]] (#4 FR)
*"Only on the Radio" – [[SHeDAISY|The Osborn Sisters]]
*"[[Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)]]" – [[Gloria Estefan]] (#4 POL, #7 IRL, #9 NLD)
*"[[Petit Frank]]" – [[François Feldman]] (#1 FR)
*"[[Pourtant]]" – [[Roch Voisine]] (#3 FR)
*"[[Se bastasse una canzone]]" – [[Eros Ramazzotti]] (#2 BE, #4 NLD, #7 SWI)
*"[[Se Me Olvidó Otra Vez]]" – [[Maná]] (#5 US Latin)
*"[[Serious (Duran Duran song)|Serious]]" – [[Duran Duran]] (# 3 ITA, #48 UK, #69 GER)
*"[[Star (Erasure song)|Star]]" - [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]
*"[[Taiyō no Komachi Angel]]" – [[B'z]] (#1 JPN)
*"[[Tengo Todo Excepto a Tí]]" – [[Luis Miguel]] (#1 US Latin)
*"[[That's Freedom]]" – [[John Farnham]] (#6 AUS)
*"[[Un'estate italiana]]" – [[Edoardo Bennato]] & [[Gianna Nannini]] (#1 IT, SWI, #2 GER)
*"[[Verdammt, ich lieb' dich]]" – [[Matthias Reim]] (#1 AUT, BE, CRO, GER, NLD, POL, SWI)
*"[[Vous êtes fous!]]" – [[Benny B]] (#3 FR)
*"[[What's a Woman?]]" – [[Vaya Con Dios (band)|Vaya Con Dios]] (#1 BE, NLD, #5 FR)
*"[[White and Black Blues]]" – [[Joëlle Ursull]] (#2 FR)
*"Y dale alegría a mi corazón" – [[Fito Paez]] (ARG)
}}

==Notable singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[100 Miles and Runnin' (song)|100 Miles and Runnin']]" || [[N.W.A]] || 1990 || 
<small>2 (U.S Billboard Hot Rap Songs)</small><br />
<small>32 (New Zealand)</small><br />
<small>33 (Australia)</small><br />
<small>51 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks)</small><br />
|-
||"[[Being Boring]]" || [[Pet Shop Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|111990}}|November 1990 || [[Being Boring#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Blue Savannah]]" || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || [[Blue Savannah#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
||"[[Blue Sky Mine]]" || [[Midnight Oil]] || {{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || [[Blue Sky Mine#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Birdhouse in Your Soul]]" || [[They Might Be Giants]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || 
<small>3 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay)</small><br /> 
<small>6 (UK Singles Chart)</small><br />    
<small>12 (Ireland)</small><br />    
<small>125 (Australia)</small><br />  
|-
||"[[Can I Kick It?]]" || [[A Tribe Called Quest]] || {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 || [[Can I Kick It?#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "De-Luxe" || [[Lush (band)|Lush]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || <small>14 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs)</small>
|-
||"[[Dig for Fire]]" || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]]|| {{Date table sorting|101990}}|October 1990 ||   
<small>11 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks)</small><br />  
<small>62 (UK Singles Chart)</small><br />  
|-
||"[[Dub Be Good to Me]]" || [[Beats International]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || [[Dub Be Good to Me#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Enjoy the Silence]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || [[Enjoy the Silence#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Hello (The Beloved song)|Hello]]" || data-sort-value="Beloved"|[[The Beloved (band)|The Beloved]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || [[Hello (The Beloved song)#Charts|See Chart Performance Entry]]
|-
||"[[Heaven or Las Vegas (song)|Heaven or Las Vegas]]" || [[Cocteau Twins]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || <small>9 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay)</small>
|-
||"Heavenly Pop Hit" || data-sort-value="Chills"|[[The Chills]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || 
<small>2 (New Zealand)</small><br />  
<small>17 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs)</small><br />  
<small>97 (UK Singles Chart)</small><br />  
<small>118 (Australia)</small><br />  
|-
||"[[Here's Where the Story Ends]]" || data-sort-value="Sundays"|[[The Sundays]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || <small>1 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay)</small>
|-
||"[[Holy Wars... The Punishment Due]]" || [[Megadeth]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || [[Holy Wars... The Punishment Due#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Iceblink Luck]]" || [[Cocteau Twins]] || {{Date table sorting|081990}}|August 1990 || <small>38 (UK Singles Chart)</small>
|-
||"[[Joey (Concrete Blonde song)|Joey]]" || [[Concrete Blonde]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}} |May 1990 || [[Joey (Concrete Blonde song)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Killer (Adamski song)|Killer]]" b/w "Bass Line Changed My Life" || [[Adamski]] featuring [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || [[Killer (Adamski song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Kool Thing]]" || [[Sonic Youth]] || {{Date table sorting|061990}}|June 1990 || <small>7 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay)</small><br />  
<small>24 (Ireland)</small><br /> 
<small>81 (UK Singles Chart)</small><br /> 
|-
||"[[Metropolis (The Church song)|Metropolis]]" || data-sort-value="Church"|[[The Church (band)|The Church]] || {{Date table sorting|021990}}|February 1990 || 
<small>1 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay)</small><br /> 
<small>11 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock)</small><br /> 
<small>19 (Australia)</small><br />
<small>41 (New Zealand)</small><br />
|-
||"[[Never Enough (The Cure song)|Never Enough]]" || [[The Cure]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || [[Never Enough (The Cure song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Nothing Compares 2 U]]" || data-sort-value="O'Connor, Sinead"|[[Sinéad O'Connor]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || [[Nothing Compares 2 U#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Pictures of You (The Cure song)|Pictures of You]]" || data-sort-value="Cure"|[[The Cure]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || [[Pictures of You (The Cure song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Policy of Truth]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || [[Policy of Truth#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Shine On (The House of Love song)|Shine On]]" (re-record)|| data-sort-value="House Of Love"|[[The House of Love]] || {{Date table sorting|011990}}|January 1990 || <small>20 (UK Single Charts)</small>
|-
||"[[The Ship Song]]" || data-sort-value="Cave, Nick"|[[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] || {{Date table sorting|031990}}|March 1990 || <small>84 (UK Singles Chart)</small>
|-
||"Soon" b/w "Glider" || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] || {{Date table sorting|041990}}|April 1990 || <small>41 (UK Singles Chart)</small>
|-
||"[[One Love (The Stone Roses song)|One Love]]" || data-sort-value="Stone Roses"|[[The Stone Roses]] || {{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || [[One Love (The Stone Roses song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Took the Children Away]]" || data-sort-value="Roach"|[[Archie Roach]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || n/a
|-
||"[[Velouria]]" || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]]|| {{Date table sorting|071990}}|July 1990 || 
<small>4 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks)</small><br />
<small>28 (UK Singles Chart)</small><br /> 
|-
||"[[The Only One I Know]]" || data-sort-value="Charlatans"|[[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]] || {{Date table sorting|051990}}|May 1990 || [[The Only One I Know#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Weeping Song]]" || data-sort-value="Cave, Nick"|[[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] || {{Date table sorting|091990}}|September 1990 || n/a
|}

===Other notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Alimony" (re-recording) – [[The Hummingbirds]]
*"Allison" – [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]]
*"All Different Things" – [[Bark Psychosis]]
*"[[Caroline (Concrete Blonde song)|Caroline]]" – [[Concrete Blonde]]
*"[[Daydreaming (Massive Attack song)|Daydreaming]]" – [[Massive Attack]]
*"Looking for Atlantis" – [[Prefab Sprout]]
*"Planet" – [[The Sugarcubes]]
*"[[Story of My Life (Social Distortion song)|Story of My Life]]" – [[Social Distortion]]
*"True Fools Fall" – [[Died Pretty]]
}}

==Top singles of 1990==
* United States: [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1990]]
* Canada: [[List of number-one singles of 1990 (Canada)]]
* UK: [[1990 in British music#Charts]]
* Japan: [[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1990]]

==Other significant singles==
*"[[Little Fluffy Clouds]]" – [[The Orb]] (Sampling led to legal action.)
*Sampling copyright debate continues over the [[Soho (band)|Soho]] single ''Hippychick'', which uses a sample from ''[[How Soon Is Now?]]'' by [[The Smiths]].

== Published popular music ==
* "[[Keep It Together (Madonna song)|Keep It Together]]" w.m. [[Stephen Bray]] & [[Madonna]]
* "[[The Simpsons]] theme song" m. [[Danny Elfman]]

==Top ten best albums of the year==
All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearstats.php?y=1990|title=Best albums of 1990 |publisher=besteveralbums |year=2005 |access-date=December 31, 2011}}</ref>

# [[Depeche Mode]] – ''[[Violator (album)|Violator]]''
# [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] – ''[[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]]''
# [[Megadeth]] – ''[[Rust in Peace]]''
# [[Jane's Addiction]] – ''[[Ritual de lo Habitual]]''
# [[Cocteau Twins]] – ''[[Heaven Or Las Vegas]]''
# [[Ride (band)|Ride]] – ''[[Nowhere (album)|Nowhere]]''
# [[Public Enemy]] – ''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]''
# [[Happy Mondays]] – ''[[Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches]]''
# [[Sonic Youth]] – ''[[Goo (album)|Goo]]''
# [[The La's]] – ''[[The La's (album)|The La's]]''

==Album charts==
*[[List of Canadian number-one albums of 1990]]

==Classical music==
*[[Mario Davidovsky]]
**''Biblical Songs'' for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
**''Concertante'' for string quartet and orchestra
*[[Thomas Demenga]] – ''Solo per due'', for cello and orchestra
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
**''Cadenza'', for clarinet and marimba
**''Discanto sulla musica sull'acqua di Handel''
**''Four Modern Dances'', for small orchestra
**''Musica per un paesaggio'', for small orchestra
**''Rock my Tango'', for piano solo
*[[Henryk Górecki]]
**''Good Night, Op. 63'', for soprano, alto flute, piano and three tam-tams
**Intermezzo, for piano
*[[John Harbison]] – ''The Flight into Egypt'' (cantata)
*[[Chris Harman]] – ''Iridescence'', for 24 strings
*[[Paul Lansky]] – ''Smalltalk''
*[[Alvin Lucier]] – ''Music for Piano with One or More Snare Drums''
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – ''Chantefleurs et chantefables'' for Soprano and Orchestra 
*[[John McCabe (composer)|John McCabe]] – Flute Concerto
*[[James MacMillan]]
**''[[The Confession of Isobel Gowdie]]''
**''[[The Berserking]]''
*[[Meredith Monk]] – ''Book Of Days''
*[[John Pickard (composer)|John Pickard]] – ''The Flight of Icarus''
*[[Carl Vine]] – [[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Vine)|Piano Sonata No. 1]]
*[[Takashi Yoshimatsu]] – Symphony No. 1 ''Kamui-Chikap''
*[[John Zorn]] – ''The Dead Man''

==Opera==
*[[Gerald Barry (composer)|Gerald Barry]] – ''The Intelligence Park''
*[[Azio Corghi]] – ''Blimunda''
*[[Mark Lanz Weiser]] – ''Purgatory'' (chamber opera, based on a play by [[William Butler Yeats]])

==Jazz==
{{Main|1990 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Aspects of Love]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] and ran for 377 performances
* ''[[Bran Nue Dae]]'' ([[Jimmy Chi]])
* ''A Change in the Heir'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Edison Theatre]] and closed after only two weeks
* ''[[Five Guys Named Moe]]'' – London production
* ''[[Into the Woods]]'' London production opened on September 25 and ran for 197 performances.  Starring [[Julia McKenzie]] and [[Imelda Staunton]].
*''[[Once on This Island]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Booth Theatre]] and ran for 469 performances
* ''[[Shogun]]'' –  Broadway production opened at the [[Marquis Theatre]] and ran for 72 performances
* ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'' ([[Stephen Sondheim]] and [[James Lapine]]) – London production
* ''Truly Blessed'' –  Broadway production opened at the [[Longacre Theatre]] and ran for one month

==Musical films==
*''[[Alissa in Concert]]''
*''[[Cry-Baby]]''
*''[[Graffiti Bridge (film)|Graffiti Bridge]]''
*''[[His Highness Abdullah]]''
*''[[Thazhvaram]]''

==Awards==
*[[Country Music Hall of Fame]] Inductee: [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]]
*[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] Inductees: [[Hank Ballard]], [[Bobby Darin]], [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]], The [[Four Tops]], [[The Kinks]], [[The Platters]], [[Simon & Garfunkel]] and [[The Who]]
*[[1990 Country Music Association Awards]]
*[[Grammy Awards of 1990]]
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1990]]: [[Toto Cutugno]]
*[[Luc Ferrari]] wins the ''International Koussevitzky Prize for Recordings'' for his composition ''Histoire du plaisir et de la désolation''
*[[Juno Awards]]: Best Composer: David Tyson/Christopher Ward
*[[Dalida]] is [[posthumous recognition|posthumously]] awarded the International Diploma by the "[[International Star Registry]]" (USA), three years after her death.<ref>[http://www.dalida.com/reward.htm Dalida's Official Website, Awards and Achievements] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040317144505/http://www.dalida.com/reward.htm |date=2004-03-17 }}, retrieved December 29, 2009</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ovOBGuFBYEoC&q=Dalida ''Dalida: Entre violon et amour''], by Isaline, Éditions Publibook, 2002, p. 127. {{ISBN|978-2-7483-2629-1}}. {{in lang|fr}}, retrieved December 29, 2009</ref>
*Scottish composer [[Thomas Wilson (composer)|Thomas Wilson]] is appointed a CBE.
*[[Kumar Sanu]] wins the [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award]]
*[[Anuradha Paudwal]] wins the [[Filmfare Best Female Playback Award]]
*[[32nd Japan Record Awards]]

===[[Glenn Gould Prize]]===
*[[Yehudi Menuhin]] (laureate)

==Music festivals==
*In Australia, the [[Port Fairy Spring Music Festival]] is founded by [[Michael Easton (composer)|Michael Easton]] and Len Vorster.

==Births==
*[[January 9]] – [[Di Genius]], Jamaican singer, producer, and DJ
*[[January 10]] – [[Nicolas Jaar]], Chilean American composer and recording artist, works with FKA Twigs. 
*[[January 14]] – [[Grant Gustin]], American actor and singer (Glee) 
*[[January 22]] – [[Logic (musician)]], American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. 
*[[January 25]] – [[Thomas Berge]], Dutch singer
*[[January 28]] – [[Ichiko Aoba]], Japanese singer 
*[[January 29]] – [[MacKenzie Porter]], Canadian country singer, songwriter, and actress. 
*[[February 1]] – [[Laura Marling]], British folk-pop singer-songwriter
*[[February 3]] – [[Sean Kingston]], American-Jamaican R&B artist
*[[February 6]] – [[Georgia (musician)]], English record producer, songwriter, singer, rapper and drummer. 
*[[February 10]] – [[SooYoung]], a member of nine-piece [[Korean pop]] [[girl group]] [[Girls' Generation]]
*[[February 16]] – [[The Weeknd]], Canadian singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer ([[Selena Gomez]], [[Bella Hadid]]) 
*[[February 18]] – [[Choi Sung-Bong]], Korean singer
*[[February 20]] – [[Alemán (rapper)|Alemán]], Mexican rapper 
*[[February 28]] – [[Olivia Jean]], American  singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. (She is known as the lead singer and guitarist of the all-female "garage goth" rock band, [[the Black Belles]])
*[[March 9]] – [[YG (rapper)|YG]], American rapper
*[[March 13]] – [[Klô Pelgag]], Canadian singer from Quebec
*[[March 15]] – [[Siobhan Magnus]], American singer
*[[March 17]] 
** [[Hozier (musician)]], Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist
** [[Kai (Canadian singer)]], Canadian singer-songwriter (Flume)
*[[March 20]] – [[Tessa Violet]], American singer-songwriter, musician, activist and YouTuber
*[[March 21]] – [[Erika de Casier]], Portuguese-born Danish singer
*[[March 22]] 
** [[Claire Huangci]], American pianist
** [[Lisa Mitchell]], English-born Australian singer-songwriter
*[[March 24]] – [[Cleo Sol]], British singer-songwriter
*[[March 26]] – [[Xiumin]], South Korean singer ([[EXO]])
*[[March 27]] – [[Kimbra]], New Zealand singer-songwriter/guitarist
*[[April 2]] – [[Roscoe Dash]], American rapper
*[[April 8]] – [[Kim Jong-hyun (singer)|Jonghyun]], South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer and actor { [[Shinee]] } (D. 2017)
*[[April 10]] – [[Maren Morris]], American country music singer, songwriter, activist and record producer
*[[April 20]] – [[Luhan]], Chinese singer-songwriter
*[[April 21]] – [[Nadya Dorofeeva]], Ukrainian singer
*[[April 22]] – [[Machine Gun Kelly (rapper)]], American rapper, singer, musician and actor ([[Megan Fox]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Carly Pearce]],  American country music singer and songwriter
*[[April 27]] – [[Robin Bengtsson]], Swedish singer
*[[April 29]] – [[Loick Essien]], British singer
*[[May 12]]
**[[Etika]], American [[YouTuber]] and [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] streamer whose career started as a rapper (D. 2019) 
**[[Shungudzo]], a Zimbabwean-American singer, songwriter, former gymnast, and reality television personality.
*[[May 14]] – [[Sasha Spielberg]], American actress and singer known by her stage name of Buzzy Lee. 
*[[May 17]]
** [[I_o (musician)]], American electronic dance music DJ and record producer. (D. 2020) 
** [[Kree Harrison]], American singer
*[[May 26]] – [[Nadia Oh]], English singer, producer rapper, songwriter and model
*[[May 27]] – [[Chris Colfer]], American singer, author and actor 
*[[May 30]] 
** [[YoonA]], South Korean singer and actress, member of [[Girls' Generation]]
** [[Phillipa Soo]], American actress and singer.
*[[June 4]] – [[Zac Farro]], American musician, drummer, singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist (Hayley Williams, Paramore)
* [[June 5]] – [[DJ Mustard]], American producer, DJ, 
*[[June 6]] 
**[[Raisa Andriana]], Indonesian singer
**[[Mike G]], American rapper ([[Odd Future]])
*[[June 7]] – [[Iggy Azalea]], Australian rapper
*[[June 14]] – [[Starrah]],  American songwriter, singer and rapper
*[[June 16]] – [[John Newman (singer)]], English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
*[[June 18]] – [[Raleigh Ritchie]], English actor, singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer  
*[[June 19]] 
** [[Jason Dy]], Filipino singer
** [[Moses Sumney]], American singer-songwriter, musician
*[[June 20]] – [[Iselin Solheim]], Norwegian singer and songwriter
*[[June 23]] – [[Sasami]],  American singer-songwriter and musician. 
*[[June 25]] – [[Makj]], American dj
*[[July 4]] – [[Fredo Santana]], American rapper (d.[[2018]])
*[[July 6]] – [[Meg Mac]], Australian singer-songwriter and musician
*[[July 10]] – [[Talay Riley]], British singer-songwriter, producer
*[[July 12]] – [[Maverick Sabre]], British singer-songwriter
*[[July 15]] – [[Olly Alexander]], English singer-songwriter, musician, producer
*[[July 16]] 
** [[James Maslow]], American actor, singer ([[Big Time Rush (band)|Big Time Rush]])
** [[Paula Rojo]], Spanish singer and songwriter. 
** [[Wizkid]], Nigerian singer 
** [[C. Tangana]], Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter (worked with [[Rosalía]]) 
*[[July 19]] – [[GFOTY]], British EDM Pop singer with PC music
*[[July 23]] – [[Dagny (singer)]], Norwegian pop singer
*[[July 24]] 
** [[Ben McKenzie (Australian Idol)|Ben McKenzie]], Australian Idol contestant, singer, actor
** [[Jay McGuiness]], British singer, songwriter and dancer, former member of The Wanted 
*[[July 28]] – [[Soulja Boy]], American rapper
*[[July 29]] – [[Kat Dahlia]]  Cuban-American R&B Latin Pop rapper, singer-songwriter and recording artist. 
*August – [[A.G. Cook]], British singer-songwriter, music producer and former record label proprietor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/4gwTFCGnQ3ackyLIzJyobM8k1BM/appointments|title=Alexander Guy Cook|website=Companies House|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[August 13]]
**[[Shila Amzah]], Malaysian singer
**[[Serrini]] – Hong Kong singer-songwriter
*[[August 15]] 
** [[Jennifer Lawrence]], American singer/actress
** [[BloodPop]] – American musician, record producer, and songwriter (Worked with Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, Madonna, Lady Gaga)
*[[August 16]] – [[Rina Sawayama]], Japanese-British singer-songwriter, activist and model.
*[[August 18]] – [[Tommy Genesis]], Canadian rapper, model and artist
*[[August 21]] – [[Bo Burnham]], American comedian and musician
*[[August 24]] – [[Hiroki Kamemoto]], Japanese guitarist ([[Glim Spanky]])
*[[August 30]] – [[Julia Jacklin]], Australian singer-songwriter and musician
*[[September 3]] – [[iza (singer)|IZA]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
*[[September 4]] – [[James Bay (singer)]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[September 6]] – [[DPR Ian]], Australian singer
*[[September 9]] – [[Haley Reinhart]], American singer and songwriter
* [[September 11]] – [[Alex Cameron (musician)|Alex Cameron]], Australian musician
*[[September 18]] – [[Sam Perry (looping artist)]], Australian singer-songwriter and looping artist 
*[[September 19]] – [https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/bjarki/ Bjarki], Icelandic electronic music composer
*[[September 20]] – [[Phillip Phillips]], American jazz singer-songwriter, guitarist and sometime actor
*[[September 21]] – [[Phoebe Ryan]], American singer-songwriter
*[[September 22]] – [[Sorcha Richardson]], Irish singer-songwriter
*[[September 25]] – [[Danny L Harle]], British music producer and composer  (PC Music)
*[[September 27]] – [[Mitski]],  Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician
*[[October 1]] – [[Charlotte McDonnell]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Chameleon Circuit (band)|Chameleon Circuit]])
*[[October 2]] – [[Samantha Barks]], A Manx singer and actress 
*[[October 4]] – [[Saki (musician)|Saki]], Japanese guitarist and songwriter ([[Mary's Blood]])
*[[October 5]] – [[Taylour Paige]], American singer and dancer
*[[October 7]] – [[Seinabo Sey]], Swedish recording artist and songwriter
*[[October 8]] – [[Trent Harmon]], American signer
*[[October 11]] – [[Behzod Abduraimov]], Uzbek classical pianist
*[[October 19]] – [[Jessica Meuse]], American singer
*[[October 20]] – [[Andrew Watt (record producer)]], American record producer, singer, musician, and songwriter ([[Miley Cyrus]], Camilla Cabello, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Charlotte Lawrence)
*[[October 23]] – [[Stan Walker]], Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter, activist, actor and television personality
*[[October 26]] – [[Stu Mackenzie]], Australian musician ([[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard]])
*[[October 29]] – [[Eric Saade]], Swedish singer-songwriter
*[[October 31]] – [[JID]], American rapper and songwriter
*[[November 2]] – [[Kendall Schmidt]], American actor, singer ([[Big Time Rush (band)|Big Time Rush]], Hilary Duff)
*[[November 6]] – [[Kris Wu]], Canadian rapper
*[[November 7]] – [[Matt Corby]], Australian singer-songwriter
*[[November 14]] – [[DJ Suede the Remix God]], American hip hop record producer and songwriter
*[[November 18]] 
**[[Jackie Thomas (singer)|Jackie Thomas]], New Zealand singer
**[[Myk Perez]], Filipino singer
*[[November 26]] 
** [[Rita Ora]], British singer
** [[Chipmunk (rapper)|Chip]], British rapper
** [[tofubeats]], Japanese singer, producer and DJ
*[[November 27]] – [[Blackbear (musician)|blackbear]], American rapper, producer, singer
*[[December 11]] – [[Hyolyn]], Korean singer and dancer
*[[December 20]]
**[[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]], American singer, songwriter, activist and actress
**[[Bugzy Malone]], English rapper
*[[December 21]] 
** [[Holiday Sidewinder]], Australian singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
** [[Taylor Louderman]], American actress, singer, and dancer
*[[December 23]] – [[Anna Maria Perez de Tagle]], American singer and actress (Demi Lovato)
*[[December 26]]
**[[Jon Bellion]], American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer
**[[Illenium]], American DJ and record producer
*[[December 28]] – [[David Archuleta]], Season 7 [[American Idol (season 7)|''American Idol'']] runner-up<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portraitmagazine.net/archives/davidarchuleta.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221231705/http://www.portraitmagazine.net/archives/davidarchuleta.html|url-status=dead|title=David Archuleta: Life After Idol - Portrait Magazine, November 2009 I...|date=February 21, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2013|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref>
*[[December 29]] – [[Nightbirde]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
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* [[Virgen Maria]], Spanish DJ and record producer.

==Deaths==
*[[January 3]] – [[Arthur Gold (pianist)|Arthur Gold]], American pianist, 72
*[[January 7]] – [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], composer and songwriter, 77
*[[January 18]] – [[Melanie Appleby]] of British duo [[Mel and Kim]], 23 (liver cancer)
*[[January 19]] – [[Semprini]], pianist and broadcaster, 81
*[[January 28]] – [[Puma Jones]], American singer, 36 (breast cancer)
*[[January 23]] – [[Allen Collins]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] guitarist, 37 (complications from pneumonia)
*[[February 1]] – [[Peter Racine Fricker]], composer, 69
*[[February 2]] – [[Mel Lewis]], drummer and bandleader, 60 (cancer)
*[[February 8]] – [[Del Shannon]], singer-songwriter, 55 (suicide by shotgun)
*[[February 14]] – [[Tony Holiday]], German singer, 38 (AIDS-related illness)
*[[February 15]] – George Suranovich, drummer ([[Love (band)|Love]], [[Eric Burdon]], [[Chuck Berry]]), 45 (heart attack)
*[[February 16]] – [[Keith Haring]], iconic graffiti artists and AIDS activist
*[[February 24]] – [[Johnnie Ray]], singer, 63 (liver failure)
*[[February 26]] – [[Cornell Gunter]], R&B singer, 53 (gunshot wound)
*[[March 6]] – [[Mala (Pakistani singer)|Mala]], singer, 50
*[[March 11]] – [[Muriel Dickson]], operatic soprano, 86
*[[March 17]] – [[Ric Grech]], bassist ([[Family (band)|Family]], [[Blind Faith]]), 43 (brain haemorrhage)
*[[March 19]] – [[Andrew Wood (singer)|Andrew Wood]], singer ([[Mother Love Bone]]), 24 (heroin overdose)
*[[April 3]] – [[Sarah Vaughan]], American jazz singer, 66 (lung cancer)
*[[April 25]] – [[Dexter Gordon]], jazz saxophonist, 67
*[[May 1]] – [[Sergio Franchi]], Italian-American tenor/actor, 64 (brain cancer)
*[[May 8]] – [[Luigi Nono]], composer, 66
*[[May 16]] – [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]], American entertainer, 64
*[[June 3]] – [[Richard Sohl]], pianist ([[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]]), 37 (heart failure)
*[[June 4]] – [[Stiv Bators]], punk musician, 40 (concussion)
*[[June 6]] – [[Joe Loss]], English bandleader, 80
*[[June 14]] – [[Erna Berger]], operatic soprano, 89
*[[June 15]] – [[Jim Hodder (musician)|Jim Hodder]], [[Steely Dan]] drummer, 42 (drowning)
*[[June 16]] – Dame [[Eva Turner]], operatic soprano, 98
*[[June 21]]
**[[June Christy]], American singer, 64 (renal failure)
**[[Elizabeth Harwood]], operatic soprano, 52 (cancer)
*[[June 22]] – [[Kripp Johnson]], American singer ([[The Del-Vikings]]), 54
*[[June 25]] – [[Peggy Glanville-Hicks]], composer, 77
*[[July 2]] – [[Snooky Lanson]], American singer, 76
*[[July 7]] – [[Cazuza]], singer and composer, 32 (AIDS-related)
*[[July 15]] – [[Trouble T Roy]], hip-hop dancer, 22 (fall from stage)
*[[July 16]] – [[Sidney Torch]], pianist, [[Theatre organ|cinema organist]], conductor, orchestral arranger and composer
*[[July 18]] – [[Gerry Boulet]], Canadian singer-songwriter ([[Offenbach (band)|Offenbach]]), 44 (colon cancer)
*[[July 26]] – [[Brent Mydland]], keyboardist ([[Grateful Dead]]), 37 (drug overdose)
*[[August 3]] – [[M. Ranga Rao]], Indian film composer and music director
*[[August 14]] – [[Lafayette Leake]], blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer, 71
*[[August 15]] – [[Viktor Tsoi]], Russian singer of [[Kino (band)|Kino]], 28 (car accident)
*[[August 15]] – [[Ingrid Lang-Fagerström]], Swedish harpist, 92
*[[August 17]] – [[Pearl Bailey]], singer, 72
*[[August 27]] – [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], American blues guitarist performer, 35 (helicopter crash)
*[[September 2]] – [[Sari Biro]], pianist, 78
*[[September 6]] – [[Tom Fogerty]] ([[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]), 48 (AIDS-related)
*[[September 13]] – [[Phil Napoleon]], jazz trumpeter, 89
*[[October 3]] – [[Eleanor Steber]], operatic soprano, 76
*[[October 4]] – [[Ray Stephens (singer)|Ray Stephens]], a onetime member of The [[Village People]], 35
*[[October 6]]
**<!--October 6-->[[Asser Fagerström]], pianist, composer and actor, 78
**<!--October 6-->[[Danny Rodriguez]], Christian rap artist, 22 (shot)
*[[October 8]] – [[B. J. Wilson]], drummer of [[Procol Harum]], 43 (pneumonia after three years in a coma)
*[[October 14]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], American composer and conductor, 72 (pneumonia and a pleural tumor)
*[[October 16]]
**<!--October 16-->[[Art Blakey]], jazz drummer, 71
**<!--October 16-->[[Jorge Bolet]], pianist, 75
*[[October 27]] – [[Xavier Cugat]], violinist, bandleader and arranger, 90
*[[October 31]] – [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]], Carnatic musician and playback singer, 62
*[[November 3]] – [[Mary Martin]], US singer and actress, 76
*[[November 10]] – [[Ronnie Dyson]], soul singer and actor
*[[December 2]] – [[Aaron Copland]], American composer
*[[December 7]] – [[Dee Clark]], singer, 52 (heart attack)
*[[December 18]] – [[Paul Tortelier]], cellist, 76

==See also==
* [[1990 in British music|1990 in music (UK)]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1990|Record labels established in 1990]]
* [[Timeline of musical events]]

==References==
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