| 1 | Licensed To Ill | Beastie Boys | |
| 2 | Slippery When Wet | Bon Jovi | |
| 3 | Graceland | Paul Simon | |
| 4 | The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby & The Range | |
| 5 | Control | Janet Jackson | |
| 6 | Invisible Touch | Genesis | |
| 7 | The Joshua Tree | U2 | |
| 8 | Life, Love And Pain | Club Nouveau | |
| 9 | The Final Countdown | Europe | |
| 10 | Night Songs | Cinderella | |
| 11 | Back In The Highlife | Steve Winwood | |
| 12 | Look What The Cat Dragged In | Poison | |
| 13 | Strong Persuader | The Robert Cray Band | |
| 14 | Rapture | Anita Baker | |
| 15 | Fore! | Huey Lewis & The News | |
| 16 | Georgia Satellites | The Georgia Satellites | |
| 17 | The Return Of Bruno | Bruce Willis | |
| 18 | Different Light | Bangles | |
| 19 | Third Stage | Boston | |
| 20 | Trio | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris | |
| 21 | So | Peter Gabriel | |
| 22 | Raising Hell | Run-D.M.C. | |
| 23 | The Jets | The Jets | |
| 24 | Give Me The Reason | Luther Vandross | |
| 25 | True Blue | Madonna | |
| 26 | Dancing On The Ceiling | Lionel Richie | |
| 27 | Exposure | Expose | |
| 28 | Life As We Know It | REO Speedwagon | |
| 29 | Just Like The First Time | Freddie Jackson | |
| 30 | Crowded House | Crowded House | |
| 31 | Word Up | Cameo | |
| 32 | Mechanical Resonance | Tesla | |
| 33 | Ready Or Not | Lou Gramm | |
| 34 | Touch Me | Samantha Fox | |
| 35 | The Thin Red Line | Glass Tiger | |
| 36 | Midnight To Midnight | Psychedelic Furs | |
| 37 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | |
| 38 | Jody Watley | Jody Watley | |
| 39 | Private Revolution | World Party | |
| 40 | Shake You Down | Gregory Abbott | |
| 41 | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | |
| 42 | An American Tail | Soundtrack | |
| 43 | Raised On Radio | Journey | |
| 44 | Shirley Murdock | Shirley Murdock | |
| 45 | Can't Hold Back | Eddie Money | |
| 46 | Whiplash Smile | Billy Idol | |
| 47 | Opera Sauvage | Vangelis | |
| 48 | Aretha (1986) | Aretha Franklin | |
| 49 | I'm No Angel | Gregg Allman | |
| 50 | Break Every Rule | Tina Turner | |
