| 1 | The Joshua Tree | U2 | |
| 2 | Licensed To Ill | Beastie Boys | |
| 3 | Slippery When Wet | Bon Jovi | |
| 4 | Look What The Cat Dragged In | Poison | |
| 5 | Graceland | Paul Simon | |
| 6 | Life, Love And Pain | Club Nouveau | |
| 7 | The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby & The Range | |
| 8 | Trio | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris | |
| 9 | The Final Countdown | Europe | |
| 10 | Control | Janet Jackson | |
| 11 | Back In The Highlife | Steve Winwood | |
| 12 | Sign O The Times | Prince | |
| 13 | Invisible Touch | Genesis | |
| 14 | Night Songs | Cinderella | |
| 15 | Into The Fire | Bryan Adams | |
| 16 | Strong Persuader | The Robert Cray Band | |
| 17 | Fore! | Huey Lewis & The News | |
| 18 | Crowded House | Crowded House | |
| 19 | Jody Watley | Jody Watley | |
| 20 | Rapture | Anita Baker | |
| 21 | Different Light | Bangles | |
| 22 | Whitesnake | Whitesnake | |
| 23 | Exposure | Expose | |
| 24 | True Blue | Madonna | |
| 25 | Raising Hell | Run-D.M.C. | |
| 26 | Give Me The Reason | Luther Vandross | |
| 27 | Ready Or Not | Lou Gramm | |
| 28 | Georgia Satellites | The Georgia Satellites | |
| 29 | Third Stage | Boston | |
| 30 | Broadcast | Cutting Crew | |
| 31 | Midnight To Midnight | Psychedelic Furs | |
| 32 | So | Peter Gabriel | |
| 33 | Dancing On The Ceiling | Lionel Richie | |
| 34 | The Return Of Bruno | Bruce Willis | |
| 35 | Men And Women | Simply Red | |
| 36 | Just Like The First Time | Freddie Jackson | |
| 37 | Life As We Know It | REO Speedwagon | |
| 38 | Keep Your Eye On Me | Herb Alpert | |
| 39 | Word Up | Cameo | |
| 40 | Mechanical Resonance | Tesla | |
| 41 | I'm No Angel | Gregg Allman | |
| 42 | Big Life | Night Ranger | |
| 43 | The Jets | The Jets | |
| 44 | Top Gun | Soundtrack | |
| 45 | Shake You Down | Gregory Abbott | |
| 46 | Private Revolution | World Party | |
| 47 | Forever | Kool & The Gang | |
| 48 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | |
| 49 | Aretha (1986) | Aretha Franklin | |
| 50 | Break Every Rule | Tina Turner | |
