| 1 | New Jersey | Bon Jovi | |
| 2 | Appetite For Destruction | Guns N' Roses | |
| 3 | Hysteria | Def Leppard | |
| 4 | Cocktail | Soundtrack | |
| 5 | Simple Pleasures | Bobby McFerrin | |
| 6 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | |
| 7 | ... And Justice For All | Metallica | |
| 8 | Don't Be Cruel | Bobby Brown | |
| 9 | Roll With It | Steve Winwood | |
| 10 | Kick | INXS | |
| 11 | Faith | George Michael | |
| 12 | He's The D.J., I'm The Rapper | D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | |
| 13 | Long Cold Winter | Cinderella | |
| 14 | Heart Break | New Edition | |
| 15 | Labour Of Love | UB40 | |
| 16 | OU812 | Van Halen | |
| 17 | Open Up And Say...Ahh! | Poison | |
| 18 | Heavy Nova | Robert Palmer | |
| 19 | Up Your Alley | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | |
| 20 | Lap Of Luxury | Cheap Trick | |
| 21 | Out Of Order | Rod Stewart | |
| 22 | Out Of This World | Europe | |
| 23 | Tell It To My Heart | Taylor Dayne | |
| 24 | Small World | Huey Lewis & The News | |
| 25 | Whenever You Need Somebody | Rick Astley | |
| 26 | Dirty Dancing | Soundtrack | |
| 27 | Information Society | Information Society | |
| 28 | Reg Strikes Back | Elton John | |
| 29 | In Effect Mode | Al B. Sure! | |
| 30 | State Of Euphoria | Anthrax | |
| 31 | 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment In Time | Various Artists | |
| 32 | Richard Marx | Richard Marx | |
| 33 | Let It Loose | Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | |
| 34 | Stronger Than Pride | Sade | |
| 35 | Out Of The Blue | Debbie Gibson | |
| 36 | Diesel And Dust | Midnight Oil | |
| 37 | Soul Searching | Glenn Frey | |
| 38 | Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark | The Robert Cray Band | |
| 39 | Power | Ice-T | |
| 40 | Let It Roll | Little Feat | |
| 41 | Wild, Wild West | The Escape Club | |
| 42 | Time And Tide | Basia | |
| 43 | Britny Fox | Britny Fox | |
| 44 | Wide Awake In Dreamland | Pat Benatar | |
| 45 | Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby | Terence Trent D'Arby | |
| 46 | Hangin' Tough | New Kids On The Block | |
| 47 | A Salt With A Deadly Pepa | Salt-N-Pepa | |
| 48 | Make It Last Forever | Keith Sweat | |
| 49 | The Innocents | Erasure | |
| 50 | Bad | Michael Jackson | |
