List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1989
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1989.
Top-ten singles
1988 peaks
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| November 19 | "Look Away" | Chicago | 1 | December 10 | 8 |
| November 26 | "Giving You the Best That I Got" | Anita Baker | 3 | December 17 | 7 |
| December 3 | "Waiting for a Star to Fall" | Boy Meets Girl | 5 | December 17 | 6 |
| December 3 | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | Poison | 1 | December 24 | 8 |
1990 peaks
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
| December 9 | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic | 2 | January 20 | 9 |
| December 16 | "Rhythm Nation" | Janet Jackson | 2 | January 6 | 6 |
| December 23 | "This One's for the Children" | New Kids on the Block | 7 | January 6 | 4 |
General sources
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's and print editions of the magazine.