List of top 25 albums for 1990 in Australia explained

These are the top 50 albums of 1990 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart.^{[1] [2]}

	Title	Artist	Highest pos. reached	weeks at No. 1
1.	Chain Reaction		1	5^[3]
2.	In Concert		1	2^[4]
3.	Blue Sky Mining		1	2^[5]
4.	Two Fires		1	5^[6]
5.	The Immaculate Collection		1	5
6.	Pretty Woman	Soundtrack	1	4^[7]
7.	All or Nothing		1	5^[8]
8.	Sleeping with the Past		2
9.	Alannah Myles		2
10.	Soul Provider		1	3^[9]
11.	Cuts Both Ways		1	2^[10]
12.	21st Anniversary: The Ultimate Collection		3
13.	Safety in Numbers		5
14.	...But Seriously		1	3
15.	The Very Best of Elton John		1	1
16.	Can't Fight Fate		7
17.	The Razors Edge		3
18.	Come In Spinner		4
19.	Pump		1	3^[11]
20.	Forever Your Girl		1	1^[12]
21.	Harry's Cafe de Wheels		3
22.	The Best of Van Morrison		1	3^[13]
23.	Beyond Salvation		1	2^[14]
24.	Runaway Horses		6
25.	Cosmic Thing		1	3
26.	I'm Breathless		1	3
27.	The Latest and Greatest		4
28.	The 12th Man Again		1	1
29.	X		1	2
30.	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got		1	1
31.	The Very Best of Cat Stevens		6
32.	Still Got the Blues		5
33.	Changesbowie		6
34.	Blaze of Glory		2
35.	Their Greatest Hits		9
36.	The Rhythm of the Saints		3
37.	The Real Thing		2
38.	Reason to Believe		17
39.	The Best of Rod Stewart		7
40.	Heart of Stone		1	1
41.	I'm Your Baby Tonight		10
42.	JW's Family Album		21
43.	Greatest Hits		6
44.	Waking Hours		8
45.	Flesh & Blood		2
46.	Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time		6
47.	Collected Works		6
48.	Code Blue		7
49.	Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em		5
50.	The Other Side		3

Peak chart positions from 1990 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 albums for each week during 1990.^[2]

Notes

1. Web site: ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1990. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 2009-02-15.
2. Web site: Official ARIA Charts. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-15.
3. Web site: John Farnham - Chain Reaction. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
4. Web site: Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti / Mehta - In Concert. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
5. Web site: Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
6. Web site: Jimmy Barnes - Two Fires. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
7. Web site: Soundtrack - Pretty Woman. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
8. Web site: Milli Vanilli - All Or Nothing - The U.S. Remix Album. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
9. Web site: Michael Bolton - Soul Provider. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
10. Web site: Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
11. Web site: Aerosmith - Pump. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
12. Web site: Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
13. Web site: Van Morrison - The Best Of. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.
14. Web site: The Angels - Beyond Salvation. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-23.