Number 1 albums of the 1990s

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1990
403	27 Jan	Christians	Colour	1
re	3 Feb	Phil Collins	…But Seriously	7
404	24 Mar	Sinead O'Connor	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got	1
405	31 Mar	David Bowie	Changesbowie	1
406	7 Apr	Carpenters	Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits	2
407	21 Apr	Fleetwood Mac	Behind The Mask	1
re	28 Apr	Carpenters	Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits	5
408	2 Jun	Soul II Soul	Volume II (1990 A New Decade)	3
409	23 Jun	Luciano Pavarotti	The Essential Pavarotti	1
410	30 Jun	New Kids On The Block	Step By Step	1
re	7 Jul	Luciano Pavarotti	The Essential Pavarotti	3
411	28 Jul	Elton John	Sleeping With The Past	5
412	1 Sep	Prince	Grafitti Bridge	1
413	8 Sep	Carreras Domingo Pavarotti Orchestra Del Maggio Musical Fiorentino Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Zubin Mehta	In Concert	1
414	15 Sep	George Michael	Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1	1
re	22 Sep	Carreras Domingo Pavarotti Orchestra Del Maggio Musical Fiorentino Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Zubin Mehta	In Concert	4
415	20 Oct	Charlatans	Some Friendly	1
416	27 Oct	Paul Simon	The Rhythm Of The Saints	2
417	20 Nov	Elton John	The Very Best Of Elton John	2
418	24 Nov	Madonna	The Immaculate Collection	9

1991
419	26 Jan	Enigma	MCMCX A. D.	1
420	2 Feb	Sting	The Soul Cages	1
421	9 Feb	Jesus Jones	Doubt	1
422	16 Feb	Queen	Innuendo	2
423	2 Mar	Oleta	Circle Of One Adems	1
424	9 Mar	Chris Rea	Auberge	1
425	16 Mar	Farm	Spartacus	1
426	23 Mar	R.E.M.	Out Of Time	1
427	30 Mar	Eurythmics	Greatest Hits	9
428	1 Jun	Seal	Seal	3
re	22 Jun	Eurythmics	Greatest Hits	1
429	29 Jun	Cher	Love Hurts	6
430	10 Aug	Luciano Pavarotti	Essential Pavarotti II	2
431	24 Aug	Metallica	Metallica	1
432	31 Aug	London Stage Cast	Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	2
433	14 Sep	Paul Young	From Time To Time - The Singles Collection	1
434	21 Sep	Dire Straits	On Every Street	1
435	28 Sep	Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion II	1
436	5 Oct	Bryan Adams	Waking Up The Neighbours	1
437	12 Oct	Simply Red	Stars	2
438	26 Oct	Erasure	Chorus	1
re	22 Nov	Simply Red	Stars	1
439	9 Nov	Queen	Greatest Hits II	1
440	16 Nov	Enya	Shepherd Moons	1
441	23 Nov	Genesis	We Can't Dance	1
442	30 Nov	Michael Jackson	Dangerous	1
re	7 Dec	Queen	Greatest Hits II	4

1992
re	4 Jan	Simply Red	Stars	5
443	8 Feb	Wet Wet Wet	High On The Happy Side	2
re	22 Feb	Simply Red	Stars	3
444	14 Mar	Madness	Divine Madness	3
445	4 Apr	Bruce Springsteen	Human Touch	1
446	11 Apr	Def Leppard	Adrenalize	1
447	18 Apr	Annie Lennox	Diva	1
448	25 Apr	Right Said Fred	Up	1
449	2 May	Cure	Wish	1
re	9 May	Simply Red	Stars	1
450	16 May	Carter - The Unstoppable Sex Machine	1992 - The Love Album	1
451	23 May	Iron Maiden	Fear Of The Dark	1
452	30 May	Michael Ball	Michael Ball	1
453	6 Jun	Lionel Richie	Back To Front	6
454	18 Jul	Orb	U.F. Orb	1
455	25 Jul	Neil Diamond	The Greatest Hits 1966-1992	3
456	15 Aug	INXS	Welcome To Wherever You Are	1
re	22 Aug	Genesis	We Can't Dance	1
457	29 Aug	Smiths	Best…I	1
458	5 Sep	Kylie Minogue	Kylie Greatest Hits	1
459	12 Sep	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells II	2
460	26 Sep	Belinda Carlisle	The Best Of Belinda Volume I	1
461	3 Oct	Abba	Gold - Greatest Hits	1
462	10 Oct	R.E.M.	Automatic For The People	1
463	17 Oct	Prince & The New Power Generation	Symbol	1
464	24 Oct	Simple Minds	Glittering Prize 81/92	3
465	14 Nov	Bon Jovi	Keep The Faith	1
466	21 Nov	Cher	Cher's Greatest Hits: 1965-1992	1
467	28 Nov	Erasure	Pop! - The First 20 Hits	2
re	12 Dec	Cher	Cher's Greatest Hits: 1965-1992	6

1993
468	23 Jan	Genesis	Live - The Way We Walk Volume 2: The Longs	2
469	6 Feb	Little Angels	Jam	1
470	13 Feb	Cult	Pure Cult	1
471	20 Feb	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	Words Of Love	1
472	27 Feb	East 17	Walthamstow	1
re	6 Mar	Annie Lennox	Diva	1
473	13 Mar	Lenny Kravitz	Are You Gonna Go My Way	2
474	27 Mar	Hot Chocolate	Their Greatest Hits	1
475	3 Apr	Depeche Mode	Songs Of Faith And Devotion	1
476	10 Apr	Suede	Suede	1
477	17 Apr	David Bowie	Black Tie White Noise	1
re	24 Apr	R.E.M.	Automatic For The People	1
478	1 May	Cliff Richard	Cliff Richard - The Album	1
re	8 May	R.E.M.	Automatic For The People	1
479	15 May	New Order	Republic	1
re	22 May	R.E.M.	Automatic For The People	1
480	29 May	Janet Jackson	Janet	2
481	12 Jun	Two Unlimited	No Limits	1
482	19 Jun	Tina Turner	What's Love Got To Do With It (OST)	1
483	26 Jun	Jamiroquai	Emergency On Planet Earth	3
484	17 Jul	U2	Zooropa	1
485	24 Jul	UB40	Promises And Lies	7
486	11 Sep	Mariah Carey	Music Box	1
487	18 Sep	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell	1
488	25 Sep	Nirvana	In Utero	1
re	2 Oct	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell	1
489	9 Oct	Pet Shop Boys	Very	1
re	16 Oct	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell	1
490	23 Oct	Take That	Everything Changes	1
re	30 Oct	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell	3
491	20 Nov	Phil Collins	Both Sides	1
re	27 Nov	Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell	5

1994
492	1 Jan	Diana Ross	One Woman - The Ultimate Collection	1
re	8 Jan	Take That	Everything Changes	1
493	15 Jan	Bryan Adams	So Far So Good	1
re	22 Jan	Diana Ross	One Woman - The Ultimate Collection	1
494	29 Jan	Chaka Demus & Pliers	Tease Me	2
495	12 Feb	Tori Amos	Under The Pink	1
496	19 Feb	Enigma	The Cross Of Changes	1
re	26 Feb	Mariah Carey	Music Box	4
497	26 Mar	Morrissey	Vauxhall And I	1
re	2 Apr	Mariah Carey	Music Box	1
498	9 Apr	Pink Floyd	The Division Bell	4
499	7 May	Blur	Parklife	1
500	14 May	Deacon Blue	Our Town - The Greatest Hits Of Deacon Blue	2
501	28 May	Erasure	I Say I Say I Say	1
502	4 Jun	Seal	Seal [this is a different album from 427 but has the same title]	2
503	18 Jun	Two Unlimited	Real Things	1
504	25 Jun	Cranberries	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	1
505	2 Jul	Ace Of Base	Happy Nation	2
506	16 Jul	Prodigy	Music For The Jilted Generation	1
507	23 Jul	Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge	1
508	30 Jul	Wet Wet Wet	End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits)	4
509	27 Aug	Prince	Come	1
re	3 Sep	Wet Wet Wet	End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits)	1
510	10 Sep	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	1
511	17 Sep	Carreras Domingo Pavarotti With Orchestra Conducted By Zubin Mehta	The Three Tenors In Concert 1994	1
512	24 Sep	Eric Clapton	From The Cradle	1
513	1 Oct	Luther Vandross	Songs	1
514	8 Oct	R.E.M.	Monster	2
515	22 Oct	Bon Jovi	Cross Road - The Best Of Bon Jovi	3
516	12 Nov	Nirvana	Unplugged In New York	1
re	19 Nov	Bon Jovi	Cross Road - The Best Of Bon Jovi	2
517	3 Dec	Beautiful South	Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of The Beautiful South	1
518	10 Dec	Beatles	Live At The BBC	1
re	17 Dec	Beautiful South	Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of The Beautiful South	6

1995
519	28 Jan	Celine Dion	The Colour Of My Love	6
520	11 Mar	Bruce Springsteen	Greatest Hits	1
521	18 Mar	Annie Lennox	Medusa	1
522	25 Mar	Elastica	Elastica	1
re	1 Apr	Celine Dion	The Colour Of My Love	1
523	8 Apr	Boo Radleys	Wake Up!	1
re	15 Apr	Bruce Springsteen	Greatest Hits	1
524	22 Apr	Wet Wet Wet	Picture This	3
525	13 May	Take That	Nobody Else	2
526	27 May	Paul Weller	Stanley Road	1
527	3 Jun	Alison Moyet	Singles	1
528	10 Jun	Pink Floyd	Pulse	2
529	24 Jun	Michael Jackson	History - Past, Present And Future, Book 1	1
530	1 Jul	Bon Jovi	These Days	4
531	29 Jul	Supergrass	I Should Coco	3
532	19 Aug	Black Grape	It's Great When You're Straight…Yeah	2
533	2 Sep	Boyzone	Said And Done	1
534	9 Sep	Charlatans	The Charlatans	1
535	16 Sep	Levellers	Zeitgeist	1
536	23 Sep	Blur	The Great Escape	2
537	7 Oct	Mariah Carey	Daydream	1
538	14 Oct	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory?	1
539	21 Oct	Simply Red	Life	3
540	11 Nov	Pulp	Different Class	1
541	18 Nov	Queen	Made In Heaven	1
542	25 Nov	Robson & Jerome	Robson & Jerome	7

1996
re	13 Jan	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory?	6
543	24 Feb	Bluetones	Expecting To Fly	1
re	2 Mar	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory?	3
544	23 Mar	Celine Dion	Falling Into You	1
545	30 Mar	Beatles	Anthology 2	1
546	6 Apr	Take That	Greatest Hits	4
547	4 May	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	2
548	18 May	Ash	1977	1
549	25 May	George Michael	Older	3
550	15 Jun	Metallica	Load	1
551	22 Jun	Bryan Adams	18 Til I Die	1
re	29 Jun	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	1
552	6 Jul	Crowded House	Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of Crowded House	2
re	20 Jul	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	8
553	14 Sep	Suede	Coming Up	1
554	21 Sep	R.E.M.	New Adventures In Hi-Fi	1
555	28 Sep	Kula Shaker	K	2
556	12 Oct	Peter Andre	Natural	1
557	19 Oct	Simply Red	Greatest Hits	2
558	2 Nov	Beautiful South	Blue Is The Colour	1
559	9 Nov	Boyzone	A Different Beat	1
560	16 Nov	Spice Girls	Spice	1
561	23 Nov	Robson & Jerome	Take Two	2
re	7 Dec	Spice Girls	Spice	8

1997
562	1 Feb	Madonna & Various Artists	Evita (OST)	1
563	8 Feb	Reef	Glow	1
564	15 Feb	Texas	White On Blonde	1
565	22 Feb	Blur	Blur	1
566	1 Mar	Mansun	Attack Of The Grey Lantern	1
re	8 Mar	Spice Girls	Spice	1
567	15 Mar	U2	Pop	1
re	22 Mar	Spice Girls	Spice	4
568	19 Apr	Chemical Brothers	Dig Your Own Hole	1
569	26 Apr	Depeche Mode	Ultra	1
570	3 May	Charlatans	Tellin' Stories	2
re	17 May	Spice Girls	Spice	1
571	24 May	Michael Jackson	Blood On The Dance Floor - History In The Mix	2
572	7 Jun	Gary Barlow	Open Road	1
573	14 Jun	Wu-Tang Clan	Wu-Tang Forever	1
574	21 Jun	Hanson	Middle Of Nowhere	1
575	28 Jun	Radiohead	OK Computer	2
576	12 Jul	Prodigy	The Fat Of The Land	6
re	23 Aug	Texas	White On Blonde	1
577	30 Aug	Oasis	Be Here Now	4
578	27 Sep	Ocean Colour Scene	Marchin' Already	1
re	4 Oct	Oasis	Be Here Now	1
579	11 Oct	Verve	Urban Hymns	5
580	15 Nov	Spice Girls	Spiceworld	2
581	29 Nov	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love	2
re	13 Dec	Spice Girls	Spiceworld	1
re	20 Dec	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love	2

1998
re	3 Jan	Verve	Urban Hymns	6
582	14 Feb	Music Composed And Conducted By James Horner	Titanic (OST)	1
re	21 Feb	Verve	Urban Hymns	1
re	28 Feb	Music Composed And Conducted By James Horner	Titanic (OST)	2
583	14 Mar	Madonna	Ray Of Light	2
re	28 Mar	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love	1
584	4 Apr	James	The Best Of James	1
585	11 Apr	Pulp	This Is Hardcore	1
586	18 Apr	Robbie Williams	Life Thru A Lens	2
587	2 May	Massive Attack	Mezzanine	2
588	16 May	Catatonia	International Velvet	1
589	23 May	Garbage	Version 2.0	1
590	30 May	Simply Red	Blue	1
591	6 Jun	Boyzone	Where We Belong	1
re	13 Jun	Simply Red	Blue	1
592	20 Jun	Embrace	The Good Will Out	1
593	27 Jun	Corrs	Talk On Corners	1
594	4 Jul	Five	Five	1
re	11 Jul	Corrs	Talk On Corners	1
595	18 Jul	Beastie Boys	Hello Nasty	1
596	25 Jul	Jane McDonald	Jane McDonald	3
re	15 Aug	Corrs	Talk On Corners	3
re	5 Sep	Boyzone	Where We Belong	2
re	19 Sep	Corrs	Talk On Corners	1
597	26 Sep	Manic Street Preachers	This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours	3
598	17 Oct	Phil Collins	Hits	1
599	24 Oct	Beautiful South	Quench	2
600	7 Nov	Robbie Williams	I've Been Expecting You	1
601	14 Nov	U2	The Best Of 1980-1990 & B-Sides	1
602	21 Nov	George Michael	Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of George Michael	8

1999
re	16 Jan	Robbie Williams	I've Been Expecting You	1
603	23 Jan	Fatboy Slim	You've Come A Long Way, Baby	4
re	20 Feb	Robbie Williams	I've Been Expecting You	1
re	27 Feb	Corrs	Talk On Corners	3
604	20 Mar	Stereophonics	Performance And Cocktails	1
605	27 Mar	Blur	13	2
re	10 Apr	Corrs	Talk On Corners	1
re	17 Apr	Abba	Gold - Greatest Hits	1
606	24 Apr	Catatonia	Equally Cursed And Blessed	1
re	1 May	Abba	Gold - Greatest Hits	2
607	15 May	Suede	Head Music	1
608	22 May	Texas	Hush	1
re	29 May	Abba	Gold - Greatest Hits	2
609	12 Jun	Boyzone	By Request	2
610	26 Jun	Jamiroquai	Synkronized	1
611	3 Jul	Chemical Brothers	Surrender	1
re	10 Jul	Boyzone	By Request	7
612	28 Aug	Travis	The Man Who	2
613	11 Sep	Shania Twain	Come On Over	3
614	2 Oct	Leftfield	Rhythm And Stealth	1
615	9 Oct	Tom Jones	Reload	1
re	16 Oct	Shania Twain	Come On Over	3
616	6 Nov	Steps	Steptacular	3
617	27 Nov	Celine Dion	All The Way…A Decade Of Songs	1
re	4 Dec	Steps	Steptacular	1
re	11 Dec	Shania Twain	Come On Over	5

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