CASH BOX TOP POP ALBUMS – 1988 |
| The Legendary Cash Box Magazine Charts |
| Chart data collected by Randy Price
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The 1988 Charts! |
| 1988 | #1 | Top Debut |
| January 2 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ (Frozen chart; no issue published this week) |
(No debuts) |
| January 9 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ (Frozen chart; no issue published this week) |
(No debuts) |
| January 16 | Faith - George Michael | 122. The California Raisins - California Raisins |
| January 23 | Faith - George Michael | 147. Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne |
| January 30 | Tiffany - Tiffany | 99. Whenever You Need Somebody - Rick Astley |
| February 6 | Faith - George Michael | 48. Skyscraper - David Lee Roth |
| February 13 | Faith - George Michael | 65. Good Morning, Vietnam - Original Soundtrack/ |
| February 20 | Faith - George Michael | 124. The Road - Kinks |
| February 27 | Faith - George Michael | 72. Blow Up Your Video - AC/DC |
| March 5 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
136. Globe Of Frogs - Robyn Hitchcock & Egyptians |
| March 12 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
52. Now And Zen - Robert Plant |
| March 19 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
61. Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come |
| March 26 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
118. Goin’ Off - Biz Markie |
| April 2 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
20. Naked - Talking Heads |
| April 9 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
83. Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm - Joni Mitchell |
| April 16 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
86. Green Thoughts - Smithereens |
| April 23 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
93. Conscious Party - Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers |
| April 30 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
57. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - Iron Maiden |
| May 7 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
53. Savage Amusement - Scorpions |
| May 14 | Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack/ |
90. In Effect Mode - Al B. Sure! |
| May 21 | Faith - George Michael | 37. Open Up And Say... Ahh! - Poison |
| May 28 | Faith - George Michael | 25. Lovesexy - Prince |
| June 6* | Faith - George Michael | 31. Tougher Than Leather - Run-D. |
| June 11 | Faith - George Michael | 164. Live Nude Guitars - Brian Setzer |
| June 18 | Faith - George Michael | 3. OU812 - Van Halen |
| June 25 | OU812 - Van Halen | 71. Sur La Mer - Moody Blues |
| July 2 | OU812 - Van Halen | 153. Open All Night - Georgia Satellites |
| July 9 | OU812 - Van Halen | 30. Roll With It - Steve Winwood |
| July 16 | OU812 - Van Halen | 77. Heavy Nova - Robert Palmer |
| July 23 | OU812 - Van Halen | 76. Long Cold Winter - Cinderella |
| July 30 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 79. Supersonic – The Album - J. |
| August 6 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 111. Britny Fox - Britny Fox |
| August 13 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 55. Small World - Huey Lewis & The News |
| August 20 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 60. Let It Roll - Little Feat |
| August 27 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 52. Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark - Robert Cray Band |
| September 3 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 142. Hangin’ Tough - New Kids On The Block |
| September 10 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 81. Folkways: A Vision Shared – A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly - Various Artists |
| September 17 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 170. Common Ground - Rhythm Corps |
| September 24 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 27. ... |
| October 1 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 81. Power - Ice-T |
| October 8 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 7. New Jersey - Bon Jovi |
| October 15 | Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses | 106. Man In Motion - Night Ranger |
| October 22 | New Jersey - Bon Jovi | 32. Any Love - Luther Vandross |
| October 29 | New Jersey - Bon Jovi | 8. Rattle And Hum - U2 |
| November 5 | New Jersey - Bon Jovi | 19. Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker |
| November 12 | Rattle And Hum - U2 | 38. Till I Loved You - Barbra Streisand |
| November 19 | Rattle And Hum - U2 | 89. Reach For The Sky - Ratt |
| November 26 | Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker | 36. Green - R. |
| December 3 | Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker | 59. American Dream - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| December 10 | Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker | 56. Delicate Sound Of Thunder - Pink Floyd |
| December 17 | Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker | 78. G N’ R Lies - Guns N’ Roses |
| December 24 | Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker | 156. Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Volume 2 - Bulgarian State Radio And Television Female Vocal Choir |
| December 31 | Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker | 171. Love Junk - Pursuit Of Happiness |
| *The date on this week’s published issue deviated from the usual Saturday week-ending sequence | |||
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