Hitmakers Adult Top 40 Charts
Jun 18, 2020 15:01:20 GMT -5
Post by disman00911 on Jun 18, 2020 15:01:20 GMT -5
This is the chart for Adult Top 40 charts that premiered on the 9/10/1990 issue of Hitmakers, which was first in the music/radio trade magazine community to introduce this kind of chart. Radio and Records did not introduce such a chart until 1994. Looking through the beginnings of Adult Top 40, I must say that that gerne was more a less a hybrid of mainstream top 40 and adult contemporary and didn't come into full transition until the mid-to-late 1990s with the pop alternative artists and female singer/songwriters.
Don't know when the chart was discontinued as their aren't a bunch of issues from 1991-1993 available but by 1993 the Adult Top 40 chart was gone for good.
P. 3, 19
worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hitmaker/90/Hitmakers-1990-09-07.pdf
9/07/1990
1. WILSON PHILLIPS "Release Me" (SBK)
2. PHIL COLLINS "Something Happened" (ATLANTIC) '
3. PAUL YOUNG "Oh Girl" (COLUMBIA)
4. JANET JACKSON "Come Back To Me" (A&M)
5. JAMES INGRAM "I Don't Have The Heart" (WB) '
6. GO WEST "King Of Wishful Thinking" (EMI)
7. MARIAH CAREY "Vision Of Love" (COLUMBIA)
8. TAYLOR DAYNE "Heart Of Stone" (ARISTA)
9. RIGHTEOUS BROS "Unchained..." (VERVE/PLDR)
10. GEORGE MICHAEL "Praying For Time" (COLUMBIA)
11. SWEET SENSATION "If Wishes Came True" (ATCO)
12. CHEAP TRICK "Can't Stop Falling Into Love" (EPIC)
13. BREATHE "Say A Prayer" (A&M)
14. BRUCE HORNSBY "Across The River" (RCA)
15. GLORIA ESTEFAN "Cuts Both Ways" (EPIC)
16. MICHAEL BOLTON "Georgia On My Mind" (COL)
17. MAXI PRIEST "Close To You" (CHARISMA) ,
18. JUDE COLE "Time For Letting Go" (REPRISE)
19. ANITA BAKER "Talk To Me" (ELEKTRA)
20. BILLY IDOL "Cradle Of Love" (CHRYSALIS) ,
21. JON BON JOVI "Blaze Of Glory" (MERCURY)
22. LISA STANSFIELD "This Is The Right Time" (ARISTA)
23. MICHAEL BOLTON "When I'm Back On..." (COL)
24. BAD ENGLISH "Possession" (EPIC)
25. MICHAEL McDONALD "Take It To Heart" (REPRISE)
26. M.C. HAMMER "Have You Seen Her" (CAPITOL)
27. SEDUCTION "Could This Be Love" (VEND/A&M)
28. NELSON "Love And Affection" (DGC)
29. JOHNNY GILL "My, My, My" (MOTOWN)
30. DON HENLEY "How Do You Want It?" (GEFFEN) L
31. UB40 "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (VIRGIN) U
32. LISA STANSFIELD "You Can't Deny It" (ARISTA)
33. ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
34. BABYFACE "My Kinda Girl" (SOLAR/EPIC)
35. PRINCE "Thieves In The..." (PAISLEY PARK/WB)
36. AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
37. WILSON PHILLIPS "Hold On" (SBK)
38. GLENN MEDEIROS f./B. Brown "She Ain't..." (MCA,)
39. PHIL COLLINS "Do You Remember" (ATLANTIC)
40. CONCRETE BLONDE "Joey" (I.R.S.)
Extras
OLETA ADAMS -Rhythm Of Life" (MERCURY)
MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA)
VONDA SHEPARD "I Shy Away" (REPRISE)
Most Added
ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
UB40 "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (VIRGIN)
JOHNNY GILL "My, My, My" (MOTOWN)
NELSON "Love And Affection" (DGC)
AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
CHEAP TRICK "Can't Stop Falling Into Love" (EPIC)
9/14/1990
1. WILSON PHILLIPS "Release Me" (SBK)
2. PHIL COLLINS "Something Happened..." (ATL)
3. PAUL YOUNG "Oh Girl" (COLUMBIA)
4. JAMES INGRAM "I Don't Have The Heart" (WB)
5. GEORGE MICHAEL "Praying For Time" (COL)
6. RIGHTEOUS BROS "Unchained..." (VERVE/PLDR)
7. TAYLOR DAYNE "Heart Of Stone" (ARISTA)
8. MARIAH CAREY "Vision Of Love" (COLUMBIA)
9. GO WEST "King Of Wishful Thinking" (EMI)
10. CHEAP TRICK "Can't Stop Falling..." (EPIC)
11. BREATHE "Say A Prayer" (A&M)
12. MAXI PRIEST "Close To You" (CHARISMA)
13. MICHAEL BOLTON "Georgia On My Mind" (COL)
14. JANET JACKSON "Come Back To Me" (A&M)
15. JUDE COLE "Time For Letting Go" (REPRISE)
16. JON BON JOVI "Blaze Of Glory" (MERCURY)
17. BILLY IDOL "Cradle Of Love" (CHRYSALIS)
18. BRUCE HORNSBY "Across The River" (RCA)
19. SWEET SENSATION "If Wishes Came True" (ATCO)
20. LISA STANSFIELD "This Is The Right..." (ARISTA)
21. NELSON "Love And Affection" (DGC)
22. M.C. HAMMER "Have You Seen Her" (CAPITOL)
23. ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
24. JOHNNY GILL "My, My, My" (MOTOWN)
25. ANITA BAKER "Talk To Me" (ELEKTRA)
26. MICHAEL BOLTON "When I'm Back..." (COL)
27. BAD ENGLISH "Possession" (EPIC)
28. SEDUCTION "Could This Be Love" (VEN A&M;
29. AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
30. UB40 "The Way You Do The Things..." (VIRGIN)
31. GLORIA ESTEFAN "Cuts Both Ways" (EPIC)
32. MICHAEL McDONALD "Take It To Heart" (REPRISE)
33. DON HENLEY "How Bad Do You Want It?" (GEFFEN)
34. PRINCE "Thieves In The..." (PAISLEY PARK/WB)
35. LISA STANSFIELD "You Can't Deny It" (ARISTA)
36. JANET JACKSON "Black Cat" (A&M) (NEW)
37. ROD STEWART "I Don't Want To Talk..." (WB) (NEW)
38. MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA) (NEW)
39. CONCRETE BLONDE "Joey" (I.R.S.)
40. WILSON PHILLIPS "Hold On" (SBK)
Extra - OLETA ADAMS "Rhythm Of Life" (MERCURY)
Most Added
MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA)
DAVID CASSIDY "Lyin' To Myself" (ENIGMA)
HEART "Stranded" (CAPITOL)
JANET JACKSON "Black Cat" (A&M)
JUDE COLE "Time For Letting Go" (REPRISE)
AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
9/21/1990
1. PHIL COLLINS "Something Happened" (ATL)
2. PAUL YOUNG "Oh Girl" (COLUMBIA)
3. JAMES INGRAM "I Don't Have The Heart" (WB)
4. GEORGE MICHAEL "Praying For Time" (COL)
5. RIGHTEOUS BROS "Unchained..." (VERVE/PLDR)
6. TAYLOR DAYNE "Heart Of Stone" (ARISTA)
7. WILSON PHILLIPS "Release Me" (SBK)
8. MICHAEL BOLTON "Georgia On My Mind" (COL)
9. BREATHE "Say A Prayer" (A&M)
10. MAXI PRIEST "Close To You" (CHARISMA)
11. JUDE COLE "Time For Letting Go" (REPRISE)
12. MARIAH CAREY "Vision Of Love" (COLUMBIA)
13. GO WEST "King Of Wishful Thinking" (EMI)
14. CHEAP TRICK "Can't Stop Falling Into Love" (EPIC)
15. JANET JACKSON "Come Back To Me" (A&M)
16. JON BON JOVI "Blaze Of Glory" (MERCURY)
17. LISA STANSFIELD "This Is The Right..." (ARISTA)
18. NELSON "Love And Affection" (DGC)
19. ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
20. BRUCE HORNSBY "Across The River" (RCA)
21. MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA)
22. JANET JACKSON "Black Cat" (A&M)
23. JOHNNY GILL "My, My, My" (MOTOWN)
24. AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
25. BILLY IDOL "Cradle Of Love" (CHRYSALIS)
26. UB40 "The Way You Do The Things..." (VIRGIN)
27. M.C. HAMMER "Have You Seen Her" (CAPITOL)
28. SWEET SENSATION "If Wishes Came True" (ATCO)
29. ANITA BAKER "Talk To Me" (ELEKTRA)
30. MICHAEL BOLTON "When I'm Back On..." (COL)
31. GLORIA ESTEFAN "Cuts Both Ways" (EPIC)
32. ROD STEWART "I Don't Want To Talk..." (WB)
33. PRINCE "Thieves In The..." (PAISLEY PARK/WB)
34. BAD ENGLISH "Possession" (EPIC)
35. SEDUCTION "Could This Be Love" (VENDETTA/A&M)
36. CONCRETE BLONDE "Joey" (I.R.S.)
37. MICHAEL McDONALD "Take It To Heart" (REPRISE)
38. BILLY JOEL "And So It Goes" (COLUMBIA) (NEW)
39. HEART "Stranded" (CAPITOL) (NEW)
40. OLETA ADAMS "Rhythm Of Life" (MERCURY) (NEW)
Extras
FLEETWOOD MAC "Skies The Limit" (WB)
BASIA "Until You Come Back" (EPIC)
VONDA SHEPPARD "I Shy Away" (REPRISE)
TEDDY PENDERGRASS "Glad To Be Alive" (ELEKTRA)
DAN FOGELBERG "Rhythm Of The Rain" (EPIC)
Recurrents
DON HENLEY "How Bad Do You Want It?" (GEFFEN) _
LISA STANSFIELD "This Is The Right Time" (ARISTA)
WILSON PHILLIPS "Hold On" (SBK)
PHIL COLLINS "Something Happened On ..." (ATLANTIC)
TAYLOR DAYNE "I'll Be Your Shelter" (ARISTA)
ROXETTE "It Must Have Been Love" (EMI)
GLENN MEDEIROS f./Bobby Brown "She Ain't Worth It" (MCA)
ELTON JOHN "Club At The End Of The Street" (MCA)
JOHNNY GILL "Rub You The Right Way" (MOTOWN)
GIANT "I'll See You In My Dreams" (A&M)
NIKKI "Notice Me" (GEFFEN)
Most Added
ANITA BAKER "Soul Inspiration" (ELEKTRA)
HALL & OATES "So Close" (ARISTA)
ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
HEART "Stranded" (CAPITOL)
DAVID CASSIDY "Lyin' To Myself" (ENIGMA)
BILLY JOEL "And So It Goes" (COLUMBIA)
MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA)
MAXI PRIEST "Close To You" (CHARISMA)
UB40 "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (VIRGIN;
9/28/1990 (N/A)
Don't know when the chart was discontinued as their aren't a bunch of issues from 1991-1993 available but by 1993 the Adult Top 40 chart was gone for good.
P. 3, 19
worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hitmaker/90/Hitmakers-1990-09-07.pdf
9/07/1990
1. WILSON PHILLIPS "Release Me" (SBK)
2. PHIL COLLINS "Something Happened" (ATLANTIC) '
3. PAUL YOUNG "Oh Girl" (COLUMBIA)
4. JANET JACKSON "Come Back To Me" (A&M)
5. JAMES INGRAM "I Don't Have The Heart" (WB) '
6. GO WEST "King Of Wishful Thinking" (EMI)
7. MARIAH CAREY "Vision Of Love" (COLUMBIA)
8. TAYLOR DAYNE "Heart Of Stone" (ARISTA)
9. RIGHTEOUS BROS "Unchained..." (VERVE/PLDR)
10. GEORGE MICHAEL "Praying For Time" (COLUMBIA)
11. SWEET SENSATION "If Wishes Came True" (ATCO)
12. CHEAP TRICK "Can't Stop Falling Into Love" (EPIC)
13. BREATHE "Say A Prayer" (A&M)
14. BRUCE HORNSBY "Across The River" (RCA)
15. GLORIA ESTEFAN "Cuts Both Ways" (EPIC)
16. MICHAEL BOLTON "Georgia On My Mind" (COL)
17. MAXI PRIEST "Close To You" (CHARISMA) ,
18. JUDE COLE "Time For Letting Go" (REPRISE)
19. ANITA BAKER "Talk To Me" (ELEKTRA)
20. BILLY IDOL "Cradle Of Love" (CHRYSALIS) ,
21. JON BON JOVI "Blaze Of Glory" (MERCURY)
22. LISA STANSFIELD "This Is The Right Time" (ARISTA)
23. MICHAEL BOLTON "When I'm Back On..." (COL)
24. BAD ENGLISH "Possession" (EPIC)
25. MICHAEL McDONALD "Take It To Heart" (REPRISE)
26. M.C. HAMMER "Have You Seen Her" (CAPITOL)
27. SEDUCTION "Could This Be Love" (VEND/A&M)
28. NELSON "Love And Affection" (DGC)
29. JOHNNY GILL "My, My, My" (MOTOWN)
30. DON HENLEY "How Do You Want It?" (GEFFEN) L
31. UB40 "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (VIRGIN) U
32. LISA STANSFIELD "You Can't Deny It" (ARISTA)
33. ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
34. BABYFACE "My Kinda Girl" (SOLAR/EPIC)
35. PRINCE "Thieves In The..." (PAISLEY PARK/WB)
36. AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
37. WILSON PHILLIPS "Hold On" (SBK)
38. GLENN MEDEIROS f./B. Brown "She Ain't..." (MCA,)
39. PHIL COLLINS "Do You Remember" (ATLANTIC)
40. CONCRETE BLONDE "Joey" (I.R.S.)
Extras
OLETA ADAMS -Rhythm Of Life" (MERCURY)
MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA)
VONDA SHEPARD "I Shy Away" (REPRISE)
Most Added
ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
UB40 "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (VIRGIN)
JOHNNY GILL "My, My, My" (MOTOWN)
NELSON "Love And Affection" (DGC)
AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
CHEAP TRICK "Can't Stop Falling Into Love" (EPIC)
9/14/1990
1. WILSON PHILLIPS "Release Me" (SBK)
2. PHIL COLLINS "Something Happened..." (ATL)
3. PAUL YOUNG "Oh Girl" (COLUMBIA)
4. JAMES INGRAM "I Don't Have The Heart" (WB)
5. GEORGE MICHAEL "Praying For Time" (COL)
6. RIGHTEOUS BROS "Unchained..." (VERVE/PLDR)
7. TAYLOR DAYNE "Heart Of Stone" (ARISTA)
8. MARIAH CAREY "Vision Of Love" (COLUMBIA)
9. GO WEST "King Of Wishful Thinking" (EMI)
10. CHEAP TRICK "Can't Stop Falling..." (EPIC)
11. BREATHE "Say A Prayer" (A&M)
12. MAXI PRIEST "Close To You" (CHARISMA)
13. MICHAEL BOLTON "Georgia On My Mind" (COL)
14. JANET JACKSON "Come Back To Me" (A&M)
15. JUDE COLE "Time For Letting Go" (REPRISE)
16. JON BON JOVI "Blaze Of Glory" (MERCURY)
17. BILLY IDOL "Cradle Of Love" (CHRYSALIS)
18. BRUCE HORNSBY "Across The River" (RCA)
19. SWEET SENSATION "If Wishes Came True" (ATCO)
20. LISA STANSFIELD "This Is The Right..." (ARISTA)
21. NELSON "Love And Affection" (DGC)
22. M.C. HAMMER "Have You Seen Her" (CAPITOL)
23. ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
24. JOHNNY GILL "My, My, My" (MOTOWN)
25. ANITA BAKER "Talk To Me" (ELEKTRA)
26. MICHAEL BOLTON "When I'm Back..." (COL)
27. BAD ENGLISH "Possession" (EPIC)
28. SEDUCTION "Could This Be Love" (VEN A&M;
29. AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
30. UB40 "The Way You Do The Things..." (VIRGIN)
31. GLORIA ESTEFAN "Cuts Both Ways" (EPIC)
32. MICHAEL McDONALD "Take It To Heart" (REPRISE)
33. DON HENLEY "How Bad Do You Want It?" (GEFFEN)
34. PRINCE "Thieves In The..." (PAISLEY PARK/WB)
35. LISA STANSFIELD "You Can't Deny It" (ARISTA)
36. JANET JACKSON "Black Cat" (A&M) (NEW)
37. ROD STEWART "I Don't Want To Talk..." (WB) (NEW)
38. MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA) (NEW)
39. CONCRETE BLONDE "Joey" (I.R.S.)
40. WILSON PHILLIPS "Hold On" (SBK)
Extra - OLETA ADAMS "Rhythm Of Life" (MERCURY)
Most Added
MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA)
DAVID CASSIDY "Lyin' To Myself" (ENIGMA)
HEART "Stranded" (CAPITOL)
JANET JACKSON "Black Cat" (A&M)
JUDE COLE "Time For Letting Go" (REPRISE)
AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
9/21/1990
1. PHIL COLLINS "Something Happened" (ATL)
2. PAUL YOUNG "Oh Girl" (COLUMBIA)
3. JAMES INGRAM "I Don't Have The Heart" (WB)
4. GEORGE MICHAEL "Praying For Time" (COL)
5. RIGHTEOUS BROS "Unchained..." (VERVE/PLDR)
6. TAYLOR DAYNE "Heart Of Stone" (ARISTA)
7. WILSON PHILLIPS "Release Me" (SBK)
8. MICHAEL BOLTON "Georgia On My Mind" (COL)
9. BREATHE "Say A Prayer" (A&M)
10. MAXI PRIEST "Close To You" (CHARISMA)
11. JUDE COLE "Time For Letting Go" (REPRISE)
12. MARIAH CAREY "Vision Of Love" (COLUMBIA)
13. GO WEST "King Of Wishful Thinking" (EMI)
14. CHEAP TRICK "Can't Stop Falling Into Love" (EPIC)
15. JANET JACKSON "Come Back To Me" (A&M)
16. JON BON JOVI "Blaze Of Glory" (MERCURY)
17. LISA STANSFIELD "This Is The Right..." (ARISTA)
18. NELSON "Love And Affection" (DGC)
19. ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
20. BRUCE HORNSBY "Across The River" (RCA)
21. MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA)
22. JANET JACKSON "Black Cat" (A&M)
23. JOHNNY GILL "My, My, My" (MOTOWN)
24. AFTER 7 "Can't Stop" (VIRGIN)
25. BILLY IDOL "Cradle Of Love" (CHRYSALIS)
26. UB40 "The Way You Do The Things..." (VIRGIN)
27. M.C. HAMMER "Have You Seen Her" (CAPITOL)
28. SWEET SENSATION "If Wishes Came True" (ATCO)
29. ANITA BAKER "Talk To Me" (ELEKTRA)
30. MICHAEL BOLTON "When I'm Back On..." (COL)
31. GLORIA ESTEFAN "Cuts Both Ways" (EPIC)
32. ROD STEWART "I Don't Want To Talk..." (WB)
33. PRINCE "Thieves In The..." (PAISLEY PARK/WB)
34. BAD ENGLISH "Possession" (EPIC)
35. SEDUCTION "Could This Be Love" (VENDETTA/A&M)
36. CONCRETE BLONDE "Joey" (I.R.S.)
37. MICHAEL McDONALD "Take It To Heart" (REPRISE)
38. BILLY JOEL "And So It Goes" (COLUMBIA) (NEW)
39. HEART "Stranded" (CAPITOL) (NEW)
40. OLETA ADAMS "Rhythm Of Life" (MERCURY) (NEW)
Extras
FLEETWOOD MAC "Skies The Limit" (WB)
BASIA "Until You Come Back" (EPIC)
VONDA SHEPPARD "I Shy Away" (REPRISE)
TEDDY PENDERGRASS "Glad To Be Alive" (ELEKTRA)
DAN FOGELBERG "Rhythm Of The Rain" (EPIC)
Recurrents
DON HENLEY "How Bad Do You Want It?" (GEFFEN) _
LISA STANSFIELD "This Is The Right Time" (ARISTA)
WILSON PHILLIPS "Hold On" (SBK)
PHIL COLLINS "Something Happened On ..." (ATLANTIC)
TAYLOR DAYNE "I'll Be Your Shelter" (ARISTA)
ROXETTE "It Must Have Been Love" (EMI)
GLENN MEDEIROS f./Bobby Brown "She Ain't Worth It" (MCA)
ELTON JOHN "Club At The End Of The Street" (MCA)
JOHNNY GILL "Rub You The Right Way" (MOTOWN)
GIANT "I'll See You In My Dreams" (A&M)
NIKKI "Notice Me" (GEFFEN)
Most Added
ANITA BAKER "Soul Inspiration" (ELEKTRA)
HALL & OATES "So Close" (ARISTA)
ALIAS "More Than Words Can Say" (EMI)
HEART "Stranded" (CAPITOL)
DAVID CASSIDY "Lyin' To Myself" (ENIGMA)
BILLY JOEL "And So It Goes" (COLUMBIA)
MARIAH CAREY "Love Takes Time" (COLUMBIA)
MAXI PRIEST "Close To You" (CHARISMA)
UB40 "The Way You Do The Things You Do" (VIRGIN;
9/28/1990 (N/A)