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February 24, 1990

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 21, 1990, covering February 24, 1990.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul

    Forever Your Girl

    Paula Abdul

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    84
  2. 2
    Album cover for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

    Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

    Janet Jackson

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21
  3. 3
    Album cover for Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli

    Girl You Know It's True

    Milli Vanilli

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    49
  4. 4
    Album cover for ...But Seriously by Phil Collins

    ...But Seriously

    Phil Collins

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for Cosmic Thing by The B-52s

    Cosmic Thing

    The B-52s

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    32

Notable Births

Dwayne Allen

1990Dwayne Allen, American football player[†]

Dwayne Lamont Allen is an American former professional football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the Clemson Tigers, where he won the John Mackey Award as a junior, and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft. Allen spent his first five seasons with the Colts and was a member of the New England Patriots in his final two. During his Patriots tenure, he made two consecutive Super Bowl appearances and won Super Bowl LIII.

Derek Wolfe

1990Derek Wolfe, American football player[†]

Derek Wolfe is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft, playing his first eight years with them before signing with the Baltimore Ravens in 2020. Wolfe announced his retirement on July 28, 2022.

Notable Deaths

Tony Conigliaro

1990Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (born 1945)[†]

Anthony Richard Conigliaro, nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox and California Angels (1971). Born in Revere, Massachusetts, he was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Lynn, Massachusetts. Conigliaro started his MLB career as a teenager, hitting a home run in his first at-bat during his home field debut in 1964, and reaching 100 career home runs faster than any player in American League history.

Malcolm Forbes

1990Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (born 1917)[†]

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was an American businessman and Republican Party politician most prominently known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, which was founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He represented Somerset County in the New Jersey Senate from 1952 to 1958 and ran two campaigns for Governor of New Jersey. In 1953, he lost the Republican nomination to Paul L. Troast, who had the support of most of the party establishment. In 1957, he won the Republican nomination but lost the general election to incumbent Governor Robert Meyner. He was known as an avid promoter of capitalism and free market economics and for an extravagant lifestyle, spending on parties, travel, and his collection of homes, yachts, aircraft, art, motorcycles, and Fabergé eggs.

Sandro Pertini

1990Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (born 1896)[†]

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio "Sandro" Pertini was an Italian socialist politician and statesman who served as President of Italy from 1978 to 1985.

Johnnie Ray

1990Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1927)[†]

John Alvin Ray was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll", and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.

Historical Context for February 24, 1990

In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]