| Top 40 Hits of May 1990 |
| 1 |
Adamski | Killer |
| 2 |
Kylie Minogue | Better The Devil You Know |
| 3 |
Adventures Of Stevie V | Dirty Cash |
| 4 |
New Kids On The Block | Cover Girl |
| 5 |
Paula Abdul With The Wild Pair | Opposites Attract |
| 6 |
Madonna | Vogue |
| 7 |
En Vogue | Hold On |
| 8 |
Alannah Myles | Black Velvet |
| 9 |
Chimes | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For |
| 10 |
Soul II Soul | A Dream's A Dream |
| 11 |
Beats International | Won't Talk About It |
| 12 |
Michael Bolton | How Can We Be Lovers |
| 13 |
Mantronix featuring Wondress | Take Your Time |
| 14 |
Englandneworder | World In Motion |
| 15 |
UB40 | Kingston Town |
| 16 |
Snap! | The Power |
| 17 |
Don Pablo's Animals | Venus |
| 18 |
Heart | All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You |
| 19 |
Family Stand | Ghetto Heaven |
| 20 |
Happy Mondays | Step On |
| 21 |
Phil Collins | Something Happened On The Way To Heaven |
| 22 |
Depeche Mode | Policy Of Truth |
| 23 |
Paul Young | Softly Whispering I Love You |
| 24 |
Sam Brown | Kissing Gate |
| 25 |
Wonder Stuff | Circlesquare |
| 26 |
B-52s | Roam |
| 27 |
Natalie Cole | Wild Women Do |
| 28 |
Was (Not Was) | Papa Was A Rollin' Stone |
| 29 |
Pasadenas | Love Thing |
| 30 |
Bizz Nizz | Don't Miss The Party Line |
| 31 |
Eurythmics | Angel |
| 32 |
Lisa Stansfield | What Did I Do To You (EP) |
| 33 |
Betty Boo | Doin' The Do |
| 34 |
Chad Jackson | Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked) |
| 35 |
Hothouse Flowers | Give It Up |
| 36 |
Talk Talk | It's My Life |
| 37 |
Thunder | Backstreet Symphony |
| 38 |
Morrissey | November Spawned A Monster |
| 39 |
Emma | Give A Little Love Back To The World |
| 40 |
Blues Brothers | Everybody Needs Somebody To Love |
