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