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TIL Bobby Brown’s Don’t Be Cruel was the highest selling album of 1989 in the US. five top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits, with "My Prerogative" being a US number-one hit."My Prerogative" was also the second-biggest single of 1989, ranking at number two.

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