Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Axel F

58 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 3 19 10 3/30/85 – 8/3/85
R&R CHR / Top 40 3 12 8 4/5/85 – 6/21/85
Billboard R&B Singles 13 14 8 4/6/85 – 7/6/85
R&R Adult Contemporary 1 13 6 4/19/85 – 7/12/85

Billboard Hot 100

19 weeks, 3/30/85 to 8/3/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

12 weeks, 4/5/85 to 6/21/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

14 weeks, 4/6/85 to 7/6/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

13 weeks, 4/19/85 to 7/12/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Tallest is No. 1, and the height is scaled by how many places the chart ran to that week, so No. 30 on a top-30 is the floor and No. 30 on a top-50 is the middle. A green column is a bulleted week — on the airplay charts, airplay gained; on the Hot 100, among the week’s greatest airplay and sales gains — which is not the same as a rise, so a green column can sit lower than the one before it. Weeks at the peak carry their position in red. A run longer than the page scrolls sideways; no week is left out of the drawing.