Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

We Are The World

66 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Contemporary 2 9 5 3/15/85 – 5/10/85
R&R AOR Tracks 17 7 2 3/15/85 – 4/26/85
R&R CHR / Top 40 1 11 6 3/15/85 – 5/24/85
Billboard Mainstream Rock 27 7 0 3/23/85 – 5/4/85
Billboard Hot 100 1 18 7 3/23/85 – 7/20/85
Billboard R&B Singles 1 14 7 3/30/85 – 6/29/85

R&R Adult Contemporary

9 weeks, 3/15/85 to 5/10/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R AOR Tracks

7 weeks, 3/15/85 to 4/26/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

11 weeks, 3/15/85 to 5/24/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

7 weeks, 3/23/85 to 5/4/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

18 weeks, 3/23/85 to 7/20/85. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

14 weeks, 3/30/85 to 6/29/85. 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.