Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Celebration

70 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard R&B Singles 1 24 15 10/18/80 – 3/28/81
Billboard Hot 100 1 30 17 10/25/80 – 5/16/81
R&R CHR / Top 40 7 12 6 12/12/80 – 3/13/81
R&R Adult Contemporary 20 4 3 2/6/81 – 2/27/81

Billboard R&B Singles

24 weeks, 10/18/80 to 3/28/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

30 weeks, 10/25/80 to 5/16/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

12 weeks, 12/12/80 to 3/13/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

4 weeks, 2/6/81 to 2/27/81. 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.