Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Grease

59 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Hot 100 1 22 15 5/27/78 – 10/21/78
R&R Adult Contemporary 5 16 7 6/16/78 – 9/29/78
R&R CHR / Top 40 1 14 5 6/23/78 – 9/22/78
Billboard R&B Singles 40 7 5 8/12/78 – 9/23/78

Billboard Hot 100

22 weeks, 5/27/78 to 10/21/78. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

16 weeks, 6/16/78 to 9/29/78. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

14 weeks, 6/23/78 to 9/22/78. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

7 weeks, 8/12/78 to 9/23/78. 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.