Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Closer

60 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 11
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 11 25 9 5/7/94 – 10/22/94
Billboard Hot 100 41 22 12 6/11/94 – 11/5/94
R&R AOR Tracks 44 9 6 9/2/94 – 10/28/94
Billboard Mainstream Rock 35 4 3 9/24/94 – 10/15/94

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

25 weeks, 5/7/94 to 10/22/94. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

22 weeks, 6/11/94 to 11/5/94. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R AOR Tracks

9 weeks, 9/2/94 to 10/28/94. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

4 weeks, 9/24/94 to 10/15/94. 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.