Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Two Occasions

61 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 4
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard R&B Singles 4 24 13 11/14/87 – 4/23/88
Billboard Hot 100 10 21 12 2/27/88 – 7/16/88
R&R CHR / Top 40 9 10 7 4/1/88 – 6/3/88
R&R Adult Contemporary 19 6 5 5/20/88 – 6/24/88

Billboard R&B Singles

24 weeks, 11/14/87 to 4/23/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

21 weeks, 2/27/88 to 7/16/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

10 weeks, 4/1/88 to 6/3/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

6 weeks, 5/20/88 to 6/24/88. 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.