Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

The Freshmen

167 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 1 22 13 1/31/97 – 6/27/97
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 1 26 11 2/15/97 – 8/9/97
Billboard Mainstream Rock 9 26 13 2/22/97 – 8/16/97
Billboard Hot 100 5 42 17 2/22/97 – 12/6/97
R&R Pop CHR 5 25 16 4/11/97 – 9/26/97
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 6 26 14 5/2/97 – 10/24/97

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

22 weeks, 1/31/97 to 6/27/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

26 weeks, 2/15/97 to 8/9/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

26 weeks, 2/22/97 to 8/16/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

42 weeks, 2/22/97 to 12/6/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

25 weeks, 4/11/97 to 9/26/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

26 weeks, 5/2/97 to 10/24/97. 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.