Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Anchorage

16 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 16
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 16 4 0 9/17/88 – 10/15/88
Billboard Hot 100 66 8 5 12/10/88 – 1/28/89
R&R Adult Contemporary 29 4 4 12/23/88 – 1/20/89

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

4 weeks, 9/17/88 to 10/15/88. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

8 weeks, 12/10/88 to 1/28/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

4 weeks, 12/23/88 to 1/20/89. 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.