Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Cult Of Personality

61 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 9
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 9 18 9 12/9/88 – 4/14/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock 9 20 8 12/17/88 – 4/29/89
Billboard Hot 100 13 15 9 3/11/89 – 6/17/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 15 8 6 3/24/89 – 5/12/89

R&R AOR Tracks

18 weeks, 12/9/88 to 4/14/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

20 weeks, 12/17/88 to 4/29/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

15 weeks, 3/11/89 to 6/17/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

8 weeks, 3/24/89 to 5/12/89. 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.