Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Dreamin'

69 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard R&B Singles 1 22 13 11/26/88 – 4/22/89
Billboard Hot 100 8 20 13 1/7/89 – 5/20/89
R&R Adult Contemporary 1 16 10 1/20/89 – 5/5/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 10 11 8 2/3/89 – 4/14/89

Billboard R&B Singles

22 weeks, 11/26/88 to 4/22/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 1/7/89 to 5/20/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

16 weeks, 1/20/89 to 5/5/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

11 weeks, 2/3/89 to 4/14/89. 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.