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Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Patience

GUNS N' ROSES
71 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 4
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R AOR Tracks 9 22 16 12/16/88 – 5/19/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock 7 21 11 12/24/88 – 5/13/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 6 10 7 4/7/89 – 6/9/89
Billboard Hot 100 4 18 8 4/8/89 – 8/5/89

R&R AOR Tracks

22 weeks, 12/16/88 to 5/19/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

5012/16/88 4712/23/88 361/6/89 321/13/89 281/20/89 241/27/89 242/3/89 192/10/89 152/17/89 162/24/89 133/3/89 113/10/89 103/17/89 103/24/89 93/31/89 94/7/89 134/14/89 174/21/89 264/28/89 315/5/89 515/12/89 555/19/89

Billboard Mainstream Rock

21 weeks, 12/24/88 to 5/13/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

5012/24/88 5012/31/88 501/7/89 381/14/89 341/21/89 241/28/89 292/4/89 232/11/89 202/18/89 162/25/89 153/4/89 133/11/89 123/18/89 73/25/89 124/1/89 74/8/89 74/15/89 104/22/89 174/29/89 235/6/89 295/13/89

R&R CHR / Top 40

10 weeks, 4/7/89 to 6/9/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

404/7/89 254/14/89 204/21/89 134/28/89 85/5/89 65/12/89 65/19/89 75/26/89 126/2/89 196/9/89

Billboard Hot 100

18 weeks, 4/8/89 to 8/5/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

664/8/89 444/15/89 334/22/89 224/29/89 185/6/89 95/13/89 65/20/89 55/27/89 46/3/89 66/10/89 146/17/89 346/24/89 447/1/89 587/8/89 677/15/89 747/22/89 867/29/89 948/5/89

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.