Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

What I Am

92 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 4
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 4 21 0 9/10/88 – 1/28/89
R&R AOR Tracks 4 20 15 9/16/88 – 2/3/89
Billboard Mainstream Rock 9 18 11 10/15/88 – 2/11/89
Billboard Hot 100 7 19 14 11/26/88 – 4/1/89
R&R CHR / Top 40 10 9 7 1/6/89 – 3/3/89
R&R Adult Contemporary 20 5 4 1/27/89 – 2/24/89

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

21 weeks, 9/10/88 to 1/28/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R AOR Tracks

20 weeks, 9/16/88 to 2/3/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

18 weeks, 10/15/88 to 2/11/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

19 weeks, 11/26/88 to 4/1/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

9 weeks, 1/6/89 to 3/3/89. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

5 weeks, 1/27/89 to 2/24/89. 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.