Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Something Happened On The Way To Heaven

65 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Contemporary 2 14 8 8/3/90 – 11/2/90
R&R AOR Tracks 35 8 6 8/3/90 – 9/21/90
R&R CHR / Top 40 1 14 9 8/3/90 – 11/2/90
Billboard Hot 100 4 22 9 8/4/90 – 12/29/90
Billboard Mainstream Rock 34 7 4 8/11/90 – 9/22/90

R&R Adult Contemporary

14 weeks, 8/3/90 to 11/2/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R AOR Tracks

8 weeks, 8/3/90 to 9/21/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

14 weeks, 8/3/90 to 11/2/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

22 weeks, 8/4/90 to 12/29/90. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

7 weeks, 8/11/90 to 9/22/90. 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.