Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Heartbreaker

60 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 2
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Contemporary 2 15 8 10/1/82 – 1/21/83
Billboard Hot 100 10 22 15 10/9/82 – 3/5/83
Billboard R&B Singles 14 15 8 10/16/82 – 1/29/83
R&R CHR / Top 40 10 8 7 10/29/82 – 12/17/82

R&R Adult Contemporary

15 weeks, 10/1/82 to 1/21/83. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

22 weeks, 10/9/82 to 3/5/83. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

15 weeks, 10/16/82 to 1/29/83. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

8 weeks, 10/29/82 to 12/17/82. 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.