Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Prayer For The Dying

96 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 3
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Pop CHR 10 17 10 6/10/94 – 9/30/94
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 3 17 8 6/11/94 – 10/1/94
Billboard Hot 100 21 20 9 6/11/94 – 10/22/94
R&R CHR / Top 40 11 16 10 6/17/94 – 9/30/94
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 12 23 16 7/22/94 – 1/6/95
R&R Adult Contemporary 29 3 3 9/23/94 – 10/7/94

R&R Pop CHR

17 weeks, 6/10/94 to 9/30/94. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

17 weeks, 6/11/94 to 10/1/94. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 6/11/94 to 10/22/94. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

16 weeks, 6/17/94 to 9/30/94. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

23 weeks, 7/22/94 to 1/6/95. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

3 weeks, 9/23/94 to 10/7/94. 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.