Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

We Are Young

95 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 1 33 16 12/17/11 – 7/28/12
Billboard Hot 100 1 42 9 12/24/11 – 10/20/12
Billboard Triple A / Adult Alternative Airplay 2 20 9 2/25/12 – 7/7/12

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

33 weeks, 12/17/11 to 7/28/12. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

42 weeks, 12/24/11 to 10/20/12. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Triple A / Adult Alternative Airplay

20 weeks, 2/25/12 to 7/7/12. 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.