Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Don't Cry

103 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 2
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 2 27 16 12/1/95 – 6/14/96
R&R Pop CHR 12 20 11 12/1/95 – 4/26/96
R&R Adult Contemporary 4 28 16 12/15/95 – 7/5/96
Billboard Hot 100 33 20 4 2/17/96 – 6/29/96
Billboard R&B Singles 71 8 6 3/23/96 – 5/11/96

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

27 weeks, 12/1/95 to 6/14/96. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

20 weeks, 12/1/95 to 4/26/96. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

28 weeks, 12/15/95 to 7/5/96. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 2/17/96 to 6/29/96. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard R&B Singles

8 weeks, 3/23/96 to 5/11/96. 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.