Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Building A Mystery

123 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 1 23 11 6/27/97 – 12/5/97
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 4 25 15 7/4/97 – 12/19/97
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 3 26 11 7/5/97 – 12/27/97
R&R Pop CHR 12 23 13 8/1/97 – 1/16/98
Billboard Hot 100 13 22 7 9/6/97 – 1/31/98
R&R Adult Contemporary 29 4 2 9/26/97 – 10/31/97

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

23 weeks, 6/27/97 to 12/5/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

25 weeks, 7/4/97 to 12/19/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

26 weeks, 7/5/97 to 12/27/97. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

23 weeks, 8/1/97 to 1/16/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

22 weeks, 9/6/97 to 1/31/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

4 weeks, 9/26/97 to 10/31/97. 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.