Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

A Common Disaster

31 chart weeks across 2 charts, peaking at No. 2
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 2 19 10 2/16/96 – 6/21/96
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 20 12 6 3/23/96 – 6/8/96

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

19 weeks, 2/16/96 to 6/21/96. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

12 weeks, 3/23/96 to 6/8/96. 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.