Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

I Will Buy You A New Life

75 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 3
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 3 27 14 2/7/98 – 8/8/98
Billboard Mainstream Rock 20 13 9 2/14/98 – 5/9/98
R&R Pop CHR 28 17 10 5/8/98 – 8/28/98
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 30 2 1 5/15/98 – 5/29/98
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 15 16 10 5/22/98 – 9/4/98

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

27 weeks, 2/7/98 to 8/8/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

13 weeks, 2/14/98 to 5/9/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

17 weeks, 5/8/98 to 8/28/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

2 weeks, 5/15/98 to 5/29/98. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

16 weeks, 5/22/98 to 9/4/98. 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.