Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

What It's Like

163 chart weeks across 6 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 1 34 17 10/10/98 – 5/29/99
Billboard Mainstream Rock 1 30 15 11/21/98 – 6/12/99
Billboard Hot 100 13 33 17 12/19/98 – 7/31/99
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 17 16 7 1/8/99 – 4/23/99
R&R Pop CHR 5 25 16 1/29/99 – 7/16/99
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 7 25 16 2/19/99 – 8/6/99

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

34 weeks, 10/10/98 to 5/29/99. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Mainstream Rock

30 weeks, 11/21/98 to 6/12/99. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

33 weeks, 12/19/98 to 7/31/99. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

16 weeks, 1/8/99 to 4/23/99. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

25 weeks, 1/29/99 to 7/16/99. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

25 weeks, 2/19/99 to 8/6/99. 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.