Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Magic

56 chart weeks across 3 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Contemporary 1 17 8 5/23/80 – 9/12/80
R&R CHR / Top 40 1 16 8 5/23/80 – 9/5/80
Billboard Hot 100 1 23 13 5/24/80 – 10/25/80

R&R Adult Contemporary

17 weeks, 5/23/80 to 9/12/80. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

16 weeks, 5/23/80 to 9/5/80. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

23 weeks, 5/24/80 to 10/25/80. 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.