Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Speed Of Sound

102 chart weeks across 5 charts, peaking at No. 1
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A 1 20 8 4/29/05 – 9/9/05
R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC 3 23 15 4/29/05 – 9/30/05
Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative 5 23 9 5/7/05 – 10/15/05
Billboard Hot 100 8 20 5 5/7/05 – 9/17/05
R&R Pop CHR 24 16 9 6/17/05 – 9/30/05

R&R Adult Alternative / Triple A

20 weeks, 4/29/05 to 9/9/05. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult CHR / Hot AC

23 weeks, 4/29/05 to 9/30/05. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Modern Rock / Alternative

23 weeks, 5/7/05 to 10/15/05. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 5/7/05 to 9/17/05. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Pop CHR

16 weeks, 6/17/05 to 9/30/05. 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.