Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

Sweet Baby

55 chart weeks across 4 charts, peaking at No. 6
Chart Peak Weeks Bulleted Run
Billboard R&B Singles 6 19 12 4/11/81 – 8/15/81
Billboard Hot 100 19 20 14 5/2/81 – 9/12/81
R&R CHR / Top 40 13 8 6 6/12/81 – 7/31/81
R&R Adult Contemporary 15 8 6 7/3/81 – 8/21/81

Billboard R&B Singles

19 weeks, 4/11/81 to 8/15/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

Billboard Hot 100

20 weeks, 5/2/81 to 9/12/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R CHR / Top 40

8 weeks, 6/12/81 to 7/31/81. Each column is a published week — click one for that chart.

R&R Adult Contemporary

8 weeks, 7/3/81 to 8/21/81. 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.