Welcome to Chart Histories, in which I'll post, on request, overviews of artists' singles and albums performances on the UK & US charts.
I've got three overview types on offer:
1. Guinness style chart overviews with peaks and weeks.
A. Standard: all (re-)entries of a record are amalgamated in one entry on the list (like in my chart analyses)
B. Extended: all (re-)entries of a record are printed separately, including cumulative weeks on chart.
2. Chart Runs: all (I mean all) weekly positions on the UK & US charts.
If you submit a request, please indicate which type of overview you want for an artist. You can suffice with a code, e.g. 1B stands for the extended Guinness style overview. If you don't, I'll assume you want the default (shortest) list 1A.
You can only have one type per artist in one request.
Please limit the number of artists in a request to three, I'll ignore more. Once I have them done, you can submit another request.
The next post consists of an index list of artists, whose chart histories have been posted. Please have a look at this index before you send in a request.
If you want to see the artist's chart history, just click on the link next to the atist name.
Themed chart overviews not particularly pertaining to specific artists, for example, the UK #1 Singles of the 70's or all albums of the Unplugged series, can be requested.
Don't worry about the length of some artists' histories: the lists, including all data and format codes, are generated by a custom made computer program.
The only thing I have to do is to type in the artist name, select the list type, click on ok and subsequently copy and paste the list in the thread.
Which charts are covered ?
All charts, which reside in my chart database, which contains the complete US and UK singles and albums charts.
Roughly, UK singles since 1952, UK albums since 1956, US singles since 1940 and US albums since 1945.
Here are the details:
UK SINGLES
From New Musical Express: started 15-11-1952 (Top 12) changed: 1-10-1954 (Top 20) 14-4-1956 (Top 30)
From Record Retailer/Music Week: started 10-3-1960 (Top 50) changed: 13-5-1978 (Top 75)
Added since April 2006: 8-1-1983 (Top 100) 13-04-1991 (Top 75) 26-09-1992 (Top 100) 19-11-1994 (Top 200) 23-04-2005 (Top 250) 8-03-2006 (Top 200)
UK ALBUMS
From Record Mirror: started 28-7-1956 (Top 5)
From Melody Maker: started 8-11-1958 (Top 10)
From Record Retailer (RR)/Music Week (MW): started 10-3-1960 (Top 20) changed: 14-4-1966 (Top 30) 8-12-1966 (Top 40) 12-2-1969 (Top 15) 14-6-1969 (fluctuated between 47-77 pos.) 9-1-1971 (Top 50)* 29-1-1977 (Top 60) 2-12-1978 (Top 75) 8-8-1981 (Top 100) 14-1-1989 (Top 75) **
From Melody Maker: between 06/02/1971 up to 27/03/1971 (Top 30, no RR charts because of postal strike)
Added since April 2006: 12-09-1992 (Top 100) 19-11-1994 (Top 150) 16-11-1996 (Top 200)
Notes: My source for most UK charts was Record Mirror (RM), which began using the RR/MW charts in March 1962. For a period (1969-1973), the album charts in RM and RR/MW differed slightly, as RM used the combined full price/mid price chart, while RR/MW used the ful price chart, most of the time.
RR was renamed to MW on 18-3-1972.
** Separate artist (top 75) & compilation (top 20) charts introduced
US SINGLES
From Billboard: started 27-7-1940 (Bestselling Singles, Top 10) 15-11-1947 (Top 15) 12-6-1948 (Top 30) 12-11-1955 (Top 100 + Bestsellers In Stores Top 30) 24-8-1958 (Hot 100)
US SINGLES - BUBBLING UNDER
From Billboard: started 01-06-1959 (Top 15-35, size fluctuated week by week) no charts from 31-08-1985 through 29-11-1992. Since 5-12-1992 a weekly Top 25.
US ALBUMS
From Billboard: started 24-3-1945 (weekly Top 5, 33/45RPM lists from 22-7-1950 thru 16-1-1954) changed: 24-3-1956 (weekly Top 10-25, fluctuating) 25-5-1959 (Top 50, Stereo & Mono charts thru 10-8-1963) 4-1-1960 (Top 40) 9-1-1961 (Top 25) 3-4-1961 (Top 150) 1-4-1967 (top 175) and since 13-5-1967 a Top 200.
US CATALOG ALBUMS
From Billboard: started 24-7-1982 ("Midline LP's", bi-weekly Top 50) changed: 7-1-1984 (4-weekly chart) no charts from 22-10-1988. Since 25-5-1991 as Top Pop Catalog albums.
US MUSIC VIDEOS
From Billboard: started 30-3-1985 (weekly Top 10) changed: 31-8-1985 (Top 20), 9-6-1990 (Top 30), 17-4-1993 (Top 40)
Song Writers & Producers
On request, I will also post chart histories of song writers and producers.
The chart run format
As the chart run overviews can be daunting for the uninitiated, here's a detailed explanation.
The chart runs for an artist are divided in four sections, if applicable, UK Albums, UK Singles, US Albums and US Singles.
If the artist didn't chart in one of the four sections, it's not printed.
All collaborations with other artists, if the artist in question is credited, are included. The full credit on the record is added between brackets behind the title.
The records are printed in chronological order. In the most recent runs, all titles are preceded by a sequence number, so you can easily see how many hits the artist has had.
Top 10 entries are printed in bold and in blue, the chart peak is printed in red and indicated by asteriks (*), only for the first time when the record reached the peak.
If a single or song didn't make the top 10, the peak position is also highlighted with the bold typeface.
The numbers in a run represent chart positions in consecutive weeks. Example 13-*3*-45 means first week on #13, 2nd week at its peak on #3, 3rd week dropped to #45.
A "0" means NOT on the chart (see re-entries).
(36/24/5 wks) at the end of a runs means 36 weeks chart entries, including 24 in the top 10, and 5 at #1. If there's only one number, there were no weeks spent in the top 10.
If the run was interrupted by a drop off of no longer than 4 weeks, more numbers appear to indicate the number of consecutive
weeks.
Example: (51-41c/14-11c/1 wks) 51 weeks on chart, of which 41 consecutive, 14 weeks in top 10, of which 11 consecutive, 1 week at #1.
Runs interrupted by a new (calendar) year or chart runs that are re-entries are also followed by a weeks so far number.
Example: (1 wk, 52 wsf) 1 week on chart this run, 52 accumulated weeks (total weeks until this date).
The date after "Date:" is the chart debut date of the record. This date can differ from dates given in chart books.
When the first number of a run is surrounded by square brackets, e.g. [178], the printed debut date refers to the second number.
The number between brackets indicates the record had one or more entries before the printed date. The number itself is the previous position before the 2nd number and it's not included in the number of weeks on chart.
This feature only applies to the US album section.
In long chart runs, a date (in italics) can appear in the middle of the run. This only happens when weeks on chart is at least 15 weeks, and a new calendar year has started during the run.
The date, printed in front of the chart position of that date, is the first week of the new year, when the record has charted.
For trans-atlantic records (charted in both UK and US), the chart info of the other country is shown at the end of the run.
Example: US #1/24/13/1 means this record was a hit in the US, it peaked at #1, had 24 weeks on the chart (of which 13 in the top 10 and 1 at #1) in that country.
The plus symbol (+) appears behind a position for the UK album chart of October 12, 1979, which is actually one of the two album charts, which were published for October 13, 1979.
Credits
For singles the song writers and producers are printed in small font right below the title. For albums only producers are given.
The credits are limited to the official charts (top 75 or less) for the UK charts, the US Hot 100 and the top 100 (or less) of the US album charts.
Re-entries
When the record briefly drops out of the chart, a "0" will appear in the chart run. If the record returns within 5 weeks, the run will not be broken.
If a record drops out for 5 weeks or more and then re-enters the charts, a new run, indicated by "Re" and a sequence number will be printed.
Example: 45-0-0-0-0-33 dropped out the charts for 4 weeks, then re-entered at #33.
If there is more than 1 re-entry, which is not indicated as such, a "Total # of re-entries" is printed.
Also, the weeks on chart of all the runs (main and re's) are added up together and printed in the "Total # of weeks" line.
The line with Total # of weeks is only printed when there is at least one re-entry. The highest number of consecutive weeks and total weeks spent in the top 10, top 20 and top 40 (if applicable) is also printed.
Example: 43-26c (Top 10: 12, Top 20: 16) 43 weeks on chart, of which 26 weeks was the longest consecutive run, 12 weeks in the top 10, 16 in the top 20.
Bubbling Under
Chart runs of Hot 100 singles, which have charted in the Bubbling Under chart, are preceded by the chart run in that chart. The Bubbling Under run is between brackets, in small font and indicated by "BU:".
The date of entry for those singles still pertains to the Hot 100.
Bubbling Under only singles (not Hot 100 bound), are listed in the Bubbling Under section.
Finally...
Please keep the number of requests you submit modest, don't misuse this thread to supplement your own chart database.
Since the kernel of the chart database now contains more than a 1.1 million records and the majority of its content was entered by a team of people, it's bound that there is a considerable number of errors, although expressed in a percentage it's very small.
If you see an error or errors, even the tiniest one, please let me know, so I can fix it.
I also welcome suggestions or comments for this thread.
The following artists' chart histories have been posted (click on the artist name to go to the page of the post):
Key:
[Hist] Artist link is Chart runs, this link is a Chart History
* Artist link is a Chart History (type 1A or 1B)
date - month/year of most recent update
Last update: 3 February 2013 (Pages 1 thru 397)
10,000 Maniacs 4/10
101 Strings 4/12
10cc 1/13
112 9/11
187 Lockdown * 2/04
2 Unlimited 10/11
20/20 5/11
2Pac 12/06
3 Colours Red 2/12
3 Doors Down [Hist] 12/12
3 Man Island 4/12
3 Of A Kind 2/12
30 Seconds To Mars 6/12
311 2/12
38 Special 1/08
3LW * 2/04
3OH!3 8/11
3T 6/06
4 Non Blondes 2/12
4 Strings 11/11
50 Cent [Hist] 8/11
50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett 12/11
702 * 2/04
707 6/12
911 2/12
98 Degrees 4/10
999 7/12
A 3/12
A*Teens 2/04
A-Ha [Hist] 4/10
A.T.B. [Hist] 3/12
A1 4/10
Aaliyah [Hist] 6/07
Aaron Carter [Hist] 8/10
Abba [Hist] 8/11
ABC 10/06
ABN 4/12
Above The Law 3/12
AC/DC 8/11
Academy Is... 4/12
Accept 5/06
Ace 10/08
Ace Frehley 9/04
Ace Hood 4/12
Ace Of Base 6/07
Ace Spectrum 9/11
Adam & The Ants 2/12
Adam Ant 2/12
Adam F 1/07
Adam Faith 2/12
Adam Lambert 3/12
ADC Band 9/12
Addrisi Brothers 5/10
Adele 4/12
Adema 4/12
Adrian Belew 4/11
Aerosmith [Hist] 8/11
Aesop Rock 4/12
AFI 7/12
Afrique 6/11
Afrojack 4/12
After 7 1/12
After the Fire 5/08
AFX 9/06
Aggro Santos 6/11
Agnes 11/11
Agnetha Faltskog 5/09
Ahmad Jamal 7/12
Air 3/07
Air Supply 12/07
Akon 8/11
Al Di Meola 11/09
Al Goodman 5/12
Al Green 12/06
Al Hirt 3/07
Al Jarreau 3/07
Al Kooper 6/11
Al Martino 5/07
Al Stewart 9/06
Al Wilson 5/10
Alabama 9/07
Alan Jackson [Hist] 4/12
Alan O'Day 1/11
Alan Parsons Project 4/10
Alanis Morissette [Hist] 1/13
Alannah Myles 4/08
The Alarm 10/07
Albert King 2/12
Aldo Nova 11/07
Alec Constandinos 8/10
Alex Clare 7/12
Alexandra Burke 9/11
Alexis Jordan 11/11
Ali Thomson 6/12
Alice Cooper 7/12
Alice Deejay 10/09
Alice In Chains 1/13
Alicia Bridges 7/10
Alicia Keys [Hist] 9/07
Alien Ant Farm 7/11
Alisha 6/11
Alisha's Attic 3/04
Alison Krauss 2/12
Alison Moyet 4/08
Alkaline Trio 5/12
All About Eve 9/08
All Saints 3/10
All Time Low 1/13
All-4-One 11/12
All-American Rejects 5/11
Allan Sherman 8/11
Allman Brothers Band 9/11
Allstars 8/11
Allure 3/12
The Almighty 10/05
Alphonse Ribeiro 11/11
Alter Bridge 9/12
Alvin Lee 12/07
Aly & AJ 11/11
Amazing Rhythm Aces 12/09
Amber 6/07
Amboy Dukes 7/10
Ambrosia 3/07
America 11/11
American Breed 3/12
American Dream 4/12
American Flyer 5/10
American Hi-fi 4/12
Ames Brothers 3/07
Amii Stewart 12/05
Amon Amarth 4/09
Amy Grant 8/08
Amy MacDonald 1/12
Amy Winehouse 8/11
Anastacia 11/11
Andre Cymone 10/11
Andre Previn 7/12
Andre Rieu 8/11
Andrea Bocelli 11/05
Andrea True Connection 4/09
Andrew Gold 3/10
Andrew WK 9/10
Andrews Sisters 3/07
Andy Gibb 7/07
Andy Kim 2/08
Andy Pratt 2/10
Andy Taylor 5/12
Andy Williams 6/07
Angel 12/07
Angel City 3/11
Angel Witch 6/07
Angela Bofill 6/08
Angels And Airwaves 11/12
the Animals 9/07
Animotion 10/07
Anita Baker 1/09
Anita Ward 9/07
Ann Peebles 8/11
Ann Wilson 8/11
Ann-Margret 12/11
Anne Murray 6/08
Annie Lennox 5/11
Another Bad Creation 6/12
Another Level 4/10
Antal Dorati 11/12
Anthrax 6/11
Antonio Carlos Jobim 4/12
Antony Costa 4/10
The Aphex Twin [Hist] 3/07
Apollonia 6 11/08
Appleton 3/10
April Wine 9/06
Aqua 4/08
Arcade Fire 4/08
Arcadia [Hist] 11/04
Archie Bell & The Drells 10/10
the Archies 2/09
Arctic Monkeys 8/11
Aretha Franklin [Hist] 12/09
Argent 7/07
Arlo Guthrie 7/08
The Armada Orchestra 1/13
Armageddon 3/10
Armand Van Helden 9/11
Army of Lovers 1/09
Art Garfunkel 8/07
Art In America 4/12
Art Linkletter 9/12
the Art Of Noise 6/10
Artful Dodger 5/12
Arthur Brown 10/07
Arthur Conley 9/12
Arthur Lyman 3/07
Arthur Rubinstein 1/13
Artists For Haiti 1/13
Ash 4/11
Ashanti 1/06
Ashford & Simpson 8/08
Ashlee Simpson 1/06
Ashton Gardner & Dyke 11/07
Asia 6/11
Asleep At The Wheel 7/11
The Associates 11/06
The Association 2/07
Astrud Gilberto 4/12
ATC 9/12
Athlete 8/11
Atlanta Disco Band 8/11
Atlanta Rhythm Section 2/07
Atlantic Starr 3/08
Atomic Kitten 3/07
Atomic Rooster 2/08
The Audience 7/04
Audioslave 5/09
Aurra 1/11
Automatic Man 6/07
Avenged Sevenfold 9/12
Average White Band 6/07
Avril Lavigne [Hist] 7/11
Axe 11/11
Aztec Camera 3/11
B W Stevenson 3/12
B*Witched [Hist] 6/10
The B-52's 4/12
B.B. King 9/08
B.B.E. 4/04
B.O.B 8/11
Babe Ruth 6/08
Babylon Zoo 11/09
The Babys 3/07
Bachman-Turner Overdrive 10/10
Backstreet Boys 4/10
Backstreet Crawler 6/08
Bad Boys Inc 3/10
Bad Company 9/11
Bad English 5/10
Badfinger 2/12
Badly Drawn Boy 9/11
Baja Marimba Band 1/12
Baker Gurvitz Army 8/09
Bananarama [Hist] 11/08
Band Aid 9/10
Band Of The Black Watch 10/11
The Band Perry 10/11
The Band 8/12
The Bangles 9/12
Bangor Flying Circus 10/11
Bar-Kays 7/08
Barbara Ann Auer 5/12
Barbara Dickson 2/08
Barbara George 12/12
Barbara Mandrell 3/10
Barbara Mason 12/11
Barbi Benton 11/11
Barbra Streisand [Hist] 11/09
Barclay James Harvest 1/09
Bardeux 4/12
Barrabas 11/12
the Barron Knights 3/09
Barry DeVorzon 4/09
Barry Gibb 7/06
Barry Manilow 2/10
Barry McGuire 5/12
Barry White 6/07
Barry Young 4/11
Basement Jaxx 9/11
Basia 3/12
Basshunter 8/11
Bat For Lashes 4/09
Batdorf & Rodney 10/12
Bay City Rollers 5/08
Be Bop Deluxe 1/08
The Beach Boys [Hist] 11/09
Beacon Street Union 10/12
Beastie Boys 8/11
The Beat 11/09
The Beatles [Hist] 3/12
Beau Brummels 2/12
Beautiful South 6/04
Beck 10/10
Bee Gees [Hist] 10/12
Belinda Carlisle 3/12
Bellamy Brothers 7/10
Belle & Sebastian 5/06
The Belle Stars 5/06
the Beloved 5/10
Ben E King 3/10
Ben Watt 12/12
Benny Goodman 9/12
Benny Hill 12/07
Benny Mardones 10/11
Berlin 2/10
Bernadette Peters 1/11
Bernard Wright 10/10
Bernie Leadon/Michael Georgiades 10/10
Bert Kaempfert 9/07
Bertie Higgins 10/12
Beth Orton 1/09
Bette Midler 2/07
Better Than Ezra 2/12
Betty Wright 8/10
Bettye Swann 4/12
Beverley Knight 5/06
Beverley Sills 8/11
Beyonce 3/12
The Biddu Orchestra 1/13
Biff Rose 11/12
Biffy Clyro 8/11
Big Audio Dynamite 6/10
Big Brother & The Holding Company 5/07
Big Brovaz 4/06
Big Country 3/08
Big Sean 9/11
Bill & Gloria Gaither [Hist] 3/12
Bill Black's Combo 5/10
Bill Bruford 8/12
Bill Cosby 2/04
Bill Dana / Jose Jimenez 11/11
Bill Haley & His Comets 12/06
Bill Summers & Summers Heat 1/11
Bill Withers 9/08
Bill Wyman 8/11
Billie 7/04
Billie Holiday 12/11
Billie Piper [Hist] 12/12
Billie Ray Martin 3/04
Billy Bragg 6/12
Billy Cobham 10/08
Billy Connolly 11/07
Billy Eckstine 3/12
Billy Fury 6/07
Billy Idol 1/10
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas 11/06
Billy Joe Royal 3/11
Billy Joel [Hist] 4/10
Billy Ocean 12/07
Billy Paul 8/08
Billy Preston 3/08
Billy Ray Cyrus 3/11
Billy Sans 2/12
Billy Squier 7/07
Billy Swan 3/12
Billy Thorpe 4/07
Billy Vaughn 4/09
Billy Vera 12/10
Billy Ward & His Dominoes 4/11
Billy Williams 5/11
Bing Crosby [Hist] 11/08
Bionic Boogie 7/10
BJ Thomas 8/08
Bjork 3/12
Black Box 3/04
Black Crowes 9/11
Black Eyed Peas [Hist] 8/11
The Black Keys 11/12
Black Oak Arkansas 12/06
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 5/12
Black Sabbath 8/11
Blackbyrds 8/08
Blackfoot 1/10
Blackjack 4/09
Blackmore's Night 11/07
Blackstreet [Hist] 3/12
reat great with pics....
