Portugal Charts Archive

[jcguzman]

That's correct.I was surprised to see that.
If that is no problem i'll post some here on this thread.


It would be fantastic really.

Thanks in advance

[francisplaiy]

26/10/1980
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01(01) EARTH/FIRE - WEEKEND
02(04) BLONDIE - CALL ME
03(02) MARCO PAULO - EU TENHO DIOS AMORES
04(03) LIPPS INC - FUNKYTOWN
05(06) MARTHA/MUFFINS - ECHO BEACH
06(05) ABBA - THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
07(---) RUI VELOSO - CHICO FININHO
08(10) PETER GABRIEL - GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS
09(07) HERMAN JOSE - CANCAO DO BEIJINHO
10(09) QUEEN - PLAY THE GAME


TOP 10 ALBUMS
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01(01) RUI VELOSO - AR DE ROCK
02(02) PETER GABRIEL - PETER GABRIEL 3
03(03) JOSE CID - OS GRANDES,GRANDES EXITOS
04(04) QUEEN - THE GAME
05(09) DIANA ROSS - DIANA
06(---) LIPPS INC - MOUTH TO MOUTH
07(10) ROLLING STONES - EMOTIONAL RESCUE
08(07) VARIOUS - HOT STARS
09(RE) MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL
10(---) GENESIS - DUKE

[francisplaiy]

This one was posted in Billboard magazine of 29/07/1978.


29/07/1978
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01 ED COSTA - MY LIFE
02 SERGIO/MADI - CRY TO ME
03 IZHAR COHEN/ALPHA BETA - A BA NI BI
04 KATE BUSH - WUTHERING HEIGHTS
05 LINDA DE SOUZA - UN PORTUGUES
06 BACCARA - PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS
07 QUEEN - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
08 ART SULLIVAN - TU MINHA MAE
09 JOSE VELEZ - BAILEMOS UN VALS
10 ABBA - TAKE A CHANGE ON ME


TOP 10 ALBUMS
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01 KATE BUSH - THE KICK INSIDE
02 SOUNDTRACK CASARAO
03 SOUNDTRACK - SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
04 QUEEN - NEWS OF THE WORLD
05 SPACE - DELIVERANCE
06 WINGS - LONDON TOWN
07 ABBA - THE ALBUM
08 SANTA ESMERALDA - THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
09 SERGIO GODINHO - PANO CRU
10 JOHN WILLIAMS - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

[francisplaiy]

This Singles Top 10 was posted in Billboard magazine of 21/01/1978.



21/01/1978
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01 PAULO ALEXANDRE - VERDE VINHO
02 DANNY MIRROR - I REMEMBER ELVIS PRESLEY
03 BONEY M - MA BAKER
04 CAFE CREME - UNLIMITED CREATIONS
05 CLARISSE/TO - NINGUEM TAMBEM SONHA
06 JOSE CID - JUNTO A LAREIRA
07 COCKTAIL - O QUE PASSOU PASSOU
08 JOSE CID - TIA ANITA
09 QUEEN - FIRST EP
10 TV SERIES - MARCO

[francisplaiy]

There are some charts in Bilboard 79 and 78.

That's correct.I was surprised to see that.
If that is no problem i'll post some here on this thread.

And not only charts from Portugal.
I've being checking the 60's now and there are charts to be seen from Denmark,Sweden,Italy,Spain,France.
Amazing stuff.

[jcguzman]

Its really amazing.Hits of the world from the 60s and 70s is awesome specially considering that some countries listed there were deleted from Billboard later on..

[MJDangerous]

Truly shocked to see that 'Off The Wall' was a top 10 album over a year after its release in Portugal

[HUR]

Truly shocked to see that 'Off The Wall' was a top 10 album over a year after its release in Portugal

But they printed "The Wall", so maybe it was Pink Floyd.

Great that Queen's First Ep charted at #10. The only country where I knew it had charted was UK (#17 in 1977), so this means that it did better in portugal than in any other country.

[jcguzman]

MJ.Do you have an estimation of how many copies a huge album could sell in Portugal between 1978 and 1980.

I am interested in Spirits Having Flown by the Bee Gees which spent more than 7 months in the top 10.

Besides do you have figures for Off the Wall and Bad in Portugal.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

[MJDangerous]

Truly shocked to see that 'Off The Wall' was a top 10 album over a year after its release in Portugal

But they printed "The Wall", so maybe it was Pink Floyd.

Great that Queen's First Ep charted at #10. The only country where I knew it had charted was UK (#17 in 1977), so this means that it did better in portugal than in any other country.

It can't have been Pink Floyd considering that when Off The Wall was at #4 The Wall was charted too

MJ.Do you have an estimation of how many copies a huge album could sell in Portugal between 1978 and 1980.

I am interested in Spirits Having Flown by the Bee Gees which spent more than 7 months in the top 10.

Besides do you have figures for Off the Wall and Bad in Portugal.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

I really don't know about OTW and Bad but the best selling albums of each year were selling 100k give or take at the time. Looking at how massive albums like Saturday Night Fever were, I wouldn't be surprised if a such album sold 150-200k back at the time.

[jcguzman]

Thanks MJ for the feedback.

Do you think with the info taken from Billboard 78 and 79 that Saturday Night Fever and Spirits sold more than 37.200.000 and 14.300.000 estimated by you in your excelent breakdown of best selling albums.

Spirits was a monster selling many copies in the first 10 weeks.For instance in New Zealand it was number 1 for only 4 weeks and spent barely 20 weeks in the charts.In spite of that the album was the 4th best seller of the year since Rianz charts were based on sales and no points.In Greece it sold 30.000 copies in just 8 weeks.

Thanks MJ for your time.

[HUR]

MJDangerous, do you know how much "Greatest Hits 2" by Queen has sold?. It was certified 4 times platinum while still selling in 1992. Maybe close to 200,000 copies by the end of that year. What about catalog sales?. Do you think that this album can have sold between 250,000 and 300,000 copies, overall?.

[francisplaiy]

But they printed "The Wall", so maybe it was Pink Floyd.


It was for sure 'OFF THE WALL' from Michael Jackson.
I've made the correction.

[Mikerocha]

for those interested last june i bought the BLITZ portugal magazine and on the 'top singles & albums 20 years ago' showed madonna doing the double, both 'like a prayer' single and album at the top of the charts...

strange to see that back in june 1989 'like a prayer' was still number 1 single :-?

There isn't any database with old charts but people that have old portuguese magazines from the 80's and 90's can find the charts there... i have over 1.000 magazines saved but i get headache just staring

[babyboy]

It's hard to find old charts..

Someone know anything about Spice Girls? and solo works?

I just find :
#1 Spice
#3 Spice World
#17 Forever
#21 A Girl Like Me (Emma)

[borderwolf]

for those interested last june i bought the BLITZ portugal magazine and on the 'top singles & albums 20 years ago' showed madonna doing the double, both 'like a prayer' single and album at the top of the charts...

Please, can you post those charts?

[Passing_Stranger]

Hi, Mikerocha, maybe you can post some Portugal charts from the 80's when you have some spare time? I'm sure lots of people would be very grateful to you (incl. me, of course)!

[TiagoRodrigues]

for those interested last june i bought the BLITZ portugal magazine and on the 'top singles & albums 20 years ago' showed madonna doing the double, both 'like a prayer' single and album at the top of the charts...

strange to see that back in june 1989 'like a prayer' was still number 1 single :-?

There isn't any database with old charts but people that have old portuguese magazines from the 80's and 90's can find the charts there... i have over 1.000 magazines saved but i get headache just staring

i also remember seeing one of blitz magazines...and Cherish was #4...don't know if it was it's peak or not though...but it WAS a top 5 hit

[sndr32]

I see Diana Ross at 5 with Diana from a chart in 1980 in an earlier reply, how has Diana Ross performed in the Porteguese Charts?

[francisplaiy]

for those interested last june i bought the BLITZ portugal magazine and on the 'top singles & albums 20 years ago' showed madonna doing the double, both 'like a prayer' single and album at the top of the charts...

Please, can you post those charts?

That would be fantastic if he could post those charts.
Maybe i can give a little impuls with another chart i found from end 1980.



30/11/1980
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01(01) EARTH/FIRE - WEEKEND
02(07) ABBA - THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
03(02) RUI VELOSO - CHICO FININHO
04(05) PETER GABRIEL - GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS
05(03) BLONDIE - CALL ME
06(06) CLIFF RICHARD - DREAMIN
07(08) MARCO PAULO - EU TENHO DIOS AMORES
08(04) LIPPS INC - FUNKYTOWN
09(09) FEVERS - A MEINHA DOS MEUS SONHOS
10(RE) MARTHA/MUFFINS - ECHO BEACH


TOP 10 ALBUMS
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01(---) VARIOUS - OS SUPER 20
02(---) POLICE - ZENYATTA MONDATTA
03(02) PETER GABRIEL - PETER GABRIEL 3
04(---) AMALIA RODRIGUES - EU GOSTAVA DE SER QUEM ERA
05(01) RUI VELOSO - AR DE ROCK
06(04) VARIOUS - HAPPY ROCK
07(03) AC/DC - HIGHWAY TO HELL
08(---) SOUNDTRACK - CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC
09(09) QUEEN - THE GAME
10(08) FISHER Z - GOING DEAF FOR A LIVING