Portugal Charts Archive

[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

[freeme]

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_Strang]

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

[borderwolf]

Thanks, francisplaiy, as always!!!

[francisplaiy]

And a few from 1977.



08/01/1977
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01 ABBA - DANCING QUEEN
02 MORT SHUMAN - SORROW
03 ROMAO FELIX - PARAFUSO EM LISBOA
04 ELTON JOHN/KIKI DEE - DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART
05 TV THEME - SANDOKAN
06 TINA CHARLES - I LOVE TO LOVE
07 BOB DYLAN - HURRICANE
08 JOE DOLAN - LADY LAURA
09 ART SULLIVAN - DONNE DONNE MOI
10 MICKY - BYE BYE FRAULEIN


TOP 10 ALBUMS
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01 VARIOUS - 16 SUPER EXITOS
02 TRIUMVIRAT - OLD LOVES DIE HARD
03 BEATLES - ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
04 DONNA SUMMER - A LOVE TRILOGY
05 NEIL DIAMOND - JONATHAN LIVINGSTONE SEAGULL
06 MANFRED MANN'S EARTHBAND - THE ROARING SILENCE
07 NEIL DIAMOND - BEAUTIFUL NOISE
08 JAMES LAST - NON STOP DANCING 76(2)
09 BOB DYLAN - DESIRE
10 DONNA SUMMER - LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY

[francisplaiy]

15/01/1977
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01(04) ELTON JOHN/KIKI DEE - DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART
02(02) MORT SHUMAN - SORROW
03(05) TV THEME - SANDOKAN
04(---) FILM THEME - BOBBY
05(01) ABBA - DANCING QUEEN
06(03) ROMAO FELIX - PARAFUSO EM LISBOA
07(---) ERIC CARMEN - ALL BY MYSELF
08(06) TINA CHARLES - I LOVE TO LOVE
09(---) GREEN WINDOWS - SO EU SEI MEU AMOR
10(---) JUAN PARDO - RECUERDOS

TOP 10 ALBUMS
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01(01) VARIOUS - 16 SUPER EXITOS
02(---) REI HERMANO DA CAMARA - JESUS
03(03) BEATLES - ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
04(---) SANTANA - AMIGOS
05(09) BOB DYLAN - DESIRE
06(04) DONNA SUMMER - A LOVE TRILOGY
07(02) TRIUMVIRAT - OLD LOVES DIE HARD
08(---) AMALIA RODRIGUES - AMALIA NU LUSO
09(07) NEIL DIAMOND - BEAUTIFUL NOISE
10(---) ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION

[francisplaiy]

19/02/1977
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01 GEMINI - PENSANDO EM TI
02 TV THEME - SANDOKAN
03 FILM THEME - BOBBY
04 ELTON JOHN/KIKI DEE - DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART
05 ABBA - DANCING QUEEN
06 RITCHIE FAMILY - THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
07 MORT SHUMAN - SORROW
08 ROMAO FELIX - PARAFUSO EM LISBOA
09 ERIC CARMEN - ALL BY MYSELF
10 MARIA JOAO - HEIDI

TOP 10 ALBUMS
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01 VARIOUS - 16 SUPER EXITOS
02 AMALIA RODRIGUES - AMALIA NU LUSO
03 ELTON JOHN - BLUE MOVES
04 TRIUMVIRAT - OLD LOVES DIE HARD
05 BEATLES - ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
06 REI HERMANO DA CAMARA - JESUS
07 DONNA SUMMER - A LOVE TRILOGY
08 NEIL DIAMOND - BEAUTIFUL NOISE
09 BOB DYLAN - DESIRE
10 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE - PETER FRAMPTON

[francisplaiy]

26/02/1977 (Singles only)
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01(01) GEMINI - PENSANDO EM TI
02(02) TV THEME - SANDOKAN
03(05) ABBA - DANCING QUEEN
04(03) FILM THEME - BOBBY
05(---) ART SULLIVAN - SUR LE BORD D'UN VIE
06(---) JEANETTE - PORQUE TE VAS
07(---) ROBERT MONTECRISTO - BRASILERO
08(06) RITCHIE FAMILY - THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
09(04) ELTON JOHN/KIKI DEE - DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART
10(08) ROMAO FELIX - PARAFUSO EM LISBOA

[francisplaiy]

16/04/1977
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TOP 10 SINGLES
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01 GEMINI - PENSANDO EM TI
02 AMALIA RODRIGUES - CALDEIRADA
03 JEANETTE - PORQUE TE VAS
04 TV THEME - SANDOKAN
05 ROBERT MONTECRISTO - BRASILERO
06 RITCHIE FAMILY - THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN
07 QUEEN - SOMEBODY TO LOVE
08 NANA MOUSKOURI - QUAND TU CHANTES
09 FILM THEME - BOBBY
10 TINA CHARLES - DANCE LITTLE LADY


TOP 10 ALBUMS
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01 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE - PETER FRAMPTON
02 QUEEN - A DAY AT THE RACES
03 PINK FLOYD - ANIMALS
04 KRAFTWERK - RADIO ACTIVITY
05 RITCHIE FAMILY - ARABIAN NIGHTS
06 MANFRED MANN'S EARTHBAND - THE ROARING SILENCE
07 AMALIA RODRIGUES - AMALIA NU LUSO
08 VARIOUS - 16 SUPER EXITOS
09 ELTON JOHN - BLUE MOVES
10 BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST - OCTOBERON

[Passing_Strang]

I'll do some more

19/1/1982
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Top 10 Singles
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1(1) - Duran Duran "Girls on Film"
2(2) - Grupo de baile "Patchouly"
3(3) - OMD "Souvenir"
4(6) - The Police "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
5(5) - Aneka "Japanese Boy"
6(7) - Imagination "Body Talk"
7(6) - Minhocas "Baile dos passarinhos"
8(-) - The Rolling Stones "Start Me up"
9(9) - Raul Veloso "Um cape e um bagaco"
10(8) - Orfeu "Topo gigio"

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Top 10 Albums
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1(1) - Duran Duran "Duran Duran"
2(4) - The Police "Ghost in the Machine"
3(2) - various "Super Polystar"
4(3) - various "Jackpot"
5(6) - Classix Nouveaux "Night People"
6(7) - Foreigner "4"
7(8) - Jose Alfonso "Fados de coimbra"
8(10) - OMD "Architecture and Morality"
9(-) - AC/DC "For Those About to Rock..."
10(9) - Salada de frutas "Se ca nevasse"

[Passing_Strang]

12/4/1982
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Top 10 Singles
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1(1) - OMD "Souvenir"
2(3) - Olivia Newton-John "Physical"
3(2) - Grupo de baile "Patchouly"
4(-) - Duran Duran "My Own Way"
5(5) - Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure"
6(4) - Susy Paula "O Aretas"
7(11) - Classix Nouveaux "Never Again"
8(6) - Manuela Maura Guedes "Flor sonhada"
9(8) - Marty Balin "Hearts"
10(-) - Salada de frutas "Se ca nevasse"

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Top 10 Albums
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1(1) - ABBA "The Visitors"
2(2) - The Human League "Dare!"
3(3) - The Stranglers "La folie"
4(-) - UHF "Estou de passagem"
5(4) - Rita Lee "Saude"
6(7) - OMD "Architecture & Morality"
7(8) - Foreigner "4"
8(10) - Julio Pereira "Cavaquinho"
9(5) - Olivia Newton-John "Physical"
10(6) - Duran Duran "Duran Duran"

[ian001]

Hello, just wondered if there was any charts in he late 1980's around 1988 and 1989, i'm looking for info or Kylie in Portugal! i have already The Loco-Motion' peak #6 and 'Especailly for you' peak #3, 'I Should Be so Lucky' is missing???

[borderwolf]

I'll do some more

Thanks!