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Why this album mattered
The B-52's (1979) is a The B-52s album in the RetroVerse archive. It reached #59 and charted for 74 weeks.
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Aug 11, 1979#141
A chart re-entry — it fell off, then found its way back. Entered at #141, exploded upward for 11 weeks to reach #65 and fell quickly across 19 weeks on the chart. Returned after 6 weeks off the chart at #149, reaching #59 over 55 more weeks. 74 total weeks on chart.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
