# I Need an Archive of the Top 100 Each Week During the 1980's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-archive-of-the-top-100-each-week-during-the-1980s/244289 "2004-05-09T14:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-archive-of-the-top-100-each-week-during-the-1980s/244289/1 "2004-05-09T14:30:46Z")
I’ve googled and googled and googled to no avail. I’m trying to find some sort of on-line archive of the top 100 hits during each week of the 1980’s. For example: January 1 - January 7, 1981, these were the top 100 songs: … The closest I’ve come has been a gushing fan site that has lists of contributors’ favorite 100 songs of the 80’s - clearly not what I’m looking for. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-archive-of-the-top-100-each-week-during-the-1980s/244289/2 "2004-05-09T16:49:09Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I’ve googled and googled and googled to no avail. > > I’m trying to find some sort of on-line archive of the top 100 hits during each week of the 1980’s. No such thing exists, SFAIAA. There are books of compiled charts, though. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-archive-of-the-top-100-each-week-during-the-1980s/244289/3 "2004-05-09T16:53:01Z")
[Billboard Magazine](http://www.billboard.com/bb/index.jsp) is the basic source for the various top 100 charts in the U.S. A quick look at their online site shows that they must have this information at hand, because they do a Top 100 Rewind for 1, 5, 10, and 15 years ago. So [this page](http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/ago/rewind.jsp?REWIND_YEAR=15&which=hot100) has the Hot 100 for May 13, 1989. You have to subscribe to get the good info and archives, but if you need a decade’s worth of the Top 100 it may be worth it to you. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-archive-of-the-top-100-each-week-during-the-1980s/244289/4 "2004-05-09T17:07:20Z")
[Billboard](http://www.billboard.com) It ain’t cheap, though… Basically, that’s pretty valuable information, and they charge for it… ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-archive-of-the-top-100-each-week-during-the-1980s/244289/5 "2004-05-10T07:27:45Z")
Apple’s iTunes Music Store has the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Top Country, and Billboard Top R&B listings for every year from 1946 to the present. It’s not a week-by-week breakdown, but since downloading [iTunes](http://www.apple.com/itunes/) is free, it may be a more affordable alternative.