Charting the Charts: Duran Duran's Rio

After release, Rio spent 127 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, 68 weeks in the Cash Box album charts, and a few months on the Rolling Stone album chart.  Here's the week-by-week comparison:

1982
Date	Billboard 200	Cash Box 200	Rolling Stone
June 5	164	169
June 12	154	157
June 19	149	156
June 26	142	139
July 3	132	126
July 10	122	123
July 17	122	120
July 24	122	131
July 31	130	153
Aug 7	165	179
Aug 14	162	189
Aug 21	160
Aug 28	160
Sept 4	155
Sept 11	150
Sept 18	150
Sept 25	151
Oct 2	151
Oct 9	148
Oct 16	144
Oct 23	144
Oct 30	140
Nov 6	137
Nov 13	137
Nov 20	137
Nov 27	137
Dec 4	136
Dec 11	136
Dec 18	127	171
Dec 25*	95	156

* Dec 25: "Hungry Like the Wolf" debuts on Billboard Hot 100 at #77

1983
Date	Billboard 200	Cash Box 200	Rolling Stone
Jan 1	95	156
Jan 8	80	156
Jan 15	66	134
Jan 22	43	85
Jan 29	28	58
Feb 5	22	26
Feb 12	15	20
Feb 19*	12	13
Feb 26	7	10
Mar 5	7	7	24
Mar 12	6	7
Mar 19	6	6	8
Mar 26	6	6
Apr 2**	6	7	8
Apr 9	6	7
Apr 16	6	8	5
Apr 23	6	10
Apr 30	9	9	4
May 7	9	11
May 14	11	17	3
May 21	12	21
May 28	16	23	4
June 4	18	22
June 11	23	23	6
June 18	27	25
June 25	41	28	11
July 2	59	38
July 9	66	43	17
July 16	74	62
July 23	82	64
July 30	88	70
Aug 6	96	70
Aug 13	101	68
Aug 20	99	67
Aug 27	103	71
Sept 3	101	73
Sept 10	107	76
Sept 17	110	82
Sept 24	112	86
Oct 1	116	89
Oct 8	111	111
Oct 15	113	121
Oct 22	125	133
Oct 29	129	132
Nov 5	137	146
Nov 12	135	168
Nov 19	130	184
Nov 26	124	199
Dec 3	136
Dec 10***	132
Dec 17	135
Dec 24	131
Dec 31	131

* Feb 19: Re-release of Duran Duran debuts on Billboard 200 at #179
** Apr 2: "Rio" debuts on Billboard Hot 100 at #58
***Dec 10:  Seven and the Ragged Tiger debuts on Billboard 200 at #30

1984
Date	Billboard 200	Cash Box 200	Rolling Stone
Jan 7	127
Jan 14	123	181
Jan 21	121	177
Jan 28	118	173
Feb 4	122	191
Feb 11	122	198
Feb 18	119	196
Feb 25	121	195
Mar 3	118
Mar 10	114
Mar 17	108
Mar 24	104
Mar 31	101
Apr 7	103
Apr 14	104
Apr 21	109
Apr 28	110
May 5	124
May 12	122
May 19	118
May 26	118
June 2	114
June 9	126
June 16	128
June 23	124
June 30	116
July 7	115
July 14	112
July 21	127
July 28	127
Aug 4	124
Aug 11	121
Aug 18	116
Aug 25	114
Sept 1	115
Sept 8	155
Sept 15	145
Sept 22	147
Sept 29	161
Oct 6	195
Oct 13	189
Oct 20	191
Oct 27	200
Nov 3	194
Nov 10
Nov 17
Nov 24
Dec 1
Dec 8
Dec 15
Dec 22	209

1985
Date	Billboard 200	Cash Box 200	Rolling Stone
Jan 5
Jan 12	209
Jan 19	203
Jan 26	190
Feb 2	188

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