As the world of Rock music mourn the sudden death of Eddie Van Halen on October 6, the band he co-founded, Van Halen, just saw its catalog of albums and songs post increased by 6,198% sales in the U.S. that same day.
Reports on initial sales from Nielsen Music/MRC Data reveals that, the band’s collected albums and songs sold 40,000 copies on October 6- up to 6,198% increment compared to just under 1,000 sold on October 5.
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A look at the band’s album sales shows the catalog sold 9,000 copies on October 6, up by 5,835% with the top-selling album on October 6 been their self-titled 1978 debut album which sold 2,000 copies.
In terms of songs, the group sold 31,000 tracks on October 6- up to 6,317% increment compared to less than 1,000 sold on October 5.
The top 10 biggest-selling songs on October 6 were: “Jump” (3,000), “Panama” (2,000), “Eruption” (2,000), “Runnin’ With the Devil” (2,000), “You Really Got Me” (2,000), “Dance the Night Away” (1,000), “Why Can’t This Be Love” (1,000), “Hot for Teacher” (1,000), “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” (1,000) and “Jamie’s Cryin’” (1,000). (Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.)
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“Jump” was Van Halen’s only No. 1 hit, among 16 top 40 hits, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending five weeks at top of the list in 1984.
It’s expected that Van Halen may impact a number of Billboard’s charts (dated Oct. 17) next week.
Source: ghgossip.com
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