Dave Matthews’ Only Solo Album Jumps 87,000% In Sales

Dave Matthews is finest often called the frontman of the Dave Matthews Band—clearly—which makes use of his title. The group continues to be and all the time has been the main target for the musician, however there was a time when he tried his hand at a solo profession. He solely launched one album on his personal, and whereas it seemingly disappeared from reminiscence for a lot of, its efficiency on the charts in America this week suggests that there’s nonetheless a crowd that loves the challenge.

Some Devil, Matthews’ lone solo album, arrives on two Billboard charts this week. It’s not new—although it’s to one in all these rankings—but it surely was lately re-released on vinyl, which clearly spurred loads of followers to choose up a duplicate of the decades-old title.

On this week’s Top Album Sales chart, Some Devil returns at No. 8. It as soon as climbed as excessive as No. 2 throughout its heyday, and it’s spent 23 frames someplace on the listing of the bestselling full-lengths and EPs within the nation.

In the previous monitoring week, Some Devil bought 6,147 copies, based on Luminate. That’s a large determine for practically any album within the U.S. at a time when so many artists depend on streaming success to propel them up the charts. That quantity is made much more spectacular when it’s in comparison with how the set bought the body prior.

The week earlier than the vinyl launch of Some Devil started impacting the charts, it solely bought seven copies. That signifies that from one body to the subsequent, Matthews’ solo assortment’s gross sales determine grew by 87,714%.

Some Devil bought so properly on vinyl that it debuts on one other, extra particular tally as properly this week. Matthews’ solely solo providing opens at No. 4 on the Vinyl Albums chart, a tally that’s particular to the format. The singer-songwriter debuts behind new releases from Ye and Ty Dolla $ign and Dua Lipa. Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is down barely to the runner-up rung.

Matthews launched Some Devil in September 2003. The album practically conquered the Billboard 200, however missed out on ruling by one area. It was a good industrial success, successful the musician a Grammy—his solely prize on his personal—for the only “Gravedigger,” which was named the Best Rock Song.

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