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Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’ Returns to Four Chart Top 10s
Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black returned to the top 10 on four US charts after a 20th-anniversary reissue.
The late singer’s second and final studio album re-entered the top 10 on charts for independent-store sales, vinyl, overall album sales and R&B albums.
It also returned to the all-genre Billboard 200 at No.
42, after reaching No.
2 in 2008.
The reissue came out on October 23 in several formats, including an expanded edition with previously unreleased B-sides, demos and a live concert.
In the tracking week ending October 29, the album earned 16,000 equivalent album units in the United States, up 185% from the prior period.
Pure album sales made up 11,000 of those units, rising 885%, with the rest from streaming and track sales.
The renewed chart performance followed the anniversary release, while the album’s versions are combined for chart tracking.
Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black returned to the top 10 of four Billboard charts after its 20th-anniversary reissue.
On charts dated Nov. 7, it ranked No. 3 on Indie Store Album Sales, No. 4 on Vinyl Albums, and No. 7 on both Top Album Sales and Top R&B Albums.
The album also re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 42.
For the tracking week ending Oct. 29, it earned 16,000 equivalent album units in the United States, up 185% from the previous week.
The reissue was released in several formats on Oct. 23, including an expanded edition with previously unreleased material.
- Who
- Amy Winehouse’s album Back to Black.
- What
- The album returned to the top 10 of four Billboard charts and re-entered the Billboard 200.
- When
- The charts are dated Nov. 7, following a reissue released Oct. 23.
- Where
- United States Billboard charts.
- Why
- The album was reissued for its 20th anniversary.
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Back to Black was reissued in several formats for its 20th anniversary.
The album earned 16,000 equivalent album units in the United States.
The album returned to the top 10 of four Billboard charts and re-entered the Billboard 200.
- Top 10 chart positions
- No. 3 Indie Store Album Sales; No. 4 Vinyl Albums; No. 7 Top Album Sales and Top R&B Albums
- Billboard 200 position
- No. 42
- Equivalent album units
- 16,000 in the United States, up 185%
- Pure album sales
- 11,000, up 885%
- Reissue date
- Oct. 23, for the album’s 20th anniversary