BURBANK, CA - JUNE 4: Rock and roll musician Elvis Presley backstage at the Milton Berle Show in ... [+]
Even though he’s been gone for many years, Elvis Presley remains incredibly popular. Fans of the legendary rock superstar still want to listen to his music on repeat, and they are eager to hear anything new from the singer. Now, the King has returned to one Billboard chart as people continue to press play and buy his music.
Presley debuts his compilation Elvis’ Golden Records on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart this week. The title appears in last place on the ranking of the most popular country full-lengths in the U.S., at No. 50, but it is new to the tally this time around, giving the rocker another posthumous win.
Elvis’ Golden Records marks Presley’s seventy-sixth title to make it to the Top Country Albums chart. That sum includes 38 top 10-charters–exactly half of all of his releases that have appeared on the tally. Presley has reached the No. 1 spot seven times.
This week, Presley also scores his first new placement on the tally in nearly five years. The last time Presley debuted a project on the country-only roster was back in 2019. That year, he sent The Best Of The '68 Comeback Special to No. 9.
It’s not clear exactly how well Elvis’ Golden Records performed in the past tracking week in order to appear on the Top Country Albums chart. The set doesn’t also appear on the Top Album Sales chart or the Billboard 200, so it earned fewer units than necessary to reach either list. That means that Presley’s compilation sold under 3,650 pure copies and shifted fewer than 8,135 equivalent copies–the numbers managed by the lowest-ranking titles on both lists, respectively.
Impressively, Presley claims three spots on the Top Country Albums chart, and Elvis’ Golden Records is the lowest-ranking of the bunch. The singer’s The Classic Christmas Album returns to the tally at No. 41 as fans press play on some of his holiday classics once again. Down to No. 47 this frame is Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits.
