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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ classic album is up 25,000% in sales
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ classic album is up 25,000% in sales

Tom Petty was a salesman alive and remains one, even years after his death. The singer and songwriter is at it again Panel charts with one of his older collections, which is exploding in popularity after it was recently relaunched.

The musician’s project from 1982 Long after dark returns to one Panel count this frame. The set also debuts in four other charts, thanks to a huge amount of sales – one that is significantly higher than the previous week.

During the last week of follow-up, Long after dark sold another 10,000 copies in the United States, according to Luminate. In the previous period, the title was not bought by even 100 people from the same country.

A week before Long after dark was reissued, becoming a collection for longtime Petty fans, the title sold less than 50 copies. That means that from one tracking frame to the next, Petty’s decades-old studio effort has seen its total sales jump a little more than 25,000 percent.

Long after dark has recently been re-released as a deluxe edition, complete with previously unreleased material and other special goodies and content Petty fans are sure to enjoy. These additions made the title a must-have and was a very strong seller among a large audience.

Petty’s project debuts in the top 10 on a pair of Panel graphics, due to re-editing. Long after dark Coincidentally opens at number 6 on both the vinyl album chart and the best selling album. The title marks the rocker’s eighth project to reach the highest level on the vinyl-only chart and the lucky thirteenth on the chart that tracks the best-selling albums and EPs of any style or format.

Long after dark doesn’t fare as well on two rock charts, but still manages to debut, earning Petty and his Heartbreakers another win—and another posthumous victory for himself. The title is new at #14 on Top Rock Albums and #19 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums.

The same effort returns to the Billboard 200, the all-encompassing ranking of the most consumed albums in the country. Long after dark re-enters that race at No. 106 with 11,400 equivalent units traded, almost all of which were actual purchases.