Jimmy Buffett’s signature tune “Margaritaville,” amongst his many classics, returns to the Billboard Hot 100 this week, re-entering at No. 38 on the Sept. 16-dated rating. It reached No. 8 in July 1977 and had final appeared on the chart dated Aug. 27, 1977.
Meanwhile, Buffett posthumously boasts the week’s top-selling tune with the one, in addition to the top-selling album, Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit(s).
As beforehand reported, the singer-songwriter died Sept. 1 at age 76. As introduced on his web site and social media accounts, “Jimmy passed away on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” the Sept. 2 put up reads. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”
“Margaritaville” contributes to Buffett’s large week on a number of Billboard charts, as followers flocked to his trademark feel-good sound following his loss of life. In the Sept. 1-7 monitoring week, his tune catalog surged by 1,476% to 78.6 million official on-demand streams and seven,022% to 103,000 paid downloads within the U.S., in accordance to Luminate. His albums collectively soared by 2,378% to 109,000 equal album items in that span. Further, his all-format radio airplay viewers bounded by 338% to 21.2 million.
‘Margaritaville’ & More on Song Charts
“Margaritaville” gained by 720% to 8.1 million streams; 954% to 1.9 million in airplay viewers amongst Hot 100-reporting stations; and eight,415% to 16,000 offered within the monitoring week. It re-enters as Buffett’s first No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart and at No. 41 on Streaming Songs. It’s additionally No. 1 on Country Digital Song Sales and Rock Digital Song Sales and No. 10 on Rock Streaming Songs and No. 17 on Country Streaming Songs.
Before this week, Buffett final charted on the Hot 100 dated Oct. 8, 2011, as featured on Zac Brown Band’s No. 18-peaking “Knee Deep,” the latest of 13 songs, together with seven prime 40 hits, that he despatched onto the survey throughout his lifetime.
Along with its Hot 100 re-entry, “Margaritaville” locations at No. 7 on Hot Rock Songs, No. 9 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and No. 14 on Hot Country Songs, all of which share the Hot 100’s multimetric methodology.
Alan Jackson and Buffett’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” additionally re-enters Hot Country Songs, at No. 22, with 6.1 million streams (up 346%), 2.3 million in airplay viewers (up 66%) and seven,000 offered (up 3,543%). The tune dominated the chart for eight weeks in 2003.
Plus, Buffett’s “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” from 1978, hits Hot Rock Songs at No. 19 and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs at No. 22, with 4.5 million streams (up 1,454%), 554,000 in radio attain (up from a nominal sum) and 6,000 offered (up 5,402%).
With 12 Buffett titles on the newest Digital Song Sales chart, right here’s a recap:
‘Greatest Hit(s)’ & ‘Ballads’ on Album Charts
On the Billboard 200, Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit(s), that includes “Margaritaville” (as referenced within the set’s wry title), re-enters at No. 4, up 2,106% to 52,000 equal album items Sept. 1-7, in accordance to Luminate. Released in 1985, the album beforehand peaked at No. 100 that yr. The assortment additionally holds the No. 2 spot on Top Country Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Americana/Folk Albums. With 15,000 copies offered, it re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 1, rating because the week’s top-selling album amongst all genres.
Additionally, Boats Beaches Bars & Ballads, Buffett’s best-of launch from 1992 that features rarities and beforehand unreleased songs, re-enters the Billboard 200 at a brand new No. 53 excessive, with 15,000 items (up 4,750%). It’s additionally No. 11 on Top Rock Albums and No. 15 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums.
“I’m glad I got 50 years of albums in me,” the Billboard alum mused in 2020. “This thing’s been an absolute joy. We’ve figured out ways to keep it going. I think it’s really about learning to be a performer before anything else and always trying to better yourself on stage. That’s the key, that core experience, and what’s kept me going. It’s been a good run.”
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