Following the death of GlennFrey on Jan. 18, fans celebrated his memory with his music. His catalog of work, solo and with the Eagles, surged in popularity in the latest chart tracking week and entered numerous Billboard tallies.
501
The Eagles’ collection of albums notches a huge sales gain: 501 percent in the week ending Jan. 21, according to Nielsen Music (rising to 52,000 sold), led by Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (21,000; up 479 percent).
3,000,000
Frey’s solo music logged nearly 3 million on-demand audio and video streams for the week — up by 3,265 percent. His 1985 No. 2 Billboard Hot 100 hit “You Belong to the City” gathered most of those clicks: 616,000.
82
Frey’s hits album Solo Collection, released in 1995, debuts on the Billboard 200 at No. 82 (7,000 equivalent-album units). It is Frey’s first visit to the chart since 2012 and his highest-ranking set since 1988.