The number of sales and streams of Van Halen’s music have skyrocketed since the October 6th death of Eddie Van Halen.
According to sales reports to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, Van Halen’s collected albums and songs sold 40,000 copies on October 6th, up 6,198% compared to the just under 1,000 copies sold the day before. Digital song sales were up 7,800%, while streams jumped 660%, from just over 1 million on-demand audio streams on Monday to over 7.8 million on Tuesday.
“Jump” led the band’s catalog by both streams and sales, jumping 6,700% in digital sales and 215% in streams. Van Halen’s top 10 biggest-selling songs that day were: “Jump” (3,000), “Panama” (2,000), “Eruption” (2,000), “Runnin’ With the Devil” (2,000), “You Really Got Me” (2,000), “Dance the Night Away” (1,000), “Why Can’t This Be Love” (1,000), “Hot for Teacher” (1,000), “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” (1,000) and “Jamie’s Cryin’” (1,000). (Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.)
Van Halen’s top-selling album on the day of Eddie’s passing was the band’s self-titled 1978 debut which sold 2,000 copies. Meanwhile two of Van Halen’s albums have already returned to the charts. The self-titled debut, which ranks 27th on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time, entered the daily version of the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart at Number 79. The band’s ‘1984‘ album enters the chart at Number 114. The RS 200 ranks the top albums of the week by album units, a number that combines digital and physical album sales, digital song sales, and audio streams using a custom weighting system. The chart is updated daily, with an official version of the chart publishing every Monday.
SOURCE ARTICLES: Rolling Stone’s “‘Van Halen,’ ‘1984’ Return to the Charts as Van Halen Sales Soar 7,600%” & Billboard’s “Van Halen Album & Song Sales Spike by More Than 6,000% After Eddie Van Halen’s Death”