In the week after Jimmy Buffett died of skin cancer, sales of the legendary songwriter’s tracks collectively rose over 7000%, according to to data from Luminate published by Billboard.
For the tracking week dated Sept. 1 through Sept. 7 — which began on the day Buffett passed away at age 76 — paid downloads hit 103,000 in the US, according to Luminate, buoyed by the singer’s famed “Margaritaville” track.
“Come Monday,” which debuted in 1974, ranked No. 3 after 14,000 sales, and “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” landed in the sixth spot with 7,000 sales, per Billboard. “Margaritaville” streams advanced 720%, to 8.1 million, for the week as fans played the song in tribute to the musician, whose family shared that “he lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”The surge in listens debuted “Margaritaville” at No. 41 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — which ranks based on physical and digital sales, online streaming and radio play — nearly five decades after it was first released.
Buffett also posthumously broke his own record on the Greatest Hits & Ballads Album Charts, re-entering the list at No. 4 with “Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit,” which had previously peaked at No. 100 when it was released in 1985. Prior to his death, Buffett was gearing up for the release of a new album, “Songs You Don’t Know by Heart.”
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