Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’ Reissue Sparks Top 10 Chart Return

Amy Winehouse’s Grammy-winning Back to Black album affects the leading 10 of 4 Signboard charts, following its 20th-anniversary reissue. The album returns to the leading 10 of Indie Store Album Sales (No. 3), Vinyl Albums (No. 4), Top Album Sales (No. 7) and Top R&B Albums (No. 7) (all charts dated Nov. 7). The task likewise leaps back onto the total all-genre Billboard 200 at No. 42.

Back to Black peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2008, following its huge night at that year’s Grammy Awards, where Winehouse won record of the year, tune of the year, finest female pop singing efficiency (for the album’s “Rehab”), finest brand-new artist and finest pop singing album (for Back to Black.

For its 20th anniversary, the album was reissued in a range of alternatives on Oct. 23, consisting of a broadened variation with formerly unreleased b-sides, demonstrations and a live performance.

Back to Black marked the 2nd and last studio album from Winehouse before her death in 2011, and spun off the Billboard Hot 100-charting songs “You Know I’m No Good” and the No. 9 hit “Rehab.”

In the tracking week ending Oct. 29, Back to Black made 16,000 comparable album systems (up 185%) in the United States, according to Luminate. Of that figure, 11,000 remained in pure album sales (up 885%), with the rest driven by streaming activity and track sales. (All variations of the album, old and brand-new, are integrated for tracking and charting functions.)

Back to Black is amongst 7 launchings or reentries in the leading 10 of the most recent Top Album Sales chart. The greatest launching of the week comes from Anderson.Paak and Cordae’s collective job Heavy Is the Crown (No. 2), while My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade leaps 29-1 following its own 20th anniversary reissue.

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