Bob Dylan's Album Soars To A New All-Time Peak
Bob Dylan's The Essential hits a new peak on the Official Album Downloads chart in the U.K., soaring ... More to No. 63 after a slow-burning return. NEW YORK - JANUARY 13-15: Bob Dylan plays a Fender Jazz bass with the harmonica around his neck while recording his album 'Bringing It All Back Home' on January 13-15, 1965 in Columbia's Studio A in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael)
Bob Dylan's music continues to reach a massive audience around the world, even more than half a century after he first rose to prominence. His catalog is filled with some of the most successful and critically-acclaimed rock tracks of all time, and he remains one of the most important singer-songwriters ever. From time to time, fans rush back to some of his biggest hits and most popular albums, turning them into chart wins once again. This frame, the folk hero sees one of his years-old projects rise to a special new peak.
Dylan appears on only one chart at the moment in the United Kingdom. His compilation The Essential can be found on the Official Album Downloads tally, where it once again ranks among the most downloaded projects in the nation. This frame, the title rockets from No. 98 to No. 63. That loftier position now stands as the collection's all-time high point on this specific roster.
The Essential has spent just three weeks on the Official Album Downloads chart. It debuted on the tally in late January at No. 88. Just days later, it disappeared entirely. It took several months — until mid-May — for it to return, and even then it just barely managed to break back in last time around.
Two different versions of The Essential have appeared on the Official Albums chart, the most important and closely-watched ranking for full-lengths and EPs in the U.K. The set originally debuted in June 2001 and climbed to No. 9, giving Dylan yet another top 10 success. A slightly altered take arrived on the same tally in the summer of 2013. That project was far less successful, holding on for only four frames and peaking at No. 97.
The Essential is one of several Dylan efforts to reach the Official Album Downloads chart recently. In the same week that the compilation debuted, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and Highway 61 Revisited also arrived on the same downloads-only ranking. The surge in consumption of his work was thanks to the musician's biopic A Complete Unknown, which stars Timothée Chalamet as the rocker.
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