Frank Sinatra Reaches A Special Milestone In One Of His Music's Busiest Weeks In Memory

Forbes

05-05-2025

Frank Sinatra returns to Billboard's jazz charts as Ultimate Sinatra hits No. 1 and reaches 350 ... More weeks, marking a major milestone for the legendary musician. Publicity Photo of Frank Sinatra holding a gun as John Baron in the 1954 film Suddenly.
Frank Sinatra appears on two Billboard charts this week, which is a fairly typical performance for the legendary crooner. He places multiple collections on both the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums rankings, which list the most consumed titles in those styles — with one being slightly more specific than the other. The late singer sees several projects reappear on the two rosters following a deluge of Record Store Day releases from jazz greats, and he manages to reach a special milestone on both tallies with different offerings.
Sinatra sits highest on the two rankings with Ultimate Sinatra, one of his most successful compilations. The set bolts to No. 2 on the Jazz Albums chart and shoots from No. 3 to No. 1 on the Traditional Jazz Albums ranking, soaring to the summit once again on the more traditional-leaning list.
Ultimate Sinatra hits 350 weeks on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart. It is the musician's first title to make it to that impressive sum.
Ultimate Sinatra is actually Sinatra's only collection to pass 300 weeks on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart. Just four titles in his discography have passed triple-digit frames, including Nothing but the Best (227 weeks), Sinatra: Duets: Twentieth Anniversary (Deluxe Edition) (118 weeks), and Ultimate Sinatra: The Centennial Collection (112 weeks). That two versions of Ultimate Sinatra appear on the same list, and not far apart from one another, speaks to the incredible level of consumption his work is still enjoying.
At the same time that Ultimate Sinatra reaches 350 weeks on the Traditional Jazz Albums list, Sinatra: Duets: Twentieth Anniversary (Deluxe Edition) also hits a milestone. That set is now up to 150 weeks on the Jazz Albums list. That's not a first for the celebrated musician on the tally, though he hasn't seen many of his releases make it to that number.
Four of Sinatra's works have spent at least 150 weeks on the Jazz Albums list. The lineup is similar to the most successful on the traditional roster, as it includes Ultimate Sinatra (315 weeks), Nothing but the Best (251), and Ultimate Sinatra: The Centennial Collection (169), which have all hit that notable figure.
Three of Sinatra's four charting albums in America return to these jazz lists, with Ultimate Sinatra being the only one that doesn't need to. Nothing but the Best and Ultimate Sinatra: The Centennial Collection both bound back onto both the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums rankings, while Sinatra: Duets: Twentieth Anniversary (Deluxe Edition) only manages to reappear on the slightly longer Jazz Albums roster.