Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' Wins A Big Sales Gain And Flies Up The Charts

Forbes

21-04-2025

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon jumps to No. 24 on Top Album Sales chart and returns to the ... More Vinyl Albums list, showing impressive longevity decades on. LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 1968: Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd pose for a portrait shrouded in pink in August of 1968 in Los Angeles. (L-R) Nick Mason, Dave Gilmour, Rick Wright (center front), Roger Waters. (Photo by Michael)
Decades after its release, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon refuses to go away. The legendary rock album is one of the most successful titles in American music history, and this week, it proves — once again, as if it needed to — that its legacy is far from done expanding. The blockbuster collection is not only still being purchased, it's climbing the charts in the United States in a way that most current releases would envy.
The Dark Side of the Moon makes an impressive jump on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart this frame. The strong seller climbs from No. 40 to No. 24, from just inside the top 40 to right in the middle of the 50-spot roster, which focuses solely on pure purchases. Unlike the Billboard 200, which factors in streams and track downloads, this tally is a clearer snapshot of what Americans are still actively buying.
Helping the album rocket up the ranking this week is a sizable jump in actual sales. According to Luminate, The Dark Side of the Moon sold just under 3,000 copies in the U.S. during the latest tracking frame. That figure is up more than 15% from the previous period, with several hundred additional fans choosing to purchase the project — many of whom likely opted for a physical copy.
It's not hard to guess which format at least a large portion of those sales were on. The Dark Side of the Moon also makes its way back to the Vinyl Albums chart this week, reentering the ranking at No. 15. The 25-spot tally tracks the most popular vinyl LPs in the U.S. each frame, and Pink Floyd's masterpiece is not only one of three comebacks on the list, it's the highest-ranking return of the bunch.
The rocking set beats out returning titles like Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii and Bob Marley and the Wailers' iconic Legend compilation, which breaks back in at No. 25 this time around.
Despite its rise in sales and its continued popularity, The Dark Side of the Moon doesn't appear on any of Billboard's genre-specific rankings this week. That roundup includes rosters like the Top Rock & Alternative Albums list, which regularly hosts older releases from major names. This time, though, there's no room for Pink Floyd, even though the band's project is currently one of the top-selling albums in the U.S.
It's a bit surprising that the title doesn't make the cut among rock and alternative albums, especially when so many classic records do. But when the ranking accounts for total consumption — blending streams, downloads, and purchases — The Dark Side of the Moon simply doesn't compete in the same way.