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Forbes
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Rush Charts A New Top 10 Album As Fans Revisit The Early Days Of The Band's Work
Rush's Rush 50 debuts on four U.K. charts, including a No. 5 entry on the Rock & Metal Albums list, ... More giving the band its fifteenth top 10 on the tally. LONDON - 1st JUNE: Bassist Geddy Lee, drummer Neil Peart and guitarist Alex Lifeson from Canadian Progressive rock group Rush posed in London during the Permanent Waves tour of England in June 1980. (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) Rush hasn't been an active band for nearly a decade, but the Canadian rock legends continue to reach generations of fans, and longtime listeners are clearly still paying attention. This week, the group finds itself back on the charts in several territories around the world, thanks to an exciting career retrospective. The aptly-titled Rush 50 celebrates half a century of the group's groundbreaking music, and it's become a big win in the United Kingdom, where the rockers maintain a loyal following. Rush 50 debuts on four charts in the U.K. this time around, and it manages to enter the top 40 on all of them. That's no small shift for a rock act that officially disbanded years ago and hasn't released brand new material in a long time. Among the quartet of tallies the group reaches, one stands out as particularly important. The rock act lands its highest debut on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, where Rush 50 opens at No. 5. The special release ranks as the fourth-highest new arrival on the genre-specific tally this frame. It trails only Cradle of Filth's The Screaming of the Valkyries (No. 1), Big Big Train's Bard (No. 2), and Bloodywood's Nu Delhi (No. 4). Beyond the rock and metal-onlyl ranking, Rush 50 also opens inside the top 40 on three other U.K. charts this week. The collection enters the Official Albums Sales list at No. 28, while it launches at No. 31 on the Official Albums Downloads ranking. On the Official Physical Albums tally, it starts slightly lower at No. 33. Rush's return to the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart is huge for the group, and it earns the act its fifteenth top 10 on that tally. Altogether, the band has now appeared on the genre-specific ranking 24 times, with most of those charting efforts reaching the loftiest space. On the other rosters, Rush's track record is slightly more modest, though still notable. The band now claims seven entries on the Official Albums Sales chart, eight on the Official Albums Downloads list, and 16 total appearances on the Official Physical Albums ranking.
Forbes
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Roger Waters Is Back As Fans Can't Get Enough Of His (Former) Band's Masterpiece
Roger Waters' The Dark Side of the Moon Redux returns to four U.K. charts, while the original album ... More continues its own impressive run. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JUNE 02: Roger Waters performs on stage at The OVO Hydro on June 02, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns) Pink Floyd has never faded away on the charts, thanks primarily – but not exclusively – to one of the bestselling albums of all time. This week, the legendary band is once again found on the U.K. rankings. Decades after the group reshaped rock music, its most iconic release is climbing the ranks once more — alongside a newer take from one of its founding members. While The Dark Side of the Moon continues to sell and stream well, Roger Waters celebrates his own chart wins with his reinterpretation of that same classic, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux. This week, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux is back on four different rankings across the U.K., proving there's still major demand for any version of Pink Floyd's legendary album. Among the four rankings it appears on this frame, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux climbs into the top 10 on half of them. It performs best on the Official Rock & Metal Albums list, where it rockets back to No. 4. The release also returns to the Official Vinyl Albums tally, coming in at No. 9. The same release also makes it into the top 20 on two other U.K. rankings focused on purchases. The Dark Side of the Moon Redux settles at No. 17 on the Official Physical Albums chart and appears just behind that at No. 18 on the Official Album Sales roster. While its current success is impressive, it's worth noting that The Dark Side of the Moon Redux has already reached the top of each of the four charts it returns to this week. The set has now spent 13 frames somewhere on the Official Rock & Metal Albums ranking, seven periods on both the Official Album Sales and Official Physical Albums lists, and just three on the Official Vinyl Albums chart. A super deluxe box set of The Dark Side of the Moon Redux dropped on March 14. The expanded edition includes the studio recording, live renditions of every track from Waters' October 2023 performances at the London Palladium, exclusive Blu-rays, a gold vinyl pressing, and even a track-by-track interview. All of that has clearly enticed collectors and superfans, many of whom are eager to experience every facet of the ambitious project. Waters released The Dark Side of the Moon Redux in October 2023 to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the original album's release. While some fans and critics questioned the need for a solo reinterpretation, the numbers show there's still a huge appetite for his take. This week, the original version of The Dark Side of the Moon is also present on four U.K. charts, as both editions have carved out meaningful space with listeners.
