Following Meat Loaf’s death, the rocker’s music returns to the Billboard charts, including a new peak on the Billboard 200 for his classic 1977 album BatOutOfHell.
-Catalog Albums, No. 1 -Top Album Sales, No. 22 The Essential Meat LoafIn total, Meat Loaf’s overall catalog of albums earned 47,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 27, according to MRC Data – up 3,201% compared to the previous week. Of that sum, album sales comprised 27,000 – a gain of 5,648%.-Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, No. 7 -Hard Rock Streaming Songs, No. 1 -Billboard Global 200 Excluding U.S., No. 97 -Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, No.
Globally, including the U.S., his songs earned 57.7 million on-demand official audio and video streams for the week — up 1,106% from 4.8 million the week before. His two most-streamed songs globally for the week were “I’d Do Anything…” and “Paradise” .