Find Out What the Best Selling Glen Campbell's Songs Are After the Singer's Death

On August 8th, the music world lost an icon.  After a six-year bout with Alzheimer's disease, Glen Campbell passed away. All over the world, fans felt the lost of their hero.  This has also caused fans to come out in droves to purchase and stream the Rhinestone Cowboy's music.  

U.S. sales of Glen Campbell's music grew 5,429 percent in the two days following his death on Aug. 8, while streams of his songs increased by 1,430 percent, according to initial data reports to Nielsen Music. 

Here's a look at Campbell's top 10 selling songs and on-demand streamed songs in the days immediately following his death:

Top 10 Selling Songs* (Aug. 8 and 9)
1. "Wichita Lineman" (9,000 downloads) [Editor's note: This figure was updated to 9,000 on Aug. 13. It was erroneously reported as 7,000 initially.]
2. "Rhinestone Cowboy" (8,000)
3. "Gentle On My Mind" (6,000)
4. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (4,000)
5. "Southern Nights" (4,000)
6. "Galveston" (4,000)
7. "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" (2,000)
8. "Adios" (1,000)
9. "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.)" (1,000)
10. "Try a Little Kindness" (1,000)

Top 10 On-Demand Audio Streaming Songs* (Aug. 8 and 9)
1. "Rhinestone Cowboy" (264,000 streams)
2. "Southern Nights" (258,000)
3. "Wichita Lineman" (213,000)
4. "Gentle On My Mind" (188,000)
5. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (133,000)
6. "Galveston" (123,000)
7. "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" (62,000)
8. "Try a Little Kindness" (48,000)
9. "Everybody's Talkin'" (43,000)
10. "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" (41,000)
*according to Nielsen Music, based on initial reports

 

 

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