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Beach Boys Return to Billboard 200 Top 40 as ‘Sounds of Summer’ Hits No. 14

Listener demand following Wilson’s death triggered a cross-format resurgence of 'Sounds of Summer'.

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Overview

  • Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys jumped from No. 52 to No. 14 on the Billboard 200 chart dated June 28.
  • The compilation made the band’s first appearance on Billboard’s Top Streaming Albums chart, debuting at No. 20.
  • It climbed to No. 17 on the Top Album Sales chart and reappeared at No. 22 on the Vinyl Albums ranking.
  • In the United Kingdom, Sounds of Summer reached No. 32 on the Official Albums Chart, marking its first top 40 placement there.
  • The Beach Boys have now placed 56 albums on the Billboard 200 with 22 reaching the top 40, and their last top 40 appearance was in 2012.