Bob Seger Returns To Several Billboard Charts Thanks To Sales Gains

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s Greatest Hits is one of the most successful albums in American history. The title can almost always be found on a handful of Billboard rankings, but even the sturdy project occasionally falls off some tallies. While streaming keeps the compilation present on the Billboard 200, it doesn’t always sell well enough to remain on rosters dedicated solely to pure purchases. Still, fans of Seger and the group know that if the Greatest Hits collection ever disappears, it won’t be gone for long.

Bob Seger’s Greatest Hits Returns

This week, Greatest Hits by Seger and the Silver Bullet Band returns to the Top Album Sales chart. The ranking lists the full-lengths and EPs that actually sell the most copies throughout the U.S. According to Luminate, the compilation sold just over 2,000 copies during the most recent tracking period. That number represents a more than 21% increase — several hundred additional units — from the previous frame.

That figure is large enough to place the compilation in second-to-last place on the sales-only tally. Seger and company land just ahead of another hugely popular compilation: Chronicle by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Bob Seger’s Compilation Hits the Rock Chart

That uptick in purchases was also enough to bring Greatest Hits back to another ranking. The compilation reenters the Top Rock Albums list at No. 25. That roster is compiled using a methodology that blends both sales and streaming activity, but it appears the increase in fans buying the title alone helped push it back onto the list of the most-consumed rock collections in the country.

Bob Seger Climbs on Multiple Charts

As Greatest Hits returns to those two rankings, it also rises on yet another pair of Billboard rosters. The set lifts two spots to No. 31 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart. At the same time, it surges seven spaces to No. 138 on the Billboard 200.

Luminate reports that while sales of Seger’s Greatest Hits jumped by more than 20% week over week, total consumption — which includes streams as well as purchases — grew by only 5.5%. The set shifted 10,650 equivalent units in the U.S. during the tracking week that ended more than seven days ago.