Pink Floyd: two 70s masterpieces return to the US charts

Pink Floyd are back on the US charts with two of their most iconic albums. As Forbes reports, this week both “The Dark Side Of The Moon” and “Wish You Were Here” have re-entered two different Billboard rankings based purely on sales.

For decades the English band has ranked among the best-selling artists in the history of the American market. Numerous albums have received gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America, which credits the group with a total of 76 million equivalent units sold in the United States. Among these, two diamond-certified titles stand out — “The Dark Side Of The Moon” and “The Wall” — both well past the 15-million-copies mark.

In this latest tally, Pink Floyd appear on just two Billboard charts, both tied to sales. What stands out is the simultaneous return of two of their records, which re-enter the rankings on separate fronts, effectively landing back among the week's best-selling albums. Of the two, “The Dark Side Of The Moon” achieves the higher placement, re-entering the Vinyl Albums chart at number 20, confirming the ongoing demand for the vinyl format.

Meanwhile, "Wish You Were Here" returns to the Top Album Sales chart, which tallies all album and EP sales regardless of format (CD, vinyl or digital download), landing at number 45.

On the same Top Album Sales chart, Pink Floyd hold two spots: while “Wish You Were Here” sits in the lower half of the top 50, “The Dark Side Of The Moon” gains ground, climbing from number 38 to number 24.

But the most striking figure – Forbes points out – concerns the commercial longevity of “The Dark Side Of The Moon”: with this week's showing, it reaches 546 total appearances on the Top Album Sales chart. That's the third-highest total in the chart's history, trailing only the self-titled Metallica album (758 weeks) and “Legend” by Bob Marley and the Wailers (741). Other classics such as “Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac (493 weeks) and “Thriller” by Michael Jackson (498) are themselves closing in on the 500-week mark, confirming a commercial staying power that spans generations.

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