LONDON — The death of Amy Winehouse sparked a renewed interest in her music, with sales of her bestselling album “Back To Black” surging, Sky News reported Monday.
Within hours of her death Saturday, Winehouse’s hit 2006 “Back To Black” album climbed to the top of the US and UK iTunes charts, a position it still held early Monday.
“Back To Black” also re-entered the British album chart — which tallies physical and digital sales — on Sunday, almost half a decade after its release. The LP rose to No. 59 in the few hours between the singer’s death and the sales being counted, the Official Charts Company said.
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Fans flocked to buy the singles from the 2006 album, and the tracks “Back To Black” and “Rehab” re-entered the singles chart at No. 81 and No. 181, respectively.
Purchases of Winehouse albums increased 37-fold between Friday and Saturday, while track sales were up by a multiple of 23.
“Such a demonstration of her popularity is the best tribute the British public can pay to this extraordinary British talent,” Official Charts Company director Martin Talbot said.
As sales of the singer’s back catalogue soared, The (London) Daily Telegraph reported Monday that an unfinished third album could be released posthumously. While it is believed that the songs are nothing more than demos, sources told the newspaper that there was plenty of material available for another album.
Winehouse’s parents are likely to have the final say about whether their daughter’s third album is released.