Elvis Presley Charts A New Top 10 Album In America

Several weeks ago, Elvis Presley debuted a new album on a number of Billboard charts. The set, titled Epic: Elvis Presley In Concert, accompanied a movie of the same name directed by Baz Luhrmann. The Australian filmmaker spent years working with Presley’s estate to finally bring his life story to the big screen in what turned out to be the Oscar-nominated, Austin Butler-starring Elvis.

Several years later, Luhrmann utilized never-before-seen performance footage to create something of a documentary and something of a performance film, Epic, which was paired with the soundtrack of the same name. That project was recently released on vinyl, and sales jumped dramatically from one frame to the next. Epic debuts on one tally, earning Presley another posthumous top 10, and returns to several other lists at the same time.

Epic: Elvis Presley In Concert Debuts Inside the Top 10

This week, Epic launches on just one tally in America. The Vinyl Albums chart looks only at the bestselling releases, regardless of genre, that are available on wax, and the roster has become more competitive in the past several years after the format turned around and became popular once more. Epic debuts at No. 8 this frame.

Elvis Presley’s Where No One Stands Alone Hit No. 1

Presley earns his seventh appearance on the Vinyl Albums chart as Epic launches, and his fourth top 10. The rock legend has only reached the summit once, with Where No One Stands Alone, which debuted in that space in August 2018. Two other titles, If I Can Dream, which also credits The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Elvis: International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 26, 1969, both spent one week at No. 6 before disappearing entirely.

Noah Kahan And Foo Fighters Beat Elvis Presley This Week

Eight releases debut on the Vinyl Albums chart this week, and Presley scores the fourth-highest-rising of the bunch. The loftiest three spaces are all occupied by debuts. Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide leads the way, and it is closely followed by Kehlani’s self-titled studio effort and Your Favorite Toy by Foo Fighters. Those projects open at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.

Coming in behind Presley are Michael Jackson’s Michael: Songs From The Motion Picture (Soundtrack) (No. 12), Ringo Starr’s Long Long Road (No. 15), Location Lost by Failure (No. 16), and Toy With Me – another Toy-themed album – the latest by pop singer Meghan Trainor, which enters at No. 22.

Michael Jackson’s Thriller Returns yo the Vinyl Chart

Last week’s Vinyl Albums chart was packed with Record Store Day-related offerings, many of which have disappeared almost entirely from the Billboard lists. As eight titles debut, 13 return to the vinyl roster, including several by the same superstar. Jackson sees Thriller, Number Ones, and Off The Wall find their way back to the format-specific rundown, joining his self-titled soundtrack. Comebacks from Kahan, Fleetwood Mac, Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, and several others also make this one of the more exciting frames on the Vinyl Albums chart in recent memory.

Elvis Presley’s Epic Returns to Several Billboard Charts

Thanks to an uptick in purchases on vinyl, Epic returns to another two Billboard rankings. The project reappears inside the top 10 at No. 10 on the Soundtracks list. Epic is back at No. 15 on the Top Album Sales chart.

Those positions are not far from the title’s all-time highs, although Epic does not return to those positions. On the Soundtracks rundown, Epic topped out at No. 6, while on the Top Album Sales chart, the soundtrack rose as high as No. 13, just two spaces beneath where it currently sits.

Elvis Presley’s 30 #1 Hits Remains a Country Fixture

Presley claims two successful albums in America this week, but there’s no crossover between where they land. As Epic debuts and returns, Elvis: 30 #1 Hits dips slightly from No. 35 to No. 37 on the Top Country Albums chart.

ForbesElvis Presley Charts A New Top 10 Album And Nearly Returns To No. 1By Hugh McIntyre