Following the death of blues great B.B. King on May 14 (see story, page 24), sales of his albums and songs grow tremendously.
In the week ending May 17, his catalog of albums saw a 1,643 percent sales gain, to 34,000 sold for the week. His biggest seller of the week is Live at the Regal, which debuts at No. 28 on Top Album Sales with 9,000 sold (up 5,257 percent). King also dots the list at No. 59 (The Complete Collection; 5,000 — up 5,938 percent) and No. 62 (Greatest Hits; 5,000 — up 2,590 percent).
On the Billboard 200, which ranks titles based on a blend of album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums, those above sets can be found at Nos. 56, 59 and 118,…