Waylon Jennings’ From-the-Vaults ‘Songbird’ Soars Into Top 10 on Five Billboard Charts

Waylon Jennings notches his first top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart with the debut of the from-the-vaults collection Songbird. The set flies in at No. No. 6 on Top Album Sales (dated Oct. 18), while also entering the top 10 on four more charts: Top Current Album Sales (No. 6), Indie Store Album Sales (No. 7), Americana/Folk Albums (No. 8) and Vinyl Albums (No. 9). It also starts at No. 17 on Top Country Albums, No. 18 on Independent Albums and No. 116 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

Songbird was compiled and mixed by Waylon’s son Shooter Jennings, and consists of previously unheard recordings by Waylon produced between 1973-84. Songbird is the first of a trio of previously unheard albums from Waylon.

Waylon Jennings died in 2002 after a stellar career on the charts, including 16 No. 1s on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs ranking, and 11 No. 1s on Top Country Albums.

Songbird marks Waylon’s first top 10 on the 34-year-old Top Album Sales chart, as it starts at No. 6 with nearly 9,000 copies sold in the United States in the week ending Oct. 9, according to Luminate.

Songbird is one of three debuts in the top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, where Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl storms in at No. 1 with 3,479,500 copies sold (the largest sales week for an album in the modern era, since Luminate began tracking data in 1991). Stray Kids’ former No. 1 KARMA rises 5-2, the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack steps 4-3, Sabrina Carpenter’s chart-topping Man’s Best Friend climbs 10-4, AFI’s Silver Bleeds the Black Sun debuts at No. 5 (nearly 10,000; marking the fourth top 10 for the act), P1Harmony’s EX falls 2-7 in its second week, KATSEYE’s Beautiful Chaos jumps 16-8, Cardi B’s AM I THE DRAMA? is a non-mover at No. 9 and Mariah Carey’s Here for It All falls 1-10 in its second week.