Aaliyah favorites ‘Rock the Boat’ and ‘Try Again’ are among many gems from her discography being spun again and again after their long-awaited arrivals to digital platforms.
So much so, they’re besting the sales performances of songs 20 years their junior!
After years of waiting, fans of the late R&B songstress were finally able to stream tunes from her prized catalog courtesy of Blackground Records.
The label’s reboot to Blackground 2.0 was accompanied with reports Aaliyah’s long-vaulted tunes would be unleashed to streaming outlets incrementally starting with the August 20th digital release of her 1996 album, ‘One in a Million.’ Commercial fanfare to the set’s unveiling was so favorable, it pushed the already 2x Platinum project to a new peak on the Billboard 200 – nearly 25 years after its original release.
On September 10, her third and final studio album – 2001’s ‘Aaliyah’ – became the latest from her discography to get the digital treatment. And, if the real-time iTunes sales chart is anything to judge by, it’s well en route to being received just as well as ‘Million’ was weeks prior.
Real-Time iTunes Top 100 Songs
(as of time reported)
As of time reported, the project’s three singles – ‘Rock the Boat,’ ‘More Than a Woman,’ and ‘We Need a Resolution’ – are simultaneously impacting the tally’s top 20 (at #7, #15, and #20) respectively. And while ‘Try Again’ was originally released in 2000 as part of the ‘Romeo Must Die’ official soundtrack, it’s inclusion on the digital edition of ‘Aaliyah’ put it front and center on fans’ radar. As a result, it’s shot to #10 on the sales chart.
On R&B iTunes, the singer is currently occupying 6 of the top 10 spots – ‘Boat’ (#2), ‘Try’ (#3), ‘Woman’ (#4), ‘Resolution’ (#5), ‘Are You That Somebody’ (#6), and ‘I Care 4 U’ (#8).
‘Aaliyah’ may already stand the singer’s first and only Billboard 200 chart-topper, but – with four songs in iTunes’ real-time sales chart – the commercial response to its re-released content suggests it’s headed back to the top 10.
Click here to stream ‘Aaliyah.’