Chris Cornell Has 13 Albums In Top 100 In Australia - Noise11.com
Soundgarden, Chris Cornell - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Soundgarden, Chris Cornell - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Chris Cornell Has 13 Albums In Top 100 In Australia

by Paul Cashmere on May 30, 2017

in News,Noise Pro

The death of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has prompted a resurgence in music sales for his various bands and solo works.

Cornell’s music takes up 13% of the Top 100 albums in Australia this week with additional solo and Soundgarden scattered below the 100.

As well as Soundgarden, Chris Cornell was the lead singer of Audioslave. He also recorded the one off Temple of the Dog project in 1990 with members of Pearl Jam as a tribute to Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone.

Cornell albums collectively sold 9520 copies in the past week in Australia making him the second biggest selling act of the week after Ed Sheeran.

Chris Cornell albums in the Australian chart last week were:

no 7 Soundgarden – Superunknown (2009 sales)
no 8 Audioslave (1631)
no 21 Chris Cornell – Songbook (897)
no 27 Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger (719)
no 33 Soundgarden – King Animal (627)
no 46 Chris Cornell – Higher Truth (503)
no 47 Soundgarden – A-Sides (502)
no 56 Temple of the Dog (454)
no 58 Audioslave –Out of Exile (447)
no 76 Audioslave – Revelations (338)
no 79 Soundgarden – Telephantam (333)
no 91 Soundgarden – Down On The Upside (300)
no 96 Singles soundtrack (285)
no 153 Chris Cornell – Carry On (191)
no 194 Soundgarden – Louder Than Love (162)
no 249 Chris Cornell – Mourning Euphoria (122)

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