I personally find this phenomenon interesting. Whether it be because of the death of the artist or a reissue or something, it's interesting to see this happen.
An example I can think of is Madvillainy by Madvillain. When it was originally released in 2004, it peaked at number 179, which is pretty impressive for a very experimental rap album. But when MF DOOM died in 2019, it charted again and peaked at number 73.
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David Bowies *The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars* originally debuted at #75 in 1973 and then after his passing in 2016 got a peak at #21!
Pieces of You by Jewel took over a year to chart at all. It’s now one of the best selling albums ever in the country.
Bob Marley's Legend peaked in the top 10 for the first time in 2014 (at number 5) 30 years after its release. It was 99 cents for some promotional reason and the sales surged hugely. This was before streaming was a big thing and the Google Play store did 99cent classic albums sales.
Yeah greatest hits always get a boost whenever a artist passes on Most people will just flock to the hits package than a studio album I wonder what it will be like with the current generation of artists since most artists don’t release these packages anymore
Ziggy Stardust peaked in the top 40 for the first time after Bowie's death in 2016.
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love Didn’t this happen with Glass Animals too
Chappell Roan?
Back in the day This would often happen with greatest hits albums as they flop when released but would sell and re peak over time A great example would be michael jackson number one’s Flopped when first dropped in 2003 but after Michael passing in 2009 it resurge on the charts And became one the best selling albums on 2009