1 titles: Highway Companion in 2006, Mojo in 2010 and Hypnotic Eye in 2014. 16 on the strength of 131,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week.ģ: Since the Top Rock Albums chart’s inception in 2006, Petty notched three No. The album spent one week atop the chart dated Aug. Tom Petty's 20 Greatest Songs: Critic's Picksġ: Perhaps surprisingly, Petty only topped the Billboard 200 once, with his final full-length set Hypnotic Eye in 2014. Petty also notched three other charting albums with the Wilbury’s (two of which hit the top 10) and two more with Mudcrutch (both hit the top 10).
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While most of his albums were with The Heartbreakers, Petty charted three entries-1989’s Full Moon Fever (No. Petty scored two additional Hot 100 hits with the Traveling Wilburys.ġ1.9 million: Tom Petty’s songs sold 11.9 million digital song downloads in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music, through Sept. 28. (That sum combines both his solo efforts and work with The Heartbreakers.) Petty also sold 1 million digital tracks with the Traveling Wilburys and 116,000 with the band Mudcrutch.Ģ2: Tom Petty earned 22 entries on the Billboard 200 albums chart, 12 of which hit the chart’s top 10. 40. Eight entries were unaccompanied (billed as just “Tom Petty”), while the remaining 19 were with The Heartbreakers.
7).Ģ7: From 1977’s “Breakdown” to 2006’s “Saving Grace,” Petty scored 27 total entries on the Hot 100. “Breakdown” was his both his first Hot 100 hit, and first top 40 hit, peaking at No.
10 peak), then “Draggin’” and then “Free Fallin’” in 1990 (No. Petty never reached the summit of the Hot 100, but he reached the top 10 three times, with “Don’t Do Me Like That” in 1980 (No. 1 during his lifetime, “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” topped the list in 1994.ģ: The peak position of Petty’s highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” with Stevie Nicks in 1981. 1 with “The Waiting” in 1981, and his final No. 1s: Van Halen (13), Three Days Grace (12) and Shinedown (11). Only three acts in the chart’s 36-year history have more No. Additionally, Petty notched five top 10 hits as a member of the super group Traveling Wilburys.ġ0: Of Petty’s 28 top 10 hits on the Mainstream Rock airplay chart, 10 hit No.
(He logged his top 10s between 19.) The act with the second-most top 10s, Van Halen, has 26. In honor of the late great rock icon, let’s take a look back at Petty’s career, by the numbers, on Billboard’s charts:Ģ8: Petty scored a record 28 top 10 hits on the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart, more than any other act in the chart’s 36-year history. Tom Petty's Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 Hits
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