Chris Willman Music WriterBob Dylan’s first album of original material in eight years, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” got a rowdy and welcoming reception from fans, entering the charts at No.
2 on strong sales and coming in only behind Lil Baby’s streaming giant of an album.“Rough and Rowdy Ways” debuted with 54,700 album units.
Nearly all of Dylan’s cumulative tally for the week came from full-album sales; the record sold 52,400 copies. (Those were on CD or digital, the album might have sold even more if it had been available on vinyl, with many fans holding out for its belated release as a double-LP in mid-July.)By contrast to Dylan’s 52,400 in actual album sales, Lil Baby sold a mere 464 full copies of “My Turn.” But that didn’t keep Lil Baby.
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