Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan released “Rough and Rowdy Ways” on June 19, marking his first album of new songs since 2012’s “Tempest”. | AFP
, the 17-minute song became Dylan’s first no. 1 single under his own name on a Billboard chart, debuting atop Rock Digital Song Sales with 10,000 downloads between its release on March 27 and April 2.
Even more surprisingly, Dylan became the first artist to reach the top 40 with a new album in each decade from the 1960s to the 2020s. Although the award-winning musician made his Billboard 200 debut at no. 125 with “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” in 1963, he has since achieved eight albums in the Top 40 in the 1960s, 14 in the 1970s, seven in the 1980s, four in the 1990s, seven in the 2000s, nine in the 2010s and one in the 2020s.
As the 2020s decade has just started, Dylan could face some serious competition from Barbra Streisand, who has garnered a no. 1 album in each decade from the 1960s through the 2010s, but has not released a new album since 2018’s “Walls”. In the meantime, Dylan was scheduled to hold 15 concerts in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan this past April, but was forced to cancel the performances in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.
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