{"id":28691,"date":"2024-02-06T00:04:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T00:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-dead-sets-record-for-the-most-top-40-albums-with-59\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T00:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T00:04:07","slug":"grateful-dead-sets-record-for-the-most-top-40-albums-with-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-dead-sets-record-for-the-most-top-40-albums-with-59\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Dead sets record for the most top 40 albums with 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-02-05\/M_GratefulDeadDavesPick49_020524.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Rhino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Grateful Dead<\/strong>\u00a0has landed a new chart record, thanks to their latest archival release,\u00a0<em>Dave\u2019s Picks, Volume 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford U., Palo Alto, CA (4\/27\/85 &amp; 4\/28\/85)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The set debuted at #25 on the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/grateful-dead-breaks-record-most-top-40-albums-billboard-200-1235599372\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>200 album chart this week, making it the legendary band\u2019s 59th top 40 release.\u00a0With that milestone,\u00a0The Dead\u00a0have now landed the record for most top 40 charting albums, surpassing\u00a0<strong>Elvis<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Presley<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Frank Sinatra<\/strong>, who both have 58.<\/p>\n<p>Named after The Dead\u2019s archivist\u00a0<strong>David Lemieux<\/strong>, the new\u00a0<em>Dave\u2019s Pick<\/em>\u00a0entry features two hometown performances and five hours of music. Since launching in 2022, 41\u00a0<em>Dave\u2019s Pick\u00a0<\/em>releases\u00a0have landed in the top 40.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This could be the most unlikely and unexpected record in music history, and is a testament to a few things,&#8221; Lemieux shares. &#8220;First and foremost is the exceptional and consistent quality of the Grateful Dead&#8217;s more than 2,000 live shows. On the heels of this is the loyalty and passion of the many Dead Heads who have made this record possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He adds, &#8220;It&#8217;s an honor and privilege to work for this community, and our aim is to keep building on this record by delivering the quality of recordings Dead Heads have come to expect for many years ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a good chance The Dead can extend that record. They\u2019ve already announced\u00a0<em>Dave\u2019s Pick Volume 50<\/em>, which will feature a concert recorded May 3, 1977, at the Palladium in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhino Grateful Dead\u00a0has landed a new chart record, thanks to their latest archival release,\u00a0Dave\u2019s Picks, Volume 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford U., Palo Alto, CA (4\/27\/85 &amp; 4\/28\/85). The set debuted at #25 on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0200 album chart this week, making it the legendary band\u2019s 59th top 40 release.\u00a0With that milestone,\u00a0The Dead\u00a0have<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-dead-sets-record-for-the-most-top-40-albums-with-59\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}