The appeal for Songbird<\/em> is reflected in the sales and streaming numbers for the release so far. Despite being an album from someone deceased for nearly a quarter century and competing with the mammoth new Taylor Swift album, Songbird<\/em> racked up 10,757 units in sales and streaming equivalents its first week, putting it at #17 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. <\/p> Songs from the album were streamed over 2.5 million times in the first week, while physical sales were nearly 9,000. That also puts the album at #6 on Billboard\u2019s<\/a> Top Album Sales chart, #6 on the Top Current Album Sales Chart, #7 on the Indie Store Albums Sales chart, and #9 on the Vinyl Albums sales chart. The album also ended up on the Americana\/Folk Albums chart at #8, as well as the Independent Albums chart at #18. <\/p> This is the first time an original Waylon Jennings album has charted so high in 35 years, since The Eagle<\/em> hit #9 back in 1990, and the first time Waylon has ever had a Top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart that measures physical sales only. <\/p> Shooter Jennings found the songs while going through his father\u2019s recording archives. <\/p> \u201cWhat I expected to find was a catalog of all of my dad\u2019s albums and recordings,\u201d <\/em>Shooter Jennings explains. \u201cI knew there were a few songs that were never released, for whatever reasons, so I had my fingers crossed that I would maybe find something special and rare along the way that I could share with you<\/em> \u2026 What I found was way beyond my wildest fantasies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>