Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ Becomes A Top 10 Bestseller Decades After Its Release

Bruce Springsteen was already a superstar by the time he released his album Nebraska in 1982. It wasn’t his biggest commercial success at the time, as it differed greatly from his past material in terms of subject matter, tone, and sound. That didn’t stop the set from selling fairly well, and in the decades since it arrived, it has gained further admiration from both fans and critics.

The rocker revisited the collection this past weekend via CBS News. Springsteen detailed the making of the album and shared tidbits from its storied history. The newfound attention has helped the title become a bestseller once again.

Shortly after the CBS News segment aired, fans in America began purchasing Nebraska in sizable numbers. Springsteen’s project shot up the iTunes ranking in the U.S., becoming a top 10 bestseller once again.

At the time of writing, Nebraska sits at No. 8 on iTunes’ list of the bestselling albums in the U.S. Springsteen didn’t need very long to find his way back to the top 10 on the tally, and as Sundays and Mondays aren’t flush with new releases (like Fridays), he faced softer competition, thus making it easier to climb.

Nebraska is back in the spotlight for the moment as a film is in development around the album. In April of this year, 20th Century Studios acquired the rights to Deliver Me From Nowhere, which is all about the making of the set.

The upcoming movie is based on the book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska by author Warren Zanes. Emmy-winning actor Jeremy Allen White, who scored a breakout role in Hulu’s The Bear, has been tapped to play the rocker in his younger years.

All the recent purchases of Nebraska might help it return to the Billboard charts in a few days. In fact, if it continues to perform well for the rest of this current tracking week, the title may find its way to tallies it’s never reached before, as some current lists didn’t exist when the project was released.

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