Sales of Etta Jamesโ€˜ back catalogue have increased by 378% since she passed away last week.

Advertisement

James passed away last Friday (January 20) at the age of 73. She had been suffering from terminal leukemia, kidney disease, hepatitis C and dementia.

According to Billboard, James has posthumously scored her highest ever chart position with her โ€˜Best Ofโ€™ compilation โ€˜The Best of Etta James โ€“ 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collectionโ€™, which rose from Number 162 to Number 46 on the US Billboard chart.

Overall sales of Jamesโ€™ albums numbered at just over 30,000 copies, which marked a 378% increase from the previous week, when sales of all her albums was just over 6,000.

Advertisement

The singerโ€™s biggest hit โ€˜At Lastโ€™ has also shifted over 63,000 downloads in the last week, out of a total of 118,000 downloads of Jamesโ€™ tracks.

Etta Jamesโ€™ funeral is set to take place this Saturday, January 28, in Gardena, Los Angeles.