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The Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ Hits Highest Rank on Billboard 200 in Nearly 60 Years After Brian Wilson’s Death


The Beach Boys' classic album 'Pet Sounds' returns to the Billboard 200 chart — and to its highest rank since 1967 — after the death of Brian Wilson.

Plus, the act’s classic 1966 album Pet Sounds reenters the Billboard 200 chart — and at its highest rank in nearly 60 years. The Beach Boys’ catalog also makes waves on the LyricFind U.S. and Global charts, where “God Only Knows” bows at No. The company is the world’s leader in licensed lyrics, with data provided by more than 5,000 publishers and utilized by more than 100 services, including Amazon, Pandora, Deezer, Microsoft, SoundHound and iHeartRadio.

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