The Beach Boys

Beach Boys Ride a 184% Surge as Mourning Fans Push "Pet Sounds" Back on Charts

Reacting sharply to Brian Wilson’s death on June 11, The Beach Boys’ catalog surges 184% in U.S. album units, hitting 31,000. Their 1966 landmark, Pet Sounds, reenters the Billboard 200 at No. 136—its loftiest perch since 1968.

“God Only Knows” catapults to No. 7 on Digital Song Sales, with sales up 3,382%, while “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” follows at No. 18. Lyric searches spike past 1,200% as mourning meets algorithms, placing five Wilson-penned tracks across LyricFind’s rankings.

Beach Boys' shelved ‘Adult/Child’ creeps out in new boxset, 47 years late.

The Beach Boys' long-shelved 1977 experiment, ‘Adult/Child,’ finally wriggles out from under decades of dust and doubt. Originally recorded after ‘The Beach Boys Love You,’ the album was benched by cautious label execs and bandmembers put off by its stylistic detour.

It now surfaces in the ‘We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years’ boxset—three CDs, three LPs, 35 unreleased tracks, and a few demos that never asked to be seen in daylight. Release is slated for February 13 via Capitol/UMe.