Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” from 1976, scored major gains in U.S. streams and sales amid the 50th anniversary of its namesake ship’s sinking, leading to its coronation on a Billboard chart for the first time.

In the week ending Nov. 13, the song drew 3.7 million official U.S. streams and sold 5,000 downloads, according to Luminate, marking increases of 140% and 328%, respectively, week over week. It returns to Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart dated Nov. 22 at No. 15. (Older songs are eligible for Billboard’s multimetric charts if ranking in the top half and with a meaningful reason for their resurgences.)

The latter count pushes the song to No. 1 on Rock Digital Song Sales, marking its first placement atop any Billboard tally. It’s Lightfoot’s t

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