{"id":7344,"date":"2025-12-12T02:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/stranger-things-wsqk-collection-vinyl-top-10-six-charts-1236135749\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T02:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:54:29","slug":"stranger-things-wsqk-collection-vinyl-top-10-six-charts-1236135749","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/stranger-things-wsqk-collection-vinyl-top-10-six-charts-1236135749\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stranger Things: The WSQK Collection\u2019 Vinyl Album Makes (Air)waves, Landing in the Top 10 on 6 Billboard\u00a0Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tFollowing the Nov.\u00a026 premiere of the fifth season of Netflix\u2019s Stranger Things<\/em>, the inspired companion project, Stranger Things: The WSQK Collection, Compiled by Rockin\u2019 Robin<\/em>, makes (air)waves on the charts. The vinyl set, exclusively sold at Target stores, tunes in to the top 10 on six charts, and also arrives on the overall Billboard 200<\/a> (all charts dated Dec. 13).<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe album contains 10 songs from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s that would be heard on the show\u2019s fictional radio station WSQK (94.5 FM The Squawk), in the also-fictional Hawkins, Ind. The set includes three Billboard Hot\u00a0100 No.\u00a01s: Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cAnother Brick in the Wall (Part\u00a0II),\u201d Diana Ross\u2019 \u201cUpside Down\u201d and Tiffany\u2019s \u201cI\u00a0Think We\u2019re Alone Now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStranger Things: The WSQK Collection<\/em> spends a fifth week atop Compilation Albums<\/a>, debuts at No.\u00a053 on the Billboard\u00a0200<\/a> and sold nearly 18,000 copies in the United States in the tracking week ending Dec.\u00a04 (up 268%), according to Luminate. Since its Oct.\u00a024 release, the project has sold 35,000 copies.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt also impacts Vinyl Albums<\/a> (rising 13-3, a new peak), Top Rock Albums<\/a> (No. 5 debut), Top Current Album Sales<\/a> (20-5, new peak), Top Album Sales<\/a> (26-6, new peak) and Top Rock & Alternative Albums<\/a> (No. 7 debut).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe WSQK Collection<\/em> album is part of a larger marketing campaign around the fictional radio station, which includes a sizable line of official merchandise with period-appropriate designs. Among the merch available: clothing, posters, car magnets, vanity license plates, a lava lamp, Funko Pop! figures, mugs and a Lego playset.<\/p>\n

\n\tFurther, for WSQK fans based in the United Kingdom, the radio station has been brought to life for a limited time in partnership with Global. Until Jan. 1, a WSQK broadcast will beam out through Global Player, but only for U.K. residents. Per a press release, \u201cfans can expect local Hawkins updates and news from \u2018Squawk of the Town,\u2019 chats with the station\u2019s resident agony aunt on \u2018Talk To Tammy,\u2019 there\u2019s hot gossip and entertainment news from The Scoop brought to you by Scoops Ahoy, name that backwards playing tune with \u2018Rewind at 9\u2019 and \u2018Dial-a-Dedication\u2019 where fans can submit their own dedication to a loved one which could be read out live on air. All of this and more, alongside a non-stop stream of back-to-back 80s hits!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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