As of this week, Johnny Cash has amassed more top 10 albums since he died in September 2003 than he did while he was alive. American VI: Ain't No Grave opens at #3, becoming Cash's third posthumous album to crack the top 10. It follows The Legend Of Johnny Cash, which reached #5 in 2005, and American V: A Hundred Highways, which hit #1 in 2006. During Cash's lifetime, he made the top 10 with just two albums: Johnny Cash At San Quentin (#1 in 1969) and Hello, I'm Johnny Cash (#8 in 1970)..
Cash isn't the first music star to have more top 10 albums after he died than he did in his lifetime. But most of the other stars of whom this is true died years before their time. 2Pac, for example, had just two top 10 albums during his lifetime, and has had nine since he was shot to death in September 1996
Why does this happen?
