John Prine’s “Tree Of Forgiveness” Reaches #1 On US iTunes Following CBS Sunday Morning

“The Tree Of Forgiveness” is now the best-selling album on iTunes.

Prine, Carlile & Simpson on Colbert | Scott Kowalchyk/CBS

A profile during this weekend’s CBS Sunday Morning predictably sent John Prine’s “The Tree Of Forgiveness” flying up the US iTunes album sales chart.

The album is #1 on the listing as of press time at 1:45PM ET Sunday afternoon.

The balance of the Top 5 includes Queen’s “The Platinum Collection” (#2), “The Greatest Showman: Reimagined” (#3), the soundtrack to “The Greatest Showman” (#4), and Pentatonix’s “Christmas Is Here!” (#5).

“Tree Of Forgiveness” was first released this past spring. It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 album consumption chart.

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