Thursday morning, the music community was gutted with the news that Chris Cornell died. He was 52.<\/p>\n
As news of his passing spread, music fans reacquainted themselves — or acquainted themselves — with his music. Key songs by Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple Of The Dog, three bands he fronted, soared up the US iTunes sales chart.<\/p>\n
Soundgarden’s classic “Black Hole Sun” is #6 on the chart as of 12:40PM ET.<\/p>\n
Audioslave’s “Like A Stone” (#13), Soundgarden’s “Fell On Black Days” (#18), Soundgarden’s “Spoonman” (#22), Temple Of The Dog’s “Hunger Strike” (#29), Soundgarden’s “Outshined” (#37), Audioslave’s “I Am The Highway” (#41), Temple Of The Dog’s “Say Hello 2 Heaven” (#43), and Audioslave’s “Show Me How To Live” (#48) also hold Top 50 positions.<\/p>\n
Cornell’s music is also resonating with album buyers; the 20th Anniversary edition of Soundgarden’s “Superunknown” is currently #1 on the album chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Black Hole Sun” enters the Top 10; “Like A Stone” reaches the Top 15.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[9038,3798,9037,9039],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n