Tom Petty almost got his first #1 on a chart he never hit in his life

Tom Petty’s posthumous collaboration with Snoop Dogg and Jelly Roll, ‘Last Dance With Mary Jane’ … (+) debuts at #2 on Billboard’s Rap Digital Song Sales chart. MANCHESTER, TN – JUNE 16: Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs during the first day of the 2006 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 16, 2006 in Manchester, Tennessee. The three-day music festival features a variety of musical acts, arts and comedians (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)

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Tom Petty is almost always present in one or two US charts as fans of the late rocker continue to buy and stream his most popular songs. Like his The greatest hits compilation keeps him on the rock chart, which is often the case, the star posthumously collects another hit, one that brings him to a number he didn’t know in his lifetime—and almost conquers it.

On this week’s Rap Digital Songs chart, Petty debuts at No. 2. He appears on a track titled “Last Dance With Mary Jane,” which starts at No. 2 on the top-selling rap-only songs in America. — and Petty is not alone.

“Last Dance With Mary Jane” is hosted by Snoop Dogg and appears on his new album Missionarywhich also affects a number of Billboard charts in this frame. The song also credits Jelly Roll in a featured role alongside Petty.

Petty may be new to the Top Rap Digital Songs chart, but the same can’t be said for his collaborators. Snoop collects his milestone fifteenth top 10 on the list. The multi-genre powerhouse has now sent 34 tracks to the chart over the course of his career.

Meanwhile, Jelly scored his third top 10 win on the Rap Digital Songs chart. That collection of singles encapsulates his entire chart windfall, as he only pushed a trio of songs onto the chart.

Petty isn’t the only legendary rocker on the rap charts this week. Snoop also recruited Sting to work Missionaryand the two debuted their joint effort “Another Part of Me” on the same track last week. The song debuted at #4 last time, and now slips slightly to #7.

Snoop dominates the Rap Digital Songs chart, even though he’s not at No. 1. This week, that honor goes to Kendrick Lamar’s “Squabble Up.” The hip-hop pioneer occupies four spots in the ranking, which only has 10 spots, so he controls 40% of the entire list.

While collecting his first hit on the Postmortem Digital Rap Songs chart, Petty’s work is still going strong on two other genre-specific accounts. The greatest hitsthe simply titled collection of beloved songs by Petty and his band the Heartbreakers, drops a notch on both Top Rock Albums (No. 25) and Top Rock & Alternative Albums (No. 32).