Backstreet Boys (photo: Dennis Leupold)
Backstreet Boys‘ latest release DNA arrives at #1 on the Billboard 200, giving the pop group their first #1 album since Black & Blue in December of 2000. According to Nielsen Audio‘s data, it earned 234,000 equivalent album units, including 227,000 in album sales. DNA was bundled with ticket sales for the upcoming BSB arena tour this summer, which begins in Washington, D.C. on July 12.
At #2 is Future with Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD, followed by Hoodie SZN from A Boogie Wit da Hoodie at #3 and the soundtrack to A Star is Born at #5.
Weezer‘s all-covers surprise release the Teal Album jumps from #47 to #5 in its first full week of chart eligibility. The Teal Album arrived without warning on January 24, which Billboard notes was the final day of that charting week.
The Top 10 is filled out by Post Malone (#6), Meek Mill (#7), 21 Savage (#8), Travis Scott (#9) and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack (#10).
