Green Day
Green Day‘s Revolution Radio gives the veteran Punk trio their third-ever #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. The group’s 12th studio record earned 95,000 equivalent album units according to Nielsen Music, 90,000 were in traditional album sales. In 2009, 21st Century Breakdown debuted at #1 and American Idiot spent three weeks at #1 in 2004 and 2005, according to Billboard.
Norah Jones debuts at #2 with her latest record Day Breaks, earning 47,000 equivalent album units, 44,000 of which were traditional sales. Her last solo record, 2012’s Little Broken Hearts, also debuted at #2. Coming in at #3 is Pop act OneRepublic, whose new album Oh My My is their highest-charting record yet.
Drake is at #4 with Views, followed by the Suicide Squad soundtrack at #5 and Solange at #6.Twenty One Pilots‘ Blurryface is at #7 and saw a boost from their appearance on last weekend’s highly-rated episode of Saturday Night Live.
Rockers Alter Bridge return to the top ten for the first time in over a dozen years with The Last Hero debuting at #8. Their last top ten album came back in 2004. Alternative duo Phantogramearn the fifth top ten debut of the week, with Three arriving at #9. Their last record, Voices, just missed the top ten when it debuted at #11 in 2014.
The top ten is rounded out by Ariana Grande with Dangerous Woman.
