Sleep Token Claims First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200 With ‘Even In Arcadia’

Sleep Token’s Even in Arcadia debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking the English rock band’s first career chart-topping album as well as their initial appearance in the Top 10. Even in Acadia also claims the biggest week by units for any rock album in nearly a year, and the biggest for any hard rock album in two years, while setting a record for the largest streaming week ever for a hard rock album. Kali Uchis also made a strong debut on this week’s Billboard 200, as Sincerely, premieres at No. 2, becoming the singer’s third Top 10-charting record of her career. Elsewhere in the Billboard 200 Top 10, SZA’s SOS holds at No. 3, Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time remains at No. 4, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U climbs up two places to No. 5, Fuerza Regida’s 111XPANTIA drops four spots to No. 6, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX slides down two spots to No. 7, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet falls 6-8, The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow vaults up 18 places to reach No. 9 due to the release of new CD and vinyl editions of the album, and Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos falls 9 places to No. 10. (Billboard)

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