Kings of Leon debuted at the top of the weekly US Billboard 200 chart on Monday with WALLS, the first chart-topping record for the Nashville rockers.
WALLS, the band’s seventh album, sold 68,000 albums, 27,000 songs and was streamed nearly 10 million times, totalling 77,000 album units, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan for the week ending October 20.
Canadian rapper Drake’s Views climbed one spot to No 2 this week, with sales of nearly 40,000 album units that included 45 million album streams.
Views has clocked strong weekly sales during its 25 weeks on the chart through the strength of its online streaming consumption.
The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).
Other new entries in the top 10 of the Billboard album chart this week includes rapper The Game at No 4 with 1992 and pop singer JoJo at No 6 with Mad Love. Last week’s chart-topper, Green Day’s Revolution Radio, dropped to No 10 this week.
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales, The Chainsmokers’ upbeat dance-pop hit Closer featuring Halsey remained at No 1, selling 97,000 copies last week.
