5 Seconds of Summer's 'Youngblood' Lands No. 1 Spot on Billboard 200 Chart!
5 Seconds of Summer has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart with Youngblood!
The pop band – Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin, and Michael Clifford – took the stage at the 2018 B96 Pepsi Summer Bash held at Allstate Arena on Saturday (June 23) in Rosemont, Ill.
They were joined by Why Don’t We.
The next day, Billboard made the announcement about 5SOS‘s third studio album, which moved 142,000 equivalent album units in its first week. Of those, 117,000 were traditional album sales.
The group beat out Beyonce and Jay-Z‘s collaboration album Everything Is Love, which landed at the No. 2 spot with 123,000 units. Of those, 70,000 were in traditional album sales.
This is 5SOS‘s third straight No. 1 album, following 2015′s Sounds Good Feels Good and 2014′s self-titled debut. They’ve also just become the first Australian act to have three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200!
Plus, 5SOS remains the only band to debut at No. 1 with their first three full-length studio albums.
Check out the full Top 10 inside…
1. 5 Seconds of Summer, Youngblood
2. Beyonce & Jay Z, Everything Is Love
3. XXXTentacion, ?
4. Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys
5. Nas, Nasir
6. Christina Aguilera, Liberation
7. XXXTentacion, 17
8. Juice WRLD, Goodbye & Good Riddance
9. Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy
10. Jason Aldean, Rearview Town
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