{"id":1420,"date":"2019-05-12T13:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:41","slug":"vampire-weekends-father-of-the-bride-album-bows-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1420","title":{"rendered":"Vampire Weekend&#8217;s &#8216;Father of the Bride&#8217; Album Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The band&#8217;s third chart-topper logs the biggest week for a rock album in 2019.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/vampire-weekend\">Vampire Weekend<\/a>&nbsp;scores its third No. 1 album on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart, as the band\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Father of the Bride<\/em>&nbsp;bows atop the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The set earned 138,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 119,000 were in album sales. Both sums represent the largest for any rock album in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Father<\/em>&nbsp;was released on May 3 via Spring Snow\/Columbia Records. It is the group\u2019s first album with Columbia Records&nbsp;after issuing three studio albums and a live set through XL Recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on&nbsp;multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new&nbsp;May 18-dated chart, where<em>&nbsp;Father&nbsp;<\/em>debuts at No. 1, will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on May 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vampire Weekend previously led the Billboard 200 with the act\u2019s last two studio releases,\u00a0<em>Modern Vampires of the City<\/em>\u00a0(in 2013) and\u00a0<em>Contra<\/em>\u00a0(2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>Father<\/em>\u2019s 138,000 unit start, its 119,000 in album sales were driven largely by sales generated from a concert ticket\/album sale redemption offer for the act\u2019s upcoming tour, which launches in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Father<\/em>&nbsp;secures the largest week for a rock album in 2019 in both units and album sales, and the biggest since Mumford &amp; Sons\u2019&nbsp;<em>Delta<\/em>&nbsp;debuted at No. 1 with 230,000 units (214,000 in album sales) on the list dated Dec. 1, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Father<\/em>&nbsp;earned just 1,000 in TEA units&nbsp;and 18,000 in SEA units. The latter figure translates to 20.29 million on-demand audio streams for the set\u2019s songs in its opening week &#8212;&nbsp;the biggest debut streaming week for a rock album in 2019. The only rock albums to log larger streaming frames this year were two Queen albums that were released before 2019: the&nbsp;<em>Bohemian Rhapsody&nbsp;<\/em>soundtrack and its&nbsp;<em>Greatest Hits<\/em>&nbsp;album, both with multiple frames over 20.29 million clicks in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Father<\/em>\u00a0marks the third No. 1 album for Columbia in 2019, following two other rock titles:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/hozier\">Hozier<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Wasteland, Baby!<\/em>\u00a0(Rubyworks\/Columbia) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/jack-white\">Jack White<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Boarding House Reach<\/em>\u00a0(Third Man\/Columbia). Notably, Columbia lays claim to all three of the No. 1 rock albums this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, a pair of former No. 1s follow Vampire Weekend, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/billie-eilish\">Billie&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/billie-eilish\">Eilish<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?<\/em>&nbsp;climbs 4-2 (70,000 units; down 8%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/khalid\">Khalid<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Free Spirit<\/em>&nbsp;rises 5-3 (49,000 units; down 15%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 4, rapper\/singer PnB Rock notches his first top 10 effort, and third top 40 entry, as&nbsp;<em>TrapStar Turnt PopStar<\/em>&nbsp;starts with 42,000 equivalent album units (just 2,000 in album sales). The album\u2019s debut was largely powered by streaming activity, tallying 39,000 SEA units (which translates to 45.73 million on-demand audio streams for its songs in its debut week). PnB Rock previously hit the top 40 of the Billboard 200 with&nbsp;<em>Catch These Vibes<\/em>&nbsp;(No 17 on Dec. 9, 2017) and&nbsp;<em>GTTM: Goin Thru the Motions<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 28 on Feb. 4, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Thank U, Next<\/em>&nbsp;ascends 6-5 with 41,000 units (up 6%) while P!nk\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Hurts 2B Human<\/em>&nbsp;falls 1-6 in its second week (36,000 units; down 68%).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/schoolboy-q\">ScHoolboy Q<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>CrasH Talk<\/em>&nbsp;dips 3-7 in its second week (33,000 units; down 59%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/bts\">BTS<\/a>\u2019&nbsp;<em>Map of the Soul: Persona<\/em>&nbsp;moves 7-8 (30,000 units; down 8%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>beerbongs &amp; bentleys<\/em>&nbsp;rises 12-9 (a little more than 28,000 units; down 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juice WRLD\u2019s\u00a0<em>Death Race for Love<\/em>\u00a0rounds out the new top 10, lifting 11 to 10 with 28,000 units (though down 5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1420\" data-postid=\"1420\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1420 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The band&#8217;s third chart-topper logs the biggest week for a rock album in 2019. Vampire Weekend&nbsp;scores its third No. 1 album on the&nbsp;Billboard 200&nbsp;chart, as the band\u2019s&nbsp;Father of the Bride&nbsp;bows atop the list. The set earned 138,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 9, according to Nielsen Music. 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