Sleep Token’s ‘Even in Arcadia’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Sleep Token scores its first No. 1 album, and first high 10, on the Billboard 200 with the chart-topping arrival of its fourth full-length studio launch, Even in Arcadia.

The set, which is the English rock band’s major-label debut, bows atop the listing dated Could 24 with 127,000 equal album items earned in america within the week ending Could 15, in response to Luminate — marking the act’s finest week by items ever. It’s additionally the largest week by items for any rock album in practically a 12 months, and the largest for any onerous rock album in two years. Additional, the set’s streaming numbers are so huge that it scores the biggest streaming week ever for a tough rock album.

Sleep Token launched its first single in 2016 and made its general Billboard chart debut in 2019. The band beforehand scored one entry on the Billboard 200 with Take Me Again to Eden in 2023, debuting and peaking at No. 16. That set has earned 819,000 items within the U.S. to this point, and its dozen songs (six of which had been high 10 hits on Billboard’s Scorching Arduous Rock Songs chart) have generated 935 million on-demand official streams within the U.S. The band was amongst Billboard’s year-end high 10 on Prime Arduous Rock Artists in each 2024 (No. 8) and 2023 (No. 5).

In early 2024, the act signed to RCA Information after beforehand releasing music on the indie label Spinefarm. The masked band — whose members have remained anonymous by way of the group’s profession — made its debut on the all-genre Billboard Scorching 100 songs chart in March with the brand new album’s “Emergence.” Two extra pre-release songs from the set debut on the tally: “Caramel” (a career-best No. 34 excessive for the band) and “Damocles.”

Sleep Token’s No. 1 debut coincidentally comes simply two weeks after one other masked onerous rock band from Europe, the Swedish act Ghost, landed its first leader with the chart-topping debut of Skeletá (Could 10 chart).

Additionally within the high 10 of the official statement Billboard 200, Kali Uchis achieves her third high 10-charting set with the debut of Sincerely, at No. 2.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. primarily based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album items, compiled by Luminate. Items comprise album gross sales, monitor equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). Every unit equals one album sale, or 10 particular person tracks offered from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The brand new Could 24, 2025-dated chart can be posted in full on Billboard‘s web site on Could 20. For all chart information, observe @billboard and @billboardcharts on each X, previously referred to as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of Even in Arcadia’s 127,000 first-week equal album items, album gross sales comprise 73,500 (it debuts at No. 1 on Prime Album Gross sales), SEA items comprise 53,000 (equaling 68.89 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 1 on Prime Streaming Albums) and TEA items comprise 500. Gross sales of the album had been bolstered by its availability throughout six vinyl variants, a regular CD, two deluxe CD boxed units (containing a CD and a branded hoodie) and a regular digital obtain album. All configurations contained the identical 10 songs.

Even in Arcadia is simply the fourth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2025, of 13 whole, to additionally concurrently be No. 1 on each Prime Album Gross sales and Prime Streaming Albums, following Girl Gaga’s MAYHEM (March 22), Kendrick Lamar’s GNX (Feb. 22) and The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow (Feb. 15).

Previous to Even in Arcadia, the final rock album to have a bigger week, by equal album items earned, was Zach Bryan’s The Nice American Bar Scene, in its first full week of launch, with 137,000 items (July 20, 2024-dated chart). The final onerous rock album to attain a bigger week was Metallica’s 72 Seasons, which debuted with 146,000 items on the April 29, 2023 chart.

By way of streaming numbers, Even in Arcadia posts an eye-popping — and historic — sum for a tough rock set. Its SEA determine of 53,000 equates to 68.89 million on-demand official streams of its 10 songs. That’s the largest weekly streaming sum for any onerous rock album ever. The final rock album general with a much bigger streaming week was The Nice American Bar Scene, when it tallied 77.76 million throughout its fifth week on the chart, dated Aug. 10, 2024.

Even in Arcadia offered 73,500 copies — with vinyl comprising 47,000 of that determine. That’s the biggest vinyl gross sales week for the band, and the largest for a tough rock album on vinyl within the fashionable period (since Luminate started monitoring gross sales in 1991). (It trumps the earlier report, set solely two weeks in the past by the debut of Ghost’s Skeletá with 44,000.) It’s additionally the second-largest gross sales week within the fashionable period for a rock album, following the opening week of blink-182’s One Extra Time… (49,000; Nov. 4, 2023).

With Even in Arcadia debuting at No. 1 simply two weeks after one other onerous rock album was tops — when Skeletá debuted at No. 1 on the Could 10 chart — there have been two No. 1 onerous rock albums in lower than a month. That hasn’t occurred in additional than a decade. The chart final had two onerous rock No. 1s in lower than a month’s time practically a dozen years in the past, when Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork and Black Sabbath’s 13 debuted at No. 1 in successive weeks (June 22-29, 2013).

Rock and onerous rock albums are outlined as these which can be eligible for, or have charted on, Billboard’s Prime Rock Albums and Prime Arduous Rock Albums charts, respectively.

Lastly, Sleep Token is the fifth act in 2025 to attain a primary No. 1 this 12 months, following Ghost (with Skeletá), Ken Carson (Extra Chaos), Tate McRae (So Shut To What) and PARTYNEXTDOOR (with the Drake collaboration set $ome $exy $ongs 4 U). In all of 2024, there have been 5 acts that bought their first No. 1s: Ty Dolla $ign (with the Ye collab Vultures 1), TWICE (With YOU-th), Sabrina Carpenter (Brief n’ Candy), Jelly Roll (Superbly Damaged) and Yeat (Lyfestyle).

Going again one other 12 months, there have been additionally 5 acts in 2023 that bought their first No. 1s that 12 months: TOMORROW X TOGETHER (The Identify Chapter: TEMPTATION), Karol G (MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO), NewJeans (2nd EP ‘Get Up’), Zach Bryan (Zach Bryan) and ATEEZ (THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL).

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Kali Uchis’ Sincerely, debuts with 62,000 equal album items earned. It’s the artist’s third high 10-charting effort, following Orquídeas (No. 2 in 2024) and Pink Moon in Venus (No. 4 in 2023). Of the 62,000 items earned, album gross sales comprise 38,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Prime Album Gross sales), SEA items comprise 24,000 (equaling 32.45 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 18 on Prime Streaming Albums) and TEA items comprise a negligible sum.

The primary-week gross sales of Sincerely, was aided by its availability throughout 10 vinyl variants (together with signed editions), three CD variants (together with a signed version), a cassette and a regular digital obtain album (all containing the identical tracklist), in addition to a deluxe obtain with two bonus tracks.

A trio of former No. 1s is subsequent on the Billboard 200, as SZA’s SOS is regular at No. 3 (51,000 equal album items; down 3%), Morgan Wallen’s One Factor at a Time is a non-mover at No. 4 (48,000; up 6%), and PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U climbs 7-5 (47,000; up 17% following its vinyl launch). Fuerza Regida’s 111XPANTIA falls 2-6 in its second week (simply over 43,000; down 43%), whereas Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping GNX dips 5-7 (43,000; down 4%), and Sabrina Carpenter’s former chief Brief n’ Candy falls 6-8 (40,000; down 2%).

The Weeknd’s former No. 1 Hurry Up Tomorrow vaults 27-9 with 38,000 equal album items earned (up 82%), largely owed to gross sales generated by the discharge of latest CD and vinyl editions of the album. Rounding out the highest 10 of the Billboard 200 is Dangerous Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos, which falls 1-10 with 38,000 items (down 55%), every week after it hopped again to the highest following its launch on vinyl.

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