Imagine Dragons has earned their first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart with Smoke + Mirrors, their sophomore album. It comes off the success of Night Visions, which featured three Top 20 singles.
The new album, released on Feb. 17, tallied 195,000 total units moved during the past week, according to Nielsen Music numbers. The good news for the group was that 172,000 of that was pure album sales, notes Billboard. (The rest of the 195,000 total is made up of album streams and track downloads.)
Smoke doubled the debut of Night Visions, which started with 83,000 copies sold when it was released in 2012. Since then, it has sold 2.5 million copies and has spent 129 weeks on the Billboard 200.
Sadly, Smoke was the only new release of the week to reach the Top 10. Aaron Watson had the second-best debut of the week with Underdog, which reached No. 14 and only moved 28,000 units.
The No. 2 slot is owned by Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, which topped the chart last week. The Fifty shades of Grey soundtrack slid to No. 3.
Here’s the full Top 10: (*new release)
1. Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors* (195,000 total units)
2. Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (187,000)
3. Fifty Shades of Grey (165,000)
4. Taylor Swift, 1989 (93,000)
5. Ed Sheeran, X (81,000)
6. Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour (72,000)
7. Maroon 5, V (47,000)
8. Meghan Trainor, Title (44,000)
9. Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint (41,000)
10. Hozier, Hozier (40,000)
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