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Chevelle crowns Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart (dated July 30), as The North Corridor, the band's eighth studio album, debuts at No. 1 with 31,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Music. The Illinois-based act earns its second No. 1 on the chart, following 2014's La Gargola (which debuted with 45,000 sold).
The new set also bows at No. 1 on Alternative Albums and Hard Rock Albums, marking the group's third leader on each list; in addition to La Gargola, 2009's Sci-Fi Crimes (46,000) topped both tallies. The North Corrridor opens at No. 8 on the all-genre, consumption-based Billboard 200, where it's the band's fourth top 10.
The new record's lead single, "Joyride (Omen)," rises 47-44 on Hot Rock Songs and maintains its No. 4 peak on the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart, a spot it's now held for five straight weeks. It ranks at No. 18 on Rock Airplay (4 million in rock radio audience) after reaching No. 17.
The next biggest debut on Top Rock Albums belongs to Switchfoot, whose When the Light Shines Through opens at No. 3 (27,000 sold). The set also starts at No. 3 on Alternative Albums and arrives as the band's sixth No. 1 on Top Christian Albums, dating to its first, 2004's The Beautiful Letdown, which reigned for 38 weeks.
The Avalanches, the Australian act known for its 2000 landmark release Since I Left You, a breakthrough in plunderphonics (making new music out of multiple existing, sampled recordings, often splicing them together with other sounds), return with their second LP, Wildflower, which debuts at No. 5 on Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums (13,000 sold). The long-awaited release has reportedly been in production since the mid-2000s and includes contributions from, among others, Danny Brown, Toro y Moi, Biz Markie and Father John Misty. Wildflower's sales total is the best weekly sum that the trio has achieved in the U.S.; Since I Left You sold 4,000 in its seventh week.
Two other titles debut in the Top Rock Albums top 10. Nonpoint's ninth album, The Poison Red (No. 7, 7,000 sold), tying the band's highest peak on the chart, first achieved with 2014's The Return. It also enters at No. 7 on Alternative Albums and No. 2 on Hard Rock Albums. And Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Heart arrives at No. 9 on Top Rock Albums with Beautiful Broken (6,000 sold). The set is quasi-archival, with seven of its 10 tracks reworkings of previously-released Heart songs (among the three new tracks: "Two," co-written by Ne-Yo).
Source: BillBoard
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