Kings of Leon score their first No. 1 album on Billboard 200October 24, 2016 - 12:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kings of Leon score their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with "Walls". The band's seventh studio album debuts atop the chart with 77,000 total copies sold this week, including 68,000 in traditional album sales, AceShowbiz said citing Nielsen Music. Kings of Leon earns their first chart-topping album, 13 years after making their debut on the chart with their first album "Youth & Young Manhood" in 2003. "Walls" is the band's fourth Top 10 album following "Mechanical Bull", "Come Around Sundown" and "Only by the Night". At No. 2 on this week's Billboard 200 is Drake's former No. 1 "Views" with 40,000 units. The "Suicide Squad" soundtrack rises to No. 3 with 35,000 units. The Game's "1992" debuts at No. 4 with 32,000 units while Twenty One Pilots' "Blurryface" climbs to No. 5 with 26,000 units. JoJo makes her return to the Billboard 200 chart after 10 years with her new album "Mad Love.", which bows at No. 6 with 25,000 units. The original Broadway cast recording of "Hamilton" rises to No. 7 with 23,000 units. Ariana Grande's "Dangerous Woman" ascends to No. 8 with 22,000 units, while Travis Scott (II)'s "Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight" climbs to No. 9 with 21,000 units. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |