Billboard staffers answer these questions and more below. 1. Sleep Token’s Even in Arcadia debuts atop the Billboard 200 this week with 127,000 units – its first No. 1 on the chart.

Sleep Token’s No. 1 chart position came on the strength of impressive numbers in terms of both sales and streams, with Even in Arcadia having the best-ever streaming week for a hard rock album ...

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That was proven this week when Sleep Token’s “Even in Arcadia” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with 127,000 equivalent album units, the biggest total for a hard rock ...

The Billboard 200 albums chart measures the top releases during the weekly tracking period every Friday through Thursday. While it used to be determined strictly by record sales, the ever-changing ...

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