Paramore's This Is Why debuts at #2 in the US; #1 in the UK

[Teletubby 150,846]

US
Paramore scores its highest-charting album in nearly a decade, as This Is Why debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
This Is Why begins with 64,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 47,000, SEA units comprise 17,000 (equaling 21.3 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. source

UK 
Paramore secure a third UK Number 1 album, and their first in a decade, with This Is Why.
The Tennessee-formed rock group, comprising Hayley Williams, Zac Farro and Taylor York, reach the summit with their sixth studio LP, with 76% of its final total made up of physical copies.  21,093 units – 8,904 CDs, 6,420 vinyl albums, 641 cassettes, 1,033 digital downloads and 4,095 from streaming source

[hELXIG 43,303]

WELL DESERVED!  

Edit: just saw the album is #3 in NZ   I hope it continues to rise and this means they will consider touring here again

[Sherry 4,715]

Great album, well deserved 

[MessyTop 14,389]

They could’ve had a #1 album if they picked better singles. Period. The second part of the album is so good, yet we got the weakest songs as a singles.