The Red Hot Chili Peppers return to the top of the Billboard 200 after 16 years.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' new album "Unlimited Love" debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200, becoming the band's second-highest-grossing album of all time and the first since 2006's "Stadium Arcadium".
It is worth noting that "Unlimited Love" is also the first album of the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the participation of guitarist John Frusciante after "Stadium Arcadium".
Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Unlimited Love" was released by Warner Music on April 1 and recorded sales in the US in the week ending April 7, equivalent to 97,500 albums, according to Luminate (formerly MRC Data).
Of the total, sales of entire albums - both physical and digital - amounted to 82,500 (the best performance of the week), 14,500 sales came from streams services and accounted for 18.96 million streams of "Unlimited Love" songs in the US, while 500 were the album's individual song purchases.
In all, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have eight albums topped the Billboard 200 Top 10.
"Unlimited Love" is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' No. 1 number one on the Billboard 200 in almost 16 years, since "Stadium Arcadium" spent its first two weeks at the top of the rankings in late May and early June. of 2006.
In addition, "Unlimited Love" recorded the best performance based on both equivalent sales and net sales recorded by one of the rock albums in the United States for more than a year.
It was January 2022 when Paul McCartney's "McCartney III" debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with equivalent sales of 107,000 albums, of which 104,000 net sales.
In addition to their homeland, the United States, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have topped the charts around the world with their new album.
"Unlimited Love" became the fifth Red Hot Chili Peppers album to dominate No. 1 of the United Kingdom, having debuted at the top of the local charts and also took first place in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.
