Red Hot Chili Peppers Find the Love With No. 1 Album Debut; Harry Styles Tops Hot 100
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterRed Hot Chili Peppers lived up to the first half of their name with a No. 1 bow on the Billboard 200 this week, as the group’s “Unlimited Love” stormed in with 97,500 album-equivalent units, giving the foursome its first position atop that chart since “Stadium Arcadium” did it 16 years ago.The veteran group proved particularly strong on the sales front, where so many other acts are faltering in the streaming age.
Of that 97,500 unit total, 82,500 came in traditional album sales. And of those 82,500, a substantial 38,500 copies were sold on vinyl — the second-highest weekly LP total for a rock act since weekly tracking began in 1991.On-demand streams for the Chili Peppers’ tracks added up to 19.96 million, per MRC Data.
Last week’s No. 1 album, Machine Gun Kelly’s “Mainstream Sellout,” took a dip to No. 9 in week 2, with its 30,500 album-equivalent units representing a 67% decline.Lil Durk’s “7220” held on to the No.
2 spot, with 51,000 units, followed by “Encanto,” Morgan Wallen, Olivia Rodrigo, the Weeknd, Yeat and Drake at Nos. 3-8, and Doja Cat at No.
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