Amy Sussman/Invision, via Associated Press Paramore, from left, Taylor York, Hayley Williams and Jeremy Davis.The rock band Paramore scored the No. 1 spot on the Billboard album chart this week with its first new release in four years, ending Justin Timberlake’s three-week run and beating out a new album by Brad Paisley.
Paramore’s self-titled album, released by the label Fueled by Ramen, sold 106,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, giving the group â€" down from a quintet to a trio â€" its first No. 1. Mr. Paisley’s album, “Wheelhouse†(Arista Nashville), has gotten a great deal of media attention for the single “Accidental Racist,†but that attention was not enough to take it to the top spot. With 100,000 sales, the album lands at No. 2.
Mr. Timberlake’s “20/20 Experience†(RCA) falls to No. 3 with 98,000 sales, bringing its four-week total to just more than 1.5 million. Albums by country singers Blake Shelton and Eric Church take the next two spots, each selling slightly more than 61,000 copies: Mr. Shelton’s “Based on a True Story†(Warner Brothers Nashville) holds at No. 4, and Mr. Church’s “Caught in the Act: Live†(EMI Nashville) is No. 5. (SoundScan’s publicly reported numbers are rounded.)
Another country act, the Band Perry, fell four spots to No. 6 with “Pioneer†(Republic Nashville) which sold 56,000 copies in its second week out, and the Los Angeles rapper Tyga bows at No. 7 with his new “Hotel California†(Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic), which sold 54,000.
