Queens of the Stone Age Earns Its First No. 1

It was a good week for the rock and country genres, as five of the Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 came from rock bands of various flavors and three belonged to country singers.

Queens of the Stone Age earned its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 on Wednesday, as their latest disc “… Like Clockwork” (Matador) sold 91,000 copies in its first week, Nielsen SoundScan reported on Wednesday. The band, a five-piece rock outfit from Palm Desert, Calif., led by Josh Homme, has never before topped the chart, though it has put out six other albums.

Mr. Homme’s group bumped Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” (Daft Lite/Columbia) from the top slot, where it has been for two weeks, pushing it to No. 2. Another rock act, Sleeping With Sirens, entered the chart at No. 3 with the newly released “Feel” (Rise Records) selling 59,000 records. The next two spots belonged to country artists: Blake Shelton’s “Based on a True Story …” (Warner Brothers) was at No. 4, and Darius Rucker’s “True Believers” (Capitol Nashville) climbed to No. 5.

Next came Megadeth’s latest album, “Super Collider,” released just last week on Universal Music, followed by Imagine Dragon’s “Night Visions” (Interscope Records), Florida Georgia Line’s “Here’s to the Good Times” (Republic Nashville), Justin Timberlake’s “20/20 Experience” (RCA) and, rounding out the Top 10, a new album from Barenaked Ladies, “Grinning Streak” (Vanguard Records).

On the singles chart, Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” a sexy, upbeat song with a minimal funky rhythm, and featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, continued its rapid rise, ending up at No. 1. The song shows all the hallmarks of a runaway hit: it gained so much momentum in all formats that it surged to the top of charts tracking radio airplay, online streams and digital sales.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s “Can’t Hold Us” slipped to No. 2, while Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” which also features Mr. Williams, landed at No. 3. The rest of the Top 10 were familiar: in order, they were Justin Timberlake’s “Mirrors”; Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise”; Imagine Dragons’s “Radioactive”; Pink’s “Just Give Me a Reason”; Selena Gomez’s “Come & Get It”; Ariana Grande’s debut single, “The Way”; and Icona Pop’s “I Love It.”