Sabbath Celebrates No. 1

It’s been 43 years since Black Sabbath, the British rock band, which arguably spawned the entire heavy metal genre, first appeared on the Billboard 200 album chart. But this week it finally earned its first No. 1 album with “13,” selling 155,000 copies during the first week of release, Billboard reported. Released on Vertigo, “13” is the group’s first set of new songs with most of its original lineup â€" the singer Ozzy Osbourne, the guitarist Tony Iommi and the bassist Geezer Butler â€" since 1978’s “Never Say Die!” (The original drummer, Bill Ward, is not involved, because of contract disputes.) The only other Top 10 album the band has had in its many incarnations was 1971’s “Master of Reality,” which rose to No. 8. Last week’s No. 1 album, Queens of the Stone Age’s “… Like Clockwork,” dropped like a stone, settling at No. 15 on the chart. Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” remained in the second spot, followed by Justin Tmberlake’s “20/20 Experience,” which got a boost from a sale on iTunes. The boy band Big Time Rush’s new album, “24/Seven,” entered the chart at No. 4, a disappointing performance given the sales of its last CD. Three country albums â€" Florida Georgia Line’s “Here’s to the Good Times,” Darius Rucker’s “True Believers” and Blake Shelton’s “Based on a True Story …” â€" held the next three spots. The rest of the Top 10 were new releases. The Goo Goo Dolls’ “Magnetic” entered at No. 8, followed by the “Man of Steel” soundtrack and the Lonely Island’s third release, “The Wack Album.”