
SHINEDOWN‘sĀ “Planet Zero”Ā has topped all four Billboard rock album charts in its first week of release: Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums.
The set sold 50,000 equivalent album units,Ā according to Luminate. Of that sum, 43,000 are via album sales.
On the all-genre Billboard 200, “Planet Zero”Ā came in at No. 5, markingĀ SHINEDOWN‘s fifth top five title. It also landed at No. 1 on the all-genre Top Album Sales chart.
Billboard‘s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first weekĀ BillboardĀ began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information fromĀ SoundScan, nowĀ Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated December 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units.
“Planet Zero”, was released on July 1. The LP is an incisive yet optimistic look at the fractures and frays of a society that has undergone many challenges in the last few years, seeingĀ SHINEDOWNĀ take on the forces that are keeping us divided at a time when we need to be coming together. The high-concept, viscerally charged album, produced byĀ SHINEDOWN‘sĀ Eric Bass, takes a hard look at the divisiveness among those of differing ideologies, cancel culture ran rampant, the toxicity of social media, the need for honesty in our public discourse, and the corrosive effects of these things on mental health and humanity. A dystopian saga that warns of dangerous dehumanizing consequences,Ā “Planet Zero”Ā is a reminder that if we shut each other down, we risk losing empathy, respect for one another, and our ability to communicate and unify in a way that leads to actual progress and understanding. The album also shares hope, perseverance, triumph, and reminders that we all need one another, like onĀ “Daylight”. After all, it is the band’s impassioned striving for unity that has long been at the heart of their creative output.
The “Planet Zero”Ā world tour (produced byĀ Live Nation) begins in Bonner Springs, Kansas on September 3 with special guestsĀ JELLY ROLLĀ andĀ John Harvie, kicking off a U.S. run of fall shows that will see the record-breaking, chart-topping band bring their new music, No. 1 hits, fan favorites and biggest stage show yet to cities from coast to coast. The routing also includes festival performances atĀ Louder Than LifeĀ on September 23 in Louisville, Kentucky andĀ AftershockĀ on October 9 in Sacramento, California.
SHINEDOWNĀ recently embarked on a Europe run of festival performances and select shows withĀ IRON MAIDENĀ and will follow it by Canadian dates with special guestsĀ POP EVILĀ andĀ AYRON JONESĀ in July and August.
Source:Ā www.blabbermouth.net
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