Vampire Weekend’s new record Father of the Bride has topped the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album sold 138,000 equivalent album units—including including 119,000 in sales and 23 million song streams—according to Billboard and The New York Times. Those numbers gave FOTB the best sales week for a rock album in 2019.
Father of the Bride is Vampire Weekend’s third consecutive No. 1 album, following 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City and 2010’s Contra. The band’s self-titled debut peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 chart in February 2008.
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