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Paul McCartney. © Mary McCartney Paul McCartney‘s latest solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, has landed here, there, and everywhere on Billboard‘s latest chart returns, mostly at Number One. While the LP, which contains the singles “Days We Left Behind” and “Home to Us,” bowed at Number Five on the Billboard 200, which tabulates an album’s popularity with a combination of sales and “album-equivalent” streaming units, the trade mag reports that it landed at Number One on its Top Album Sales, Vinyl Albums, and Indie Store Album Sales charts.
McCartney managed this week’s feat by earning 63,000 album equivalent units in the U.S. for the week ending June 4, Billboard reports. The album’s sales, meanwhile, reached 59,500, of which 32,000 were vinyl records.
This sort of recognition is no rarity for the former Beatle, who has seen the world of album charts evolve greatly in his five-plus decades as a recording artist. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is Macca’s 22nd album to reach the Billboard 200’s Top 10, including Wings LPs. His first solo Top 10 was McCartney, which reached Number One, some 56 years ago. Meanwhile, 32 Beatles albums reached the same rare air. The Beatles’ first Top 10 album, Meet the Beatles!, came out 62 years ago.
Billboard’s report includes a list of the most Billboard 200 Top 10s, placing the Rolling Stones at the top, as they’ve scored 38 albums on the chart. But if you combine McCartney’s solo, Wings, and Beatles Top 10s, he surpasses his friends with 54 total.
