Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘In Times New Roman’ Crowns Rock Album Charts
Written by djfrosty on June 28, 2023
Queens of the Stone Age launches atop all four of Billboard’s rock albums charts with In Times New Roman…, which begins at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums surveys dated July 1.
The set begins with 40,000 equivalent album units earned in the June 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 36,000 units are via album sales.
The album is the Josh Homme-led act’s third leader on all four lists. The band first reigned with 2013’s …Like Clockwork, followed by 2017’s Villains.
On the all-genre Billboard 200, In Times New Roman… is Queens of the Stone Age’s fourth top 10, starting at No. 9. The band first reached the top 10 with Lullabies to Paralyze, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 in 2005. The group boasts one No. 1, …Like Clockwork.
Concurrently, three songs from the album appear on the multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. “Paper Machete” debuts at No. 11, thanks to 961,000 official U.S. streams and 386,000 radio audience impressions, followed by “Emotion Sickness” (No. 21) and “Obscenery” (No. 24).
“Emotion Sickness” peaked at No. 31 on the Alternative Airplay list dated June 10, with “Paper Machete” having since become the album’s new radio single. The band has 12 entries on Alternative Airplay so far, first appearing with “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret,” which peaked at No. 36 in September 2000. Of those, three were top 10s, including four-week No. 1 “No One Knows” in 2003.