Greta Van Fleet Scores Its Fifth Top Hard Rock Albums No. 1
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Palace for the People continues a streak that dates to 2017.
Por Billboard | 22/10/2026
Greta Van Fleet boasts its fifth No. 1 on Billboard ’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart, bowing atop the Oct. 24-dated ranking with Palace for the People . In the week ending Oct. 15, the set earned 30,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate. The four-piece has ruled Top Hard Rock Albums with every release dating to 2017’s From the Fires . It led again with 2018’s Anthem of the Peaceful Army , 2021’s The Battle at Garden’s Gate and 2023’s Starcatcher . (The act has charted one other entry. Its first, EP Black Smoke Rising , peaked at No. 10 in 2017.) On the all-genre Billboard 200 , Palace for the People starts at No. 9, the band’s fourth top 10. Of the LP’s 30,000-unit first-week sum, 26,000 are via album sales, which send it to No. 2 on Top Album Sales . With 17,000 vinyl copies, the set also debuts at No. 1 on Vinyl Albums , Greta Van Fleet’s third release to reign. Concurrently, three songs from Palace for the People place on the Oct. 24-dated Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, led by “Heya,” which debuts at No. 7 with 653,000 chart-eligible streams. “Tear It Down” (No. 12; 809,000 radio audience impressions, 425,000 streams) and “Saw You Stand” (No. 20; 362,000 streams) follow. That’s a new peak for the former, while the latter debuted at No. 2 on the Aug. 15 list. The album’s lead radio single, “Play Your Games,” hit No. 12 on Mainstream Rock Airplay in August, while follow-up “Tear It Down” reaches a new peak of No. 21 on the latest tally. “Play Your Games” reached No. 9 on Hot Hard Rock Songs in June.