Everything aligned for
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ latest
album, “Unlimited Love,” which has opened at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, the
band’s second time at the top.
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The Chili Peppers reunited with its former
guitarist,
John Frusciante, for the album. He has been in and out of the band
since 1988 — with his most recent departure coming after the tour for “Stadium
Arcadium” (2006), the group’s last album to go to No. 1. “Unlimited Love” also
put the band back in the studio with Rick Rubin, who has produced most of the
Chili Peppers’ albums since 1991, but not its most recent, “The Getaway” (2016,
with Danger Mouse).
And if there were an award for most unusual
promotional appearances, it might go to a recent one by
Flea, the band’s
inimitable bassist, who offered a lunging, psych-funk solo instrumental version
of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the Los Angeles Lakers-Denver Nuggets NBA
game April 3. (Did it result in sales or streams of “Unlimited Love”? Who
knows, but it’s a must-see for any Chili Peppers fan.)
In its first week out, “Unlimited Love” had
the equivalent of 97,500 sales in the
United States, according to tracking
service Luminate, formerly known as MRC Data. That total includes 19 million
streams — modest for a No. 1 album these days — as well as 82,500 copies sold
as a complete package, among them a hefty 38,500 copies on vinyl. (On next
week’s chart, Jack White’s “Fear of the Dawn” is also expected to arrive with a
big vinyl number.)
Also this week, “7220,” by Chicago rapper
Lil Durk, is No. 2. The “Encanto” soundtrack is No. 3, Morgan Wallen’s
“Dangerous: The Double Album” holds at No. 4 in its 65th week on the chart —
every week but one of that time in the Top 10 — and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Sour” is
No. 5.
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