Paul McCartney has a new album at the top of the charts. The Boys of Dungeon Lane debuted at No. 1 on three Billboard charts dated June 13: Top Album Sales, Vinyl Albums, and Indie Store Album Sales. It also landed at No. 2 on Top Rock Albums, No. 2 on Top Rock and Alternative Albums, and No. 5 on the overall Billboard 200.
According to Billboard, the album earned 63,000 equivalent album units in the United States during the week ending June 4, as measured by Luminate. Of those, 59,500 came from pure sales, and vinyl purchases alone accounted for 32,000 units. The album was released across 18 physical formats, including more than 10 vinyl editions.
The debut marks McCartney's 22nd top 10 album on the Billboard 200, counting his solo work and his recordings with Wings. That puts him in rare company. Only a handful of acts in the chart's history, dating to March 1956, have reached 20 or more top 10 albums. The Rolling Stones lead the list with 38, followed by Barbra Streisand with 34 and Frank Sinatra with 33. The Beatles, of which McCartney is a member, have 32. McCartney's solo and Wings tally of 22 ties him with Elton John and Bruce Springsteen.
The span of McCartney's chart presence is striking on its own. His debut solo album reached the Billboard 200 top 10 in May 1970. That means his top 10 run now stretches more than 56 years. The only living artist to hold a longer such streak, according to Billboard, is Tony Bennett, whose collaboration with Lady Gaga, Love for Sale, extended his span to 59 years when it debuted in October 2021. Bennett was 95 at the time.
The Boys of Dungeon Lane is McCartney's second Billboard 200 top 10 of the 2020s. His decade-by-decade breakdown across 22 top 10s runs: 10 in the 1970s, two in the 1980s, one in the 1990s, four in the 2000s, three in the 2010s, and now two in the 2020s.
All Billboard charts dated June 13 are scheduled to be posted in full on June 9.
