The set debuts at No. 1 on the New Age Albums chart. His Holiness the Dalai Lama appears on Billboard's charts for the first time with his debut album release, Inner World.
The album debuts at No. 1 on the New Age Albums chart (dated July 18) and No. 8 on World Albums with 2,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S.
in the week ending July 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. About half of that sum is via album sales, as the set concurrently debuts at No.
98 on the all-genre Album Sales chart. Inner World, which was released on the Dalai Lama's 85th birthday, July 6, features his spoken-word mantras and teachings mixed with music.
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