The first solo LP from Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams arrives as her maiden No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, as Petals for Armor bows atop the May 23-dated survey.The set starts with 22,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
Of that sum, 17,000 units are via album sales.Paramore has notched three Top Rock Albums No. 1s; the band's previous three LPs debuted on top -- 2017's After Laughter, 2013's self-titled LP and 2009's Brand New Eyes.With her solo coronation, Williams is the first woman to have led Top Rock Albums both on her own and with a group.She is the second solo woman to lead Top Rock Albums in 2020, following Fiona Apple, whose Fetch the Bolt Cutters started at.
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