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Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Breach’ Debuts at No. 1 With Biggest Rock Week in Six Years

A vinyl-forward, multi-format release drove 169,000 in traditional sales out of 200,000 first-week units.

Overview

  • Breach’ is the duo’s second Billboard 200 leader and their first since 2015’s ‘Blurryface.’
  • Total opening figure reached 200,000 equivalent units, including 31,000 from streaming, equal to 40.68 million official on-demand plays, with track-equivalent units negligible.
  • The album sold 72,000 vinyl copies across more than 15 variants, the largest vinyl week for a rock title in the modern tracking era.
  • The launch marks Twenty One Pilots’ best week ever and the strongest rock-album week since Tool’s ‘Fear Inoculum’ in 2019.
  • Promotion included the No. 1 Alternative Airplay single ‘The Contract’ and the start of The Clancy Tour: Breach 2025 on Sept. 18, with U.S. and Canada dates running through Oct. 26 in Los Angeles.