John Mellencamp is Back on the Charts at No.1

John Mellencamp earns himself a spot at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart for the first time in his career with his new album, Other People’s Stuff.

According to Nielsen Music, the set debuts atop the tally with 44,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending December 13th. Nearly all of its sum came via traditional album sales.

Mellencamp has previously earned five top fives on Top Rock Albums, which began in 2006 (many years after Mellencamp first reached the all-genre Billboard 200 chart back in 1979). Before Stuff, with three — 2007’s Freedom Road, 2008’s Life Death Love and Freedom and most recently, 2017’s Sad Clowns & Hillbillies reaching No. 3.

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