U2 hits 8 No. 1 albums, makes musical history

Legendary Irish rock band U2 have accomplished something no other music group has ever done.

U2’s new album Songs of Experience rocketed to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts this week.

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Not only is this the band’s eighth No. 1 album, but it is the only time in history that a group has earned a No. 1 album for four consecutive decades, from the ’80s to the 2010s.

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Songs of Experience is U2’s 14th studio album and was released Dec. 1. The album’s 186,000 equivalent sales marks the biggest first week release for a rock record this year.

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Following Songs of Experience on the chart’s pecking order this week is Chris Stapleton’s From a Room: Volume 2 at No. 2 and Taylor Swift’s Reputation at No. 3.

Ed Sheeran’s Divide stays steady at No. 4 and Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas has been powered to No. 5 by the approaching holidays.