After six years away, the Beastie Boys return this week to the No. 1 position on The Billboard 200 with “To the 5 Boroughs.” Their latest Capitol set opened with sales of 360,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
It’s the follow-up to 1998’s “Hello Nasty,” which also debuted at No. 1, selling 682,000 copies in its opening week. It remained on top for three weeks and has sold 3.8 million to date.
Source billboard.com.
