A week after it arrived at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart, sombr’s I Barely Know Her spends its first frame at No. 1, rising to the top of the Sept. 13-dated tally.

In its second week of availability (Aug. 29-Sept. 4), the singer-songwriter’s first LP earned 27,000 equivalent album units in the United States, an 11% drop from the 31,000 it accrued in week one, according to Luminate.

On the Sept. 6 chart, I Barely Know Her trailed Deftones’ Private Music, which falls to No. 5 in its second week (22,000 units, down 75% from 87,000).

I Barely Know Her also reigns on Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums. The set becomes sombr’s first No. 1 on all three rankings.

Concurrently, the album — for which sombr wrote all 10 songs solo — rises two positions to No. 12

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