David Byrne’s first album in more than seven years, Who Is the Sky?, debuts in the top 10 across four Billboard album charts: Top Album Sales (No. 10), Vinyl Albums (No. 5), Indie Store Album Sales (No. 4) and Top Current Album Sales (No. 9), all dated Sept. 20. It’s his first new album since American Utopia was released in March 2018.

The new set was preceded by the hit song “Everybody Laughs,” featuring the Ghost Train Orchestra, which reached No. 2 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart in August, marking Byrne’s highest charting track ever on the 29-year-old ranking.

As a soloist, Byrne’s chart history dates to March of 1981, when his collaborative album with Brian Eno, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, debuted on the overall all-genre Billboard 200. Byrne is also the frontman of Talkin

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