Rock band Skillet arrives at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with its eighth studio album,
"Rise," selling 60,000. It also launches at No. 1 on the Rock Albums and
Christian Albums charts. It's the group's first No. 1 on the Rock
tally, and second leader on the Christian chart.
"Rise" follows the lengthy chart success of the act's last studio
effort, 2009's "Awake." It debuted and peaked at a career-high No. 2 on
the Billboard 200 (68,000 debut) and ruled for 12 weeks at No. 1 on the
Christian Albums chart. Further, it spent 136 weeks on the Billboard 200
and has sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. and 2 million overall.
Another rock act, August Burns Red, bows at No. 9 with
"Rescue & Restore" (26,000).
