Greta Van Fleet Scores Third Top Rock & Alternative Albums No. 1

Greta Van Fleet nabs its third total and consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart as Starcatcher bows atop the Aug. 5-dated list.

Starcatcher earned 46,000 equivalent album units in the July 21-27 tracking week, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 41,000 units were via album sales.

Each of Greta Van Fleet’s full-length albums has crowned the ranking. The four-piece first reigned with Anthem of the Peaceful Army in 2018, followed by The Battle at Garden’s Gate in 2021. The band, which formed in Michigan in 2012, first hit Billboard’s charts in 2017.

Starcatcher concurrently arrives at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums, marking Greta Van Fleet’s third ruler on the former and fourth on the latter. Its 2017 EP, From the Fires, also crowned Top Hard Rock Albums.

On the all-genre Billboard 200, Starcatcher begins at No. 8, the band’s third top 10. Its best, Anthem of the Peaceful Army, reached No. 3.

The new set also starts at No. 2 on Vinyl Albums, with 26,000 copies from vinyl sales.

Two songs from the album appear on the multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. Lead single “Meeting the Master” re-enters at No. 16 with 751,000 official U.S. streams and 198,000 radio audience impressions, while “The Indigo Streak” debuts at No. 17 (825,000 streams).

“Meeting the Master” peaked at No. 12 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay tally dated June 3. Follow-up single “The Falling Sky” debuts at No. 32 on the latest list.