Paul McCartney earns first No. 1 album in over 36 years with ‘Egypt Station’

Paul
McCartney.
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• Paul
  McCartney‘s recent album, “Egypt Station,” has become his
  first Billboard No. 1 album in over 36 years.
• “Egypt Station” is McCartney’s eight No. 1 album and
  his first since 1982’s “Tug of War.”

 

Paul McCartney’s recently released 18th solo album, “Egypt
Station,” has become his first Billboard No. 1 album in over 36
years, Billboard
reported.

The album moved 153,000 equivalent album units, with
147,000 copies in traditional album sales, which exceeded
Billboard’s
early prediction of its debut. 

According to Billboard, “Egypt Station” is McCartney’s eight No.
1 album (including his albums with Wings) and his first since
1982’s “Tug of War.” (He also scored 19 No. 1 albums
with The Beatles, the most all time of any artist or
group.)

“Egypt Station” is the first of McCartney’s solo albums to
debut at No. 1 on the chart, and it’s also his best-selling LP in
over a decade, since his album “Memory Almost Full” debuted at
No. 3 in 2007 with 161,000 copies sold.

McCartney backed the release of “Egypt Station” with a noteworthy
promotional campaign, which included
a lengthy profile with GQ, and appearances on “The Howard
Stern Show,” “The Tonight Show,” and Marc Maron’s WTF
podcast. 

McCartney addressed the news of his No. 1 debut in a tweet on
Sunday, writing: “Thanks to all our fabulous fans and the whole
team behind this record for making it number one – yippee! Love
Paul x.”

“Egypt Station” has been well reviewed by critics since its
release. It currently holds a
73% rating on the reviews aggregator Metacritic.

Listen to the album below: