Brandi Carlile breaks the record for most No. 1’s by a woman on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart, as her latest album Returning to Myself debuts atop the Nov. 8-dated tally.

In its first week, ending Oct. 30, Returning to Myself earned 35,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate. That sum includes 32,000 in album sales.

Returning to Myself is Carlile’s fifth No. 1 on the ranking, all achieved consecutively. She first led with 2015’s The Firewatcher’s Daughter, followed by 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You, 2021’s In These Silent Days and this year’s Elton John collaboration Who Believes in Angels?.

Carlile’s five leaders are the most by a woman or woman-led act since Top Rock & Alternative Albums began in 2006. Previously, she was tied for the mark with Florence +

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