It's no surprise for Eric

 

Eric Church tops the Billboard album charts with Chief taking the No. 1 spot on both the Country and Top 200 with 144,990 albums sold. Chief, the third studio album from Church, more than quadrupled the first week sales of his Gold Certified sophomore release Carolina. Chief is only the second country album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 this year and is second highest selling debut for a country release this year behind Brad Paisley. The album also posted the highest first week digital sales for a country release this year.