睡眠代币的“即使在Arcadia”专辑中首次亮相，在Billboard 200排行榜上排名第一

一支以口罩和斗篷表演的英国硬摇滚乐队不是经常访问Billboard 200的顶部的艺术家

English hard rock band Sleep Token is not the type of artist that regularly visits the top of the Billboard 200 — yet anyone who had been paying attention to the group’s rise over the past few months knew that their fourth studio album, Even in Arcadia, was going to have a strong debut.

英国硬摇滚乐队睡眠代币并不是那种定期访问Billboard 200的艺术家的类型，但是在过去的几个月中一直关注该乐队崛起的任何人都知道他们的第四张录音室专辑，即使在Arcadia，也都会出色。

After years of building a fan base, expanding their lore and inching onto the Billboard charts with increasingly higher peaks, the group kicked off the year by scoring their first career Hot 100 entries, as well as quickly selling out a slew of fall arena dates. When Even in Arcadia was released on May 9, its album tracks flooded streaming charts, a clear sign that the early enthusiasm around the album had coalesced upon its release.

经过多年的粉丝群，扩大了知识并以越来越高的山峰延伸到广告牌排行榜上，该小组通过获得了他们的第一个职业生涯Hot 100参赛作品开始了这一年，并迅速卖出了一系列秋季竞技场的日期。即使在Arcadia于5月9日发行时，其专辑曲目泛滥了流媒体排行榜，这清楚地表明，专辑的早期热情在发行后融为一体。

Still, even the most bullish Sleep Token fan had to be pleasantly surprised by the sheer magnitude of the album’s debut: Even in Arcadia arrived at No. 1 on the Billboard 200chart dated May 24 with 127,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate — good enough to not only score Sleep Token’s biggest chart week ever, but the biggest total for a hard rock album in nearly two years, as well as the largest streaming week ever for a hard rock album. It’s the type of debut that blows away even the most hyped-up prognostications, and immediately makes Sleep Token one of the biggest stories in rock this year.

Still, even the most bullish Sleep Token fan had to be pleasantly surprised by the sheer magnitude of the album's debut: Even in Arcadia arrived at No. 1 on the Billboard 200chart dated May 24 with 127,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate — good enough to not only score Sleep Token's biggest chart week ever, but the biggest total for a hard rock album in nearly two years, as well as the largest streaming week ever for a hard rock album.即使是最令人震惊的预后，这是那种首次亮相，并立即使Sleep Token成为今年Rock中最大的故事之一。

The performance of this album cycle has “by far” surpassed expectations, RCA Records COO John Fleckenstein tells Billboard. Sleep Token — who debuted nearly a decade ago and have always remained undercover of anonymity, with band members never revealing their identities or speaking to the press — signed with RCA in early 2024 following the release of third album Take Me Back to Eden. That album became the band’s first to hit the Billboard 200, debuting at No. 16 in May 2023, and produced some of its first songs to hit the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.

RCA Records首席运营官John Fleckenstein告诉Billboard，这张专辑周期的表现超出了期望。 Sleep Sotken - 大约十年前首次亮相，并且一直保持着匿名的秘密，乐队成员从未透露自己的身份或与新闻界的交谈。这张专辑成为了乐队第一批进入Billboard 200的乐队，并于2023年5月在第16位首次亮相，并制作了一些首批歌曲，以达到Hot Rock＆Selternative歌曲排行榜。

Yet when “Emergence” — the six-and-a-half minute, multi-part prog-metal epic that opened the Arcadia era in March — debuted at No. 57 on the Hot 100 in March, thanks in part to some mind-boggling streaming numbers (9.9 million official U.S. streams from March 14-20, according to Luminate), RCA had to adjust its forecast for the commercial prospects for its host album, says Fleckenstein. Some of the album's tracks also landed on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

然而，当“出现”（三月份开放了阿卡迪亚时代的六分半分钟，多个部分的阶段史诗）在3月的热门100上首次亮相，部分原因是一些令人难以置信的流媒体数字（根据3月14日至20日的美国官方流媒体播放，RCA的说法，RCA的说法是Lumect的，这是RCA的说法，RCA的说法是由Lumect的专辑来调整了广告的专辑。专辑的一些曲目也落在热舞/电子歌曲图上。

“We knew they were great, and they were potent,” says Fleckenstein. “But when ‘Emergence’ came out, that’s when we saw the reality of where the numbers had gotten to.”

弗莱肯斯坦说：“我们知道它们很棒，而且很强大。” “但是，当'出现'出来时，那是我们看到数字所在的现实的时候。”

“Emergence” was followed by “Caramel” — a more radio-friendly (yet no less audacious) single that somehow manages to fuse together rhythmic pop, shuffling reggaeton and a shrieking metal breakdown — and “Damocles,” Sleep Token’s version of a power ballad with twinkling pianos that morph into thundering guitars. Both of those songs hit the Hot 100 as well, at Nos. 34 and 47, respectively — and the fact that the second and third songs released from Even in Arcadia peaked higher than the first one on the Hot 100 indicated to RCA that the host album was going to be a monster.

“出现”之后是“焦糖”，这是一种更友好的（但同样大胆）的单曲，以某种方式设法将有节奏的流行音乐融合在一起，洗牌的雷鬼和尖叫的金属崩溃，以及“ Damocles”，“ Damocles”，“ damocles”，Sleek smeg Sleek smeg Sleep notken的Power of Power of Power of Power to think thinklad pianos with thinkling pians s the the thuthering Guitars thundering Guitars。这两首歌曲也分别在34号和47号的Hot 100中达到了Hot 100，而从Arcadia发行的第二和第三首歌曲也比Hot 100上的第一首峰值高于RCA，表明主机专辑将是怪物。

“Everyday along the path into this album, we were more and more confident that this was a big deal,” says Fleckenstein. “We just don’t see that kind of fan behavior and consistency, in terms of new music coming out.”

弗莱肯斯坦说：“每天都沿着这张专辑的道路，我们越来越有信心这是一件大事。” “就新音乐而言，我们只是看不到那种粉丝的行为和一致性。”

When RCA signed Sleep Token last year, Fleckenstein says that the two biggest indicators of the band’s upward trajectory were their rapid growth as a live act — the group went from clubs to theaters, and now to arenas, with strong ticket demand for each live run — and the online dedication of their fan base. The London natives have crafted a complex backstory over the year, with Sleep Token leader Vessel speaking of a higher power called Sleep and causing fans to parse through lyrics and messages to unlock new mysteries from their world.

当RCA去年签署睡眠代币时​​，Fleckenstein说，乐队向上轨迹的两个最大指标是他们作为现场表演的快速增长 - 该团体从俱乐部到剧院，现在是竞技场，对每次现场直播的门票需求强劲 - 以及他们的粉丝群体的奉献精神。伦敦当地人在一年中制作了一个复杂的背景故事，睡眠代币领导者的船只谈到了一个名为“睡眠”的更高力量，并导致歌迷通过歌词和信息解析，以将新的奥秘从他们的世界中解放出来。

For the band’s new major-label partner, Sleep Token’s anonymity has felt “liberating” as a promotional tool, especially in an era of artists oversharing on social media platforms. “So much of it is about the art that the band makes,” Fleckenstein notes. “The world that’s being created is being driven by the fans, and as we were building [the rollout] with the band, the part that was so rewarding was that we could not get more clever than this fan base.”

对于乐队的新型主要标签合作伙伴而言，睡眠代币的匿名性感觉“解放”是一种促销工具，尤其是在社交媒体平台上超越的艺术家时代。弗雷肯斯坦指出：“很多都是关于乐队创作的艺术。” “正在创造的世界是由粉丝驱动的，当我们与乐队建立[推出]时，如此有意义的部分是我们不能比这个粉丝群更聪明。”

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