Shinedown Misses The Top 10 For The First Time In Two Decades

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentShinedown Misses The Top 10 For The First Time In Two DecadesByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorJun 10, 2026, 11:25am EDTShinedown's Ei8ht debuts at No. 12 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's first traditional studio album to miss the top 10 in two decades. ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 25: (L-R) Barry Kerch, Eric Bass, Brent Smith and Zach Myers of Shinedown attend SiriusXM's Small Stage Series presented by American Express at The Orange Peel on August 25, 2022 in Asheville, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images for SiriusXM)Getty Images for SiriusXMIn the 25 years that Shinedown has been together as a band, the rockers have managed some truly incredible feats on the Billboard charts. The group claims the most No. 1s of all time on the Mainstream Rock Airplay tally, and the musicians added to their sum only a short time ago. "Safe and Sound," one of the most recent singles pushed from the outfit's eighth studio album, the appropriately named Ei8ht, conquered that radio roster, and this period, it sits at No. 5. Buoyed by a slew of hit singles and the group’s large fan base, Ei8ht debuts on seven Billboard charts this week. It launches within the top 10 on almost all of them, but as it misses that highest tier on just a single roster, Ei8ht becomes the group's first title to fail to find its way into that region in decades.Shinedown Debuts Ei8ht on the Billboard 200Ei8ht begins its time on the Billboard 200, the chart company's list of the most-consumed albums in America, at No. 12. According to data shared by Luminate, Ei8ht moved 37,500 equivalent units in the most recent tracking frame, the title’s first. 29,500 of those were actual purchases, while the rest largely come from streaming activity.Shinedown Misses the To...