The New Foo Fighters Album Rocks Straight To No. 1

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentThe New Foo Fighters Album Rocks Straight To No. 1ByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorApr 24, 2026, 11:23am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Foo Fighters launch new album Your Favorite Toy at No. 1 on the U.K.'s iTunes Top Albums chart, and the set may debut atop the country's albums ranking in a few days. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 30: (L-R) Ilan Rubin, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters attend 2026 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring Mariah Carey on January 30, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyThese days, album promotional campaigns sometimes only begin when the full-length drops. Thanks to the popularity of streaming platforms and digital download storefronts like iTunes, many major figures in the music industry choose not to share any music from an upcoming project until fans can purchase or stream it in its entirety. Then there are other acts that stick to a more traditional path, one that involves multiple singles arriving before an album. Foo Fighters opted for the more well-worn trajectory with the group's twelfth full-length Your Favorite Toy, which arrives today (April 24). The band dropped the set's first single "Asking for a Friend" more than half a year ago, in October 2025, and since then the rockers have delivered another three hits – "Your Favorite Toy," "Caught in the Echo" and "Of All People" in 2026 – and it appears that all of that work has paid off.Foo Fighters' Your Favorite Toy Launches at No. 1Your Favorite Toy is an instant No. 1 on the iTunes...