All Time Low, the pop-punk quartet that calls Towson home, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week.
At 75,000 albums sold, "Future Hearts" — the group's sixth effort — was technically the week's biggest seller of physical copies, Billboard reports, but the trade magazine recently changed its metrics to gauge an album's overall popularity. (The number of times a song is streamed online is factored in, for example.) Therefore, the "Furious 7" soundtrack is No. 1, despite selling approximately 30,000 less physical copies than "Future Hearts."
Evolving measurements aside, this is the best opening week ever for All Time Low. The album, which was released on Hopeless Records on April 7, has been bolstered by the lead single, "Something's Gotta Give." (Watch the zombified video above.) As of today, it has nearly 3.5 million views on YouTube and more than 4 million plays on Spotify.
The group's exposure could continue to grow in the near future. After touring the country this spring, All Time Low will head to Europe, and guitarist Jack Barakat said last September that there were plans for an Australia run, too. Deadline also reported last year that band members will appear as themselves in the upcoming Meg Ryan/Kiernan Shipka movie, "Fan Girl." The group will contribute to the soundtrack as well.
Although the band tours across the world, it stays connected to its home state and Baltimore. In 2012, the animated video for "For Baltimore" depicted areas of the city, including "Bulls Head Live," a nod to the Rams Head Live venue downtown. Barakat lives in Canton, and co-owns the Fells Point bar, The Rockwell. And on May 24, the band will headline a sold-out Pier Six Pavilion.
Listen to "Future Hearts" on Spotify here.