The Killers Return With The Album That Started It All

The Killers likely had no idea that “Mr. Brightside,” one of the band’s earliest singles, would go on to become not just a hit, but one of the sturdiest smashes in rock history. The tune is still present on multiple Billboard charts this week, more than 20 years after it was released. The album it’s featured on also manages to mount a comeback in America this frame, as interest in the group’s signature sound is still intense.

Hot Fuss appears on three Billboard charts this week. The album reappears on two of those tallies–thanks in part to the continued popularity of “Mr. Brightside”–which is a big win for a band that hasn’t released a new collection in nearly four years.

The Killers’ debut full-length is back at No. 25 on the Top Alternative Albums chart, which ranks the most-consumed projects in that one genre. That may be the lowest rung, but it’s also the set’s all-time high point.

Hot Fuss has only spent two weeks on the Top Alternative Albums ranking throughout its lifetime. The set debuted in 2018, and it’s been missing from the roundup ever since.

The same career-making release is also back on the Billboard 200, the most important albums chart published by the company the ranking shares its name with. Hot Fuss reappears on the tally of the most-consumed studio efforts at No. 195, barely making a home on the list.

Luminate reports that Hot Fuss moved a little more than 7,500 equivalent units in the past tracking week in the U.S. Impressively, almost 1,200 of those were pure purchases. That’s a hefty sum for a title that’s been rising onto and falling from the Billboard charts for 20 years now.

While Hot Fuss is fairly new to the Top Alternative Albums chart, it’s nearing a special milestone on the Billboard 200. If the title can hold on for one more frame, it will become the first release by The Killers to spend 100 weeks on the tally. The set is now up to 22 turns on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums ranking, where it ascends from No. 48 to No. 43.

“Mr. Brightside” served as the lead single from Hot Fuss, though some consider the second cut “Somebody Told Me” as the band’s breakout tune. The former has turned out to be the bigger smash of the two, and this week, it lives on four U.S.-based Billboard tallies. “Mr. Brightside” reaches the top 10 on three of those rankings, including both the Alternative Digital Song Sales and Rock Digital Song Sales charts (No. 6 each) and the Alternative Streaming Songs roster (No. 10).