Twenty One Pilots Return With The Band’s Decade-Old Album

In September, Twenty One Pilots will release a new album titled Breach. The duo has already started promoting the forthcoming collection with the lead single, “The Contract,” which arrived a short time ago. That track debuted on a handful of Billboard rankings last week and has now arrived on several others.

This time around, all the excitement surrounding a new era beginning has inspired Twenty One Pilots’ fans to return to the group’s back catalog. All their collective buying and, especially, streaming activity has turned the band’s breakout album into a hit again.

Blurryface Returns to Two Charts

Blurryface, the project that helped Twenty One Pilots become a household name in America, returns to a pair of Billboard tallies this frame. Reappearing in the lowest reaches of two lists, Blurryface lands at No. 49 on the 50-spot Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart. At the same time, it reenters the Billboard 200 at No. 195, with a little more than 8,600 equivalent units shifted (per Luminate).

Blurryface Has Already Reached No. 1

Blurryface has spent more than 300 weeks on both of those rankings. It also previously reached No. 1 on both of them. Just last month, Blurryface turned 10 years old, as it was released in May 2015. Longtime fans of the group have been honoring the title ever since, and this week, the circumstances were right for the effort to return.

“The Contract” Debuts and Rises

As Blurryface reappears, “The Contract” debuts on four charts. It opens on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., as well as the Hot Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs tallies. On the latter, Twenty One Pilots narrowly miss securing another top 10 hit by just a few spaces. In the coming weeks, “The Contract” could easily climb several positions and crack the uppermost region on the pair of rosters.

At the same time that “The Contract” debuts on some rankings, it also ascends to new high points on several others where it got an early start last week. The single rises from No. 40 to No. 16 on the Alternative Airplay list. It manages a similar showing on the Rock & Alternative Airplay tally, jumping from No. 38 to No. 18.