Hey, Hey, it’s the Fray: American Songwriter Reads The Charts

So long, Bruce Springsteen, we hope you enjoyed your weeklong stay at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart. Today, it’s the Fray’s turn, as the Denver band claims the top slot with their second album, The Fray.

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So long, Bruce Springsteen, we hope you enjoyed your weeklong stay at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart. Today, it’s the Fray’s turn, as the Denver band claims the top slot with their second album, The Fray.

Just who are the Fray again? They’re the pop-rock outfit that sounds a little bit like John Mayer, a little bit like Train. Their last album, 2005’s How To Save A Life featured the monster hit single of the same name.

Elsewhere on the Billboard 200, Dierks Bently’s Feel That Fire debuts at #3 (it’s also the No. 1 Country Album). Post-Grammys, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss make their triumphant return to the chart, re-entering at # 68 with Raising Sand.

But to us, the most exciting news is that the latest album by Ben Kweller, the country-fied Changing Horses, is finally here, debuting at #92.

Read Billboard’s breakdown here.


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