R5, the pop-rock family band fronted by 17-year-old Disney Channel star Ross Lynch, has scored a top 30 debut with first album "Louder," which sold 15,000 first-week copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The aptly titled set follows the group's "Loud" EP -- which has sold 28,000 copies since its release last February -- as well as months of beguiling fans of Lynch's TV series "Austin & Ally" and Disney Channel film "Teen Beach Movie."

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