Apple picks up where she left off with "The Idler Wheel…" in 2012.
Fiona Apple soars back onto Billboard's charts, debuting at No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts dated May 2 with Fetch the Bolt Cutters, her first new LP in nearly eight years.
The set bows atop both lists with 44,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of that sum, 30,000 units are via album sales.
The album is her second to lead both charts, following the No. 1 debut of The Idler Wheel... in July 2012.