Panic! at the Disco perform at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on Jan. 14, 2016.
Aysia Marotta
It’s good to be King. Just ask Panic! at the Disco. The alternative rock act is the newly crowned leader of the Billboard 200 with its fifth album, Death of a Bachelor.
The band kicked off its victory lap overnight with an energetic performance of album track “Victorious” on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Panic! at the Disco Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
Death of a Bachelor, released on Jan. 15 through DCD2/Fueled By Ramen, logged 190,000 equivalent album units to become the band’s first album to reach No. 1 in the U.S.
The new Feb. 6, 2016-dated chart (where Panic! debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s Websites on Tuesday (Jan. 26).
Check out the “Victorious” performance below.