TEMPO.CO, Los Angeles - Debuting at No. 1 is certainly an accomplishment, but bumping artists like David Bowie and Adele down the music charts has Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie simply gobsmacked.
"That's insane. I mean, to be in same sentence as anyone like that — I'm not worthy," Urie said. "I was just floored!"
"Death of a Bachelor," released last month, topped the Billboard 200 chart and sold 190,000 equivalent albums in its first week, according to Nielsen Music.
It's the fifth album and first No. 1 for Panic!, of which Urie is the only remaining original member after his band mates decided to leave the group over the years.
But the 28-year-old vocalist is loving life as a solo act. He co-wrote the album's songs and plays most of the instruments on the pop-rock project.
"It's amazing because I don't have to compromise or I don't have to argue as much," he said.
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