Journey’s New Album Debuts at #1 on Current Rock Chart

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 29: (L-R) keyboard player Jonathan Cain, guitar player Neal Schon, singer Arnel Pineda, drummer Deen Castronovo, and bass player Ross Valory of the band Journey performs at the 2011 Today Summer Concert Series at Rockefeller Plaza on July 29, 2011, in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Journey’s new album, Freedom has debuted at #1 on the Current Rock Chart. Band members celebrated by posting the big news online and they also kicked off a Vegas residency featuring a special symphony orchestra at Resorts World Casino.

It was announced earlier this week, that the album charted at #2 on both – the Current Digital Album and Digital Albums chart. It’s also 3^rd in Current Album sales.

@JourneyOfficial still rocking the charts in 2022 👊
Great album!
Order👉https://t.co/WiHUs6upZW #Freedom #Journey pic.twitter.com/AtL6paO0S1
— Iron Mike Savoia (@ironmikesavoia) July 19, 2022

Players on the album include founder, guitarist, writer, and producer Neal Schon – along with longtime keyboard player and primary lyricist Jonathan Cain, as well as vocalist Arnel Pineda. And bassist Randy Jackson, who had played on Journey’s 1986 album Raised on Radio.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members can boast of 25 gold and platinum records, with total sales of over 100 million albums worldwide. They’ve earned three Diamond Awards and have surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.

Freedom is Journey’s first album of new material to be released in eleven years.