The New Foo Fighters Album Is The First To Miss The Top 10 In Decades

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentThe New Foo Fighters Album Is The First To Miss The Top 10 In DecadesByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorMay 10, 2026, 01:11pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Your Favorite Toy becomes the first Foo Fighters album to miss the top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 30 years, since the band's self-titled debut. INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 19: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Musician Dave Grohl, founding member of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters, performs onstage as a special guest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic during weekend 2, day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 19, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella)Getty Images for CoachellaNirvana officially split in 1994 following the suicide of frontman and lead singer Kurt Cobain. One of the grunge outfit’s members, Dave Grohl, didn’t waste much time before he took on a new project, forming Foo Fighters that same year. Later in 1994, Grohl would write and record the entirety of the band’s self-titled debut, which was released the following summer. Foo Fighters quickly became a strong seller, not just on rock rankings, but on the Billboard 200, the chart company’s list of the most-consumed albums and EPs in the United States. In the decades since then, the band has only become more and more popular and the musicians have spent a long time as critical darlings – but something seems to have changed. Your Favorite Toy, the twelfth studio LP by Foo Fighters, debuts on multiple rankings this week in America, including the Billboard 200. Sadly, while fans of the group are surely thrilled to hear new music from the Grohl-led troupe, Your Favorite Toy misses matching the past several albums by the b...