Deftones Hit No. 1 For The First Time

In a little less than a month, Deftones will release a new album titled Private Music. The hard rock group’s tenth full-length is scheduled to arrive on August 22. The first single from the set, “My Mind Is a Mountain,” clearly has fans excited for the next chapter, which is one they’ve been awaiting for years. The track debuts across more than a dozen Billboard charts in the United States this week, and as it drops, the cut even helps the band reach impressive new peaks, three decades into its tenure.

“My Mind Is a Mountain” Tops Two Billboard Rankings

“My Mind Is a Mountain” opens at No. 1 on two of the 13 Billboard tallies it appears on this week, as the single launches in first place on both the Hot Hard Rock Songs and Hard Rock Streaming Songs charts. Deftones earns a debut winner on those two rankings, hitting the summit for the first time.

The band also cracks the top 10 on the list of the bestselling hard rock cuts throughout the U.S., as well as both the Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts as well.

Deftones’ History With Billboard’s Hard Rock Charts

While “My Mind Is a Mountain” is the group’s initial top 10 entry on the Hard Rock Streaming Songs chart, Deftones have previously landed inside the upper tier on the all-consumption Hot Hard Rock Songs list. The band narrowly missed a first-place arrival in 2020 when “Ohms” launched and peaked at No. 2.

The hard rock legends also climbed into the upper reaches of Billboard’s ranking of the most consumed hard rock tunes throughout the country with “Genesis” (No. 3), “Ceremony” (No. 9), and “Urantia” (No. 10), all of which reached the list in 2020.

More Chart Firsts for Deftones

On the Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs tallies, the band’s new single debuts at Nos. 9 and 10, respectively. The band breaks into the loftiest space for the first time on both charts as this latest era begins. “My Mind Is a Mountain” scores the group its first appearance on the Rock Streaming Songs and Alternative Streaming Songs lists at the same time.