Pink Floyd's First Billboard 200 Entry: 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn' Peaked at #131

Pink Floyd’s debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, was the band’s first to appear on the Billboard 200, hitting the chart in 1967. It peaked at number 131, a modest showing that reflected the still-niche appeal of their psychedelic sound in the U.S. at the time.

The album was released in the UK in August 1967 and in the US by Capitol Records later that year, but it failed to break into the top 100. It would take Pink Floyd nearly a decade—and the departure of Syd Barrett—before they cracked the American top 40 with Wish You Were Here.