The fifth time’s the charm for veteran rock band The Killers. Fronted by lead singer Brandon Flowers, the group released their fifth studio album, “Wonderful Wonderful,” on September 22, and now they’ve topped the Billboard 200 albums chart, surprisingly for the first time in their careers.

“Wonderful Wonderful” comes almost exactly five years after their last effort, “Battle Born,” which dropped September 18, 2012, and debuted at number-three. This time around they have reached the pinnacle with 118,000 equivalent album units, which are calculated by combining traditional album sales, individual track sales, and online streams. The overwhelming majority of those units came from traditional sales — 111,000 to be exact. That’s on par with “Battle Born,” which moved 113,000 in its first frame but was outsold by Pink and Kanye West that week in 2012.

Could The Killers’ chart ascendancy put them on the path to the Grammys? The timing is right since the eligibility period just ended on Saturday, September 30; bowing at number-one now may keep them fresh enough in mind when voters are deciding the nominees, which will be announced on November 28.

But The Killers have yet to actually win a Grammy, even for their most recognized hit, “Mr. Brightside.” They have earned five nominations, including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Brightside,” but they’ve only picked up one bid for Best Rock Album (“Hot Fuss” in 2005), and they haven’t been nominated in any category since 2007. Voters may consider them due — if not in the general field, where they have yet to contend, then in rock genre categories where they may be likeliest to enter for consideration.

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