Legendary Rock Band Scored Their First No. 1 Album After Losing Its Frontman

On March 24, 1986, the seventh studio album from legendary rock band Van Halen shot to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the first time.

5150 was a slight departure from the band's typical sound, including many more love songs and slow ballads in place of the hard rock Van Halen was known for. The reason for this major stylistic change is simple—less than a year before the album's release, Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth left the band.

The reasons for Roth's departure have been disputed countless times over the decades...