SOUNDSCAN NUMBERS RELEASED: MESHUGGAH DOMINATES
The highest charting rock / metal this week was the Black Crowes’ Warpaint, which slipped down to #34 in its second week. Meshuggah’s nrew release obZen clocked in at #59 with over 11,000 copies sold in its debut week, ahead of any other metal release. This past week’s Soundscan positions and sales figures for those and other hard rock / metal releases after the jump.
#34 BLACK CROWES – WARPAINT
This Week: 16,888
Cume: 62,813
Great debut last week, all the fans bought it, and now it drops off.
#37 LINKIN PARK – MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
This Week: 16,248
Cume: 2,291,793
I have put this in this column so many times I’m starting to forget that they ripped the album name from Iron Maiden.
#40 BUCKCHERRY – 15
This Week: 15,822
Cume: 1,096,689
#46 PLANT/KRAUSS – RAISING SAND
This Week:14,377
Cume: 866,824
They should use this as proof that baby boomers buy records at Starbucks.
#51 NICKELBACK – ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
This Week: 12,709
Cume: 6,680,558
#59 MESHUGGAH – OBZEN
This Week: 11,384 (debut)
MESHUGGAHHHHHHHHH!
#75 THREE DAYS GRACE – ONE-X
This Week: 9,388
Cume: 1,136,124
#76 KID ROCK – ROCK N ROLL JESUS
This Week: 9,250
Cume: 803,764
#78 KRAVITZ*LENNY – IT IS TIME FOR A LOVE REVOLUTION
This Week: 9,168
Cume: 171,331
After the Suck Revolution you’ve created ends, then we’ll talk about it…
#82 LED ZEPPELIN – MOTHERSHIP
This Week: 8,758
Cume: 820,010
#83 SEETHER – FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPACE
This Week: 8,625
Cume: 351,331
#85 FOO FIGHTERS – ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE
This Week: 8,521
Cume: 682,843
#94 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – SCREAM AIM FIRE
This Week: 7,614
Cume: 137,014
#98 FLYLEAF – FLYLEAF
This Week: 7,470
Cume: 957,586
#102 PUDDLE OF MUDD – FAMOUS (Cume: 182,842)
#113 FINGER ELEVEN – THEM VS. YOU VS. ME (Cume: 497,506)
#129 AVENGED SEVENFOLD – AVENGED SEVENFOLD (Cume: 325,099)
#141 SIXX:A.M. – HEROIN DIARIES (Cume: 169,094)
#42 GODSMACK = GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES: TEN YEARS OF GODSMACK (Cume: 200,498)
#161 BREAKING BENJAMIN – PHOBIA (Cume: 865,983)
#174 PILLAR – FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME (Cume: 11,774)
#176 ATREYU – LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR (Cume: 199,342)
#179 DRAGONFORCE – INHUMAN RAMPAGE (Cume: 251,768)
#186 SKILLET – COMATOSE (Cume: 157,713)
#192 MARS VOLTA – BEDLAM IN GOLIATH (Cume: 102,438)
-VN
