Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the charts from September 22, 2023 releases. Check out to see how Cannibal Corpse, Thy Art Is Murder, and more debuted in charts. Remember to check out our weekly New & Noteworthy column, sharing new releases and playlists for each month!
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Staind, Confessions of the Fallen (BMG)
Debut #: 4
Sold: 11275
Artist/Album: Cannibal Corpse, Chaos Horrific (Metal Blade)
Debut #: 7
Sold: 8535
Artist/Album: Thy Art Is Murder, Godlike (Human Warfare)
Debut #: 49
Sold: 1730
Artist/Album: 3Teeth, Endex (Century Media)
Debut #: 64
Sold: 1275
Artist/Album: Dio, The Studio Albums 1996-2004 (BMG)
Debut #: 158
Sold: 515
Artist/Album: Kill Devil Hill, Seas Of Oblivion
Debut #: 159
Sold: 500
Artist/Album: Ken Mode, Void (Artoffact)
Sold: 325
Artist/Album: Profanatica, Crux Simplex (Season of Mist)
Sold: 200
Artist/Album: Death Dealer Union, Initiation (Napalm Records)
Sold: 165
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Fleetwood Mac, Rumours Live (Rhino)
#: 31
Sold: 2650
Artist/Album: Aerosmith, Greatest Hits (2023) (Capitol)
#: 46
Sold: 1845
Artist/Album: Baroness, Stone (Abraxan Hymns)
#: 51
Sold: 1610
Artist/Album: Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher (Lava/Republic)
#: 57
Sold: 1415
Artist/Album: Metallica, 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings)
#: 74
Sold: 1175
Artist/Album: Thirty Seconds To Mars, It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day (Concord Music Group)
#: 80
Sold: 1125
Artist/Album: Corey Taylor, Cmf2 (BMG)
#: 81
Sold: 1100
Artist/Album: Explosions In The Sky, End (Temporary Residence)
#: 94
Sold: 915
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Take Me Back To Eden (SpineFarm)
#: 102
Sold: 850
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, Road (EarMusic)
#: 105
Sold: 835
Artist/Album: Dying Fetus, Make Them Beg For Death (Relapse Records)
#: 115
Sold: 735
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, But Here We Are (RCA)
#: 120
Sold: 705
Artist/Album: Foreigner, Farewell – The Very Best Of Foreigner
#: 121
Sold: 700
Artist/Album: Queens Of The Stone Age, In Times New Roman… (Matador)
#: 127
Sold: 635
Artist/Album: Shinedown, Planet Zero (Atlantic)
#: 137
Sold: 585
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974
#: 147
Sold: 550
Artist/Album: Motionless In White, Scoring The End Of The World (Roadrunner)
#: 173
Sold: 445
Artist/Album: TesseracT, War Of Being (Kscope)
#: 176
Sold: 435
Artist/Album: Avenged Sevenfold, Life Is But A Dream… (Warner)
#: 188
Sold: 410
Artist/Album: Mammoth WVH, Mammoth Ii (BMG)
#: 189
Sold: 405
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, The Essential Foo Fighters (RCA)
#: 196
Sold: 395
Artist/Album: Cryptopsy, As Gomorrah Burns (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Frankie And The Witch Fin, Data Doom (RAS / Greenway)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: Polaris, Fatalism (Sharptone)
Sold: 215
Artist/Album: Movements, RUCKUS! (Fearless Records)
Sold: 210
Artist/Album: Tomb Mold, The Enduring Spirit (20 Buck Spin)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Marduk, Memento Mori (Century Media)
Sold: 195
Artist/Album: Mayhem, Daemonic Rites (Century Media)
Sold: 180
Artist/Album: The Hu, Rumble Of Thunder (Better Noise Records)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Kvelertak, Endling (Rise Records)
Sold: 160
Artist/Album: Crypta, Shades Of Sorrow (Napalm Records)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Invent Animate, Heavener (UNFD)
Sold: 140
Artist/Album: Drain, Living Proof (Epitaph)
Sold: 135
Artist/Album: Eva Under Fire, Love, Drugs & Misery (Better Noise Music)
Sold: 130