
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Halloween is tomorrow, so it’s only natural that Christmas music is showing up on the charts. Luckily, one of those albums comes from the one and only Rob Halford, so that should make things more bearable for you if you tend to have adverse reactions to Christmas music. Meanwhile, Alter Bridge scored its first #1 album ever, which is good to see since Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti are some of the hardest working lads in the business. Also, Tool are back in the top 10 thanks to their current North American tour. And since MBN didn’t get posted last week, I’ve included additional debut info for albums where applicable. Enjoy and Happy Spooktober.
Notable Debuts:

Debut #1
20,225 sold
Alter Bridge scores its first number 1 album.

Debut #23
2,775 sold
This is Halford’s second holiday album, coming ten years after Halford III: Winter Songs.

Debut #39
2025 sold
This the band’s fifth studio album.

Debut #114
930 sold
This is the band’s debut album.

Debut #116
930 sold
This is the band’s seventh studio album.

Debut #192
580 sold
This is the band’s second album.

530 sold
This is the band’s third studio album.

390 sold
This is the band’s fourth album.

320 sold
This is the band’s debut album.

310 sold
The digital version of this came out earlier this year.

210 sold
This is the band’s second EP.
Notable Sales:

#64 (from 2)
1,125 sold
Babymetal’s third album was the top rock/metal debut last week at #2 with over 28,800 copies sold. It dropped by 94% this week.

#68 (from 10)
1,525 sold
Lacuna Coil’s ninth album debuted last week at #10 with over 7,600 copies sold. It dropped 80% this week.

#75 (from 81)
1,350 sold
This got boosted back up last week.

#77 (from 161)
1,325 sold
This debuted last week at #161 with over 700 copies sold. It got a second week boost of 88%.

#109 (from 139)
970 sold
A 24% boost.

#141 (from 8)
770 sold
TDWP’s seventh album debuted at #8 last week with over 8,100 copies sold. It dropped by 91% this week.

#145 (from 14)
760 sold
This debuted last week at #14 with over 5,500 sold. It dropped by 86% this week.

#156 (from 155)
730 sold
This sold the same as last week.
A 1% boost.
This dropped off last week but got boosted back up by 7%.

450 sold
This debuted last week with over 1,300 sold.

220 sold
A 61% drop.

210 sold
A 61% drop.
This got boosted back up the charts.
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