Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.
Compilation albums usually either mean the band’s greatest hits or a collection of unreleased or rerecorded material. This week’s top debut falls into the latter category, and while such album’s don’t always hit the high mark on the charts, Breaking Benjamin’s Aurora proves to be an exception. Also, Blue Öyster Cult has two releases on here. Not sure I’ve seen that on here before.
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Breaking Benjamin,
Aurora (Hollywood)
Debut #3
15,200 sold
This compilation reimagined songs cracks the top 5.
Debut #49
1,425 sold
This is Windstein’s debut solo album.
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Revolution Saints,
Rise (Frontiers)
Debut #50
1,400 sold
This is the supergroup’s third album.
Debut #52
1,375 sold
This is the one-man band’s fourth album.
Debut #58
1,300 sold
This is the band’s fifth full-length and its first in five years.
Debut #76
1,000 sold
This is the band’s first live release in 18 years.
Debut #78
970 sold
This is the band’s seventeenth studio album.
Debut #118
680 sold
This is a rerecording of the band’s debut album.
Debut #153
510 sold
This is Jørn Lande’s third cover album.
Debut #197
410 sold
This is a reissue of the band’s 1994 release.
220 sold
This is the band’s second album.
210 sold
This is the band’s fifth album.
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Thy Catafalque,
Naiv (Season Of Mist)
190 sold
This is the band’s ninth studio album.
150 sold
This is the band’s second album.
140 sold
This is the band’s fourth album.
#25 (from 24)
2,675 sold
A 3% drop with just under 400,000 sold.
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Sons of Apollo,
MMXX(Inside Out)
#59 (from 15)
1,275 sold
A second week drop of 66%.
#89 (from 73)
890 sold
Just under 180,000 sold.
#93 (from 126)
830 sold
A 52% boost.
#110 (from 52)
730 sold
A 42% drop in week two.
#130 (from 118)
610 sold
A 5% boost.
#134 (from 116)
600 sold
A 1% boost.
#139 (from 139)
550 sold
This stays at the same chart position after a 7% boost.
#161 (from 147)
490 sold
A 3% drop.
#172 (re-entry)
460 sold
A 32% boost back up.
#179 (from 99)
450 sold
A 35% drop.
#187 (from 164)
430 sold
A 6% drop.
420 sold
A 33% boost back up.
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Heilung,
Futha (Season Of Mist)
230 sold
A 36% drop.
220 sold
This got boosted back up after dropping off the week after its debut.
130 sold
A 75% drop in week two.
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Lindemann,
F & M (Vertigo)
130 sold
This sold the same as last week.
120 sold
This got boosted up by 62%.
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Mayhem,
Daemon (Century Media)
110 sold
A 43% drop.