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 15, 2023 releases. Check out to see how Baroness, Corey Taylor, TesseracT and more debuted in charts. Remember to check out our New & Noteworthy column, sharing new releases and playlists for each month that has also returned!
Notable Debuts:
Artist/Album: Thirty Seconds To Mars, It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day (Concord Music Group)
Debut #: 6
Sold: 9715
Artist/Album: Baroness, Stone (Abraxan Hymns)
Debut #: 10
Sold: 7775
Artist/Album: Corey Taylor, Cmf2 (BMG)
Debut #: 14
Sold: 6150
Artist/Album: Explosions In The Sky, End (Temporary Residence)
Debut #: 20
Sold: 5000
Artist/Album: TesseracT, War Of Being (Kscope)
Debut #: 44
Sold: 2400
Artist/Album: Mayhem, Daemonic Rites (Century Media)
Debut #: 96
Sold: 925
Artist/Album: Tomb Mold, The Enduring Spirit (20 Buck Spin)
Debut #: 160
Sold: 530
Artist/Album: Brujeria, Esto Es Brujeria (Nuclear Blast)
Debut #: 172
Sold: 475
Artist/Album: Alkaloid, Numen (Season of Mist)
Sold: 365
Artist/Album: Shining, Shining (Napalm Records)
Sold: 235
Artist/Album: Night Verses, Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1 (Equal Vision Records)
Sold: 200
Notable Sales:
Artist/Album: Fleetwood Mac, Rumours Live (Rhino)
#: 29
Sold: 3600
Artist/Album: Aerosmith, Greatest Hits (2023) (Capitol)
#: 45
Sold: 2375
Artist/Album: Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher (Lava/Republic)
#: 68
Sold: 1375
Artist/Album: Metallica, 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings)
#: 75
Sold: 1215
Artist/Album: Dying Fetus, Make Them Beg For Death (Relapse Records)
#: 80
Sold: 1100
Artist/Album: Motionless In White, Scoring The End Of The World (Roadrunner)
#: 81
Sold: 1090
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, But Here We Are (RCA)
#: 98
Sold: 920
Artist/Album: Alice Cooper, Road (EarMusic)
#: 110
Sold: 800
Artist/Album: Sleep Token, Take Me Back To Eden (SpineFarm)
#: 111
Sold: 795
Artist/Album: Queens Of The Stone Age, In Times New Roman… (Matador)
#: 112
Sold: 785
Artist/Album: Matchbox Twenty, Where The Light Goes (Atlantic)
#: 119
Sold: 735
Artist/Album: Sigur Ros, Átta (BMG)
#: 132
Sold: 650
Artist/Album: Mammoth WVH, Mammoth Ii (BMG)
#: 144
Sold: 600
Artist/Album: Crypta, Shades Of Sorrow (Napalm Records)
#: 154
Sold: 560
Artist/Album: Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974
#: 158
Sold: 535
Artist/Album: Ghost, Phantomine (Loma Vista Recordings)
#: 163
Sold: 500
Artist/Album: Shinedown, Planet Zero (Atlantic)
#: 176
Sold: 450
Artist/Album: Blur, The Ballad Of Darren (Warner)
#: 183
Sold: 435
Artist/Album: Foo Fighters, The Essential Foo Fighters (RCA)
#: 186
Sold: 430
Artist/Album: Avenged Sevenfold, Life Is But A Dream… (Warner)
#: 192
Sold: 415
Artist/Album: Polaris, Fatalism (Sharptone)
Sold: 370
Artist/Album: Cryptopsy, As Gomorrah Burns (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 340
Artist/Album: Stitched Up Heart, To The Wolves
Sold: 240
Artist/Album: Marduk, Memento Mori (Century Media)
Sold: 230
Artist/Album: Kvelertak, Endling (Rise Records)
Sold: 225
Artist/Album: Movements, RUCKUS! (Fearless Records)
Sold: 220
Artist/Album: Sylosis, A Sign Of Things To Come (Nuclear Blast)
Sold: 205
Artist/Album: Frankie And The Witch Fin, Data Doom (RAS / Greenway)
Sold: 205
Atist/Album: Holding Absence, The Noble Art Of Self Destruction (Sharptone)
Sold: 185
Artist/Album: The Hu, Rumble Of Thunder (Better Noise Records)
Sold: 180
Artist/Album: Art Of Shock, Shine Black Light (Century Media)
Sold: 175
Artist/Album: Nita Strauss, The Call Of The Void (Sumerian Records)
Sold: 165
Artist/Album: Incantation, Unholy Deification (Relapse Records)
Sold: 150
Artist/Album: Conquer Divide, Slow Burn (Mascot)
Sold: 145
