Top 200 Charts – Rock/Metal/Alternative Sales and Positioning Info
Charting information, including IRON MAIDEN’s stunning album sales, have been released for this week:
#2 - AUDIOSLAVE REVELATIONS @ 150,631
#3 - BOB DYLAN - MODERN TIMES @ 119,103
#9 - HINDER – EXTREME BEHAVIOR @ 54,891
#10 - IRON MAIDEN – A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH @ 54,489
#20 - THE FRAY – HOW TO SAVE A LIFE @ 30,632
#24 - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM @ 27,501
#34 - BREAKING BENJAMIN – PHOBIA @ 23,655
#35 - BLUE OCTOBER - FOILED @ 22,162
#36 - SNOW PATROL – EYES OPEN @ 21,877
#45 - ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS – MOVE @ 18,548
#47 - STONE SOUR – COME WHAT(EVER) MAY @ 18,140
#48 - 30 SECONDS TO MARS – A BEAUTIFUL LIE @ 17,612
#49 - CROSSFADE – FALLING AWAY @ 17,096
#50 - AFI – DECEMBER UNDERGROUND @ 16,883
With close to 56,000 copies sold last week, IRON MAIDEN’s highly anticipated “A Matter of Life and Death” dominates this week’s Billboard charts:
# 9 Top 200 Albums
# 1 Top Independent Albums
# 2 Hard Music
# 3 Internet
Released last Tuesday on Sanctuary Records, “A Matter of Life and Death” is IRON MAIDEN’s fourteenth studio album in their three decade-plus career and the band’s first Top 10 US Chart debut.
IRON MAIDEN kicks off their nearly sold-out “A Matter of Life and Death World Tour” next month in the States. These North American arena dates will be the only dates to support “A Matter of Life and Death” and mark the first time in years IRON MAIDEN begins a tour in the USA. Accompanying IRON MAIDEN on the tour (excluding Hartford and Los Angeles) is new UK metal sensation, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE.
As previously reported, tour dates are:
October 4 – Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
October 6 – Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
October 7 – Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center At the Waterfront
October 12 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 13 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Continental Airlines Arena
October 17 – Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
October 18 – Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
October 21 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
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