They’re one of the few new acts to be on this list. Metal? Not particularly, but this group of Zeppelin-worshipping kids are keeping rock music alive in a world where guitar-based music has fallen out of fashion with people their age. Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires (Republic) No offense to the band, but does anyone know anyone who’s favorite band is Breaking Benjamin? More than a year after it’s release, people keep buying Breaking Benjamin’s sixth album. This album returned to #1 fifteen months after it topped the chart in it’s debut week due to this. Much like Metallica, a lot of this 2016 album’s sales this year are due to a concert promotion. This has to do with them announcing their Summer tour and bundling a copy of the album with anyone that bought a ticket, but it’s still impressive.īon Jovi, This House is Not for Sale (Island) It’s no surprise that this is this year’s biggest seller, but it’s pretty insane that in six months, it’s sold less than half of what it sold in its first week. Metallica, Hardwired… to Self Destruct (Blackened Recordings)
The year is already off to a solid start, however, and while there are still plenty of older titles in here, a solid amount have been released this year so far. And if you’re expecting Metallica to not be all over this list, you’re wrong. The tenth biggest-selling album, by Imagine Dragons, hasn’t even sold 175,000 yet. There’s only one album that’s sold more than a million copies, and that’s the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman. First off, it’s brutal in terms of sales. With this current week’s chart marking nearly the halfway point of 2018, here’s a look at what sold the most. Of course, streaming is more or less taking over as the way many people consume music, but hard rock and metal fans tend to be more loyal. St.If you’re a regular reader of Metal Insider, you likely check out Metal by Numbers, in which we look at the week’s biggest-selling heavy titles.
Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach Tickets On Sale Thursday, January 23 rd at Ĭoastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek On February 7, the band will release their first all-acoustic and eighth studio album, Perdida, their second album with lead singer, Jeff Gutt. With over 50 million albums sold, Stone Temple Pilots roared on to the scene in 1992 with their raucous debut, Core. A breakout success, the album peaked #3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and dominated radio waves with hits like “Sex Type Thing,” “Wicked Garden,” and the Grammy-Award winning smash single, “Plush.” Boasting the inimitable riffs of guitarist Dean DeLeo, the propulsive rhythm section of bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz, and the charismatic baritone of frontman Scott Weiland, STP ruled airways, video playlists and charts alike, over their legendary career.
With more than 23 chart-topping singles and fans spanning the globe, Nickelback boasts twelve consecutive sold-out world tours, playing to well over eight million diehard and adoring fans. Nickelback’s album All The Right Reasons was Diamond Certified (10 million+ copies sold) by the RIAA, in 2018, putting them on an elite shortlist of artists to ever accomplish this.Īmongst all these accolades, they’ve also been named Billboard’s “Top Rock Group of the Decade.” And, along the way, they have received a staggering nine Grammy Award nominations, three American Music Awards, a World Music Award, a People’s Choice Award, twelve JUNO Awards, seven MuchMusic Video Awards, and have been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame (2007). 4 on the Top 10 songs of the 2000’s list. Their inescapable and irresistible smash “How You Remind Me” was named Billboard’s ‘Top Rock Song of the Decade’ and was No. Since forming in Alberta, Canada in 1995, globally celebrated Nickelback have cemented themselves as one of the most commercially viable and important acts of the past three decades. Nickelback’s success includes worldwide sales of more than 50 million units, solidifying their status as one of the top-selling acts of all time. With over 19 million copies sold worldwide the iconic record is one of the best-selling albums in North America.
Billboard 200 chart and received multiple Gold and Platinum certifications around the world. All The right Reasons spent 110 weeks in the Top 30 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and marked the bands third straight No. Upon release All The Right Reasons debuted at number one on the U.S.