„Based On A True Story“, the new albm from New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL, sold around 1,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 30 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.
The self-titled debut album from Washington D.C.’s PERIPHERY sold around 4,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 128 on the Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at No. 2 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.
„AC/DC: Iron Man 2“ — which features 15 classic AC/DC songs selected from ten of the band’s studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008 — sold around 76,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart.
„AC/DC: Iron Man 2“ has registered the following first-week chart positions so far:
New Zealand: #1
UK: #1
Ireland: #1
Canada: #2
Norway: #4
France: #5
Netherlands: #5
Finland: #14
Belgium: #22
Poland: #34
„No Guts. No Glory.“, the sophomore album from Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE, sold around 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 89 on the Billboard 200 chart.
„Infestation“, the first studio record in 11 years from Californian rockers RATT, sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 30 on the Billboard 200 chart.
„Cold Day Memory“, the new album from Atlanta, Georgia’s SEVENDUST, sold around 27,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart.
SEVENDUST’s last album, „Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow“, opened with 25,000 units back in April 2008 to land at position No. 19.
„The Guessing Game“, the ninth full-length album from the veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL, sold around 700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 74 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart