The folks from Metal Insider have summed up this year’s sale figures to bring us the rundown of top-selling rock and metal albums in the US.
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As you can see below, fairly Metallica dominates the list, while other prominent acts include Five Finger Death Punch, Greta Van Fleet, Breaking Benjamin, and more.
The rundown is available below.
Top-selling rock/metal albums of 2018 in the US (so far):
1. Metallica – ‘Hardwired… To Self-Destruct’ – 136,000 units sold
2. Bon Jovi – ‘This House Is Not for Sale’ – 131,000 units sold
3. Breaking Benjamin – ‘Ember’ – 117,500 units sold
4. Greta Van Fleet – ‘From the Fires’ – 98,000 units sold
5. A Perfect Circle – ‘Eat the Elephant’ – 94,000 units sold
6. Five Finger Death Punch – ‘A Decade of Destruction’ – 87,300 units sold
7. Metallica – ‘Metallica’ – 87,000 units sold
8. Judas Priest – ‘Firepower’ – 84,000 units sold
9. Five Finger Death Punch – ‘And Justice for None’ – 82,500 units sold
10. Shinedown – ‘Attention Attention’ – 80,500 units sold
11. Ghost – ‘Prequelle’ – 62,000 units sold
12. Godsmack – ‘When Legends Rise’ – 60,000 units sold
13. Kid Rock – ‘Sweet Southern Sugar’ – 59,500 units sold
14. Metallica – ‘Master of Puppets’ – 58,500 units sold
15. Linkin Park – ‘Hybrid Theory’ – 49,000 units sold